I live about 10-15 inland from SF bay (Dublin, CA) We have coyotes across the street in the empty land there.
One year there was an injured mountain lion at the main gate of Lawrence Livermore National Lab about 10 miles away- they have a subdivision right across the street. A mountain lion was found dead on the side of the interstate only two miles from me. In the town south of me, they had to shoot one that ws right downtown in broad daylight. They spot one at least once a year behind in the reserve base behind the county jail which is about 2-3 miles east of me. Then usually a few weeks later, someone spots one in the hills 2-3 miles west of me. Probably the same cat. They have also had to shoot ones right in downtown Palo Alto and in San Jose (1 M people). They have been seen on the Stanford golf course (where Tiger Woods went to college) and only three miles from the San Jose City Hall ( along a river that runs from the mountains nearby right through the city).