Crime & Safety

Officials Searching for Missing Sonoma County Diver

The diver went missing around 4 p.m. Monday in a state park west of Healdsburg.

By Bay City News Service

The Sonoma County sheriff's search-and-rescue team is looking for an abalone diver who went missing in Salt Point State Park on Monday afternoon.

The male diver disappeared in Fisk Mill Cove, State Parks Officer Mason Harris said. The diver's wife reported him missing at about 4 p.m.

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The search stopped overnight and resumed around 8 a.m. today, but fog has prevented the sheriff's helicopter Henry-1 from participating, Harris said.

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