A mountain lion ventured onto UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr Campus early Monday morning, authorities report.
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Police report possible mountain lion sighting in Berkeley
Cougar sightings are not uncommon in the Berkeley hills. A Berkeley Lab staffer reported seeing one on Lab property recently. Photo: princecody Cougar sightings are not uncommon in the Berkeley hills. A Berkeley Lab staffer reported seeing one on Lab property recently. Photo: princecody UC Berkeley Police have issued an alert about a possible mountain lion sighting […]
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Mountain lion tracks seen in Claremont Canyon Preserve
Mountain lion tracks such as these ones have been spotted in the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. Photo: Georgio/Creative Commons Mountain lion tracks have been sighted in the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, according to Tom Stienstra, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle. In his regular outdoors column published on Sunday Jan. 19, Stienstra noted two readers […]
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Mountain lion sightings in Berkeley raise concerns
“Neighborhood watch dog” Yeti on alert in front of a sign warning of mountain lion sightings in Berkeley. Photo: Robin Gal “Neighborhood watch dog” Yeti on alert in front of a sign warning of mountain lion sightings in Berkeley. Photo: Robin Gal Concerns about mountain lions prowling the Berkeley hills are mounting with new reported […]
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Mountain lion sighting forces Lab staff to shelter in place
The mountain lion was spotted on McMillan Road on the Berkeley Lab campus Update, 2:31pm: Authorities have determined that the mountain lion has moved on, Lab staff who had been told to shelter in place have been given the all-clear, and McMillan Road has been reopened, according to Lab spokesperson Jon Weiner. Original story: A […]
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Berkeley Lab staff on alert after sighting of lion and cubs
There have been several sightings of a mountain lion and her cubs in the Berkeley hills. Photo: princecody/Creative Commons Staff at the Berkeley Lab are being warned to avoid walking or jogging alone and using isolated walkways at dusk or nighttime after a female mountain lion with her cubs was sighted between Buildings 65 and […]
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Mountain lion and her cubs spotted in Berkeley hills
Mountain lions have been spotted in the Berkeley hills UC police are warning hikers to be on the outlook for a mountain lion and her cubs that may be living near the Greek Theater. In the past few weeks, hikers have reported several sightings of a mountain lion, including one on Thursday. “In the past […]
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Mountain lion sighted near Berkeley Labs Wednesday
A mountain lion was seen walking away from a building at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Wednesday this week at approximately 8:22 a.m., according to the UC Berkeley police. There have been several sightings of mountain lions in Berkeley in recent months. Last August a mountain lion was shot and killed after being found walking […]
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Do the Berkeley police need wildlife training?
A deer spotted in Berkeley. Photo: Keoki Seu It was recently reported that the Oakland Police Department is to undergo mandatory annual training in handling dogs and wildlife. This came in the wake of two cases in which officers shot respectively a fawn and a dog in the city. Berkeleyside was curious to find out whether […]
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Mountain lion seen ‘sauntering’ on Park Hills Road
Following the Gourmet Ghetto mountain lion and the lion and cubs seen near LBL, Mark Rieffel reported the following sighting on the Park Hills neighborhood listserv: This morning (Sunday) shortly before 9 AM my wife Jan drove south on the segment of Park Hills Rd between the island where it meets Woodside and the island where it […]
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The Gourmet Ghetto mountain lion: final word
The Department of Fish and Game has completed the necroscopy of the mountain lion found in the Gourmet Ghetto on Aug. 31. According to Warden Patrick Foy, the lion was a 2-year-old male, and had a “reasonably healthy weight.” Memorial to the Berkeley mountain lion Foy said that there were two possible explanations for the […]
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In memoriam: Berkeley’s mountain lion
A memorial set up for the mountain lion shot by the BPD on Tuesday. Photo: John Bennett. Some Berkeleyans, saddened by the mountain lion shot by police early Tuesday morning, have established an informal memorial to the animal at Shattuck and Cedar. As Berkeleyside has reported previously, wildlife experts say that the Berkeley police had […]
