In total, six Californians contracted the disease from July 2023 to January 2024, which is spread by the brown dog tick and free-roaming ... per year was reported in California.

Lead poisoning poses the single greatest threat to California condors. Even a small amount of lead can be fatal to a condor ...

but several of his offspring also traveled to California, including a son who founded the Lassen pack and a daughter, OR-54, who traveled as far south as Sierra and Nevada counties in the Lake Tahoe ...