State wildlife officials try to coax bear out of Altadena crawl space
California Fish and Wildlife biologists visited Altadena to try to coax a 550-pound black bear out of a man's crawl space.
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California Fish and Wildlife biologists visited Altadena to try to coax a 550-pound black bear out of a man's crawl space.
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