The body of a hiker who went missing last week in Placer County was found Monday in the North Fork of the American River, authorities said. The search for the hiker identified in media reports as 40-year-old Eryn VanAcker started shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. VanAcker was last seen around 2:30 p.m. that day walking her dog on Codfish Falls Trail outside of Colfax, authorities said.
The 4.0 quake struck at 7:56 pm, and BART experienced a 20-minute delay so the tracks could be inspected. [Chronicle] A driver died after they hit a tree Friday around 12:26 am off Highway 17 in the South Bay. The driver had swerved and drifted down an embankment before striking the tree, causing the Tesla Model 3 to catch fire and trapping the driver.