250-pound bear captured in La Verne
A bear wandered into a neighborhood in San Dimas overnight and into neighboring La Verne, where it was tranquilized Thursday by authorities. After a long chase, game wardens were successful in hitting the bear with a tranquilizer dart.
Residents on 6th Street trained their cameras on the bear, which was found sleeping in a tree around 6:30 a.m., from behind screen doors and windows. At one point the bear wandered into the Hillcrest retirement community in La Verne.
At approximately 10:15 a.m. the bear was tranquilized and removed to a safe location.
UPDATES:
8:55 p.m.: Updated to remove references to the animal as a “brown” bear.
This article was first published at 7:25 p.m.
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