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Woman's body found after California plane crashes not far from local airport

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January 16, 2024

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Woman's body found after California plane crashes not far from local airport

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The body of a woman was found Monday in the waters off the California coast a day after a single-engine plane crashed nearby, authorities said.

Commercial fisherman found the body, which was linked to the Sunday evening crash in Half Moon Bay, near San Francisco, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said.

Fox San Francisco reported the woman has not been identified. The Federal Aviation Administration said there was another person on board the Cozy Mark IV, a four-seat light aircraft that can be built from a kit.

US NAVY HELICOPTER CRASHES INTO BAY DURING TRAINING EXERCISE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Search crews found pieces of the single-engine plane near Half Moon Bay, California but no survivors. (KTVU)

Earlier Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for the aircraft or any survivors.

“It’s never easy to make the decision to suspend search efforts, and our deepest sympathies go out to the families involved in this incident,” Ian McGoohan, operations unit controller at the Sector San Francisco Command Center, said in a statement.

The crash was reported shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday by a 911 caller who said the plane was in distress, flying erratically, and appeared to go down toward the water near Half Moon Bay, said San Mateo Sheriff’s Sgt. Philip Hallworth.

A Coast Guard diver was sent out and a sheriff’s office drone was deployed to search for the plane. At around 8:30 p.m. the drone’s video feed showed a small plane upside down near Ross Cove, about 25 miles south of San Francisco, Hallworth said.

A helicopter searches for any survivors of a reported plane crash off the coast of Half Moon Bay Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (FOX 2 KTVU)

The plane originated from the East Bay, Hallworth said, but he didn’t say what airport it took off from.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Montana

Women who made agriculture work in Montana

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31 minutes ago

February 28, 2026

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Women who made agriculture work in Montana

Lisa Schmidt
| Columnist

Recently, I was asked to talk about what it is like to be a female rancher.

I was flattered to be asked, but I don’t know the answer.

I do know what it is like to be a human rancher and I know that I admire many women who also are ranchers.

In fact, 36 percent of the farmers and ranchers in the U.S. are women and they manage almost half of America’s ag land.

Globally, we produce more than half of all food.

In Montana, we all benefit from amazing female leaders in agriculture.

If you want to know about improving soil health or the rewards of raising sheep, talk to Linda Poole in Malta.

If you want to learn how to organize a grassroots rancher’s organization and effect meaningful change, talk to Maggie Nutter in Sunburst.

Trina Bradley of Dupuyer will look you in the eye and tell you everything you need to know about the impacts of grizzlies on her ranch life.

Colleen Gustafson, on the Two Med, graciously hosts and educates non-ranchers for months at a time without strangling them, all while maintaining every fence, buying every bull and killing every weed on her ranch.

Adele Stenson of Wibaux and Holly Stoltz of Livingston find innovative solutions to ranching challenges and then — even harder — find ways to share these innovations with hard-headed, independent cusses who want to do it our own way.

In fact, I’ve noticed that often women seek novel innovations to deal with a ranching challenge.

If a man happens to be around, she might even run it past him.

It’s rubber band ranching – stretch with an idea, contract to assess it, then stretch again to implement it.

Long ago, my friend Michelle and I promoted the One Good Cow program at the Montana Stockgrowers Association meeting.

We asked cattle producers to donate one cow to ranchers who had lost so many in blizzards and floods that year.

As we stood on stage in a room full of dour, silent men, I remember finding the one person I knew and asking what he thought.

Just as he would bid at a livestock auction, he barely nodded his approval.

We ended up gathering more than 900 cows from across the nation and giving them to 67 producers.

One Good Cow was a good idea.

Now I don’t seek approval for my ideas so sometimes my rubber band doesn’t contract to assess one before I stretch into action.

That’s how I got myself into producing shelf-stable, ready-to-eat meals made with my beef and lamb.

This is a good idea, too.

I hope.

I wonder if it is easier to ranch as a woman in some ways.

Society pressures men to know all of the answers all of the time, but If I mess up, I try to learn from my mistake and move forward.

When Imposter Syndrome hits or we can’t find a solution to an unsolvable problem – the effects of climate change, commodity markets or competing demands from family – secretly faking it until we make it gets lonely.

The downward spiral of loneliness and the pressure to be perfect can lead to suicide.

Male ranchers kill themselves 3.5 times more often than the general public.

Female ranchers kill themselves, too, just a little less often.

I’m fortunate to have good friends who love me even when I’m far from perfect.

We laugh together, they remind me that I have a few good attributes even when I forget, they tolerate my weirdness and celebrate little successes.

They stave off loneliness.

They know all ranchers try our best, we appreciate a little grace, and a warm fire feels good to our cold fingers.

Lisa Schmidt raises grass-fed beef and lamb at the Graham Ranch near Conrad. Lisa can be reached at L.Schmidt@a-land-of-grass-ranch.com.

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Nevada State Police averts ‘udder chaos’ in Eureka County

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February 28, 2026

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Nevada State Police averts ‘udder chaos’ in Eureka County

EUREKA COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) – On Friday, Feb. 27, the Nevada State Police assisted with a cattle crossing on State Route 306 at Interstate 80 in Eureka County.

“While not an everyday part of our job, we like to do our part to assist our local ranchers while keeping traffic from turning into udder chaos,” according to an agency Facebook post. “It was a perfect opportunity to be outside (even if our animal friends were a little moo-dy).”

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