The voles are invading San Ramon

Oakland Tribune | July 24, 2009| | Copyright

SAN RAMON -- The human population isn't the only one that has spiked in the Dougherty Valley.

A certain rodent population is on the rise as well.

Daisy Ozim said in the past three months she has been seeing large rats in her Windemere neighborhood on the east side of town and dozens more darting in the bushes on the opposite side of San Ramon in Central Park.

"They're big, a good size like squirrels," she said.

Ozim said she's thinking of toting an Airsoft pistol with her at the park to keep them at bay.

But according to the Contra Costa County Mosquito and Vector Control District, it's not ...

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