UpdatedThu, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:32 am PT
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A bear rattled residents, who spied it strolling down the sidewalk of a residential Eagle Rock street not long after sunset Tuesday. (Shutterstock)
LOS ANGELES, CA Not to be overshadowed by Hollywood and its celebrity mountain lion P-22, Eagle Rock played host to a huge black bear Tuesday.
The sight stunned residents, who spied the bear strolling down the sidewalk of a residential street not long after sunset. While the occasional bear sighting is normal for LA s foothill communities, it s rare in Eagle Rock, which is about 8 miles from the Angeles National Forest.
The first bear report came into the Los Angeles Police Department about 7 p.m. from a resident who saw the bear wandering the 5200 block of College View Avenue.
Hello readers of The Wild.
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff likes to be out in nature. You might see him on a night hike in Griffith Park or running up the steep trail from the Stough Canyon Nature Center in Burbank to the top of the ridgeline. And, of course, people recognize him. “I do have those who want to talk about peace in the Middle East, but for the most part people are friendly,” he said on a Monday phone call.
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Schiff also looks out for his wild constituents, the ones that don’t vote. He’s proud that mountain lions and bears dwell in his 28th District, which includes Griffith Park and the Hollywood Hills, La Canada-Flintridge and Tujunga to the north, and Echo Park and the Elysian Valley to the east. “I’m delighted when I meet with people from Africa and they tell me about their lions, and I can say ‘I’ve got lions,’ ” he said.