Authorities searching for 76-year-old Oceanside man

OCEANSIDE - Authorities asked the public today to keep an eye out for a 76-year-old North County man who went missing last week.

Nickolaos Christidis left his Oceanside home Wednesday, leaving a note stating that he would be returning ``late,'' according to police. The next morning, Christidis' ex-wife called him, and he told her he was in Escondido and would be returning home in 15 minutes, Lt. Leonard Cosby said.

About two hours later, his daughter telephoned him, and he told her he was ``in the desert'' and would be home in an hour. When she tried to contact her father again that afternoon,...