(KTLA) — Erin Myers was in Southern California on Monday to report on a coming rainstorm for NewsNation affiliate KTLA, but an unexpected visitor stole the show.
As Myers discussed preparations for a possible flood, a bear climbed on top of trash cans behind her, grabbed a trash bag out of one of the cans and took off to enjoy its meal.
“A bear watch and a storm watch here in Altadena, so a lot going on this morning,” she said.
Southern California is populated by black bears, omnivores whose diets include trash.
“It happens to be trash day. It’s also bear day because it’s trash day,” Eric Spillman added from KTLA’s studio in Hollywood.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates the state’s black bear population to be between 49,000 and 71,000.