An enormous bear discovered underneath an Altadena house after the L.A. wildfires probably ended up there in search of a sugar rush and a stiff drink … an animal expert tells TMZ.

Animal Planet’s Forrest Galante — wildlife expert, biologist, and TV host known for a series of “Shark Week” specials on Discovery — tells us he’s confident the 525-pound Yogi making headlines Friday was looking for sweets, booze and a place to crash after being displaced by the massive blazes — the Eaton Fire specifically, in this instance.

If you’ve ever gone camping in SoCal, you’ve probably seen bears raiding dumpsters and campsites … and, Galante says this results in many acquiring a sweet tooth and a drinking problem — and, just because their normal supply is eliminated doesn’t mean the cravings end.

In this particular case, the huge bear – dubbed “Barry” by the locals — was likely looking for an area similar to his usual habitat … hence being found in a cool, dark, damp crawlspace, much like a cave.

When experts from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife arrived, they took one look at the big ol’ behemoth and decided it wouldn’t be smart to tranquilize him while he was under the house … so, instead they filled a trap full of delicious goods to lure him out.

He came out of the crawlspace within minutes, according to the Fish and Wildlife team — not surprising, since Galante’s sure all he wanted was some sweet treats.

The team trapped the mischievous creature … and, they took him to Angeles National Forest — 86ing him from his new hunting ground — where they collared him for future tracking, and ultimately released him.

Although the wildlife population overall is extremely resilient … it takes the largest predators, like bears and mountain lions, the most time to bounce back fully after a wildfire, Galante says.

And if the fires keep occurring regularly in the same area … it’s likely species would be permanently driven from the area — so, the L.A. area could lose the beautiful creatures unless serious changes are made.

Kanye West is back on U.S. turf after weeks of globe-trotting with Bianca Censori, and he’s wasting no time reconnecting with old pals — including A$AP Rocky.

As we know, A$AP’s been attending his high-profile assault trial downtown … and it seems like Ye is showing support, heading straight to his friend’s L.A. crib to spend the night Thursday.

It was a long day for Ye though, ’cause earlier he was spotted cruising the city in fancy cars with his manager, John Monopoly … and they stopped in at a West Hollywood studio.

Looks like Kanye was in a great mood, soaking up some fresh company after his time abroad with Bianca.

Lily Collins is officially a new mother … welcoming her first child to the world via surrogate earlier this week!

The longtime film and TV star’s surrogate gave birth earlier this week in Northern California … and she just posted about the baby a moment ago … sharing a picture showing the little one in a blanket with her name — Tove — written in gold letters on a white blanket.

She wrote in the caption, “Welcome to the center of our world Tove Jane McDowell. Words will never express our endless gratitude for our incredible surrogate and everyone who helped us along the way. We love you to the moon and back again…”

Lily is married to Charlie McDowell — son of a pair of Golden Globe-winning actors, Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen, and stepson of sitcom legend Ted Danson. Lily is the daughter of legendary English drummer Phil Collins.

We’re told Mary and Ted were spotted visiting the baby in the hospital shortly after the kiddo was born.

Sources in the know tell TMZ … the couple is overflowing with love and gratitude at the arrival of their very first kid.

Collins and McDowell married back in 2021 after first becoming romantically involved in 2019.

While we didn’t know about Lily’s pregnancy, we do know they’ve planned to expand their family for a while now … ’cause back in October, Charlie told E! News they wanted to take the leap into parenthood — though clearly he hid the fact that the baby was on the way.