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Palo Alto ( , from Spanish: palo: "tree" and alto: "tall") is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is named after a redwood tree called El Palo Alto. The city includes portions of Stanford University, is headquarters to a number of Silicon Valley high-technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, VMware, Tesla Motors, IDEO, and Facebook, and has served as an incubator to several other high-technology companies, such as Google, Logitech, Intuit, Sun Microsystems, and PayPal. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,598 residents.

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Prestige and Pride in Palo Alto! - MaxPreps MaxPreps---California- is no stranger to this honor, but -Palo Alto- was receiving this coveted trophy for the very first time. As the parking lot filled up at -Palo Alto- ... - Date : Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:38:23 GMT+00:00
Palo Alto may convene math 'working group' - Palo Alto Online Palo Alto Online--And more than 70 percent of -Palo Alto- elementary students perform at the "advanced" math level on the -California- Star Test. Under the current system, ... - Date : Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:35:02 GMT+00:00
Jyoti Pande: From idea to ipos - Business Standard Business Standard--In a more radical entrepreneurial enclave, say, in -Palo Alto-, Mountain View, Stanford or Cupertino, the heart of the Silicon Valley, you may even begin to ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:17:00 GMT+00:00
Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Raping a 94-Year Old Nursing Home Resident - Lawyers and Settlements Lawyers and Settlements--The attack happened eight years ago in -Palo Alto-. Recendes reached a plea deal to avoid spending 25 years to life had he been convicted of rape and burglary ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:03:28 GMT+00:00
FOOTBALL: Palo Alto Stages Music Video on Bus - Patch Patch--Vikings living 'Teenage Dream' after state championship, jubilant -Palo Alto- totes -California- Interscholastic Federation trophy in choreographed Katy Perry ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:46:11 GMT+00:00
Your thoughts on three final Palo Alto fountain designs? - San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News--Rendering of proposal for a new fountain at -California- Avenue and Park Boulevard in -Palo Alto-. That's how many fountain designs made the next-to-last cut in ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:20:52 GMT+00:00
Palo Alto Police - Patch Patch--1:15am, 321 -California- Avenue: Ruben Fedencio Martinez, 45, was cited for petty theft. 8pm, 537 Hamilton Avenue: Someone reported fraudulent use of a credit ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:25:51 GMT+00:00
CPI International Files Form 10-K for Fiscal Year 2010 - PR Newswire (press release) PR Newswire (press release)--Stockholders may also obtain a free copy of the document by submitting a written request to: CPI International, Inc., 811 Hansen Way, -Palo Alto-, -California- ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:31:53 GMT+00:00
California's Palo Alto Medical Foundation to Build Outpatient Surgery Center - Becker's ASC Review Becker's ASC Review---Palo Alto- (Calif.) Medical Foundation, a Sutter Health affiliate, plans to build a new outpatient clinic in San Carlos, ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:45:47 GMT+00:00
Palo Alto's 'Christmas Tree Lane' turns 70 - San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News--16, 2006, at the annual Christmas Tree Lane on Fulton Street in -Palo Alto-. For over 60 years, the residents have decorated the street with lights and ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:13:47 GMT+00:00

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Prestige and Pride in Palo Alto! - MaxPreps

MaxPreps---California- is no stranger to this honor, but -Palo Alto- was receiving this coveted trophy for the very first time. As the parking lot filled up at -Palo Alto- ... - Date : Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:38:23 GMT+00:00

Palo Alto may convene math 'working group' - Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto Online--And more than 70 percent of -Palo Alto- elementary students perform at the "advanced" math level on the -California- Star Test. Under the current system, ... - Date : Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:35:02 GMT+00:00

Jyoti Pande: From idea to ipos - Business Standard

Business Standard--In a more radical entrepreneurial enclave, say, in -Palo Alto-, Mountain View, Stanford or Cupertino, the heart of the Silicon Valley, you may even begin to ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:17:00 GMT+00:00

Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Raping a 94-Year Old Nursing Home Resident - Lawyers and Settlements

Lawyers and Settlements--The attack happened eight years ago in -Palo Alto-. Recendes reached a plea deal to avoid spending 25 years to life had he been convicted of rape and burglary ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:03:28 GMT+00:00

FOOTBALL: Palo Alto Stages Music Video on Bus - Patch

Patch--Vikings living 'Teenage Dream' after state championship, jubilant -Palo Alto- totes -California- Interscholastic Federation trophy in choreographed Katy Perry ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:46:11 GMT+00:00

Your thoughts on three final Palo Alto fountain designs? - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News--Rendering of proposal for a new fountain at -California- Avenue and Park Boulevard in -Palo Alto-. That's how many fountain designs made the next-to-last cut in ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:20:52 GMT+00:00

Palo Alto Police - Patch

Patch--1:15am, 321 -California- Avenue: Ruben Fedencio Martinez, 45, was cited for petty theft. 8pm, 537 Hamilton Avenue: Someone reported fraudulent use of a credit ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:25:51 GMT+00:00

CPI International Files Form 10-K for Fiscal Year 2010 - PR Newswire (press release)

PR Newswire (press release)--Stockholders may also obtain a free copy of the document by submitting a written request to: CPI International, Inc., 811 Hansen Way, -Palo Alto-, -California- ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:31:53 GMT+00:00

California's Palo Alto Medical Foundation to Build Outpatient Surgery Center - Becker's ASC Review

Becker's ASC Review---Palo Alto- (Calif.) Medical Foundation, a Sutter Health affiliate, plans to build a new outpatient clinic in San Carlos, ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:45:47 GMT+00:00

Palo Alto's 'Christmas Tree Lane' turns 70 - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News--16, 2006, at the annual Christmas Tree Lane on Fulton Street in -Palo Alto-. For over 60 years, the residents have decorated the street with lights and ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:13:47 GMT+00:00

Top employers :
#	Employer	# of Employees
1	Stanford University	9,821
2	Stanford University Medical Center/Hospital	5,025
3	Veteran's Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System	3,500
4	Lucile Packard Children's Hospital	3,326
5	Hewlett-Packard	2,001
6	Palo Alto Medical Foundation	2,000
7	Space Systems/Loral	1,700
8	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	1,500
9	Palo Alto Unified School District	1,304
10	City of Palo Alto	1,100

Cities	Campbell * Cupertino * East Palo Alto * Fremont * Los Altos * Los Altos Hills * Los Gatos * Menlo Park * Milpitas * Mountain View * Newark * Palo Alto * Redwood City * San Jose * San Mateo * Santa Clara * Saratoga * Sunnyvale
Colleges and universities	Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley * Cogswell Polytechnical College * De Anza College * Evergreen Valley College * Foothill College * Menlo College * Mission College * Ohlone College * Silicon Valley Technical Institute * National Hispanic University * Northwestern Polytechnic University * San Jose City College * San Jose State University * Silicon Valley University * Santa Clara University * Stanford University * University of California, Berkeley * University of California, Santa Cruz
Companies (including subsidiaries and defuncts based in or around the area)	3Com * Actuate * Adaptec * Adobe Systems * AMD * Agilent Technologies * Amdahl * Apple Inc. * Applied Materials * Aricent * Asus * Atari * Atmel * BEA Systems * Brocade . Business Objects * Cisco Systems * Computer Literacy Bookstore * Cypress Semiconductor * eBay * Electronic Arts * Facebook * Foundry Networks * Fry's Electronics * Fujitsu * Gaia Online * Geeknet * Google * Hewlett-Packard * Hitachi Global Storage Technologies * Intel * Intuit * Juniper Networks * Knight Ridder * Logitech * LSI Corporation * Magellan Navigation * Marvell Technology Group * Maxtor * McAfee * Memorex * Microsoft * National Semiconductor * Netscape * NetApp * NeXT * Nintendo of America * Nortel * Nvidia * Opera Software * OPPO Digital * Oracle Corporation * Palm, Inc. * PalmSource * PayPal * Rambus * Redback Networks * ReputationDefender * SAP AG * SanDisk * Silicon Graphics * Silicon Image Inc. * Solectron * Sony * SRI International * Sun Microsystems * Symantec * Symyx * Taligent * Tesla Motors * TiVo * WebEx * VeriSign * Veritas Software * VMware * Xilinx * Yahoo!

San Jose and Silicon Valley attractions

Arboreta/Gardens		Arizona Cactus Garden * Chinese Cultural Garden * Emma Prusch Farm Park * Hakone Gardens * Japanese Friendship Garden * Overfelt Gardens * SJ Municipal Rose Garden * Stanford Arboretum * Villa Montalvo Arboretum
Cultural		American Musical Theatre of SJ * Ballet San Jose * Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph * Choral Project * De Saisset Museum * MLK Library * Gurdwara Sahib * Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies * Mexican Heritage Plaza * Opera San Jose * SJ City Hall * SJ Flea Market * SJ Improv * SJ Museum of Art * SJ Rep Theatre * Viet Museum * Villa Montalvo * Vivace Youth Chorus
Event venues		Buck Shaw Stadium * HP Pavilion at San Jose * PAL Stadium * SC Convention Center * SJ Civic Auditorium * SJ Convention Center * SJ Municipal Stadium * SJSU Event Center Arena * Shoreline Amphitheatre * Spartan Stadium
Events		BayCon * Cinequest Film Festival * FanimeCon * FurCon * LiveStrong Challenge * SJ Holiday Parade * SJ Jazz Festival * Stanford Jazz Festival
Historical		Circle of Palms * De Anza Hotel * Hangar One * History Park at Kelley Park * HP Garage * New Almaden * Peralta Adobe * Portuguese Historical Museum * Rengstorff House * Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum * SJ Museum of Quilts & Textiles * Winchester Mystery House
Parks/Trails		Almaden Quicksilver County Park * Alum Rock Park * Bay Area Ridge Trail * Castle Rock State Park * Ed Levin Park * Grant Ranch Park * Guadalupe River Trail * Kelley Park * Lake Cunningham * Los Alamitos Creek Trail * Los Gatos Creek Trail * Plaza de César Chávez * Rancho San Antonio * Rosicrucian Park * Sanborn Park * SF Bay Trail * Shoreline Park * Stevens Creek Trail * Vasona Park
Science/Tech/Education		Children's Discovery Museum * Computer History Museum * Googleplex * Intel Museum * Laser Quest * Lick Observatory * NASA Ames Research Center * SJSU * SCU * Stanford * The Tech Museum of Innovation
Shopping		Eastridge * Great Mall * Pruneyard * San Antonio * Santana Row * Stanford * Vallco * Oakridge * Valley Fair * Westgate
Theme parks & Tours		Airship Ventures * Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad * Great America * Happy Hollow Park & Zoo * Raging Waters
Vineyards/Wineries		Byington Vineyard * J Lohr Vineyards and Wines * Mountain Winery * Picchetti Brothers Winery * Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards

San Francisco Bay Area

Bodies of water		Bodega Bay * Carquinez Strait * Clifton Forebay * Golden Gate * Grizzly Bay * Guadalupe River * Half Moon Bay * Lake Berryessa * Napa River * Oakland Estuary * Petaluma River * Richardson Bay * Richmond Inner Harbor * Russian River * San Francisco Bay * San Leandro Bay * San Pablo Bay * Sonoma Creek * Suisun Bay * Tomales Bay
Counties		Alameda * Contra Costa * Marin * Napa * San Francisco * San Mateo * Santa Clara * Solano * Sonoma
Major cities		San Jose * San Francisco * Oakland
Cities and towns 100k-250k		Antioch * Berkeley * Concord * Daly City * Fairfield * Fremont * Hayward * Richmond * Santa Clara * Santa Rosa * Sunnyvale * Vallejo
Cities and towns 25k-99k		Alameda * Belmont * Benicia * Burlingame * Campbell * Castro Valley * Cupertino * Danville * Dublin * East Palo Alto * Foster City * Gilroy * Livermore * Los Altos * Los Gatos * Martinez * Menlo Park * Milpitas * Morgan Hill * Mountain View * Napa * Newark * Novato * Oakley * Pacifica * Palo Alto * Petaluma * Pittsburg * Pleasant Hill * Pleasanton * Redwood City * Rohnert Park * San Bruno * San Carlos * San Leandro * San Mateo * San Pablo * San Rafael * San Ramon * Saratoga * South San Francisco * Suisun City * Union City * Vacaville * Walnut Creek
Cities and towns 10k-25k		Alamo * Albany * Alum Rock * Ashland * Bay Point * Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara * Brentwood * Cherryland * Clayton * Dixon * El Cerrito * El Sobrante * Half Moon Bay * Healdsburg * Hercules * Hillsborough * Lafayette * Larkspur * Millbrae * Mill Valley * Moraga * North Fair Oaks * Orinda * Piedmont * Pinole * San Anselmo * San Lorenzo * Stanford * Tamalpais-Homestead Valley * Windsor
Sub-regions		East Bay * North Bay * San Francisco Peninsula * Silicon Valley * South Bay

Municipalities and communities of Santa Clara County, California

County seat: San Jose
Cities and towns		Campbell * Cupertino * Gilroy * Los Altos * Los Altos Hills * Los Gatos * Milpitas * Monte Sereno * Morgan Hill * Mountain View * Palo Alto * San Jose * Santa Clara * Saratoga * Sunnyvale
CDPs		Alum Rock * Burbank * East Foothills * Fruitdale * Lexington Hills * Loyola * San Martin * Seven Trees * Stanford * Sunol-Midtown
Unincorporated communities		Bell Station * Casa Loma * Chemeketa Park * Coyote * Holy City * Loma Chiquita * Old Gilroy * New Almaden * Redwood Estates * Rucker * San Antonio Valley * Sargent * Sveadal
Ghost towns		Alma * Lexington * Wrights