Rambling bear who covered a lot of ground in SoCal's mountains killed on 101 Freeway

A black bear who lived a SoCal life on the move was struck and killed on the 101 Freeway.

during an unusually mobile life for a black bear that required crossings of major Southern California roads at least five times.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.

For the first time, the National Park Service has captured and GPS radio-collared a black bear, dubbed BB-12, in the Santa Monica Mountains. Gordon Tokumatsu reports May 4, 2023. Bears can live between 15 to 25 years, bu BB-12 provided important information during his short, but very active, life. Black bears, which can have different color coats, like to feed on plants, insects, nuts, berries and whatever else they think of as edible -- such as the contents of trash bins. If food is scarce in their natural habitat, bears are likely to forage elsewhere, bringing them into Southern California foothill neighborhoods.

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