A report identifies 77-year-old Jerry Reyes as a San Jose man reportedly last seen near West Alma Avenue and Mastic Street.
Information about the alert is available through CHP - Alerts
. The California Highway Patrol's Emergency Notification and Tactical Alert Center, known as ENTAC, manages emergency alerts. General guidance for an active Silver Alert is to call 911 with information.
The linked Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department page does not establish a case-specific protocol for freeway signs or alerts when no vehicle is known.
Why This Corner of San Jose Matters
The reported last-seen location is near West Alma Avenue and Mastic Street; the linked Moovit page does not provide verified transit details for this case.
California's Silver Alert system exists specifically for cases like this one. It was established under Government Code Section 8594.10 through Senate Bill 1047 in 2012, which lets local law enforcement request a public alert once a missing person is at least 65 years old, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, and has been determined to be at risk after local search resources are exhausted, according to CA.gov. Silver Alerts are one of six recognized emergency notification categories in California, alongside AMBER Alerts for abducted children, Blue Alerts tied to threats against law enforcement, Feather Alerts for missing Indigenous people, Ebony Alerts for missing Black youth, and the Endangered Missing Advisory, according to the Assembly Democratic Caucus.
A County With a Large and Aging Population
The article discusses California adults aged 60 and older. Separately, no county-specific estimate is provided here for Santa Clara County residents aged 65 and older living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.
The article also discusses wandering and caregiver response when a cognitively impaired adult is missing, with information linked to the Alzheimer's Association.
The article discusses Silver Alerts in the South Bay but does not establish that this is the latest in a string issued in recent weeks. It does not provide verified details about the other searches referenced in the linked Allenwood Drive item, the linked case involving 79-year-old Jose Rodriguez, or the linked search for 75-year-old Fe Sulayao. It also provides no verified details about a separate Santa Clara police search.
No further details on Reyes's circumstances or medical history have been released. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call 911.
