{"id":265910,"date":"2026-04-13T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265910\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:21:06","slug":"secure-your-pet-doors-alameda-police-issue-psa-after-raccoon-found-in-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265910\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Secure Your Pet Doors&#8217;: Alameda Police Issue PSA After Raccoon Found In Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALAMEDA, CA \u2014 Police are advising Alameda residents to make sure their pet doors are secure, saying Animal Control officers have been &#8220;very busy&#8221; with wildlife going into people&#8217;s homes. <\/p>\n<p>The Alameda Police Department published a playful post asking residents to engage in a game of &#8220;I Spy!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The photo of someone&#8217;s office space appears normal at first, but keep looking, and something clearly doesn&#8217;t belong.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"27099532-1776101500\" data-image=\"27099532-1776101500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672319810_1277836157815851_7541442567175606021_n.jpg\" data- \/>Can you find the raccoon in this photo? (Alameda Police Department) <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you spy this little fella?&#8221; the department said, posting a zoomed-in photo of a raccoon lying on its side under a desk. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While you are searching, here is a friendly reminder for our Alameda community: Please remember to secure your pet doors when they\u2019re not in use,&#8221; the Alameda Police Department said in a statement Monday morning. &#8220;This is especially crucial at night or when you are away for an extended period of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police say unsecured doors make for an easy entryway for &#8220;curious wildlife.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A quick check before you leave or go to bed can be the difference between you and a new (unexpected) pet,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALAMEDA, CA \u2014 Police are advising Alameda residents to make sure their pet doors are secure, saying Animal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-265910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}