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.
Image: Palo Alto Baylands January 2013 005 (cropped)
Image: Ramona Street Architectural District, 261 Hamilton St., Palo Alto, CA 5 27 2012 2 20 25 PM
Image: Palo Alto Medical Clinic, 300 Homer Ave., Palo Alto, CA 5 27 2012 4 21 09 PM
Portola Valley is a town in San Mateo County, California, United States. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, Portola Valley is a small, wealthy community nestled on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Our Lady of the Wayside Church
Portola Valley is named after Gaspar de Portolá, first Governor of the Californias and leader of the Portolá expedition.
The historic Mission Revival style Portola Valley School, built 1909.
The historic Casa de Tableta, built by Californio entrepreneur Félix Buelna in 1851, now named Rossotti's Alpine Inn.