Group of bears spotted in trees of Encino, California neighborhood

ENCINO California KCAL KCBS A group of bears was spotted relaxing in the trees above a neighborhood in Encino on Wednesday afternoon drawing a small crowd of onlookers The bears were first spotted at around noon near Ashley Oaks Drive close to Balboa and Ventura boulevards The family of bears a mother and her three cubs remained in the neighborhood for hours with various neighbors telling CBS LA that they were lingering even at around p m Both the Los Angeles Police Department and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife were called to the scene after the bears were first spotted SkyCal was overhead as the four bears moved around in the trees later in the afternoon There were no reports of direct interaction with any of the residents in the area and DFW declared that none of the bears needed to be tranquilized or removed from the area Wildlife administrators commented that they ve been tracking the mother bear known to them as Yellow for years She was revealed roaming in Claremont in May last year he s been relocated to the Angeles National Forest several times in up-to-date months but somehow inevitably made it back to the Santa Monica Mountains They say that she welcomed her three bear cubs in March It is reportedly the first time that a bear was ever communicated in the city of Encino residents explained CBS LA