“It grows only in sandy environments,” Waycott told SFGATE about the Nipomo Mesa manzanita. “It doesn’t grow well on clay soils or other types of soil, so it’s adapted through evolution ...

Forrest Boren Jr. disappeared in 2020, without a trace. His close family has no idea where he is or what could have happened to him. “We have no idea. We don’t know what happened to him.