Was Jack here? A sister asks the beach community whether they’ve seen her missing brother

Zoë Kustritz visits the Malibu Surf Shack to hand out stickers designed with her missing brother’s name. When Kustritz said her brother kept a sketchbook, the man showed her some drawings he believed Stein had created and said: “This is him.” “You’re giving me some hope right now,” Kustritz said. By the end of the month, he had driven to Southern California — a place he told his sister “where I’ve really been calm.” Stein had quit his previous job and was set to start another — but pushed back his start date when he made the trip west, his sister said. The Facebook page Help Find Jack Stein says he “is likely looking to hurt himself.” Over the next few days, the family drove almost every street in Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks. But she mused: “It would be great if he was mad at me and showed up.” Zoë Kustritz flew from Massachusetts to Santa Monica to distribute stickers to raise awareness about her brother, Jack Stein, who left a mental health facility several months ago and was never seen again.