As smoke from the nearby Line Fire blanketed the Big Bear Alpine Zoo over the past week, workers at the zoo sprang into action to protect their animals — and looked to their colleagues in the ...

Animals from Big Bear Alpine Zoo are home safely after emergency evacuations last week during the Line Fire. While flames from the wildfire surrounded the mountain community, dozens of the animals ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...