{"id":241153,"date":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241153\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","slug":"owner-of-popular-sf-coffee-shop-reported-missing-police-say-shes-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241153\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner of popular SF coffee shop reported missing, police say she’s ‘at-risk’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Bay Area coffee boss tied to a past firestorm of antisemitism<\/a> has vanished without a trace, and cops say the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n

Amy Hillyard, 52, co-owner of the Farley\u2019s coffee chain, disappeared earlier this week. She was last spotted around 2 p.m. Wednesday on Radnor Road in Oakland\u2019s Cleveland Heights neighborhood, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Police say Hillyard is considered \u201cat risk\u201d<\/a> due to a medical condition, intensifying fears as the search drags on. She\u2019s described as 5-foot-4, roughly 120 pounds, with blonde hair and hazel eyes, and was last wearing a tan outfit.<\/p>\n

\"Farley'sA Bay Area coffee boss tied to a past firestorm of antisemitism has vanished without a trace, and cops say the clock is ticking. X\/henrykleeKTVU<\/p>\n

\"MissingAmy Hillyard, 52, co-owner of the Farley\u2019s coffee chain, disappeared earlier this week. X\/henrykleeKTVU<\/p>\n

A neighbor told\u00a0KTVU<\/a>\u00a0they saw her walking her dog shortly before she disappeared.<\/p>\n

Hillyard\u2019s husband said she left her cell phone at home.<\/p>\n

Hillyard co-owns Farley\u2019s with her husband, and the couple operate locations in both Oakland and San Francisco<\/a>. But Hillyard\u2019s name, and her business, have been in headlines before.<\/p>\n

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The Farley\u2019s brand was rocked in late 2023 after a viral confrontation inside its Oakland shop, where employees were caught on video blocking a Jewish customer<\/a> from a restroom with antisemitic graffiti scrawled inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Staffers were heard making inflammatory remarks<\/a> and referencing Israel while denying access to the customer \u2014 who tried to get back into the restroom to take photos of the graffiti \u2014 sparking outrage online.<\/p>\n

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The backlash was swift: multiple workers were fired after the incident blew up, with the shop publicly distancing itself from the behavior.<\/p>\n

Hillyard\u2019s friends, customers and investigators are now scrambling for answers on her disappearance.<\/p>\n

Oakland police are urging anyone with information to come forward as the mystery deepens, and concerns grows by the minute.<\/p>\n

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