Bear spotted on the porch of Yucca Valley home

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) A brown bear was caught on camera wandering through a Yucca Valley neighborhood Wednesday evening, startling residents and prompting renewed reminders about desert wildlife.

Jamie Norcutt and his fiancé were sleeping until a camera alert woke them up around 2:30 in the morning.

"I looked at the live view and I saw that there is a bear on the front porch. . .grabbing a bag of salmon dog food," Norcutt explained."

On the camera footage you can see the bear starting to walk off until Norcutt hops on the ring camera.

"I proceeded to yell at him and tell him no, don't take the food, and he looked back and stopped."

The bear dropped the bag and disappeared into the night possibly toward the canyon across the street, Norcutt said.

Nobody was hurt and the bear hasn't come back, but it's a furry reminder the desert isn't just ours.

Wildlife officials recommend locking up food, bringing in pet bowls, and securing trash cans.