As a deputy sheriff in a small Lake Tahoe West Shore community, Patrick Harris is often called on to intervene in unusual situations. Take this one for example: A Meeks Bay woman enters her kitchen, ...

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — The two break-in artists were caught in the act. Steve Searles had them cornered right outside the crime scene, high in the branches of a towering pine. “Bad bears!” he growled ...

For Steve Searles, teaching the mountain community of Mammoth Lakes to co-exist with the American black bear was all about fear. More precisely, about getting rid of fear. “I just hate fear,” began ...