As I was winding down for the night, a loud thumping noise resonated from above. I peeked out of my window, only to see a helicopter circling overhead, its searchlight combing through our Palo Alto neighborhood.
Using the InTown app, I quickly checked the crime map. Sure enough, there was dispatch activity, with several units involved in what appeared to be a search operation. The official logs indicated that a police helicopter was assisting in the search for a missing person…