CA CA - Sunshine Borjas, 47, from Santa Rosa, left home 1:30pm to go hiking alone, vehicle found in parking lot at Bodega Head, 1 Oct 2025

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SRPD News Release: SRPD seeks help in locating a missing adult

Sunshine Borjas was reported missing to the Santa Rosa Police Department in the evening of October 1, 2025. Borjas left her Santa Rosa home at approximately 1:30 pm and drove to Bodega Head where she was believed to be hiking alone. Borjas’s vehicle was located by law enforcement in the parking lot of Bodega Head during the early morning hours of October 2, 2025.

Borjas is 47 years old, approximately 5-feet 5-inches tall, and weighs approximately 155 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Borjas was last seen wearing a grey shirt, grey leggings, and black sneakers.

If you know Borjas’s whereabouts or have seen her, please contact the jurisdictional law enforcement agency for her location or contact the Santa Rosa Police Department Non-Emergency Dispatch line at 707-528-5222.

Santa Rosa Police Department case number 25-10777.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/hiker-from-santa-rosa-goes-missing-at-bodega-head/

 

[tlcya]

Sunshine's FB page

Prayers for her and for her family, hoping she will be found safe

 

[GraceG]

That's an easy hike but the cliffs are close and if you get too close to the edge for a photo, there's always the risk of a fall. Bodega Head Trail

Hiking in Bodega Bay - Sonoma County Tourism

Nestled into a particularly beautiful stretch of the Sonoma coastline, Bodega Bay is a favorite destination for residents and travelers alike.

www.sonomacounty.com

 

[Knox]

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/hiker-from-santa-rosa-goes-missing-at-bodega-head/

 

[RedHaus]

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https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/hiker-from-santa-rosa-goes-missing-at-bodega-head/

"...may have been hiking alone..."

These days I'm not sure which scenario to hope for in this case, 1. SB was hiking alone and vulnerable to risks of hiking alone in the wild, or 2. SB was with someone who is also missing and/or who might have done something to SB.

iMO.

 

[GraceG]

"...may have been hiking alone..."

These days I'm not sure which scenario to hope for in this case, 1. SB was hiking alone and vulnerable to risks of hiking alone in the wild, or 2. SB was with someone who is also missing and/or who might have done something to SB.

iMO.

Growing up in mountains in WA state I don't really that of that area as "the wild" but you have a great point - it's rugged, and beautiful, but it's close to town, shops, food, and people so you think it will be safe. But it's still nature, with cliffs, wind, unstable rock formations (possibly) and the two legged predators that exist anywhere. She probably just planned on a simple short hike.

 

[RedHaus]

Growing up in mountains in WA state I don't really that of that area as "the wild" but you have a great point - it's rugged, and beautiful, but it's close to town, shops, food, and people so you think it will be safe. But it's still nature, with cliffs, wind, unstable rock formations (possibly) and the two legged predators that exist anywhere. She probably just planned on a simple short hike.

And then there is the weather. This SFGate article speaks to heavy fog delaying initial searches overnight. Makes me wonder if fog rolled in while SB was hiking? And if so, did she get disoriented and lost, or worse, fell off a trail?

 

[angelainwi]

From her FB it would appear there is a significant other

ETA: Maybe not so fast, her profile pic is from 2018.

 

[Kapua]

That's an easy hike but the cliffs are close and if you get too close to the edge for a photo, there's always the risk of a fall. Bodega Head Trail

Hiking in Bodega Bay - Sonoma County Tourism

Nestled into a particularly beautiful stretch of the Sonoma coastline, Bodega Bay is a favorite destination for residents and travelers alike.

www.sonomacounty.com

What a beautiful place for an easy hike. I hope the authorities and the public are actively looking for her.

I don't know what cell coverage is available there. Many of us have experienced spotty cell connections even in places where you would not expect that.

My first guess is accident - she fell and broke an ankle and cannot walk, for example.
Second guess is medical emergency - heart attack, burst aneurism, etc.
Third guess is foul play.
Fourth guess is suicide.
That about covers it. I hope she is found safe.

MOO

 

[GraceG]

And then there is the weather. This SFGate article speaks to heavy fog delaying initial searches overnight. Makes me wonder if fog rolled in while SB was hiking? And if so, did she get disoriented and lost, or worse, fell off a trail?

Thanks for that info - I hadn't thought of fog (and I should have, I was based as a pilot out of SFO airport and fog was a constant there). The only thing I could add, as hard as it is to think about, is if she fell off those cliffs, onto the beach area, (pretty much a non surviveable fall IMO), the tide may have effectively removed her from that area, hence no discovery of her alive or otherwise.

Otherwise, it's a pretty well traveled, mostly open area, if she's been injured or harmed and left there, she would have been found by now.

 

[Inthedetails]

What a beautiful place for an easy hike. I hope the authorities and the public are actively looking for her.

I don't know what cell coverage is available there. Many of us have experienced spotty cell connections even in places where you would not expect that.

My first guess is accident - she fell and broke an ankle and cannot walk, for example.
Second guess is medical emergency - heart attack, burst aneurism, etc.
Third guess is foul play.
Fourth guess is suicide.
That about covers it. I hope she is found safe.

MOO

Regarding the 4th guess, I hope searchers are also looking up as well as down. I recall someone who self-harmed from a tree branch and was undetected during initial searches.

I hope for a "found alive" outcome. There are other examples of hikers injuring themselves and surviving for days until found.

jmopinion

 

[JusticeNeverSleeps]

Did she have a dating profile? Did she tell anyone on there she was hiking?

 

[RedHaus]

The only thing I could add, as hard as it is to think about, is if she fell off those cliffs, onto the beach area, (pretty much a non surviveable fall IMO), the tide may have effectively removed her from that area, hence no discovery of her alive or otherwise.

RSBM
I've wondered this too.

Whether intentional or accidental, if SB fell off a cliff, could the location have resulted with her in sea water?

That could be because water is always present at the base of the cliff, or if water is only present at high tide, she fell in at high tide, or was taken out to sea from where she landed at high tide?

Perhaps there is sleuthing to do about the cliffs in that recreation area and their proximity to trails and/or sea water, along with the tide cycle at that location. Also when was high tide on 10//2025?

IMO.

 

[RedHaus]

Did she have a dating profile? Did she tell anyone on there she was hiking?

Or did she meet someone there to hike.

Could SB have been abducted away from the trail head before she started hiking? Or could she have willingly left with someone perhaps after a hike?

That area seems so open and visible I am having a hard time speculating SB is waiting for rescue due to an injury and has yet to be found 2 days later.

I suspect she ended up in the ocean somehow and is deceased, or left the area with another person involuntarily or voluntarily and may still be alive.

IMO.

 

[RedHaus]

One other facet to consider.

While reading comments on an MSM FB page about this case, I saw a local mention the sea was very rough on Wednesday, 10/1. In essence they wonder if SB was swept away by a rogue wave while standing on the rocky shore?

 

[GraceG]

RSBM
I've wondered this too.

Whether intentional or accidental, if SB fell off a cliff, could the location have resulted with her in sea water?

That could be because water is always present at the base of the cliff, or if water is only present at high tide, she fell in at high tide, or was taken out to sea from where she landed at high tide?

Perhaps there is sleuthing to do about the cliffs in that recreation area and their proximity to trails and/or sea water, along with the tide cycle at that location. Also when was high tide on 10//2025?

IMO.

Part of the trail is immediately adjacent to the cliff edge. In fog, if trying to get too close for a "selfie" or other scenario, a fall down into the water is quite possible. Photos attached from the trail info I had linked earlier.

Here are the tide(s) calendar for the month of October. High tide on the first would have been around 9 ish in the morning and again after 6 pm at night. However in looking at the overall photos there are areas that a fall could result in landing in the water, no matter what the tide. Bodega Bay Tides | October 2025 | 30 day calendar | TideTime.org

 

[jackornaught]

It is sketchy out there. I almost fell off the edge into the rocks when I was about 15. The problem is that the cliffs look really easy to get down in a few spots, trying to get back up is really, really bad. I was saved by a pulling on a weed, yes a weed, and wiggling back up.

There are a lot of other hazardous areas out there as well. Compounded by rough winds, and background noise that can drown out yells for help. There is also a large, and deep, pit that was going to be a nuclear reactor. You would have to try to get in there, but if you wanted to bad enough you could.

There is also a Jetty, accessible from the Bodega head park. This is the oceanside arm of the jetty. Me, and a lot of other people fish from there. I stopped going out there because sleeper waves sometimes cover the jetty. The ocean currents are brutal out there.


I am really sorry for her family. This part of the coast is un-forgiving.

 

[Inthedetails]

Part of the trail is immediately adjacent to the cliff edge. In fog, if trying to get too close for a "selfie" or other scenario, a fall down into the water is quite possible. Photos attached from the trail info I had linked earlier.

Here are the tide(s) calendar for the month of October. High tide on the first would have been around 9 ish in the morning and again after 6 pm at night. However in looking at the overall photos there are areas that a fall could result in landing in the water, no matter what the tide. Bodega Bay Tides | October 2025 | 30 day calendar | TideTime.org

I apprectiate the photos. I wondered if a tree might be involved (if self harm) but it doesn't look wooded! Gorgeous location. I now worry she suffered a fall.

Holding out hope.

jmopinion

 

[Bigditch]

"...may have been hiking alone..."

These days I'm not sure which scenario to hope for in this case, 1. SB was hiking alone and vulnerable to risks of hiking alone in the wild, or 2. SB was with someone who is also missing and/or who might have done something to SB.

iMO.

Was also thinking #2b

 

[muddlehead]

One other facet to consider.

While reading comments on an MSM FB page about this case, I saw a local mention the sea was very rough on Wednesday, 10/1. In essence they wonder if SB was swept away by a rogue wave while standing on the rocky shore?

Santa Rosa resident here
"sneaker waves" claim a few lives every year at this part of the Sonoma Coast
It is a possibility
If she left Santa Rosa at 1:30 she would be at the trail in about 45 minutes
Sun sets at about 7pm
Many hours of daylight for her till then