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City in California, United States Palo Alto, California City Baylands Nature Preserve, Ramona Street Architectural District, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto History Museum, Palo Alto Circle Flag Seal Logo Etymology: from Spanish palo alto 'tall stick' Location in Santa Clara County and California Palo Alto, California Show map of San Francisco Bay Area Palo Alto, California Show map of ...
Matadero Creek is a stream originating in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County, California, United States.The creek flows in a northeasterly direction for 8 miles (13 km) until it enters the Palo Alto Flood Basin, where it joins Adobe Creek in the Palo Alto Baylands at the north end of the Mayfield Slough, just before its culmination in southwest San Francisco Bay.
State Route 82 (SR 82) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs from Interstate 880 (I-880) in San Jose to I-280 in San Francisco following the San Francisco Peninsula. It is the spinal arterial road of the peninsula and runs parallel to the nearby Caltrain line along much of the route.
Frenchman's Tower is a two-story red brick structure located in Santa Clara County, California, that resembles a medieval fortification.Built in 1875, the structure was listed as a California Point of Historical Interest in 1969.
East Palo Alto, which used to have the Bay Area's highest murder rate, saw violent crime incidents drop 65% between 2013 and 2014, while Oakland saw violent crime incidents drop 15%. [165] Meanwhile, San Jose , which was one of the safest large cities in the United States in the early 2000s, has seen its violent crime rates trend upwards. [ 167 ]
Sand Hill Road, often shortened to just "Sand Hill" or "SHR", [1] is an arterial road in western Silicon Valley, California, running through Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Woodside, notable for its concentration of venture capital firms. [2]
Developer Joseph Eichler built the development, which includes 243 single-story homes, in 1954–55. Architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons designed the plans for the modernist homes; homebuyers chose from six models, which they could modify at an additional cost.
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 ...