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Palo Alto (/ ˌ p æ l oʊ ˈ æ l t oʊ / PAL-oh AL-toh; Spanish for ' tall stick ') is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city of Palo Alto was established in 1894 by the American industrialist ...
A commemorative plaque that designates this site as California Historical Landmark 857 commemorating the site of John Adam Squire House at 900 University Avenue, Palo Alto, California. The plaque was placed by the California State Parks in cooperation with the Palo Alto Historical Association and the city of Palo Alto, on January 27, 1973. [4]
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency that serves Santa Clara County, California.It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County, as well as incorporated cities within the county that have contracted with the agency for law-enforcement services such as Saratoga, Cupertino, and Los Altos Hills.
Nancy Shepherd was a Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, California. She was elected to office by the Palo Alto City Council on 6 January 2014, [1] and replaced by fellow councilwoman Karen Holman on 5 January 2016. [2] Shepherd was born in San Francisco, California in 1954.
The tree from which Palo Alto takes its name, El Palo Alto, stands on the banks of the creek. In 1857, the United States Coast Survey (USCS) identified 1,142 acres (462 ha) of tidal marsh at the mouth of the creek. There were also two large [63-and-118-acre (25 and 48 ha)] willow groves adjacent to the tidal marsh associated with high ...
The Williams house is currently on the Palo Alto Historic Inventories list as a Category II on the Palo Alto Historic Building Inventory. [15] The building behind the main house (named the "Livermore Learning Center") is a new structure and is located where a small family orchard was originally located.
In September 2019, OpenGov acquired ViewPoint Cloud, a platform used by city and state governments to manage community development operations, such as permitting, licensing, inspections, and code enforcement. [9] In March 2020, OpenGov and GTY Technology Holdings settled lawsuits related to a past effort at a merger. [10]
The preserve is owned and operated by the City of Palo Alto, California. The main parking lot hosts an interpretive center and is located at 1530 Arastradero Road ( 37°23'13" N, 122°10'29" W ). Description