Maybe it's not the bear I thought it was.'" Bunny then explained her excitement: "Well it certainly is and for me, I can't tell you, that's why I screamed, because A, it's a Steiff, B, it is white ...

Fire danger as of May 20, 2025, was low in Summit County. Robert Tann/Summit Daily News file photo Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the spelling of Smokey Bear’s name.

Renowned German stuffed toy makers Steiff recently opened a store in Hong Kong. Founded in the late 19th century, the brand is currently celebrating the 110th anniversary of the teddy bear.

Also by Althof Bergmann, the only known complete, all-original example of a Fire Patrol Wagon displayed vivid hand ... in the form of a circa-1905 apricot long-mohair rod bear with its correct Steiff ...

It was the end of a five-week journey for the bear, whose paws were burned so badly in the fire it could no longer walk. Firefighters and law enforcement officers working in the Zogg Mine Road ...

5) In 1902 in Giengen an der Brenz, northwest of Augsburg in Germany, the first teddy bear was created by Richard Steiff, a bear-admirer working in his Aunt Margarete's toy factory. 6) The drawing ...

“I don’t believe in mixing toys and politics,” Richard Steiff, the nephew of the company’s founder, told the American Stationer in 1912. He had designed a stuffed toy bear in ...

A second black bear has taken up tenancy in the crawl space of a home evacuated during the Eaton fire, prompting local frustration and fear about the creature’s destructive capabilities.

Samy Arbid had a surprise guest hiding out at his Altadena home when he finally returned to the neighborhood after the Eaton Fire. Cozied up in his crawlspace was a 525-pound bear. "We ended up ...

Wildlife officials rescued a 525-pound bear found hiding underneath a home that was evacuated during the Eaton Fire. When evacuations were lifted and the owner of the Altadena home returned ...

He revealed: "I've been working in the world of antiques for some 36 years and I've handled many amazing items in that time but I have never handled a black Steiff bear like this so this is a real ...