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LA CRESCENTA -- After repeated sightings, sheriff's deputies on Wednesday were able to track down a bear roaming around a La Crscenta neighborhood.
Residents first reported seeing the bear on Tuesday inside an apartment complex in the 4300 block of Ocean View Boulevard, near Foothill Boulevard and the Foothill (210) Freeway.
Deputies searched the area, but found no sign of the animal.
On Wednesday afternoon, the bear was spotted again in a nearby backyard.
The bear, estimated to weigh between 100 and 150 pounds, was near some bushes in the yard in the 2600 block of Prospect Avenue, a few blocks north of the 210 Freeway, authorities said.
"It was a small bear," said Lt. Angela Shepherd of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A state Fish and Game crew tranquilized the animal about 4:30 p.m. and loaded it onto a stretcher.
The stretcher was hoisted into a truck and the bear was to be dropped off in the Angeles National Forest, according to Shepherd.
Bears sometimes wander out of the mountains into the steep north end of foothill communities, but it's rare for them to be spotted as far south as Foothill Boulevard, sheriff's Lt. John Roberts said.
Officials say it's possible the animal came out of the mountains because this summer's massive Station Fire burned up so much of its natural habitat.
Residents first reported seeing the bear on Tuesday inside an apartment complex in the 4300 block of Ocean View Boulevard, near Foothill Boulevard and the Foothill (210) Freeway.
Deputies searched the area, but found no sign of the animal.
On Wednesday afternoon, the bear was spotted again in a nearby backyard.
The bear, estimated to weigh between 100 and 150 pounds, was near some bushes in the yard in the 2600 block of Prospect Avenue, a few blocks north of the 210 Freeway, authorities said.
"It was a small bear," said Lt. Angela Shepherd of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A state Fish and Game crew tranquilized the animal about 4:30 p.m. and loaded it onto a stretcher.
The stretcher was hoisted into a truck and the bear was to be dropped off in the Angeles National Forest, according to Shepherd.
Bears sometimes wander out of the mountains into the steep north end of foothill communities, but it's rare for them to be spotted as far south as Foothill Boulevard, sheriff's Lt. John Roberts said.
Officials say it's possible the animal came out of the mountains because this summer's massive Station Fire burned up so much of its natural habitat.
