Santa Paula, California City of Santa Paula Official seal of City of Santa Paula City of Santa Paula is positioned in the US City of Santa Paula - City of Santa Paula Santa Paula, California, the Santa Clara River and South Mountain from the air, 2015 Santa Paula is a town/city in Ventura County, California, United States.
Situated amidst the orchards of the fertile Santa Clara River Valley, the town/city advertises itself to tourists as the "Citrus Capital of the World." Santa Paula was one of the early centers of California's oil industry.
The region of what today is Santa Paula was originally inhabited by the Chumash, a Native American citizens .
In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, came down the Santa Clara River Valley from the previous evening's encampment near Fillmore and camped in the vicinity of Santa Paula on August 12, near one of the creeks coming into the valley from the north (probably Santa Paula Creek).
Santa Paula is positioned on the 1843 Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy Mexican territory grant.
In April 1911, Gaston Melies moved his Star Film Company from San Antonio, Texas to a site just north of Santa Paula.
A sculpture called "The Watchers" in downtown Santa Paula depicts this act of heroism. The Ventura County Sheriff declared a small-town emergency so the Ventura County Board of Supervisors could ratify the action and allow the county to seek reimbursement for its costs from state disaster relief funds. The U.S.
On August 7, 2015, a Ventura County grand jury indicted the Santa Clara Waste Water Co.
The facility at 815 Mission Rock Road, Santa Paula, provided service to over 30,000 waste generators.
Eventually the site became a full-service disposal facility for most non-hazardous wastewater and was retitled Southern California Waste Water. The site is positioned in a 91-acre industrialized area (37 ha) that is surrounded by agriculture and positioned about 2-mile southwest (3.2 km) of the Santa Paula town/city limits.
The town/city of Santa Paula, as stated to the United States Enumeration Bureau, has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), 4.6 square miles (12 km2) of it territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (2.41%) water.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Santa Paula had a populace of 29,321.
The ethnic makeup of Santa Paula was 18,458 (63.0%) White, 152 (0.5%) African American, 460 (1.6%) Native American, 216 (0.7%) Asian, 24 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 8,924 (30.4%) from other competitions, and 1,087 (3.7%) from two or more competitions.
Orange grove outside of Santa Paula, California.
Santa Paula's economy is primarily agriculturally based, originally focusing on the burgeoning of oranges and lemons.
Santa Paula's mediterranean climate combined with an estimated 20 feet (6.1 m) of topsoil have made it a prime locale for burgeoning citrus.
Santa Paula has very several large retail stores but inhabitants often travel to neighboring metros/cities to purchase difficult goods.
Santa Paula's Main Street region consists mostly of clothing shops, specialty shops, novelty shops, dollar stores, restaurants, service-oriented businesses and office space.
A 501-acre expansion (203 ha) on the easterly edge of Santa Paula was allowed in 2015.
The Santa Clara Valley represents one of the best preserved examples of a mature Southern California landscape of citrus groves. Tourists find a town with a chief street reminiscent of Middle America in an agricultural setting preserved through Ventura County's greenbelt agreements. The California Oil Museum, inside the historic Union Oil building, is positioned downtown, as are the Santa Paula Art Museum and Museum of Ventura County Agriculture Museum.
The Santa Paula Mural Project has instead of various murals depicting the city's history. The Santa Paula Water Recycling Facility was assembled in 2010 for $63 million to treat the town/city sewage. Santa Paula Water, a partnership of two corporations, financed, assembled and directed the facility under the agreement with the city.
The Santa Paula Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services at the basic life support level (BLS) from two fire stations.
The Santa Paula Police Department provides law enforcement services for the City.
Originated in Santa Paula, California, U.S.A .
Dana Elcar: actor, played Pete Thornton in the Mac - Gyver tv series from 1985-1992 and was featured in many films including The Sting; spent later years at his home on Laurel Road in Santa Paula.
Steve Mc - Queen (1930-1980): actor, spent the last two years of his life (1979 1980) in Santa Paula, often flying his biplane from the Santa Paula Airport.
Representative from California, was born in Santa Paula and is buried in the small-town cemetery.
Santa Paula Unified School District -Established 2013 Renaissance High School, Santa Paula High School Santa Paula was the early film capital of California.
In early 2005, Santa Paula Mayor Mary Ann Krause began a lobbying campaign to have Santa Paula declared Vinick's hometown.
In a publicity move for the town, town/city officials officially "claim Senator Arnold Vinick as a resident of Santa Paula," in April 2005, and opened an official campaign command posts for the fictional Republican Senator in the town's train depot.
(Santa Paula for Vinick) On October 14, 2005, NBC released Vinick's official biography and revealed Santa Paula as the town in which he was raised.
The Santa Paula train depot has been a locale for various productions.
An episode of the tv series Matlock was filmed on Santa Paula St.
Santa Paula also served as one of the locations for the motion picture Mr.
The Lindsay Lohan movie Georgia Rule (2007) was filmed in Santa Paula.
The majority of the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver was filmed in Santa Paula, with many Santa Paula inhabitants being cast in minor character part s and as extras.
Parts of the Brian De Palma movie Carrie (1976), starring Sissy Spacek, were filmed in Santa Paula.
Other movies that were filmed partially in Santa Paula include The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), the Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes (1990), the Martin Short/Danny Glover buddy comedy Pure Luck (1991), For Love of the Game (1999), Bubble Boy (2001), starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and Bedtime Stories (2008) starring Adam Sandler .
After a 1994 fire finished their sets in close-by Fillmore, the TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles filmed in various locations including Santa Paula's Ebell Mansion.
It is positioned on West Telegraph Road, just outside Santa Paula, and has been the setting for a several movies including Amityville 4 (1989) and The Black Gate (1995), and How To Make An American Quilt (1995).
Various commercials, including a Super Bowl Budweiser commercial, (The Human Bridge) have been filmed in downtown Santa Paula.
Parts of The Rockford Files episode "Coulter City Wildcat" were filmed in Santa Paula.
Santa Paula Airport Santa Paula Freeway Santa Paula Hospital Registered on February 5, 1960 at Harding Park, Santa Paula Boys and Girls Club Recreation Center, 1400 block of East Harvard Blvd Santa Paula, California.
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Wenner, Gretchen (November 26, 2014) "Oxnard shuts out Santa Clara Waste Water from sewage system" Ventura County Star Wilson, Kathleen and Von Quednow, Cindy (November 21, 2014) "Truck explosion near Santa Paula draws scrutiny" Ventura County Star (subscription may be required for this article) Von Quednow, Cindy (November 18, 2014) "Santa Paula chemical explosion causes injuries, evacuations, road closures" Ventura County Star Kelly, Peggy (November 27, 2014) "'3-mile plume of toxic smoke': VC Sheriff declares emergency in wake of SCWW blasts, fires" Santa Paula Times Aguilar, Mercedes (Nov 22, 2014) "Evacuation order lifted near Santa Paula explosion site" Ventura County Star Von Quednow, Cindy (November 19, 2014) "Officials work to identify, clean up chemical in Santa Paula explosion" Ventura County Star Von Quednow, Cindy (November 20, 2014) "Businesses take stock after Santa Paula chemical explosion" Ventura County Star a b Wilson, Kathleen (December 5, 2014) "Cleanup of spill slow as county shuts plant indefinitely" Ventura County Star a b Wilson, Kathleen (February 9, 2015) "Chemical that triggered Santa Paula blast identified" Ventura County Star Staff (November 27, 2014) "Local emergency declared for Santa Paula explosion, fire" Ventura County Star Wilson, Kathleen (January 6, 2015) "Waste business sues insurer over chemical blast cleanup" Ventura County Star Wilson, Kathleen (February 10, 2015) "County calls off emergency declaration triggered by plant explosion" Ventura County Star "Santa Paula business moves to reopen plant amid questions".
Moreno, John A.; Pascucci, Christina; Pamer, Melissa; and Chambers, Rick (November 18, 2014) "Dozens Injured When Vacuum Truck Explodes in Santa Paula Area" KTLA "Santa Clara Waste Water using Electrocoagulation" Santa Barbara, California Natural Systems Accessed 21 November 2014 Wilson, Kathleen (November 20, 2014) "Oil field waste diverted to Anterra in wake of Santa Paula explosion" Ventura County Star (subscription may be required for this article) "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Santa Paula city".
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Nash, Bill (January 17, 2008) "Giant murals on Santa Paula walls are visions of city's vibrant past" Ventura County Star Kelly, Peggy (December 15, 2010) "Santa Paula's new water recycling facility officially completed" Santa Paula Times Boyd-Barrett, Claudia (February 3, 2015) "Santa Paula will buy wastewater treatment plant" Ventura County Star (subscription may be required for this article) Johnson, Brett (January 13, 2008) "Steve Mc - Queen turned to quiet life in Santa Paula before 1980 death" Ventura County Star Santa Paula (Images of America), by Mary Alice Orcutt Henderson.
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