On the Peninsula, residents say they are running into coyotes in unexpected places and note that the wild animals are ...

Then later, agents shot and killed the animals in ... seeing them out in the desert," said Giovanni Santillan. Wildlife authorities remind people to be careful around coyotes.

Since the coyote family moved in about two months ago, the animals are often seen in the morning and at dusk. Neighbors even encounter them on daily walks. Neighborhood cats have gone missing.