A crew of 25 searchers swept the area around Mattole Canyon Bridge looking for Justin Smith, a man in his late 20’s who had been working in the area. Family members had been searching for him since Thursday when he did not return from a walk.

Diana Totten,  a local who often works missing person cases, said that Smith called late today from a family member’s home in San Jose.  Totten was just glad that Smith was all right.