Peninsula Mountain Lion Sighting Reported

EL GRANADA, CA — Someone saw a mountain lion early Tuesday morning in the unincorporated San Mateo County community of El Granada, county emergency officials said.

The mountain lion was seen at about 5:50 a.m. in front of 366 El Granada Blvd., which is on the edge of Rancho Corral de Tierra in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Sheriff's deputies went to the area to look for the animal but didn't find it.

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Sheriff's officials encourage people to use caution if they go into the area.

For more information and for safety tips when traveling through areas where mountain lions have been seen, people can go to https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/keep-me-wild/lion.

— By Bay City News Service / Image via Shutterstock