Bears, smarter than average, decide to attend Calabasas school
Two bears were spotted on a school campus in Calabasas, California, creating a curious scene. The bears were seen casually hopping a fence and wandering around the Viewpoint School parking lot. It remains unclear what happened to the bears after the sighting was reported to authorities.
- ▪The bears were caught on video entering the school campus.
- ▪A commuter filmed the bears around 6 a.m. before calling 9-1-1.
- ▪Officials have not confirmed if the bears attended any classes.
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Bears, smarter than average, decide to attend Calabasas school Jason Weisberger 2:11 pm Tue May 26, 2026 Black bear (jadimages / shutterstock.com) In an unsettling sign that Southern California's bear population may be entering its prep-school era, two smarter-than-average bruins were caught on video casually hopping a fence onto a Calabasas school campus with the kind of confidence usually associated with students arriving late to first period. A commuter in Calabasas captured two bears lurking around at Viewpoint School on Mulholland Highway on Tuesday. Video taken around 6 a.m. shows the bears strolling around in a parking lot before jumping a fence onto the campus. The person who took the videos said she called 9-1-1.
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