Two U.S. Forest Service employees were released after being kidnapped and held for more than 12 hours in Northern California, authorities said. The employees were taken at gunpoint and zip-tied inside a trailer in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest area. Sheriff and FBI officials said negotiations with the captors—assisted by local, state, and federal resources—ended with the hostages being freed early Friday. A father-and-son duo suspected in the kidnapping were arrested, and investigators are working to determine motive.