Advocates are fighting to stop California wildlife officials from euthanizing a black bear who officials say has been breaking into homes for food — and teaching her cub to do the same.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KGO) -- South Lake Tahoe police have had it with people calling about the 500-pound bear nicknamed "Hank the Tank." The bear is known in the area for breaking into homes and ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- It was a sudden pool party that appeared before one conveniently-placed photographer. Three black bears took over a pond in South Lake Tahoe, California, but they didn't ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KGO) -- A family of bears joined other families at Pope Beach in South Lake Tahoe. Video shows a mother bear and three cubs helping themselves to a picnic in the sand.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- New developments in the fight for the life of a Tahoe bear. Wildlife officials said Wednesday night they planned to kill her to save her cub. But now, they're reversing course.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- Even bears need a way to beat the uncomfortable heat the west has been seeing this summer. RELATED: WATCH: Teen fends off bear in SoCal backyard A mother bear and her cubs ...

Lake Tahoe is a popular tourist destination that brings many of the West's best qualities together. However, humans aren't the only ones who've discovered a hidden gem between California and Nevada.

Last week, a crowd gathered outside a South Lake Tahoe home where, in the backyard, an entry-level employee from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife was keeping watch over a mother bear and ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KCRA) — Deputies responding to a call at an ice cream shop in South Lake Tahoe came across a grizzly crime—a bear had broken in searching for a sweet treat. The El Dorado ...

Recently, a black bear involved in at least 12 home invasions broke into an unoccupied home on Butler Avenue, ignited the gas stove, and risked causing a catastrophic fire. CDFW scientific staff, ...

Some wild bears in the Lake Tahoe area are getting a little too comfortable with humans. Videos recently taken by locals show several scary encounters between bears and people inside a Kings Beach ...