A huge black bear has finally been evicted from a crawl space under a Los Angeles area house where it had been living since Thanksgiving. Altadena resident Ken Johnson said the animal twisted gas lines and toppled bricks as he came and went. California wildlife officials tried air horns and shooting paintball guns, but the bear wouldn't budge. So Johnson turned to BEAR League, a nonprofit that says it specializes in “living in harmony with bears.” One of its experts climbed into the crawlspace behind the bear and encouraged it to leave. Then they put out an electric "unwelcome mat' to shock the bear into staying away.
