{"id":245822,"date":"2026-03-31T23:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245822\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:24:08","slug":"search-continues-for-missing-oakland-mom-and-business-owner-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245822\/","title":{"rendered":"Search continues for missing Oakland mom and business owner \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The search for a missing Oakland mother and business owner continued Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Hillyard, 52, has been missing since last Wednesday after leaving her home near Lake Merritt for a walk.<\/p>\n<p>A family friend told NBC Bay Area that loved ones remain hopeful and that hundreds of people have joined the search.<\/p>\n<p>In an update Tuesday, Oakland police said they were joined by local sheriff&#8217;s offices, friends, family and volunteers in a search focused on Diamond Peak, where recent video footage placed Hillyard at about 4:30 p.m. on the day she was last seen.<\/p>\n<p>Hillyard stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds, according to police. She has blonde hair and hazel eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Her family said she was last wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers with a black stripe.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are asked to check home security cameras from Wednesday afternoon for possible clues.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about Hillyard&#8217;s whereabouts is asked to contact Oakland police at 510-238-3641.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The search for a missing Oakland mother and business owner continued Tuesday. Amy Hillyard, 52, has been missing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-245822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}