Reader Ismael Silla writes:

I want to report bear sighting in my front yard at around 11:30 of September 29.  I heard a noise like someone is dragging the desk in my front porch, but when I look through the window to check I noticed my trash was knocked down.  I went outside with a ski pole and a stick in hand hoping to ward off any intruders and was startled to see a six-foot brown bear staring at me. Terrified, I ran back to the house and notified the Altadena Sheriff.  They came after about twenty minutes and I was told that there is a family of three bears roaming Altadena.  Be on the lookout.
 
I live at Mount Curve Avenue east of Lake Avenue near Farnsworth Park.