Volunteer killed while searching Mt. Baldy for missing Irvine hiker mourned by relatives

Relatives mourning the loss of a teacher and volunteer rescue worker who died while searching for a missing Irvine man on Mt. Baldy over the weekend remembered him as an “exceptional human” and a role model in a statement issued Sunday, Dec. 15.
Tim Staples, 32, was one of 126 people who were out searching Saturday, Dec. 14, in rugged, snow-covered terrain for Sreenivas Mokkapati, a hiker from Irvine who had been missing for six days. The nine-year veteran of the San Bernardino Count