Bear Spotted on Home's Front Steps

It was an especially eventful Sunday for bear encounters in the San Gabriel Valley.

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In Sierra Madre, a more routine bear meeting occurred when a resident at the 300 block of Churchill Road came home to find a bear on the home’s front steps Sunday, Sergeant Rubin Enriquez told Patch.

The resident apparently made enough noise that shooed away the bear. When SMPD officials arrived they could not find the bear in the area.

A seminar held at Eaton Canyon Saturday offered local residents tips on living with urban black bears.

Have you seen a bear in Sierra Madre recently? How do you co-exist safely in a community with bears? Weigh in below.