Missing man grew up in west county
Kale Gonick-Hallows has been missing since Jan. 5
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety is asking for help locating Kale Gonick-Hallows, 29. He has been missing since Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, and is believed to be suffering from a mental health crisis.
His mother, Gail Gonick-Hallows of Graton, told the Sebastopol Times that Kale and his family moved from San Francisco to west county when he was in the 4th grade. He attended a number of west county schools, attended SRJC and graduated from Sonoma State in 2024. He has recently been living in Rohnert Park.
Kale is believed to be driving his bright blue 2023 Model Y Tesla (California License Plate 9HOS517). It was last seen near Bodega Bay on Monday evening.
He is believed to be somewhere on the Sonoma Coast or in any of the wooded areas within Sonoma County—Armstrong Redwoods, Sonoma Coast Redwoods, Russian River, The Grove of Old Trees or Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve—because, as his mother said, “he loved the redwood forests.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety Communications Center at (707) 584-2600.
