Overview

• Deputies responded around 4:11 a.m. on Aug. 17 to Camp Richardson’s Ice Cream Shop after a security guard reported a bear inside.
• Photos show the animal, dubbed Fuzzy by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, behind the counter sampling tubs and favoring strawberry.
• Deputies used lights and loud shouts to guide the bear out the front door; no injuries were reported and damage and cleanup were minimal.
• Staff discarded and replaced all ice cream, completed a deep clean, and reopened the shop later that day.
• Officials say the Tahoe Basin holds about 500 black bears and report hundreds of bear-related calls in recent years, advising people not to feed bears, to secure food and trash, and to leave an escape route.