It was a wild day in Claremont for this reporter. After my hawk encounter this morning, we got some phone calls about bears wandering in the northern part of town. Beginning around 10:30 a.m., a bear was spotted along Base Line Road and in yards and trees to the north.
I managed to track down the brown bear in a backyard on the 600 block of Martin Way, just off Base Line Rd. and Mills Ave. He/she was not too happy when tried to get a close up shot with my camera. The bear even mock charged towards me and COURIER intern Ren Mullinix at one point, sending us running for the hills. We finally left the bear to enjoy his tree around 3:30 p.m.
Police were out in the neighborhood warning residents about the bear and earlier were trying to chase the bears back up into the hills. Claremont Police Lieutenant Shelly Vander Veen said they had informed the California Department of Game and Fish about the bear. They responded that the agency would not come out unless someone or the bears were in any immediate danger. Let's hope it stays that way.
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