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middle school in Jurupa Valley reported a coyote running around the school and entering a restroom without a hall pass. The coyote, dubbed “Wile E.,” after the Looney Tunes cartoon character, had been spotted near the campus before, but until now, he’d never entered the school. Officer Will Luna of the Riverside Department of Animal Services cornered the coyote next to the toilet, according to the Palm Springs , and successfully captured him. Luna also

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