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Overview
Santa Paula is a city of roughly 30,000 people on the bank of the Santa Clara River, just a ten minute drive up the 126 Freeway. Santa Paula has a small-town America feel, but has an over 70% Hispanic population. Because of this, you can find a lot of Mexican food and other cultural items that you can't get in Ventura. Santa Paula is home to the Santa Paula Airport, a small airport for private aircraft. Santa Paula used to be the home of the Union Oil Company of California (Unocal 76). But even before Chevron bought them, Unocal had sold all of their property in California. The Union Oil Museum remains as a testament to this period to Ventura County's history (as well as the still producing oil wells).
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In the Media
Santa Paula is in many movies, tv shows and commericals, though many would never come up with the name of the town. Some of them are as follows:
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Leave it to Beaver
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Mr. Woodcock
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Joe Dirt
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Georgia Rule
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For the Love of the Game
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Bubble Boy
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West Wing
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Allstate Commericals
Notable natives and residents
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Jim Colborn: Former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
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Brent Cookson: Baseball Player with the LA Dodgers. Spent most of his career in the minor league
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Danny Flores: Muscian, known for the song“Tequila”. Also became known as the "Godfather of Latino Rock ‘n’ Roll".
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Bill Nash: Writer for many publications, including the Ventura County Star and The Rotarian
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Steve McQueen: Actor, spent the last two years of his life (1979-1980) in Santa Paula
Attractions
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Santa Paula Airport World Famous airport, has had names such as Charles Lindbergh and Steve McQueen with planes here
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Union Oil Museum The original offices of the Union Oil Company of California
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Santa Paula Depot The background of many movies and a still functional train station
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