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Tahoe bears breaking into homes with people inside


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By Ryan Sabalow and Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee

It was October, and most of the vacation homes on this part of Lake Tahoe were empty. Bob Chaplin, 82, was living alone on a quiet street.

And he was getting nervous.

Bears had been breaking into his neighbors’ houses. Shuttered windows and locked doors did little to slow them down on their quest for whatever food remained in pantries or refrigerators. In the mornings, Chaplin wandered the streets and found evidence of the bears’ burglaries – broken glass, ruined furniture and homes strewn with bear feces and urine.

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