SF Native Mysteriously Disappears In Nevada Desert

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/24/sf-native-mysteriously-disappears-in-nevada-desert/A 34-year-old from the Bay Area who has been living in Brooklyn has now been missing for a week, and their last known location — in a remote area near Las Vegas — makes little sense to his friends and family. San Francisco native Eugene "Gene" Gragg appears to have gone off the grid on November 16. Gragg, who friends indicate uses they/them pronouns, is a Brooklyn resident but is employed at a Bay Area AI startup, and left their New York apartment to fly to Las Vegas for no clear reason. As the Chronicle reports via social media posts, Gragg's last known location — presumably from a cellphone ping? — was near Lovell Canyon, a wilderness area featuring hiking trails west o