{"id":341300,"date":"2026-06-01T12:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341300\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:11:31","slug":"mass-search-and-rescue-operation-in-el-dorado-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341300\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass search and rescue operation in El Dorado County"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The California Governor\u2019s Office of Emergency Service, El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office and 120 search-and-rescue volunteers launched a search and rescue operation for a 60-year-old hiker near Fallen Leaf Lake in El Dorado County.<\/p>\n

California Governor\u2019s Office of Emergency Service<\/p>\n

A search and rescue operation launched Saturday<\/a> near Fallen Lead Lake in El Dorado County, where a hiker went missing on Memorial Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The operation involved the California Governor\u2019s Office of Emergency Service, El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office and more than 120 search-and-rescue volunteers from 20 counties, according to an OES Facebook post.<\/p>\n

Search and rescue teams are looking for Jason Coughran, 60, who was believed to be near Angora Peak around 11 a.m. Monday, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office states he could be wearing khaki shorts and a long-sleeve blue and white shirt. He was described as 6-foot-2 and 150 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes and has an athletic build.<\/p>\n

Those with information about Coughran\u2019s whereabouts are asked to call the El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 530-621-6600 or 530-573-3051.<\/p>\n

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Corey Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Corey Schmidt is a watchdog reporter for the Sacramento Bee, focusing on Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Sacramento County\u2019s eastern suburbs. Previously, he was the government watchdog reporter for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. Schmidt received his bachelor\u2019s degree from DePaul University in Chicago and his master\u2019s degree from Yale University.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The California Governor\u2019s Office of Emergency Service, El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office and 120 search-and-rescue volunteers launched a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-341300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341300","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=341300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}