Half a dozen bear sightings have been reported in the Santa Clarita Valley within a 12-day period in May, prompting residents to be on alert.

Between May 5 and May 16, Santa Clarita residents reported sightings of bears all over the valley, according to officials.

The first of the spring sightings was a bear caught on a Ring security camera device in Stevenson Ranch.

Around 10:20 p.m. on May 5, a bear was seen wandering across the driveway of a Stevenson Ranch residence.

Just two days later on May 7, two different instances of bear sightings occurred. One of these bears was once again seen in the Stevenson Ranch area.

“The bear they saw was simply up in a tree,” said Russell Kimura, who serves as regional parks superintendent for the Placerita Canyon Nature Center. “The neighbors knew just to let that animal be. That’s the best scenario.”

The other sighting the same night was on Laguna Court near Valencia Valley Elementary School. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a report of a bear about 30 feet up a tree in the front yard of a Valencia residence, according to officials.

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Then on the morning of May 10, a bear was tranquilized and removed from a tree, again in the front yard of a Valencia resident’s home.

Around 11 a.m. on Mill Valley Road, Sheriff’s deputies, as well as Fish and Game officials, were aided by LA County Fire Department officials in safely removing the bear from the neighborhood.

The two most recent bear sightings were reported in Canyon Country on May 16, according to officials.

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Around 6:30 a.m., a bear was reported in the backyard of a home near Shangri-La Drive in Canyon Country.

“I called the Sheriff’s and they were headed to our home, but then the bear jumped over the fence into an open wilderness area,” resident Sue Antico wrote in an email to KHTS.

Later that evening, just before 11 p.m., a Ring security system recorded a glimpse of a wandering black bear near Sierra Highway and American Beauty Drive.

It is unclear whether these two sightings were of the same bear at different times of the day, according to officials.

Ed. Note: Have you seen any bears in your neighborhood? Let us know by emailing newstip@hometownstation.com, or by calling us at (661) 298-1220.

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