{"id":223050,"date":"2025-10-14T03:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/223050\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:21:11","slug":"bear-grabs-a-bite-to-eat-behind-ktla-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/223050\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear grabs a bite to eat behind KTLA reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KTLA\u2019s Erin Myers was in Altadena Monday morning to report on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/significant-rain-possible-thunderstorms-hail-045554560.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:a coming rainstorm;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a coming rainstorm<\/a>, but an unexpected visitor stole the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As Myers discussed preparations for a possible flood, a bear climbed on top of trash cans behind her, grabbed a trash bag out of one of the cans and took off to enjoy its meal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cA bear watch and a storm watch here in Altadena, so a lot going on this morning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Southern California is populated by <a href=\"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/ursus-americanus-californiensis\/#:~:text=Ursus%20americanus%20californiensis%20%7C%20Altadena%20Heritage,as%20much%20as%20660%20pounds.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:black bears;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">black bears<\/a>, which are omnivores whose <a href=\"https:\/\/bearsaver.com\/blogs\/news\/understanding-bears-attraction-to-trash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:diets include trash;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">diets include trash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt happens to be trash day. It\u2019s also bear day because it\u2019s trash day,\u201d Eric Spillman added from KTLA\u2019s studio in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlife.ca.gov\/Conservation\/Mammals\/Black-Bea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:California Department of Fish and Wildlife;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">California Department of Fish and Wildlife<\/a> estimates the state\u2019s black bear population to be between 49,000 and 71,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KTLA\u2019s Erin Myers was in Altadena Monday morning to report on a coming rainstorm, but an unexpected visitor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[125252,125249,125246,125248,79,125251,125247,125250,201],"class_list":["post-223050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bear-watch","tag-eric-spillman","tag-erin-myers","tag-ktla","tag-science","tag-trash-bag","tag-trash-cans","tag-trash-day","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}