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Palo Alto es una ciudad del condado de Santa Clara, en el estado de California (Estados Unidos). Se encuentra en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco, en el extremo norte de Silicon Valley, cerca de la Universidad Stanford (técnicamente la universidad está situada en Stanford).
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.
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Hace 6 días · Palo Alto, city, Santa Clara county, northern California, U.S. Located 35 miles (55 km) south of San Francisco and 14 miles (23 km) north of San Jose, it lies on the western shore of San Francisco Bay.
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Palo Alto is a city in the American state of California in Santa Clara County that has a population of about 65,000 people. It is the birthplace of the region called Silicon Valley and includes Stanford University. It is the home of many innovators and entrepreneurs.
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The Ohlone tribe of Native Americans inhabited this area at least by 1500 to 1000 BC. One tumulus was discovered in 1951 during development of the University Village subdivision near today's Costaño School. After a year-long excavation of 60 graves and 3,000 artifacts, researchers concluded Native Americans had utilized the area as a cemetery and c...
East Palo Alto is located in San Mateo County. Despite its name, it lies almost entirely north, and not east of Palo Alto. It is bordered on the west by Menlo Park, to the south by Palo Alto, and to the east by the San Francisco Bay. The San Francisquito Creek defines its southern edge. To the north are Ravenswood Point and the western end of the D...
Top employers
According to the city's 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,the city's top employers were: The total city employment for the year ended June 30, 2021 was 14,500, and the total city employment for 2014 was 13,800.
The local area around the Dumbarton Bridge is an important ecological area, hosting many species of birds, fish and mammals. The California clapper railis known to be present in the western bridge terminus area. The Baylands Nature Preserveborders the city of East Palo Alto. The long trail along the marshland connects Mountain View, Palo Alto, and ...
In the California State Legislature, East Palo Alto is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Josh Becker, and in the 21st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Diane Papan, as of January 2024[update]. In the United States House of Representatives, East Palo Alto is in California's 15th congressional district, represented by Demo...
Primary and secondary schools
The Ravenswood City School Districthas its headquarters in East Palo Alto. The schools in the city are Costaño School of the Arts, Belle Haven Elementary, Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy,and Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School. The Sequoia Union High School District operates the zoned high schools in the area. Between 1958 and 1976 East Palo Alto had its own high school, Ravenswood High School. After the school was closed because of low enrollment, the building was demolished in 1995 to ma...
Public libraries
San Mateo County Librariesoperates the East Palo Alto Library, located in the municipal building at 2415 University Avenue.
The Ravenswood Post (1953–1981) was an African-American weekly newspaper serving East Palo Alto. Other local news publishings included the newspaper, East Palo Alto Today; former newspaper, The Peninsula Bulletin; and the magazine, El Ravenswood.
U.S. Route 101 cuts through the southern part of the city, with two on ramps and off ramps in the city (University and Willow). There are frontage roads on either side of the freeway. The Dumbarton Bridge in neighboring Menlo Park connects East Palo Alto to Alameda County, which lies to the east across San Francisco Bay, and carries State Route 84i...
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Palo Alto es una ciudad del condado de Santa Clara, en el estado de California. Se encuentra en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco, en el extremo norte de Silicon Valley, cerca de la Universidad Stanford. Muchas empresas de tecnología, como Hewlett-Packard y Xerox, tienen su sede en Palo Alto.
Palo Alto 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.
