{"id":747022,"date":"2026-06-19T10:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/747022\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:08:07","slug":"bear-and-cubs-spotted-wrestling-in-la-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/747022\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear and cubs spotted &#8216;wrestling&#8217; in LA garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A homeowner in California has captured the adorable moment a bear and its two cubs made themselves comfortable in her garden.<\/p>\n<p>Once the bears entered the garden, they proceeded to relax in the shade and play.<\/p>\n<p>The video, filmed in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, California, shows a large California bear lying under the cover of the trees near a garden fence, while its two small cubs play and wrestle each other.<\/p>\n<p>When the woman pans the camera around to show the rest of the garden, a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/13\/us-news\/pet-tortoise-makes-slowest-speedy-escape-from-caught-on-camera-shed-fire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pet tortoise<\/a> can be seen, watching the bears.<\/p>\n<p>The bear and her cubs roll around in the back garden of a home in California. Stringers \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p>Later, the bears sniff around the tortoise, clearly intrigued by the animal.<\/p>\n<p>The woman laughs and exclaims: \u201cOh my god, they\u2019re so little!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The presence of the animals inevitably raised concerns for safety, prompting the homeowner to take precautions and stay inside.<\/p>\n<p>Local wildlife officials recommend keeping a distance and securing food sources to deter bears from residential areas.<\/p>\n<p>The bears meet the homeowner\u2019s pet tortoise.  Stringers \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p>The two cubs roughhouse while their mom settles into the garden bed.  Stringers \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/01\/us-news\/bear-gets-comfy-in-socal-town-as-neighbors-embrace-ferocious-new-friend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bear sightings in urban areas<\/a> are becoming increasingly common.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, as human environments increase, bear habitats decrease. This forces them into built-up areas as they search for food and shade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy lift up rocks in the forest to find a few worms when they can get a whole pizza out of someone\u2019s garbage bin?\u201d Wilson Sherman, a researcher for the University of California, said, addressing the increasing sightings of bears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re smart, and they quickly learn that neighborhoods can be a valuable source of calorie-dense food.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homeowner in California has captured the adorable moment a bear and its two cubs made themselves comfortable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2837,1442,49,3335,48,1522,66,886,323],"class_list":["post-747022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-bears","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles","tag-science","tag-us-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}