![\"Karson](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790750652_744_author_avatar.png\"){kind=avatar}
OAKDALE, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\nMountain lion sighting in Oakdale prompts safety reminders<\/p>\n
A mountain lion was spotted on a Ring camera in Oakdale early Monday morning, leading officials and experts to provide safety tips for residents<\/p>\n
OAKDALE, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n
A mountain lion was captured on a Ring camera near Maag Avenue and East D Street in Oakdale around 1 a.m. Monday. <\/p>\n
Neighbors said they had not seen the mountain lion but noticed unusual behavior in their pets. <\/p>\n
“My cat started acting a little different this morning after I opened up some windows, so I don’t know if she picked up a scent, but she went in her safe zone under the bed and stayed there for a while,” said Debbie Mayberry, an Oakdale resident who has lived in the neighborhood for 16 years. <\/p>\n
Mayberry said mountain lions occasionally pass through the area due to its proximity to the river. <\/p>\n
“I know they travel along the river,” Mayberry said. <\/p>\n
Police said they do not believe the mountain lion showed signs of illness, injury, or abnormal behavior. <\/p>\n
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said mountain lions are uncommon in the area but emphasized there is no reason for concern. <\/p>\n
“This mountain lion is most likely already found its way back to the wild, which is where we want mountain lions to be. We coexist with them; they live here too,” said Krysten Kellum of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. <\/p>\n
Experts recommend keeping pets inside at night, walking pets on a leash, supervising children outdoors, and avoiding feeding or approaching mountain lions. <\/p>\n
The Oakdale Police Department said the sighting is not cause for immediate concern but encouraged residents to use caution if they encounter a mountain lion.<\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mountain lion sighting in Oakdale prompts safety reminders A mountain lion was spotted on a Ring camera in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[20116,14854,2356,46611,41090,29362,365166,29372,365163,365161,18211,5971,365164,186191,365165,365160,20460,2354,345309,365162,365167,18787,142393,365159,21980,58057,40099,79,7241,201],"class_list":["post-865585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-sighting","tag-area","tag-california","tag-california-department","tag-california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife","tag-caution","tag-children-outdoors","tag-concern","tag-debbie-mayberry","tag-east-d-street","tag-fish","tag-illness","tag-keep-pets-inside","tag-krysten-kellum","tag-leash-walking","tag-maag-avenue","tag-morning","tag-mountain-lion","tag-oakdale","tag-oakdale-police-department","tag-oakdale-prompt-safety-reminder","tag-pet","tag-pet-safety","tag-ring-camera","tag-river","tag-safety-reminders","tag-san-joaquin-county","tag-science","tag-sign","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865585","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=865585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}