Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A squirrel population that appears to be growing out of control has been driving a Southern California beach community nuts.

Over the years, visitors to a Santa Monica park have seen a dramatic increase in ground squirrels.

In Santa Monica, California, officials are warning people to stop treating squirrels as pets.

There are increasing reports of the cute furry little squirrels of North American backyards being replaced with tumor-ridden rodents that appear painfully disfigured. These trends first started in ...

The shooting deaths of two boys and a man inside an apartment in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Canoga Park are being investigated as a murder-suicide, police said Monday morning. Erin Myers ...

A squirrel population that appears to be growing out of control has been driving a Southern California beach community nuts. Kimberly Cheng reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on May 12, 2025. Donald ...