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Updated: Bears Back in the Woods, 'Safe and Sound' (Video)

State officials are asking media and onlookers to back away and remain quiet at the Kinneloa Mesa cul-de-sac where a mother bear and two cubs have climbed into a tree.

Updated: 9 p.m. California Fish and Game (‏@CaliforniaDFG) tweeted that "#LASD the bears in Altadena have climbed down from the tree and are back in the woods. Safe and sound." 

Updated 6:30 p.m: According to the City News Service, the bears have moved into a canyon and are moving away from homes.  They were no longer visible from TV station helicopter cameras shortly before 6:30.  

Updated 4:25 p.m: The L.A. Times reports that officials are now saying the bears now seem to be scared.

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Updated 3 p.m: And now the bears are back up in a tree, a different one this time.  NBC Los Angeles is still shooting helicopter footage as of 3 p.m.

Updated: The bears have left the tree and are moving through backyards in the area.  Video can be seen here on KCAL9.

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Original: Department of Fish and Game officials are asking news media and crowds to not get too close to a mama bear and two cubs who climbed a tree in Kinneloa Mesa.

Andrew Hughan, a spokesman for the Department of Fish and Game, told Patch they are hoping that TV station helicopters will soon leave the area and that people at the scene stay well back of the tree where the bears are located.  Department of Fish and Game officials are at the street where the bears have taken up temporary residence, which is on Edgecliff Lane, in the unincorporated area of Kinneloa Mesa.

which was posted this morning.  Since then, NBC4 Los Angeles and CBS2 Los Angeles have sent helicopters to the scene, and other news outlets have posted stories.

Hughan said that officials do not intend to remove the bears and are hoping to keep monitoring them until night fall.  When things quiet down, hopefully the bears will return to the hills, he said.

Despite the ruckus from helicopters and crowds, the bears appear to be calm, Hughan added.

See more bear photos at the link below:


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