Bears Take Over South Lake Tahoe Amid Caldor Fire Evacuations
As residents frantically evacuated a week ago from the approaching Caldor Fire, the last thing many South Lake Tahoe residents did was to pull their garbage cans to the curb. The problem: Garbage pickup wasn’t scheduled for four to five days, and refuse employees were also fleeing town. So bears helped themselves to a rare feast.
Credit: Footage courtesy South Tahoe Refuse
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