We used to find deer that had been taken down & (mountain lion caused) tree damage near the VMware HQ in Palo Alto.
I used to work right there on Hillview Ave. Never saw any cougar sign, though.
I remember the time a young cat was in a tree at a Palo Alto elementary school. It was eyeing all the tasty snacks on the school playground. They couldn’t get the cat down so they shot and killed it. The papers were full of howls from the locals “Why did you have to kill the kitty? He was just sitting there not harming anybody.”