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The body of 42-year-old Zoltan Tombol was found today after a couple days of searching in the Cleveland National Forest. Tombol, an L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy described as being in in exquisite shape, went missing Sunday night when he went hiking. Officials have been mum about any speculation to the cause of death, but when his truck was found yesterday, there were no signs of foul play. An autopsy will be performed tomorrow.

The Press-Enterprise is reporting a new fire, which was first discovered at 12:05 p.m. It has burned at least 10 acres, with the potential of growing to 300, in the Bear Creek area near the Cleveland National Forest, between Murrieta and Wildomar, south of the 15 Freeway.

A reportedly fast-moving 50 to 60-acre fire has prompted evacuations and the closure of Highway 79 in the Temucula area around Vail Lake, near the Cleveland National Forest, this afternoon. At least two homes have been damaged in the fire that began shortly before 3:00 p.m. UPDATE: Conflicting reports say it began before 4 p.m. Also, it that it has now burned through 200 acres, according to CBS2.

A one-acre fire is burning in a remote part of the Cleveland National Forest in Orange County today. Officials first got word of a column of smoke that led them to a section about a mile west of Los Pinos Peak. “It is way up there and in a very inaccessible area,” a fire official told the OC Register. They predict the fire will not spread and will be knocked down fairly quickly.

       

Last month, a story floated around about a dog named Hoagie that saved his owners from a mountain lion in the Cleveland National Forest in Orange County. But soon after, state officials found that the mountain probably lion did not initiate the attack.

There are about 30- to 35,000 bears in California, according to Department of Fish & Game officials. With that many, there's no doubt that stories like this morning's--a 300-pound bear wanders into a Camarillo apartment complex--are surprising. Yesterday around noon, two campers' dog and mountain lion dueled in the Cleveland National Forest outside of Santa Ana. Mountains lions usually want to keep to themselves and Fish & Game officials told the OC Register that they believe the mountain lion was only acting in self defense, therefore, they will not hunt the lion to put it down. If your curious about what to do in an encounter and how to properly live among them, the state has some good webpages about our local bears and mountain lions.