The State Seal is stamped on official documents including California drivers’ licenses. It is on the badge for the California ...

They are the only bear species in the state, and, despite the name, their fur ranges in color from blond to black. It’s been ...

California first featured bear symbolism on its flag during the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 — decades before Monarch was ever ...

While some 10,000 grizzly bears used to roam California, the great bear was killed by ranchers, landowners, and others by the ...

The debate over whether to keep federal protections for grizzlies is “deeply laden in values,” according to one expert.

Only an estimated 10 percent of the black bear population inhabits central western and southwestern California. Although it's on the state flag, the fearsome grizzly bear no longer can be found in ...

Will the All-Star Sacramento center and the ascendant Golden State forward suit up for national TV battle of Northern ...

So why not, Rogers wants to know, "designate Bigfoot as the official state cryptid"? That's... pretty much the bill, which was introduced this week and already has Bigfoot advocates excited. SFGate ...

Hunters currently cannot hunt from a wheelchair because the chairs are legally defined as a vehicle. The bill will change that.