{"id":783237,"date":"2026-07-25T06:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783237\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T06:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:10:23","slug":"black-bear-caught-on-video-wandering-into-california-water-district-office-after-pushing-open-front-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783237\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear caught on video wandering into California water district office after pushing open front door"},"content":{"rendered":"

A black bear wandered into a\u00a0Southern California\u00a0water district office Wednesday after pushing open the front door, briefly exploring the building before walking back into the surrounding forest.<\/p>\n

Surveillance\u00a0video\u00a0from the Crestline Village Water District in the San Bernardino Mountains captured the small black bear entering the office Wednesday afternoon as employees watched the unexpected encounter unfold.<\/p>\n

The bear spent several moments sniffing around the office and wandering through the building before returning to the entrance, pushing the door open again and leaving on its own.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was exciting. It was really cool to see a bear that close. It\u2019s rare that we\u2019re that close to them,\u201d Crestline Village Water District employee Josselyn Brian told KTLA. \u201cThankfully, no one was in danger. There were no customers in there at the time. It was just us. So, it couldn\u2019t have been better. Scary, but wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Employees also told the outlet they watched as the bear wandered back into the woods after leaving the office. No injuries were reported, and the animal did not appear to damage the building.<\/p>\n

\"AA black bear pushes open the front door as it leaves the Crestline Village Water District office in California on Wednesday. Crestline Village Water District<\/p>\n

The encounter is the latest\u00a0unusual bear incident\u00a0to capture attention this week.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, a\u00a0bear in rural New Mexico\u00a0climbed to the top of a utility pole near Gladstone, about 170 miles east of Santa Fe, in an encounter that was captured on video and later shared by the US Department of the Interior.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate the enthusiasm for American Energy Dominance, but this isn\u2019t what we meant,\u201d the department joked in a social media post accompanying the footage.<\/p>\n

\"AA black bear pushes open an office door before wandering inside. Crestline Village Water District<\/p>\n

The video, verified by Storyful, also included audio from a 911 caller reporting the unusual sight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m calling to report a bear on top of a light pole,\u201d the caller told a dispatcher.<\/p>\n

The dispatcher said wildlife officials had already been notified but could not safely tranquilize the animal while it remained atop the pole because it could fall.<\/p>\n

The bear later died after being electrocuted before wildlife officials could safely rescue it, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n

Wildlife experts say\u00a0black bears\u00a0are strong climbers and may scale trees, utility poles or other tall structures when startled by people, traffic or dogs.<\/p>\n

In mountain communities like Crestline, where bears regularly roam neighborhoods in search of food, encounters with people are not uncommon, though one wandering into an office building is considerably more unusual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A black bear wandered into a\u00a0Southern California\u00a0water district office Wednesday after pushing open the front door, briefly exploring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1147,19122,2356,79,194,2600,201],"class_list":["post-783237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-bears","tag-california","tag-science","tag-us-news","tag-viral-videos","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783237","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=783237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}