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BRISBANE — The tree home on San Bruno Mountain that attracted national attention when two squatters refused to leave a pair of meager huts after 12 years there, is now just a tree again. 

Besh Serdahely, 58, cleared out of the tree house Tuesday and park officials dismantled the dwelling, two months after San Mateo County officials stapled a notice to the 300-year-old oak in August saying Serdahely and his wife, Thelma Caballero, no longer were welcome. 

“I spoke to him Sunday, and he was acknowledging that this chapter was ending,” said Bill Johnston, a lawyer and family friend who has been counseling Serdahely since the ordeal began. 

Caballero left the tree earlier this month and is now living at a board and care facility.