LOL - in fact ROTFL!
Bears were there before you also ...
Not where I live. Coyotes are the predators here. There may be bears and possibly mountain lions or bobcats in the mountains to the west, and I know there are bears in the mountains to the northeast. But the desert floor has only small prey, so the predators are also small.
Don’t laugh...the entire valley is filled with humans, and to still see coyotes here says a lot for the little guys.