PINOLE \u2014 The U.S. Coast Guard late Wednesday suspended its search for a man who did not return after leaving for a fishing trip Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Tito Montances, 70, left to launch his canoe into San Pablo Bay about 1 p.m. on Saturday but never returned home. The canoe was green and seated one. Authorities said they found his truck at the Bayfront Park in Pinole.<\/p>\n
The East Bay Regional Park police launched drones in the initial search, as did Hercules police. Hercules police contacted the Coast Guard about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, and multiple crews were sent to search for Montances.<\/p>\n
According to the Coast Guard, the crews searched more than 280 square miles over 38 hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision to suspend a search is never an easy one,\u201d Chief Warrant Officer and search-and-rescue-coordinator Michael Zapawa said in a statement. \u201cWe appreciate the work of our partners throughout the search efforts, and our hearts are with Mr. Montances\u2019 loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities said Montances is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. He was wearing a navy blue jacket, light-colored shorts and black shoes when he left home.<\/p>\n
Authorities said that anyone with information on Montances should contact the Coast Guard at 415-399-3451.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PINOLE \u2014 The U.S. Coast Guard late Wednesday suspended its search for a man who did not return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,15610,157922,7020,101,103,102,1089,104,106,105,157921],"class_list":["post-392577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-bay-area","tag-coast-guard","tag-fishing-trip","tag-missing-man","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-search","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-suspends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392577","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=392577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}