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Too Close: Cesar Villalba of Boulder Creek says this mountain lion crossed the parking area next to his Hill House Road home and climbed the nearby ridge at midday May 15. Lions and bobcats are seen occasionally in San Lorenzo Valley, Bonny Doon and rural

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