This limited-edition Gladiator pays homage to the Golden State’s outdoors with rugged upgrades and bear-themed badging.

Regional special editions are nothing new – witness the scads of Texas Edition and Lone Star badges in that part of the ...

California first featured bear symbolism on its flag during the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 — decades before Monarch was ever ...

While some 10,000 grizzly bears used to roam California, the great bear was killed by ranchers, landowners, and others by the ...

It’s been a century since the grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in California, leaving only its image, ironically, on the state flag. Estimating black bears’ numbers is a fraught exercise.

“On this year's 100th anniversary of the last credible sighting of a grizzly bear in California, I think it’s important for people to understand that it’s not just a picture on a flag, it’s not just ...

The grizzly bear is California’s state animal and the centerpiece of its flag and seal — but a grizzly hasn’t roamed the wilds of the Golden State since 1924. It’s time to bring the state flag back to ...