I had a moment of hope when I looked at the PDN website today. They stated the kayaker's name was Jerod Quan, not Jerod Untalan. Then I checked out the comments and found one from his mother berating the paper for reporting his name and for getting it wrong. His name was Jerod Quan Untalan.

Still no progress on the search.

The story I got from his classmates was that Jerod and four others were kayaking out near the surf line. Jerod was in a double kayak and it went over in the surf. The other boy is OK but Jerod disappeared. Two of the other boys were other students of mine.

Jerod is a member of a group at the school that is very tight. They call themselves The Brotherhood. These boys are not a negatively styled gang but a positive group who see a chance for change in the way people treat each other. Jerod's disappearance will hit them hard.