The family of Danielle Staley , who disappeared from a Central California beach earlier this month, says they’re holding onto hope that she will be found as the search reaches its two-week mark.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said Staley, 35, of Holladay, was reported missing on Nov. 6; she was last seen at the Rio Del Mar beach in the Aptos area, where she had attended a bonfire at some point that night.

Gabrielle Staley, Danielle’s sister, said she and her stepfather drove from Utah to California last week to work with law enforcement and initiate their own quest to find her — but they haven’t had any luck in the effort so far.

“We’ve been doing everything we can think of; organizing searches of the area, handing out flyers to local businesses, pinning laminated ones up al

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