Editing Santa Paula, California (section)

===Ecology===
{{see also|California coastal sage and chaparral}}
[[American black bear|Bears]] can come down out of the hills and roam in neighboring agricultural areas and occasionally come into residential neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mason |first=Dave |date=May 23, 2024 |title=Mountain lions and bears, oh my. Wildlife in Moorpark, Santa Paula put public on alert |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2024/05/23/mountain-lion-seen-in-moorpark-bear-in-santa-paula/73829084007/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |newspaper=Ventura County Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Carlson|first=Cheri|title=Bear bites man working in orchard near Santa Paula; one of five attacks statewide in 2020|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2020/08/17/authorities-man-injured-encounter-bear-near-santa-paula/3387701001/|date=August 18, 2020|access-date=August 19, 2020|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818154016/https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2020/08/17/authorities-man-injured-encounter-bear-near-santa-paula/3387701001/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mountain lions]] have periodically been spotted in residents' backyards.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Peggy |date=April 3, 2009 |title=Mountain lions: Two reports of cats seen in McKevett Heights, the Oaks |url=http://www.santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/18359/Mountain_lions:_Two_reports_of_cats_seen_in_McKevett_Heights,_the_Oaks.htmlz |work=Santa Paula Times}}</ref> 
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