Multiple agencies were monitoring an adolescent cub as it sat in a tree in front of Crescenta Valley High School, unable to compel the creature to go home.

Two La Crescenta schools were placed on a brief shelter in place order on Tuesday when a bear cub was spotted in a tree near their campuses.

Nicole Comstock reports from La Crescenta, where she provides the latest details on a naughty, but extremely cute, bear cub that was spotted dumpster diving and climbing trees near two schools on Tuesday afternoon.

For one day only, “the bear ate my homework” might be an acceptable excuse for students at a Los Angeles-area high school. An unlikely visitor showed up to Crescenta Valley High School on Tuesday in the form of a bear cub.

A little bear cub was spotted roaming at Crescenta Valley High School.

A bear cub was spotted in a tree near a La Crescenta school on Tuesday afternoon. The cub is in a tree near Crescenta High School at 2900 Community Avenue, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.