Santa Paula is a town in Ventura County, California, United States. Set amidst the gardens of the lush Santa Clara River Valley, the city advertises itself to tourists as "Citrus Capital of the World." Santa Paula is one of the early centers of the California petroleum industry. Union Oil Company Building, the headquarters of Union Oil Company of California in 1890, is now home to the California Oil Museum. The population was 29,321 at the 2010 census, up from 28,598 at the 2000 census.
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Histori
The area that is currently Santa Paula was originally inhabited by Chumash, a Native American. In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition, the first European to see the inland California, descended to the Santa Clara River Valley from the previous night's camp near Fillmore and camped around Santa Paula on August 12, near one of the tributaries that entered the valley from the north (maybe Santa Paula Creek). Fray Juan Crespi, a Franciscan missionary who traveled with an expedition, had earlier named the valley Ca'n de Santa Clara . He noted that the party traveled about 9 to 10 miles (14 to 16 km) that day and camped near a large native village, which he named San Pedro Amoliano. The arrival site of the expedition has been designated as California's No. 727.
The Franciscan missionaries, led by Father Junipero Serra, became active in the area after the founding of the Mission of San Buenaventura and established Asistencia; the city takes its name from Catholic Saint Paula. Santa Paula is located at 1843 Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy Mexican grant land.
In 1872, Nathan Weston Blanchard bought 2,700 acres (10.9 km 2 ) and placed the townsite. Considered the founder of the community, he planted citrus seeds in 1874. Several small oil companies owned by Wallace Hardison, Lyman Stewart and Thomas R. Bard merged and became Union Oil Company in 1890.
In April 1911, Gaston MÃÆ'Â © liÃÆ'¨s moved his Star Movie Company from San Antonio, Texas to a site just north of Santa Paula.
The Great Southern Oil Field in the southeast of the city, just across the Santa Clara River, was discovered by the Oak Ridge Oil Company in 1916, and developed methodically throughout the 1920s, bringing further diversification and economic growth to the area. While the field peaked in production in the 1950s, Occidental Petroleum continued to extract oil through a subsidiary of Vintage Production and remained a significant local company.
A planned community of 500 acres (200 hectares) of 1,500 homes is expected to expand the city significantly when construction begins in 2016.
Disaster
The city has been destroyed twice due to flooding and was affected by a nearby truck blast that resulted in an industrial disaster. Most notably, the city faced an uncontrollable wildfire that took more than a month to completely go out.
Flood
The first, known as the Great Flood of 1862, began on 24 December 1861. It rained for nearly four weeks, reaching a total of 35 inches in Los Angeles. The second was caused by the failure and nearly collapse of St. Francis Dam, which occurred at midnight on March 12, 1928. The dam accommodated a full reservoir of 12.4 billion gallons (47 billion liters) of water that with a collapsed dam, began to soar down San Francisquito Canyon and vacate to the Santa Clara River. The city was first hit by water at about 3:00 am. Although hundreds of homes and buildings were destroyed, casualties would have been greater had it not been for two motorcycle police officers who noisily warned as many people as possible. A statue called "The Watchers" in downtown Santa Paula describes this heroic act.
Santa Clara Waste Factory disaster water industry
A vacuum truck exploded at the Santa Clara Wastewater plant in the early hours of November 18, 2014. Two workers were wounded in the initial explosion, three shooters retaliated by smoke from a highly volatile chemical blend, and another 50 exposed to smoke and required treatment at a local hospital. The driver hauls the garbage from the temporary storage drum to the processing center when he stops for a meal break. The rear of the truck explodes, spreading white liquid over an area of ​​300-by-400-feet (91 x 122 m) that spontaneously burns due to dryness and is sensitive to shock, pressure and water or oxygen applications. The first fire truck tires on the scene and boots from three firefighters triggered a small explosion as they drove and walked on substance as they went to help the wounded workers. The incident developed into a disaster when later in the morning additional materials began to burn and explode, resulting in a three-mile (4.8 km) toxic smoke and the closure of Highway 126. Chemical smoke hovered over the area. and residents and businesses around them must be evacuated.
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- Cause
What was originally reported as waste was found to be about 1,000 US gallons (3,800 Â ± l 830) of a chemical mixture consisting of several types of organic peroxides. In the first days of the investigation, officials speculated that two inert chemicals accidentally mixed in the truck and created organic peroxides with sulfuric acid emerging as part of the mixture. Organic peroxides combine unstable bonded oxygen together with hydrogen and carbon in the same molecule and flammable and then burn quickly and intensely. While field testing was conducted on reactive materials for initial identification, the county hazardous materials manager found that the laboratory would not test chemicals for concerns that laboratory personnel could be injured or their equipment damaged. Three weeks after the event, the substance was still very susceptible to friction and seemed to react to something as small as the wind. Sodium chlorite was identified in an internal investigation by the company within months of the disaster. They claim that the chemical is used as a water treatment agent for the first time and is stored in the same type of storage container as wastewater. Workers combine chemicals with wastewater in vacuum trucks where chemicals that interact with organic materials cause explosions that explode in the back of the truck. A former district attorney, who was detained by a company lawyer, issued a report in March 2015 that provided an explanation of an event indicating that the worker might accidentally incorporate the chemical. Later, investigators discovered that a check by the Defense Logistics Agency contractor was scheduled that morning and company officials have directed the transfer of this hazardous material to another location.
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- Aftermath
Although the explosion and the resulting smoke caused injuries including the lungs of three firefighters that remained duty-free indefinitely, the material scattered around the site was found to be harmless for cleaning purposes. Two firefighters that arrived first remained dormant for months and may eventually have to be discarded. Sheriff Ventura County declared a local emergency so that the Ventura County Supervisory Board could ratify the action and allow the area to request reimbursement of funds from the state disaster relief funds. The US Environmental Protection Agency oversees the decontamination of the site. The material is neutralized and compacted on the site. Much of the material was eventually taken to the Chiquita Canyon TPA near Castaic. Almost three months later on February 10, 2015, the District Supervisor concluded an emergency declaration. With the permission to operate suspended, the company must complete the disposal of waste materials and provide a plan that will show how such other incidents will be prevented before being allowed to start receiving liquid waste again. Regulators and district inspectors also want Oxnard city to agree to receive wastewater again after pipeline safety analysis.
On August 7, 2015, the Grand Ventura County judge charged Santa Clara Waste Water Co. and 10 other defendants. After the indictment, the prosecutor has 10 defendants arrested on suspicion of committing several serious crimes and offenses, including filing fake or forged instruments, asking for witnesses to report crimes, knowing the failure to warn of serious dangers concealed, withholding substantial information. hazards to public safety, conspiracy to commit crimes, causing damage to the body of employees, and the disposal of hazardous waste.
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- Sites
Facilities at 815 Mission Rock Road, Santa Paula, provide services for over 30,000 waste generators. At that time, it has received and processed over 2,000,000,000 gallons of US (7,6 ÃÆ' - 10 9 Ã, l) since it opened in 1959. The company says they treat about 100 different streams of waste. The owners of the facility say that they have never had such a big problem because the mills only need non-hazardous waste. The facility capacity is upgraded to handle up to 100-US-gallon per minute (380Ã, Â °; 83Ã, Â ° C) or 140,000-US gallons per day (530,000Ã, L) by 2014. This facility provides a secure and legally authorized to treat, dispose and recycle contaminated but non-hazardous waste as an alternative to dispose of untreated waste into municipal sewerage systems or to the environment. The plant uses centrifugal, electrocoagulation, carbon and micron filtration, ozone injection, dissolved air flotation, and chemical treatments. Processed wastewater is sent via pipeline to the Oxnard municipal treatment center.
A consortium of six major oil companies (Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, Shell, Texaco and Unocal) established Santa Clara Waste Water to serve their internal exhaust needs. Finally the site becomes a full service disposal facility for most non-hazardous and renamed Southern California Waste Water. The site is located in an industrial estate of 91 hectares (37 acres) surrounded by farms and is located about 2 miles southwest (3.2 km) from the city limits of Santa Paula. The Green Compass that operates the facility also operates a Class II well in Kern County which is tailored to oilfield production and liquid solutions. The only other commercial facility for oilfield waste disposal in the county, operated by Anterra Corp. in Oxnard, while expanding operations after the incident.
Wild Fire
In early December 2017, a fire began in the south of Thomas Aquinas College which was later named. The fire quickly spread because of the Santa Ana high wind that night, and destroyed many residential houses that night and until morning. The fire was described by officials as moving fast, and urged locals to take precautions if evacuation orders were issued throughout the night. Many leave the city with their own accounts, only to get back to seeing their homes disappear. The fire then spread to three other cities in Ventura County as well as the District of Santa Barbara. It was finally confirmed completely on January 12, 2018, and reported 281,893 hectares (440 sq mi; 114,078 ha) had been burned in that time. One firefighter and one civilian were the only casualties directly caused by the fire. The cost of fire increased to approximately $ 297 million.
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Geography
The city of Santa Paula, according to the US Census Bureau, has an area of ​​4.7 square miles (12 km 2 ), 4.6 square miles (12 km 2 ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2 ) of that (2.41%) of water. Santa Paula is located in the Santa Clara River Valley on the north bank of the Santa Clara River and is surrounded by orchards. The downtown area is centered around Main Street, which is home to the city's oldest house. Houses are often bungalows, cottages, Victorian houses, and craftsmen's houses.
Demographics
2010
The US Census 2010 reports that Santa Paula has a population of 29,321. Population density is 6,230.3 people per square mile (2,405.5/km ²). The makeup of the Santa Paula race is 18,458 (63.0%) White, 152 (0.5%) African American, 460 (1.6%) Native Americans, 216 (0.7%) Asia, 24 (0.1% ) Of the Pacific Islands, 8,924 (30.4%) of the other races, and 1,087 (3.7%) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin from any race is 23,299 people (79.5%).
The Census reported that 29,188 people (99.5% of the population) live in households, 44 (0.2%) live in unembienced groups, and 89 (0.3%) are institutionalized.
There are 8,347 households, of which 4,087 (49.0%) have children under the age of 18 living in them, 4,767 (57.1%) are married couples, 1,267 (15.2%) have women a husbandless household now, 650 (7.8%) has a householder with no wife. There are 540 (6.5%) unmarried partnerships of the opposite sex, and 45 (0,5%) couples or same-sex married couples. 1,331 households (15.9%) consisted of individuals and 678 (8.1%) had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size is 3.50. There were 6,684 families (80.1% of all households); the average family size is 3.85.
The population is spread with 8,722 people (29.7%) under the age of 18, 3,295 persons (11.2%) aged 18 to 24, 8,012 people (27.3%) aged 25 to 44, 6,193 persons (21.1%) aged 45 to 64 years. , and 3,099 people (10.6%) aged 65 years or older. The median age was 31.1 years. For every 100 women, there are 101.9 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 101.5 men.
There are 8,749 units of homes with an average density of 1,859.1 per square mile (717.8/km²), of which 4,694 (56.2%) are occupied owners, and 3,653 (43.8%) are occupied by tenants. The homeowner's vacancy rate is 2.0%; Rental vacancy rate is 4.1%. 15,528 people (53.0% of the population) live in residential units occupied by the owners and 13,660 people (46.6%) live in rented housing units.
2000
In the 2000 census, there were 28,598 people, 8,137 households, and 6,435 families living in the city. Population density is 6,214.6 inhabitants per square mile (2,400,4/km ²). There are 8,341 units of homes with an average density of 1,812.6 per square mile (700.1/km ²). City's racial makeup is 35.2% White, 5.41% African American, 1.02% Native Americans, 0.70% Asia, 0.19% Pacific Island, 0.37% of other races, and 4.68 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 61.2% of the population.
There are 8,136 households in which 44.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% are married couples who live together, 13.4% have married women without a husband present, and 20.9% is not a family. 17.2% of all households are individuals and 9.4% have a self-sufficient person aged 65 or older. The average household size is 3.49 and the average family size is 3.86.
In the city, the population is spread by 31.4% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% years or more. The average age is 30 years. For every 100 women, there are 103.7 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 102.3 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 41,651, and the average income for families is $ 45,419. Men have an average income of $ 32,165 compared to $ 25,818 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 15,736. Approximately 12.2% of families and 14.7% of the population are below the poverty line, including 18.4% of those under the age of 18 and 9.1% of those aged 65 and older.
Economy
Santa Paula's economy is primarily agriculture-based, initially focusing on the growth of oranges and lemons. The Mediterranean climate of Santa Paula combined with about 20 feet (6.1 m) of topsoil has made it a prime location for growing oranges. Avocado is also a major crop and avocado is added to the city's official seal. Calavo Growers, Inc. headquartered here.
Santa Paula has very few large retail stores but residents often travel to neighboring towns to buy hard goods. The Main Street area of ​​Santa Paula consists mainly of clothing stores, specialty shops, new shops, dollar stores, restaurants, service-oriented businesses and office space. The city also has neighborhood shops and a small wholesale market. Many of these stores and small markets have different Latin-American flavors, often selling many imported goods. In addition some markets also have meat departments that sell a variety of beef, poultry, and seafood.
The 501-acre (203Ã, ha) expansion on the eastern edge of Santa Paula is approved in 2015. Limoneira's residential and commercial development is known as the "Eastern Region One" for approval purposes. Officials and residents hope the city's large expansion will create new jobs and increase tax revenues for the cash-strapped city. When the project was first proposed in 1997, there were concerns that Limoneira began to expand their vast holdings of agricultural land. Company officials claim that 83% of the Teague-McKevett package is unsuitable for agriculture or has low value due to poor soil and drainage.
While agriculture is the most important industry in Santa Paula today, the city experienced an economic boom after oil was discovered in 1880.
Tourism
The Santa Clara Valley is one of the best preserved examples of the mature Southern California landscape of the citrus orchards. Tourists find a city with a major road that reminds us of Central America in a farm setting preserved through the Greenbelt Ventura County agreement. The California Oil Museum, inside the historic Union Oil building, is centrally located, as is the Santa Paula Art Museum and the Museum of Ventura County Farming Museum. The Santa Paula Mural Project has completed many murals depicting the history of the city.
Infrastructure
The Santa Paula Water Recycling Facility was built in 2010 for $ 63 million to handle city waste. Santa Paula Water, a partnership of two companies, financed, built and operated the facility under an agreement with the city. The city purchased the facility for $ 70.8 million by 2015 to take control and end the dispute over factory failures to remove enough chloride. Although the new plant uses modern medical methods, the treated wastes contain contaminants called chlorides that must be removed under state law before being discharged into the Santa Clara River.
Fire Department
The Santa Paula Fire Department provides emergency fire and medical protection services at basic life support level (BLS) from two fire stations. American Medical Response (AMR) is the provider of paramedical ambulances for the City.
Law enforcement
Santa Paula Police Department provides law enforcement services to City. The overall crime rate is low.
Famous people
- Jim Colborn (born 1946): former pitcher and Great League pitcher coach; he was a 20-game winner in 1973.
- Laura Diaz: newscaster, especially with KABC-TV from 1983-2002, KCBS-TV from 2002-2011, and KTTV-TV from 2012-Present.
- Dana Elcar: actor, starring Pete Thornton in the TV series MacGyver from 1985-1992 and featured in many films including The Sting ; spent several years later at his home on Laurel Road in Santa Paula.
- Nola Fairbanks: born Nola Jo Modine, has a famous singing career on Broadway.
- Eric Fleming: actor, star Rawhide ; born as Edward Heddy, Jr., July 4, 1925.
- Danny Flores: musician, a.k.a. Chuck Rio, wrote and played sax on 1958 song "Tequila", winning R & amp; B at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards; he is known as the "Godfather of Latino Rock 'n' Roll"
- Grupo Bryndis: is an internationally renowned Mexican music group. Derived from Santa Paula, California, USA. by their leader and songwriter Mauro Posadas in 1983. Grupo Bryndis was also the Latin Grammy Award winner for the best album of 2007.
- Joi Lansing: The actress and the model pin up are buried there.
- William Lucking: actor, plays Piney on Sons of Anarchy; spent most of his early career as a resident, raising two daughters and serving on the school board.
- Steve McQueen (1930-1980): actor, spent the last two years of his life (1979-1980) in Santa Paula, often flying his biplananya from Santa Paula Airport; he and his future wife Barbara stayed at the hangar at the airport until they moved to a house on South Mountain Road outside town. Richard Pinedo pleaded guilty to one count of identity fraud in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 US election after allegedly selling stolen bank account information to people suspected of interfering with elections through the use of Auction, an online marketplace..
- Charles M. Teague (1909-1974): US representative from California, born in Santa Paula and buried in a local cemetery. He served as director of McKevett Corp. and Teague-McKevett Co.
Education
Education is provided by Santa Paula Elementary District and Santa Paula High School District. Many schools in Santa Paula score low on state tests, scoring below the 30th percentile in statewide comparisons. Santa Paula Unified School District was established in 2013.
Seven Elementary Schools:
Barbara Webster Elementary, Blanchard Elementary, Thelma Bedell Elementary, SDN Glenn City, Grace Thille Elementary, SD McKevett
A Secondary School:
Isbell Middle School
Two High Schools:
Renaissance High School, Santa Paula High School
One College:
Thomas Aquinas College, outside the city limits
Briggs School District
One Primary School:
Sekolah Olivelands
A Secondary School:
Briggs School
Mupu School District
One Primary School:
Mupu School
Private school
St. Sebastian School K-8
Popular media
Santa Paula is the capital of the early California film. Gaston MÃÆ'Ã… © liÃÆ'¨s brought his Star Movie Company to the city in 1911, filming a movie like The Ghost of Sulfur Mountain .
The city has been featured in Hollywood media on numerous occasions. Some examples include:
In the West Wing drama, Santa Paula is the birthplace of famed presidential candidate Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda). In early 2005, Santa Paula Mayor Mary Ann Krause started a lobbying campaign to ask Santa Paula to announce Vinick's hometown. In a publicity movement for the city, city officials officially "claimed [Senator Arnold Vinick] as a resident of Santa Paula," in April 2005, and opened the official campaign headquarters for a fictitious Republican Senator at a city train depot. (Santa Paula for Vinick) On October 14, 2005, NBC released Vinick's official biography and revealed Santa Paula as the city where he grew up. [1]
Santa Paula serves as a background for Charterville in the 1996 to 1998 Big Bad Beetleborgs TV series.
The Santa Paula train depot has been the location for various productions. It was one of the locations for The Thorn Birds miniseries (1983), started by Richard Chamberlain. Dennis DeYoung, formerly of the popular 1970s and 1980s rock group vocalist Styx, filmed the music video for Desert Moon, as well as her first solo album title, depot in 1984. The depot was used at the end of Glee's third season. (2012).
Part of the movie Disorganized Crime (1989), starring Fred Gwynne of Munsters, was filmed in downtown on Main Street.
An episode of the television series
Main Street and other prominent locations in the 1990 film Winona Ryder Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael .
Chaplin (1992) filmed the entire surrounding area and held a casting call in town for the background actors.
Santa Paula also serves as one of the locations for the movie Lord. Woodcock (2007), starring Billy Bob Thornton.
The good part of Joe Dirt (2001) starring David Spade was filmed in downtown as well as in the famous restaurant Mary B.
The Lindsay Lohan film 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 residents of Santa Paula playing a minor role role and as an extra. The famous scene from Beaver trapped inside a giant coffee mug made Main Street blocked for almost a week while the filming continued.
Part of the movie Brian De Palma Carrie (1976), starring Sissy Spacek, was filmed in Santa Paula.
Other films filmed partly in Santa Paula include The Philadelphia Experiment 1984, Sequel Chinatown The Two Jakes (1990), Martin Comedy short/Danny Glover buddy
After the 1994 fire destroyed their set near Fillmore, the TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was filmed in various locations including Ebell Santa Paula House.
The James M. Sharp House is a stylish Italian-style villa built in 1890. Located on the West Telegraph Road, just outside Santa Paula, and has been home to several films including Amityville 4 (1989) and The Black Gate (1995), and How To Make An American Quilt (1995).
Various commercials, including the Super Bowl Budweiser ad, (The Human Bridge) have been filmed in downtown Santa Paula.
Part of the Rockford Files episode "Coulter City Wildcat" was filmed in Santa Paula.
See also
- Glen Tavern Inn
- Santa Paula airport
- Santa Paula Toll Road
- Santa Paula Hospital Thomas Fire The Thomas Fire is a season-ending (December) fire season from the 2017 fire forest fire season in California. It started from the powerful Santa Ana wind event and has since (on 5 December 2017) grown over 50,000 hectares (~ 50 sq km). It has grown into a neighboring Ventura, California and has destroyed more than 200 homes. There was 1 reported death and 1 reported injury in the area. See the main article for more details.
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References
Further reading
- Santa Paula (American Image), by Mary Alice Orcutt Henderson. 2006, Arcadia. ISBN: 0738531243
External links
- Official website
- Santa Paula city profile
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