A woman mauled by a bear in a rural area of Southern California was recovering Wednesday as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal. Allena Hansen, 56, was resting comfortably after undergoing extensive surgery to repair injuries suffered in Tuesday's attack, said Roxanne Moster, a spokeswoman for the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Despite suffering severe lacerations to her face and head, the woman managed not only to escape but to drive herself to a nearby fire station, Kern County fire spokesman Sean Collins said. "For her to be attacked in that manner and drive to a fire station, she must have been running on pure adrenaline," Collins said. Hansen's neighbor August Dunning said in a telephone interview that his friend underwent 10 hours of surgery Tuesday and was "lucid, active and probably pretty sore." ...
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