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Roughly 50 animals — foxes, skunks and a wide range of birds, such as sandhill cranes and great horned owls — were transported from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo.

While the fire hasn’t reached the resort areas, the ash particles and haze enveloped the skies of the mountain communities. High winds carried plumes of smoke throughout Big Bear Valley ...

5, officials from the alpine zoo called The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens as the smoke was becoming unbearable for many animals. The zoo, located southeast of the lake close to Bear Mountain ...

Plumes of smoke from Southern California's fires blew across Big Bear on Sept. 11, causing local air quality meters to return ...

Containment of the Bear Fire in Sierra County has increased to 45% Monday morning, Sept. 9. Burned acreage remains at 3,325.

Included are small mammals and birds, which tend to be more easily affected by poor air quality from the wildfire smoke, according to Jessica Whiton, Curator at the Big Bear Alpine Zoo.

Macro and policy uncertainty have raised warning signs for further volatility for stocks in recent weeks, but the risk of a steeper correction into bear market territory looks remote, Goldman ...

A blaze near the remote Northern California mountain community ... north of Lake Tahoe. The Bear Fire grew to more than 4.7 square miles and sent up a plume of smoke visible some 25 miles away ...