Overview
- Local authorities confirmed a mother black bear and two cubs were seen near Lincoln Way and Russell Road in Auburn, the first recent Placer County report involving multiple bears together.
- The Auburn sighting follows separate reports of lone bears in Roseville, Rocklin and Lincoln, forming a geographic cluster of residential encounters across western Placer County.
- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has been notified and is monitoring activity, saying summer mating and the fall feeding period called hyperphagia often drive bears to seek high-calorie food in human areas.
- Police departments in the affected cities are advising residents to secure garbage, recycling and pet food, bring pets inside when bears are nearby, and not to approach or try to move the animals.
- If a bear poses an immediate threat, officials say to call 911, otherwise report sightings to CDFW; officials expect most bears will move on but say monitoring continues because it is unclear whether the same animals are being seen across cities.