A 30-year-old California woman described as an "avid hiker" has been missing for four days after going on a day hike in remote area known as Ventana Wilderness.

Caroline Meister, 30, was reported missing on Monday, March 18, after she didn't return from a hike in the Ventana Wilderness. She was found dead on Friday at the bottom of a waterfall.

The body of a California woman who went missing on a hike last week was located at the bottom of a steep waterfall ravine.. Caroline Meister’s remains were found Friday in the Ventana Wilderness ...

Authorities said Meister left the Zen Center at Tassajara in the Ventana Wilderness for a hike on March 18 around 10 a.m. She was reported missing after she didn't return home later that evening.

Court documents said Correa Cruz was arrested in July 2022 after authorities located the cannabis grow in the Ventana Complex of the Los Padres National Forest in Monterey County.

An all-out search continued Thursday for missing hiker Caroline Meister and still no sign of the 30-year-old who left the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Monday morning for a hike and never returned.

A hiker was rescued on Jan. 4 after a 250-foot fall from a trail in California's Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, officials said. The 19-year-old from Atascadero was on the Pine Ridge Trail near ...

A Monterey County search-and-rescue team hiked 16 miles to help a hiker who was hit with the norovirus while backpacking in the Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, California.

Caroline Meister went missing after leaving for a solo day hike in the Ventana Wilderness. Her family called her a "very experienced and avid hiker" who was familiar with the area.