<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Hikers found human remains in California's Mount San Antonio area, local authorities said, around the same area where British actor Julian Sands went missing five months ago.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The remains were discovered in the wilderness on Saturday morning, San Bernardino Sheriff's Department said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>"Civilian hikers contacted the Fontana Sheriff's Station after they discovered human remains" near the mountain, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>The body was taken to the coroner's office to be identified, with the process expected to be completed next week.</div><div><br></div><div>Sands, who shot to fame in 1985 for his role in "A Room with a View", went missing in January on the 10,000-foot (3,000-meter) Mount San Antonio, known locally as Mount Baldy, just outside the city of Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div>The 65-year-old is an experienced hiker who has previously described himself as happiest "close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning."</div><div><br></div><div>California was hit by a succession of heavy storms in December and January that brought heavy snow to mountain ranges, including to Mount San Antonio.</div><div><br></div><div>The peak where Sands disappeared is the highest in the San Gabriel Mountains and a popular destination for Los Angeles residents.</div><div><br></div><div>San Bernardino County Sheriff at the time said it was increasingly treacherous, with eight known deaths between 2017 and 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>The actor's brother, Nick, said two weeks after search efforts began that he had accepted Sands would not be found alive.</div><div><br></div><div>"He has not yet been declared missing, presumed dead, but I know in my heart that he has gone," he had said, according to English local media in Yorkshire, where the brothers grew up. Accoridng to AFP reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>