{"id":726438,"date":"2026-06-26T03:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T03:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/726438\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T03:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T03:28:14","slug":"news-12-westchester-black-bear-sighting-in-white-plains-neighborhood-prompts-safety-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/726438\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Westchester | Black Bear Sighting In White Plains Neighborhood Prompts Safety Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A black bear sighting has raised concern in a Westchester neighborhood after the animal was seen in White Plains.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say the bear was spotted near Gedney Park Drive. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Public safety officials say it appears the animal was just passing through the area.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Authorities are reminding residents to use caution if they encounter wildlife. They say people should keep a safe distance and avoid approaching or following the bear. Officials also recommend bringing pets indoors to keep them safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A black bear sighting has raised concern in a Westchester neighborhood after the animal was seen in White&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-726438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726438","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=726438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}