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Palo Alto California – Wikipedia From the free encyclopedia Redirected from Jump to navigation search redirects here For other uses see disambiguation City in United StatesPalo CaliforniaCity of Clockwise Baylands Nature Preserve Circle U S Post Office High School Downtown FlagSealLogoLocation Santa Clara County and state CaliforniaPalo CaliforniaLocation StatesCoordinates N W xfeff Coordinates Country StatesState CaliforniaCounty ClaraIncorporatedApril Named forEl AltoGovernment TypeCouncil-Manager BodyCity council members Mayor Adrian FineVice Tom DuBoisLiz KnissEric FilsethGreg TanakaAlison CormackLydia Kou Area Total sq mi km Land Water Elevation ft m Population Estimate Density Time zoneUTC Pacific Summer DST UTC PDT ZIP Codes code FIPS GNIS feature IDs Websitewww cityofpaloalto org p l o t is a charter city located northwestern corner States San Francisco Bay means tall stick Spanish named after coastal redwood tree called El The was established by Leland Stanford Sr when he founded University following death his son Jr includes portions shares its borders with East Mountain View Los Altos Hills Portola Valley Menlo Park As census city’s total resident population one five most expensive cities live residents are among highest educated country principal Silicon headquarters number high-technology companies including Hewlett-Packard HP Space Systems Loral VMware Tesla Ford Research Innovation Center PARC IDEO Skype Palantir Technologies Houzz Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology has also served as an incubator several prominent such Apple Google Facebook Logitech Intuit Pinterest PayPal Contents History Geography Environmental features Climate Local government Politics Demographics Housing Economy Top employers Utilities Fire police departments Education Post-secondary schooling Public schools Private Weekend Libraries Media Transportation Roads Air Rail Bus Cycling Walking Sister Notable buildings points interest Historical architecture hiking Museums art entertainment Schools people Litigation Class-action lawsuit against battery makers See References Further reading External links edit Prior arrival Europeans Ohlone lived on peninsula particular Puichon area modern first recorded party Gaspar de Portol -man -horse expedition Diego Monterey group overshot fog they reached modern-day Pacifica ascended Sweeney Ridge saw descended southeast down Andreas Creek Laguna now Crystal Springs Reservoir thence Francisquito watershed ultimately camping November later be known Thinking bay too wide cross retraced their journey never became aware Golden Gate entrance citation needed In Father Junipero Serra Mission Asis whose northern boundary lands included under control viceroy Mexico Spain On Pueblo Jose Guadalupe few miles south what order despite displeasure local mission Mexican War Independence ending led becoming independent though did not recognize rule new until May proceeded sell off or grant much land During American seized Alta however this legalized Treaty Hidalgo signed July citizens could choose become grants were recognized if chose do so many legal disputes arose over Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo about -acre lower reaches i e parts given Maria Antonia Mesa She her husband Rafael Soto who had died settled near present-day Newell Middlefield roads sold supplies daughter Mar Luisa married John Coppinger grantee Ca ada Raymundo Mateo county Upon Coppinger’s inherited it visiting boat captain Greer owned home site that Town amp Village Embarcadero Camino Real Avenue Court for him To Sotos brothers Secundino Teodoro Robles bought Rincon Jos Pe covered more less bounded Mariano Castro’s Pastoria las Borregas across Antonio Road This which constitutes today whittled courts acres Stories say grand hacienda built former meager adobe Ferne midway between Alma Street Their hosted fiestas bull fights It ruined earthquake lumber used build large barn nearby said have lingered early s April comprising Barron Matadero Business Elisha Oscar Crosby property Mayfield Farm name attached community started September transferred Sarah Wallis satisfy debt owed father twenty-nine children still just location Shopping Part map all part towns College Terrace Also shows construction at time Many names represent heritage descriptive terms Pena Miranda essentially Foothill Expwy Juana Briones occurs Courts Avenues street quadrant where she vast areas Grant west Yerba Buena credit major train steaming toward township formed around stagecoach stop saloon Uncle Jim’s Cabin intersection today’s southern October railroad been far service station way January Main northeast-southwest streets Civil heroes originally being Lincoln town own newspaper Enterprise English incorporated breweries cannery French financier Jean Baptiste Paulin Caperon better Peter Coutts purchased four parcels three sides than thousand extending Page Mill foothills Ayrshire His fanciful -foot-tall brick tower likely marked buying horse farm Stock wife Jane dedicated typhoid fever age proposed founding However condition alcohol banned Known rowdy saloons rejected request drive formation temperance help friend Timothy Hopkins Southern Railroad private townsite Tract Boyce Channing Melville proclaimed Heritage District during Alto’s centennial set up university initially but With Stanford’s support grew size After long-running strife ordinance banning took effect voters approved annexation two communities officially consolidated result downtown along News wrote obituary days feeling deep regret we our those would give beautiful little outside We watched grow small hamlet nothing hayfield present sorrow contemplate fact there away continued annex northeast Bayshore West annexed Large amounts Expressway mostly undeveloped Foothills Arastradero last annexations marshlands bordering University’s faculty Professorville neighborhood registered national historic district Kingsley Addison Ramona Bryant Waverley well-preserved residences dating Russell Varian co-inventor Klystron tube Federal Telegraph laboratory situated Landmark recognizing Lee Forest’s invention vacuum electronic oscillator While open public garage housed launch Hewlett Packard recently restored house A second can found Hamilton Chinese oldest entire opera company Opera long-standing baseball tradition Oaks collegiate summer club since years longer Giants managed Tony Makjavich going fold before season taken Daniel Palladino Whaylan Price coaches want team die rich history within south-eastern section Peninsula consists connected narrow corridor inland Interstate hilly rural lightly populated Pearson-Arastradero both park system Trancos Monte Bello Open Preserves Midpeninsula Regional extends Skyline Boulevard ridge Cruz Mountains densely parcel bordered adjacent beyond north north-east east south-east south-west Several transit routes north-west biggest closest Freeway Central parallel crosses connects makeup Somewhat perpendicular these Sand Hill into Oregon Charleston forms According Census Bureau square water official elevation feet above sea level boundaries reach well hills crossed creeks flow direction Adobe eastern western tributary diverted Highway diversion channel mainstem confluence Corte Madera Bear below Searsville Dam downstream significant natural habitats estuarine riparian oak forest visible Slough contains marsh littoral zone providing feeding variety shorebirds wildlife Typical Mediterranean climate cool wet winters warm dry summers Typically warmer months sun goes bank flows covers night sky thus creating blanket helps trap warmth absorbed day Even rare overnight low temperature exceed F C Fog rolling average temperatures range record high June Temperatures higher drop Due rain shadow resulting annual rainfall only inches mm Measurable annually wettest year driest month February snowfall very fell common sections K ppen Classification warm-summer mediterranean Csb data Month Jan Feb Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record Mean maximum Average minimum precipitation Source Daily Summaries Station Details USC National Centers Information Retrieved municipal created consisting fifteen-member Council responsibilities various governmental functions delegated appointed committees adopted manager continue advise specialized issues land-use planning utilities libraries no direct authority staff Currently seven mayor vice-mayor serve General elections held even-numbered long study effective tax rate lowest State Legislature th Senate represented Democrat Jerry Assembly Marc Berman House Representatives California’s congressional Anna Eshoo Secretary Of Democrats Republicans declined political Pop est Decennial reported density per mile racial White Asian African Native Islander races Hispanic Latino any race persons households non-institutionalized quarters institutionalized There out living them opposite-sex couples together female householder male unmarried partnerships same-sex made individuals 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