vista in north lake tahoe should be dead. the way that very swiped at my face. and right here. her injuries include a deep laceration to the cheek that required stitches, puncture wounds, cuts and bruises all over her body. she says. she was treated at a hospital. the 66 year old tells me she is fighting stage four lymphoma and was isolating in her tahoe home when loud noises from the kitchen woke her up around six a.m. she says she found a large bear by the refrigerator. must have come straight at me. i have no, i have only a vision of the part it was. it was dark and then i'm getting torn up. von hoffman. kirsi says these are photos of a bear on her property just in june and that the animals often break into cars, but none has ever gone inside her home. until now, she says, she fought back by throwing a quote at the bear, and it eventually left. through the front door the same way it had gotten in anything that has a strong odor to it is really the number one thing that attracts a bear on people's properties. the california

vista cabin. it started when she heard ringing in the kitchen and went to investigate. >> i could see the freezer door half open. and food. it was in an instant, oh my gosh. this is a bear. the next thing that happens is that i am being torn apart. >> reporter: she was blocking the door where the bear came in and thinks the bear mauled her so it could get back out. >> i am screaming the entire time. screaming at the top of my lungs. >> that bear outweighed her by easily 400 to 500 pounds. >> reporter: experts say the bear could have killed her and unfortunately back bears are becoming more of a problem in tahoe. >> "getting from there. what they are doing is they're getting more comfortable around people. >> reporter: the bear was spotted going into safeway to get food. then into a convenience store not seem to be bothered by the cashier trying to shoo away. she often spotted bears around her cabin but never imagined she would come face to face with one in her kitchen. especially at a time when sh

vista cabin. it started when she heard banging in the kitchen and went to investigate. >> i could see the freezer door half open and food flying. it was like in an instant oh my gosh, this is a bear. the next thing that happens is that i am being torn apart. >> reporter: she says she was blocking the door where the bear came in and thinks the bear malled her so it could get out. >> i am screaming the whole time, screaming at the top of my lungs. >> that bear out weighed her by easily 400, 500 pounds. >> reporter: the bear could have easily killed her and unfortunately, black bears are becoming more of a problem in tahoe. >> we call it getting friendlier because what they are doing is getting more comfortable around people. >> reporter: a bear was spotted going into safe way to get food and into a convenience store not seeming bothered by the cashier trying to shoe it away. she often spotted bears around her cabin but never imagined she would come face to face with one in her kitchen especially whe

she's battling age 4 cancer and often goes to her family's cabin in tahoe vista. she says she's seen bears around but never imagined one would get inside. it happened early saturday when she heard banging in the kitchen and went to check it out. >> i could see the freezer door half open and food just flying. it was like in an instant oh my gosh, this is a bear and the next thing that happens is that i am being torn apart. i am so incredibly lucky to be alive. i mean, no question. >> rose was badly hurt in the attack but fortunately is doing okay. >> yeah. >> you can see she got pretty beat up. >> we're glad she's good. she threw something over the bear's head to distract it. >> a quilt, yeah, quick thinking. crazy story. so glad she's okay. >>> 5:25. in our next half hour on kpix5 and streaming to cbsn bay area. >> repairs to millennium tower has restarted but is progress being made? what we are expected to learn today. >> reporter: it's a sad morning at oracle park. san francisco giants catcher buster posey is reportedly announcing his retirement today. we'll hav

, vista. these are pictures of that cabin. laurel rose von hoffman curzie says that she's seen bears there before plenty of time. but this is the first time one's ever come inside of their cabin says it was about 6 in the morning when she woke up to sounds coming from the kitchen and when she went to go investigate, that's when she spotted the bear rifling through her freezer. it locked eyes. honor and then attacked. there was a light. >> from the freezer. shining on them, the bear and he was. food out under the floor. really what i saw was. a paw and i couldn't see. i was just being torn. i couldn't see exactly what was happening. >> front nose terrified. i was a'solutely terrified again, it takes a lot to terrify me. >> yeah. she kept her cool, which is amazing. the bear ended up running off after it saw her husband and her son running to help her. and as they've collected that that that there's dna, right. because, of course, because he attacked a human went into someone's home set up a tra

she says in her north shore neighborhood of tahoe, vista. her name is laura rose than hoffman curzie and she says, yeah, she's seen bears up their lot before. but this the first time was ever coming to her cabin and it was all around 06:00am she was asleep at the time. but woke up what you heard some sort of rumbling in the kitchen. yes. so she goes out and she sees the bear. >> rifling through the freezer and then he attacked. there was a light. >> from the freezer. shining on them, the bear and he was. food out under the floor. really what i saw was. a paw and i couldn't see. i was just being torn. i couldn't see exactly what was happening. >> its front nose terrified. i was absolutely terrified again, it takes a lot to terrify me. >> yeah, but she managed to be cool and collected by the way, because she's a doctor. she mentioned she put her legs up to stop the and you can see the wounds she showing you because she wants you to be aware that, you know, there are a lot of bears out %here and they have rifle through cars many times, eut they

vista in north lake tahoe should be dead. the way that the various wiped in my face. and right here. her injuries include a deep laceration to the cheek that required stitches, puncture wounds, cuts and bruises all over her body. she says. she was treated at a hospital. the 66 year old tells me she is fighting stage four lymphoma and was isolating in her tahoe home when loud noises from the kitchen woke her up around six a.m. she says she found a large bear by the refrigerator. must have come straight at me. i have no, i have only a vision of the part it was. it was dark and then i'm getting torn up. von hoffman. kirsi says these are photos of a bear on her property just in june and that the animals often break into cars, but none has ever gone inside her home. until now, she says, she fought back by throwing a quote after bear, and it eventually left through