PALO ALTO, Calif. – Residents in Palo Alto reported seeing a mountain lion early on Saturday morning, though authorities could not find the cat after a search of the area.
Palo Alto Police Department officers were sent to the 700 block of North Hampton Drive after a resident reported seeing the mountain lion, according to a department statement released around 8:15 a.m.
Animal Control officers and California Department of Fish and Wildlife units were also sent to the scene to assist, but the police department reported just after 4:45 p.m. that authorities could not find the animal after searching the area.…