The two fires sparked on Jan. 7 during a historic wind event and swept through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, killing at least 29, burning over 37,000 acres, or 57.8 square miles, and leaving ...

Wildlife officials had to work for nearly 24 hours and set a food trap full of special treats to coax the massive, 525-lb. bear out.

A California homeowner, who was evacuated due to the wildfires in the area, returned home to find a 525-pound black bear under his home.

Once they returned, the utility company informed the resident that power couldn't be restored, as there was a bear under the home where the company needed to work,” the California Department of ...

Kevin Howells, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, spent nearly a day leading a rescue team’s successful effort to remove the bear safely from the ...

Born in Susanville in 1947, Aguilar joined the Marines, fought in the Vietnam War, and worked at the Sacramento Bee as a ...

The bear, affectionately known by neighbors as Barry, was ultimately lured into a trap with apples, peanut butter and rotisserie chicken Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

A hairless, orphaned black bear cub has shown “remarkable progress” in the month after a California community rescued it, photos show. Gold Country Wildlife Rescue A hairless orphaned black ...

has introduced a resolution in the California legislature to declare 2024 the “Year of the California Grizzly Bear” to mark the centennial of the extirpation of California’s official state animal. The ...