Crime & Safety

Photos And Video: Bear Hides Out in Duarte Tree

A bear scaled a tree on Mount Olive Drive in Duarte Monday evening to evade Fish & Game officials.

Dozens of people gathered outside a Duarte home where a bear had scaled a tree Monday evening to evade Fish & Game officials.

The bear but found itself in a tree above a home in the 600 block of Mount Olive Drive Monday evening. Sheriff's officials blocked off the streets and several news agencies and news helicopters showed up to document the bear's activities.

He or she was still up in the tree at 8 p.m.

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