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The California grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos californicus [3] ), also known as the California golden bear, [4] is an extinct population of the brown bear, [5] generally known (together with other North American brown bear populations) as the grizzly bear. "Grizzly" could have meant "grizzled" – that is, with golden and grey tips of the hair ...
Big Bear Lake is a city in San Bernardino County, California, located in the San Bernardino Mountains along the south shore of Big Bear Lake, and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. The city is about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of the city of San Bernardino, and immediately west of the unincorporated town of Big Bear City.
Big Bear. Big Bear Stores was an American regional supermarket chain operating in the U.S. states of Ohio and West Virginia between 1933 and 2004. The company was founded in Columbus, Ohio, and was headquartered there until its acquisition by Syracuse, New York –based Penn Traffic in 1989. Upon Penn Traffic's bankruptcy in 2004, all remaining ...
34°16′35″N 116°49′29″W. / 34.27639°N 116.82472°W / 34.27639; -116.82472. Big Bear Valley is a valley in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The valley, in the San Bernardino Mountains, includes Big Bear Lake, Big Bear City, Fawnskin, Holcomb Valley, Sugarloaf, Erwin Lake, Baldwin Lake, Bluff Lake and Lake ...
48,000 cu ft/s (1,400 m 3 /s) The Bear River is a tributary of the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada, winding through four California counties: Yuba, Sutter, Placer, and Nevada. About 73 miles (117 km) long, the river flows generally southwest through the Sierra then west through the Central Valley, draining a narrow, rugged watershed of 295 ...
First seen. September 27, 1941. Oski the Bear ( Oski) is the official mascot of the University of California, Berkeley ("Cal"), representing the California Golden Bears. Named after the Oski Yell, [1] he made his debut at a freshman rally in the Greek Theatre on September 25, 1941. [2] [3] Prior to his debut, live bears were used as Cal mascots.
May 16, 2024 at 8:08 AM. A bear that authorities said was constantly breaking into homes and businesses in a Northern California town, creating havoc and endangering residents, was euthanized ...
Robert Maclay Widney, founder of the university, photographed in 1885. The Widney Alumni House, the campus's first building. Founding and early history. The University of Southern California was founded following the efforts of Judge Robert Maclay Widney, who helped secure donations from several key figures in early Los Angeles history: a Protestant nurseryman, Ozro Childs; an Irish Catholic ...