Emergency alert issued for owner of popular Bay Area coffee shops
SFGATE • • nation
Key Points:
- The California Highway Patrol issued an endangered missing alert for 52-year-old Amy Hillyard four days after she was last seen walking in Oakland’s Cleveland Heights neighborhood on March 25.
- Hillyard was wearing light blue jeans, a white top, and white sneakers, and is considered at risk by Oakland Police due to medical conditions.
- Amy Hillyard and her husband own Farley Coffee, a well-known local business with locations in Oakland and San Francisco, and the community has expressed strong support and hope for her safe return.
- A candlelight vigil was held near Lake Merritt in Oakland with hundreds attending, and residents have been encouraged to review security footage for any clues.
- Farley Coffee was originally opened in 1989 by Hillyard’s father-in-law and is named after his grandfather, who mysteriously disappeared in 1920.
