{"id":558887,"date":"2026-04-01T20:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/558887\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:52:10","slug":"bear-spotted-wandering-through-residential-fillmore-in-ventura-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/558887\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear spotted wandering through residential Fillmore in Ventura County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByABC7.com staff  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, April 1, 2026 1:35PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Bear spotted in Ventura County neighborhood\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FILLMORE, Calif.  (KABC) &#8212; A large bear was spotted wandering through a residential neighborhood in Fillmore Wednesday, prompting a warning for residents to stay away from the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The bear was first seen in the area, which sits below the Los Padres National Forest, Tuesday night, according to the Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. Authorities said they were waiting for officials with the California Department and Fish and Wildlife to show up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">AIR7 over the scene as the large animal strolled in a seemingly peaceful manner between homes near 4th and A streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">DEVELOPING: We will add more details to this report as they become available.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7.com staff Wednesday, April 1, 2026 1:35PM FILLMORE, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; A large bear was spotted wandering through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[247870,79,201],"class_list":["post-558887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-247870","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558887","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=558887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}