Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

an arrest warrant is issued. If the crime is serious enough, they may look for the person.

They'll send bloodhounds after you, and even crossing a stream and hiding in the weeds won't throw off their scent for very long. Being a fugitive is forever, and unless you have a Swiss bank account and a summer house in Gstaad, ultimately they will catch you, inconveniencing whoever might also be occupying your home and/or vehicle, and take you on a long series of bologna-sandwich-filled bus rides back to County.