A bear known to residents in the Upper Hastings Ranch area of Pasadena as “Cinnamon” made her first appearance since the deadly Eaton Fire in January by taking a dip in a resident’s pool on Wednesday.
“The mountain is directly across the street from us and as you know the fire in January devastated so much,” said resident Ramona Mucciolo.
Mucciolo says there were several bears that frequented her neighborhood for years but she and her neighbors had not seen any of them since the massive fire, until yesterday.
“Cinnamon (yes we name them) showed up,” said Mucciolo, whose video shows the large bear swimming around in her backyard pool on a sunny afternoon.
Mucciolo said Cinnamon seemed peaceful and knew to stay safe in the shallow end of the pool, but mostly she was just happy to see one of the bears return.
“It was a big deal here since all of us who live here have been wondering if the bears survived,” she said.