A 19-YEAR OLD HOLLISTER RESIDENT DIED ON SUNDAY. AT AROUND 2:20 P-M, RICHARD BELTRAN WAS REPORTEDLY CLIMBING ON ROCKS AT PANTHER BEACH, A REMOTE BEACH, NORTH OF SANTA CRUZ, BETWEEN SANTA CRUZ AND DAVENPORT, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE WATER. HIS FRIENDS ALERTED RESCUERS, WHO PULLED HIM OUT OF THE WATER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REVIVE HIM. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT WHEN BELTRAN FELL INTO THE WATER.
