Palo Alto, California

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. "Palo Alto" means "tall stick" in Spanish after a famous redwood, El Palo Alto, along the banks of San Francisquito Creek. The tree was struck by lightning in 1955 but much of it remains standing. The tree is over 1,080 years old. A diverse population thrives in a city known for its schools, parks, libraries, restaurants and mild climate.

Palo Alto is where Apple CEO, Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011.

Palo Alto, California Media

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  Palo Alto is named after El Palo Alto, a historic 110 ft tall (34 m) California Redwood on the banks of the San Francisquito Creek, sighted and named by the Portolá expedition in 1769.

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  Part of an 1890 map of northern Santa Clara County including all or part of the towns of University Park, Palo Alto (now College Terrace in Palo Alto), Mayfield. Also shows Stanford University (still under construction at the time.)

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  Frenchman's Tower was built in 1875.

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  University Avenue at the Circle with train steaming toward El Palo Alto, 1894

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  The historic Varsity Theatre, built in 1927 in a Mission Revival style

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  Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve interpretive center

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  w:National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Clara County, California U.S. Post Office, 380 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA

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  Stanford Theatre, built 1924–25

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  Mixed-use buildings on Ramona St.

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  Stanford Shopping Center