SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Coyote warning signs are now up in several parks across San Francisco as there have been a number of coyote/dog incidents.

This comes less than three weeks after a 5-year-old girl was bitten in the butt by a coyote in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Fortunately, her injuries were minor.

ABC7 News reporter J.R. Stone was in a park in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights Monday and got quite the surprise.

The above video you’re looking at shows the first coyote pup we came across on Monday night as we put together – yes, a coyote warning story at Saint Mary’s Recreation Center Field in San Francisco. Who would have thought? Anyway, recently the summer kids camp here was moved elsewhere and the field closed due to the high number of coyote sightings.

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“It’s really important to follow leash laws and try to pay attention to where you’re taking your dogs, pay attention to signage,” says Christine Wilkinson who is a wildlife ecologist at UC Berkeley and the California Academy of Sciences.

But where there is one pup, there are often two pups or more; there is sometimes a mom coyote, and a dad coyote. Yes, it seems that it was a family event and five coyotes began playing on the ball field for our camera here in Bernal Heights.

From what we’ve heard it’s a similar scene in the Presidio’s Mountain Lake Park dog area. One that is now closed to dogs due to at least three dog/coyote incidents in recent weeks. No dogs or humans were injured at this location but the concern over these animals is there. It seems that most we talked with here have had positive experiences.

“The coyote and him were approaching each other in a friendly manor and we both yelled and Stu ran and got Obi to come away from the coyote,” said a woman named Terri referring to her dog Obi.

“They were really playing. They were going down the way dogs do with each other and nosing back and forth,” said Stu.

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The beautiful sight of a coyote is not always welcome though. Less than three weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl was attacked by a coyote in San Francisco’s Botanical Garden at Golden Gate Park. Officials later killed three coyotes and linked one of them through DNA to the bite.

“The kids were relatively close to the tree lines and also relatively close to the den which are two things that should not happen near coyotes, and from all accounts it seems as though this coyote was very stimulated from all the screaming and yelling and playfulness of kids as young kids are,” said Wilkinson.

We kept our distance from the coyote family at the Saint Mary’s field though – if this was playtime before dinner, we wanted no part of that, nor did those in the neighborhood who say they’ve seen even more coyotes than this in recent days here. As for the coyote warning – the video here speaks for itself. Be careful out there.

In recent years, Wilkinson put together a study on coyotes and their pups. She found that coyotes often give birth to pups in late February or March, they then raise those pups before they disperse from their den in August and September.

Wilkinson and others say that if you see a coyote in San Francisco you should report it online, even when seemingly nothing happens. It helps management and life planning for the future in tracking the number of coyotes in the city. You can report a coyote sighting here.

West entrances and roads in Denver’s City Park are closed this week for repaving, city officials said in a news release Monday.

The west entrances and roads off of East 23rd Avenue, York Street and East 17th Avenue will be closed for repaving until July 23.

East entrances off of East 23rd Avenue and Colorado Boulevard will remain open, according to a map of the construction work.

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After Short’s 32-ball 56 took San Francisco Unicorn to 165/7, Liam Plunkett’s Man of the Match performance of 3/26 with the ball restricted Seattle Orcas to 142/6 in the chase.

The victory was San Francisco Unicorn’s second of the season as Seattle Orcas suffered their third loss.

Openers Shehan Jayasuriya and Ryan Rickelton provided a flying start to the Seattle Orcas, as they amassed as many as 54 runs in the Powerplay. Jayasuriya hammered 18 runs, including three fours, in Haris Rauf’s first over, putting the Orcas in a strong position by the end of the first six overs.

Rickelton, who scored 29 off 21 balls, was dismissed by Plunkett in the ninth over, and Quinton de Kock fell cheaply to Short in the following over. Jayasuriya, on the other hand, brought up his half-century in 35 balls, but was dismissed by Pat Cummins in the 11th over.

The San Francisco Unicorns made a strong comeback with three wickets in three overs. They continued their momentum with back-to-back wickets in the 13th and 14th overs. Aaron Jones was caught and bowled by Plunkett, while Corey Anderson removed Heinrich Klaasen, leaving the Seattle Orcas struggling at 103/5, with 63 runs required in the final six overs.

Harmeet Singh and Hammad Azam then approached cautiously. They added 30 off 21, but the Unicorns struck again as Harmeet tried to slog on Plunket’s last ball of his spell. Rauf and Cummins then bowled an exceptional final two overs to ensure a clinical win for their team.

Earlier in the day, the San Francisco Unicorns were invited to bat first. They faced an early setback as Jake Fraser-McGurk was bowled by Imad Wasim in the third over. Matthew Short and Fin Allen then took control of the game, as they exploited a wicket that offered good bounce and pace. The duo scored more than 10 runs per over, constructing a commanding partnership of 75 runs off 40 balls.

Allen scored a fiery cameo of 34 off 18 balls before falling to Wasim in the 9th over. By the halfway mark, the Unicorns were cruising at 106/2 and looked set for a big total.

However, Short’s dismissal in the first ball of the 11th over swayed the momentum towards Seattle Orcas. The ball that had come on nicely in the first half of the innings, started behaving differently in the second, as Seattle Orcas made a comeback to contain the Unicorns, taking wickets in quick intervals. Corey Anderson was dismissed by Cameron Gannon in the 13th over, followed by Josh Inglis in the next over, by Harmeet Singh.

With the Unicorns struggling at 122/5 after 14 overs, Hassan Khan and Sanjay Krishnamurthi forged a crucial partnership, adding 31 runs off 27 balls to reach the 150-run mark in the 18th over. However, Khan was dismissed in the same over by Gannon, who finished his spell with impressive figures of 3/26. Meanwhile, Krishnamurthi played a vital cameo of 30 off 21 balls to help the San Francisco Unicorns post a total of 165/7 in their 20 overs.

Brief Scores: San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas .

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