Search for missing 79-year-old hiker to be scaled back Tuesday

PORTOLA VALLEY — The ongoing search for a 79-year-old woman who disappeared while hiking was set to be downgraded to a limited continuous search on Tuesday at sunset, the sixth day of searching, according to a press release from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

Margaret “Elaine” McKinley, a resident of Redwood City who has dementia, went missing Thursday after being separated from her family on a  hike along the Lost Trail. She was last seen around noon that day, and she was wearing a red jacket and black pants.