{"id":194395,"date":"2026-05-16T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/194395\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:59:09","slug":"bethlehem-bear-sighting-prompts-warning-from-police-to-use-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/194395\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem bear sighting prompts warning from police to use caution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bethlehem police are warning residents to use caution Saturday after a bear sighting on the city\u2019s west side.<\/p>\n<p>A little after noon, the Bethlehem Police Department advised residents that a bear was reported in the area of Eighth Avenue near Prospect and Market streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pennsylvania Game Commission has been notified and is en route to safely remove the animal from the area,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BethlehemPolice\/posts\/pfbid0DkFHqyJESETWngyToBLVwP1wSKA51hjJ8SkCM6VZPZmDsHkBB3gE71fm8X3yVH6pl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post on the department\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post offers the following advice to residents:<\/p>\n<p>*Use caution outdoors<\/p>\n<p>*Keep children and pets inside<\/p>\n<p>*Avoid approaching or attempting to follow the bear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bethlehem police are warning residents to use caution Saturday after a bear sighting on the city\u2019s west side.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,2376,202,182,139,434,28,432],"class_list":["post-194395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}