It’s been a century since the grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in California, leaving only its image, ironically, on the state flag. Estimating black bears’ numbers is a fraught exercise.

The last grizzly bear seen in California was 101 years ago. A new study found that reintroducing the mammal into the state’s mountainous wilderness is feasible. California could potentially host ...

That’s one of several revelations about California’s growing numbers of ursine residents contained in the newly finalized Black Bear Conservation and Management Plan for California.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was operating on a black bear conservation and management plan from 1998—up until last Monday, when they ...

Patrice Miller, 71, had been harassed by an aggressive black bear in her small Northern California town for months before it broke into her home and killed her last year. When officials first ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Three insurance claims involving a bear ...

Officials confirmed that a woman’s death last November in Sierra County was the first known and documented fatal attack by a black bear in California history. Related Articles May 17 ...

Officials arrested four people in California this week after state investigators said they committed insurance fraud by claiming a animal damaged their vehicles, when in reality it was someone ...

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed when they find the bear that attacked the 24-year-old man in Tuolumne County it will be euthanized.

Just a few years later, in the spring of 1924, California’s last known grizzly bear was spotted in Sequoia National Park. While they’re unlikely to return to the state on their own ...