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Dead Bear Dumped Outside San Leandro Market
SAN LEANDRO (AP) — Black bear sightings are not uncommon in California’s backcountry or even around trash bins in Lake Tahoe. But in a strip mall along a busy East Bay freeway? Yet that’s the strange...
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Pacifica Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Stuffed Bald Eagle
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A Pacifica man has pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to a charge of selling a stuffed American bald eagle. James Dickson, 57, pleaded guilty before U.S. District...
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Bear Takes Pleasanton Family Car For A Ride At Tahoe Cabin
PLEASANTON (CBS SF) – A Pleasanton family vacationing in west Lake Tahoe watched in amazement as a bear got into their Toyota Prius, took it for a ride down the driveway and tore it to pieces. And...
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Black Bear Scat Found Along Mt. Tamalpais Watershed
MILL VALLEY (CBS SF) – A black bear may be foraging in the Kent Lake area of the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed in Marin County, according to the Marin Municipal Water District. A water district employee who...
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Police Kill Black Bear After It Wanders Into Seaside Residential Area
SEASIDE (CBS SF) – A black bear was shot and killed by police after it went into a residential area of the Monterey County city of Seaside early this morning, police and state wildlife officials said....
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Bay Area Software Exec Survives Black Bear Encounter In Sierra
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK (KPIX 5) — A Bay Area man’s quick thinking when he encountered a black bear in the Sierra may have averted an attack. Kevin Burton, CEO of the San Francisco software company...
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Tahoe Couple Gets Death Threats After Bear Is Captured And Euthanized
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (CBS/AP) — A Lake Tahoe couple filed a police report saying they received numerous death threats and harassing messages after reporting problems with a black bear that was...
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7th Tahoe Bear Captured In 10 Days; 1 Euthanized
RENO (CBS/AP) — Nevada wildlife officials have captured their seventh bear in the past 10 days at Lake Tahoe, where experts are predicting lingering drought will prompt an uptick in bear problems the...
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Man’s Body Found Eaten By Black Bear In Humboldt County
REDWAY Calif. (CBS/AP) — A wild black bear ate most of a Northern California man who likely died earlier of a heart attack, officials said Friday. Humboldt County Deputy Coroner Roy Horton said he...
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Family Finds 175-Pound Bear In Backyard Of Ventura Home
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20150429032155693AA.mp4 VENTURA (CBS SF) — A Southern California family woke up to a huge surprise: a 175-pound black bear lurking in their backyard. Jemima...
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Black Bear Captured After Roaming Monterey Streets
MONTEREY (KPIX 5) — The city of Monterey was busy dealing with a curious bear in the streets Sunday. The black bear, estimated to weigh 250 pounds was spotted roaming around a residential neighborhood....
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Man Fights Off Black Bear Attack On His Porch In Mariposa County
FRESNO (CBS/AP) — A 67-year-old man fought off a black bear that attacked him on his porch Thursday as the state sees an uptick in encounters, likely a result of California’s relentless drought that’s...
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2nd Dangerous Bear In A Week Euthanized At Lake Tahoe
STATELINE, Nev. (CBS/AP) — For the second time in a week, Nevada wildlife officials say they’ve been forced to euthanize a dangerous bear at Lake Tahoe. Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris...
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Bear Prompts Lockdown at Tahoe’s Incline High School
INCLINE VILLAGE, NV (CBS SF/AP) – A wandering black bear has prompted a precautionary lockdown at a high school on Lake Tahoe’s North Shore. Officials at Incline High School ordered the “Code Yellow”...
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Fresno Police Help Corral Bear After It Catches Ride In Dumpster
FRESNO (CBS SF) — Police in Fresno on Tuesday helped a California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist capture a young black bear that was wandering around at a garbage disposal facility after...
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Black Bear Visits Vacaville Residential Neighborhood
VACAVILLE (CBS SF) — A black bear paid a visit Friday morning to the North Alamo Drive neighborhood of Vacaville. Police responded but the bear eluded the officers, Sgt. J. Johnson said. A black bear...
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Nuisance Black Bear At Tahoe Park Trapped, Euthanized
NCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (CBS/AP) — Nevada wildlife officials say they’ve been forced to kill a bear at Lake Tahoe that was posing a growing danger at a state park at Sand Harbor just south of Incline...
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Back-Scratching Bear Caught On Wildlife Camera In Washington
(CBS SF) — A bear was caught on a wildlife camera getting one last back-scratching session in while getting ready for hibernation in Washington. The very satisfying session was caught on a camera...
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Yosemite Launches Website With Online ‘Bear Tracker’
YOSEMITE (CBS SF) — Officials at Yosemite National Park announced the launch of a new website Monday aimed at protecting the park’s black bears that includes an online bear tracker. The website —...
View ArticleDoes a Bear Sow Seeds in the Woods? In Alaska, Shoot Yeah
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Does a bear leave scat in the woods? The answer is obvious but the effects on an ecosystem may not be. A study by Oregon State University researchers concludes that brown and...
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