Wildlife officials rescued a 525-pound bear found hiding underneath a home that was evacuated during the Eaton Fire. When evacuations were lifted and the owner of the Altadena home returned, their utility company said power couldn’t be restored since a large bear was residing in the crawl space where workers needed to access.

When an Eaton Fire evacuee returned to their home in Altadena last week, they discovered that a squatter had moved in: a 525-pound bear, officials said. The massive animal had set up camp in the home’s crawl space,