Los Altos, California : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

City of Los Altos

Official name

City of Los Altos

Settlement type

City

Country

United States

State

California

County

Santa Clara

Incorporated

December 1, 1952

Government

Mayor

Ron Packard

City Manager

Doug Schmitz

Geography

Total Area

6.487 sq mi (16.8 km2)

Land Area

6.487 sq mi (16.8 km2)

Elevation

157 ft (47.9 m)

Demography

Total Population

28976 (2010)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

PST (UTC−8)

- Summer (DST)

PDT (UTC−7)

ZIP codes

94022-94024

Area code

650 650

FIPS code

06-43280

GNIS feature ID

1659745

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Los Altos c-enaudio=Los Altos.ogglɔːs_ˈæltoʊs is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 28,976 according to the 2010 census.

Most of the city's growth occurred between 1950 and 1980. Originally an agricultural town with many summer cottages, Los Altos is now an affluent bedroom community. Los Altos has several distinctive features. Commercial zones are strictly limited to the downtown area and small shopping and office parks lining Foothill Expressway and El Camino Real.

Los Altos means "the heights" or "foothill" in Spanish.