{"id":231707,"date":"2026-01-10T23:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/231707\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:36:08","slug":"mountain-lion-seen-on-main-street-the-pajaronian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/231707\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain lion seen on Main Street | The Pajaronian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/pajaronian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mt-lion-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"A mountain lion peers through the brush in Live Oak in this undated photo. (Tarmo Hannula\/The Pajaronian)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"777\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mt-lion-1-696x777.jpg\"  data- alt=\"\" title=\"mt lion 1\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 696px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 696\/777;\"\/><\/a>A mountain lion peers through the brush in Live Oak in this undated photo. (Tarmo Hannula\/The Pajaronian)<\/p>\n<p>Watsonville police warned Wednesday that a mountain lion was seen behind 1075 Main Street heading toward Harkins Slough Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The department said that residents should remain alert, especially when walking in open or rural areas. Animal control and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have been notified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other tips:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bring pets indoors, especially at night\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Keep a close eye on young children when outside\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Never approach a mountain lion and call 911 immediately\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you encounter a mountain lion:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Do not run\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Do not stare into its eyes\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Spread your arms wide to appear bigger to the lion\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Make loud noises<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mountain lion peers through the brush in Live Oak in this undated photo. (Tarmo Hannula\/The Pajaronian) Watsonville&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,125958,9894,141,125959,386],"class_list":{"0":"post-231707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-lion","12":"tag-mountain-lion","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-watsonville","15":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}