A woman who was found dead inside her Northern California home last year was the state's first documented fatal black bear attack on a human, wildlife officials said. Patrice Miller, 71 ...

However, on Thursday, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife revealed that the autopsy report they recently received confirmed that the bear attack killed the woman. The Downieville ...

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 ...

A man who was attacked by a bear Monday while on a run in California's Tuolumne County ... throwing a log at the bear to scare it off. The attack left Ottoway with various scratch wounds ...

A group of Los Angeles County residents were arrested after they allegedly staged bear ... the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, who reviewed all three videos of the phony attacks ...

"Upon further scrutiny of the video, the investigation determined the bear was actually a person in a bear costume," a news release states. "Upon further scrutiny of the video, the investigation ...

Officials in California provided an update on bear attacks involving vehicles. The ‘bear' was actually a person in bear suit. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incidents.

Detectives with California’s insurance department asked ... by people seeking insurance payouts for car damage from bear attacks. An insurance company that received one of the claims had raised ...

A bill proposed in the California Legislature by Assemblymember Heather Hadwick seeks to make it legal for hunters to sic trained hounds on bears, reversing a state law that currently prohibits ...

The 24-year-old jogger was chased by a female bear after he encountered her and her cub on the side of a road Getty A California man ... she saw of the shocking attack. "The young man is standing ...