OK, but the good news in your links was “Jul 28, 2017 - Diablo, the 115-year-old tortoise that was reported missing, has been found.”
This thread brings back good memories. I used to haunt the peninsula on my mountain bike.
IMO the best mountain biking trail I ever rode was Purisma, just south of Half Moon Bay.
Just the downhill part, not the uphill part, which sucks greatly. IIRC you can go almost two miles straight downhill with no pedaling required, just good brakes.
I saw my first and only mountain lion on Sheep Camp Trail, near the water temple. It was awesome, and is seared into my memory.
Got a lot of scrapes, and left a lot of blood on the jumps above Carlmont High School in Belmont.
Living in Houston I very much envy and resent you hill people!