San Diego police officers searched the Rose Canyon area in University City on Saturday morning after a woman reported that a man attacked her while she was hiking with her dog.

Police Officer Steve Bourasa said a call came in around 10 a.m. about an attack in Rose Canyon Open Space Park near Regents Road and Governor Drive.

Officers searched the area on foot and with a helicopter but were unable to find the man, Bourasa said.

The woman described her attacker as Latino or white, in his 30s, 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a medium build and wearing a white bandana, black shirt and tan construction boots.


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