Bear Causes Commotion in Glendora Neighborhood

Glendora Police spent two hours trying to drive away a roughly 400-pound bear that wandered onto a property on Sierra Madre Avenue Friday afternoon.

The bear showed up in the backyard of a residence at 323 Sierra Madre Avenue at around 4 p.m.

Traffic still flowed on Sierra Madre Avenue, but police had the property blocked off.

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The bear left and returned to the property several times, prompting police to shoo neighbors and curious onlookers further away from the property. By 6 p.m., police shot bean bags and pepper balls toward the bear, which retreated back into the hills and did not return.

Officers had non-lethal shotguns drawn in case they needed to subdue the bear. According to neighbors on the scene, the bear is a familiar visitor, having been spotted in the neighborhood on multiple occasions without incident.