{"id":444862,"date":"2026-02-02T16:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444862\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:02:07","slug":"another-mountain-lion-spotted-in-a-bay-area-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444862\/","title":{"rendered":"Another mountain lion spotted in a Bay Area city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A mountain lion was sighted within\u00a0Sebastopol&#8217;s city limits Sunday morning, according to police &#8211; days after another one was spotted in San Francisco and released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The animal was reportedly spotted in backyards near Jewel Avenue, Walnut Lane and Shaun Court, in the southern end of Sebastopol. The most recent sighting was on First Street, and the animal appeared to be headed west, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A photo,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1334802115351647&amp;set=a.226011179564085&amp;type=3&amp;mibextid=wwXIfr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posted on social media by the Sebastopol Police Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">posted on social media by the Sebastopol Police Department<\/a>, shows the mountain lion sitting by a fence and next to a tree in a backyard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sighting comes just days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/mountain-lion-157m-21318647.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a mountain lion named 157M;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a mountain lion named 157M<\/a> was seen traipsing through Pacific Heights in San Francisco. The male, not quite 2 years old, was safely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/video\/article\/sf-mountain-lion-captured-21318101.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:tranquilized and captured;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">tranquilized and captured<\/a> after a 30-hour search Tuesday and has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/mountain-lion-release-video-21320397.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:released back;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">released back<\/a> into his habitat in the Santa Cruz Mountains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sebastopol police suggest that residents in the vicinity of the sightings keep pets inside and request that anyone who sees the mountain lion call the police station at 707-829-4400.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/mountain-lion-sebastopol-21327626.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Another mountain lion spotted in a Bay Area city - police advise residents protect pets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Another mountain lion spotted in a Bay Area city &#8211; police advise residents protect pets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mountain lion was sighted within\u00a0Sebastopol&#8217;s city limits Sunday morning, according to police &#8211; days after another one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2354,79,209046,209260,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-444862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-mountain-lion","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-sebastopol","11":"tag-sebastopol-police-department","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444862","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=444862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}