A local resource guide published by the Almanac 2019-20 A perfect How cities are using public gardens to grow plot community Page 11 ATHERTON MENLO PARK PORTOLA VALLEY WOODSIDE a look back | by the numbers | the arts | seniors | open spaces | youth | education resources | city & towns | public officials | AlmanacNews.com Menlo Easy access to the care you need when you need it For treatment of colds, flu, minor injuries, and other common conditions, rely on Stanford Express Care and the Stanford Walk-In Clinic. With extended hours and multiple locations, they give you easy access to precisely the right care at the right time in the right place. Stanford Express Care Stanford Express Care Stanford Palo Alto San Jose Walk-In Clinic Same-day appointments Same-day appointments No appointment needed 211 Quarry Road, Suite 102 52 Skytop Street, Suite 10 211 Quarry Road, Suite 402 Palo Alto, CA 94304 San Jose, CA 95134 Palo Alto, CA 94304 call: 650.736.5211 call: 669.294.8888 call: 650.497.3940 visit: 7 days/week visit: 7 days/week visit: Monday–Friday 9:00am–9:00pm 9:00am–9:00pm 3:30pm–11:00pm Pediatric patients 6 months and older welcome in all clinics stanfordhealthcare.org/carechooser 2 • Info Menlo www.AlmanacNews.com JUST CLOSED ESCROW Menlo EXCLUSIVE ATHERTON LOCATION Represented buyers of this new, outstanding estate in prime West Atherton. 7 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms (8/3), 12,494 sq ft plus a 673 sq ft guest house, all on an acre. FOR SALE FOR SALE 60 BUCK COURT, WOODSIDE 340 KINGS MOUNTAIN RD, WOODSIDE Offered at $5,998,000 Offered at $4,998,000 4 bedrooms, 3 full + 2 half bathrooms 3 acres with gorgeous western hills views 4,300 sq ft on 1.145 acres 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom main house West Menlo Park Schools! 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom guest house (Las Lomitas & La Entrada) Former Woodside winery property Full guest house, pool house and wine cellar. Fantastic upside potential. Homes, Estates & Investment Properties SEAN FOLEY Direct: 650-529-2486 | Cell: 650-207-6005 YOUR ADVOCATE IN EVERY TRANSACTION! [email protected] 2969 Woodside Road, Woodside Cal BRE 00870112 www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo • 3 Caption WELCOME TO INFO MENLO Inside We’re pleased to present the 23rd annual Info 6 A LOOK BACK Menlo, The Almanac’s resource guide for residents City & Town Timelines of Menlo Park and the towns of Atherton, BY THE NUMBERS Portola Valley and Woodside. We’ve created a 8 Demographics, Housing Values comprehensive guide with information about the area’s government, schools, youth programs, 11 OUR COMMUNITY recreational activities and arts and entertainment Neighbors find connection through community options, and included resources for seniors and gardens those in need. 17 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT (A&E) In the guide, you’ll also find plenty of personal Theaters, Museums, Nightlife and more enrichment ideas, and we hope to be of help to anyone SENIORS looking for advice or help. Charts, maps and photographs have also been 21 Activities, Resources, Medical Services included to help direct readers around town. As the key source for the latest on local news, issues and culture, The Almanac conducts hours of research 27 OPEN SPACES to make sure Info Menlo is a useful resource curated just for the Silicon Recreation, Parks, Preserves, Valley that takes readers beyond the bustling tech scene that the region has become known for. If you have any suggestions or ideas on how this 35 KIDS publication can be improved, please reach out to [email protected] Schools, Arts, Sports or [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your feedback. 39 EDUCATION Public, Private, Preschool, Enrichment Cierra Bailey Editor, Info Menlo 47 COMMUNITY SERVICES *Facilities located in Menlo Park, unless otherwise noted. Assistance, Resources, Social Services 53 CITY & TOWNS Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside On the cover: André Berro picks tomatoes from his family’s plot at the Belle Haven Community Garden in Menlo Park, on August 5, 2019. Photo by Sadie Stinson/The Almanac. 59 PUBLIC OFFICIALS Above: A book aficionado browses the shelves of the Friends of the Menlo Park Library bookstore, State, County, Local Contacts located off the lobby of the main library. Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac. 4 • Info Menlo www.AlmanacNews.com )OHJHOV Interior Design & Distinctive Furnishings Menlo Park 650.326.9661 www.flegels.com www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo • 5 A LOOK BACK Snapshots of beginnings EXPLORERS & SETTLERS 1927 City is permanently incorporated. 1769 Don Gaspar de Portola ushers in era 1943-46 Dibble General Hospital is built to of Spanish rule on land once inhabited by care for soldiers injured in the South Pacific in Ohlone Indians. World War II. 1776 Colonizing of the Peninsula begins after PORTOLA VALLEY Juan Bautista DeAnza’s expedition passes through Menlo Park on its way to establish Mission Dolores and the Presidio of San Francisco. 1795 Spanish Governor of California Diego Police in front of Atherton town hall. Photo courtesy AthertonNow.org de Borica makes 35,240-acre land grant to Jose Dario Arguello. It encompasses 1928 Residents vote to build a Town Hall, present-day San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, which still stands today. Redwood City, Atherton and Menlo Park. 1958 Olive Holbrook Palmer leaves Holbrook- Palmer Park to the Town. MENLO PARK WOODSIDE First town council, 1964-1968: Sam Halsted, Bill Lane, 1839 Charles Brown builds the first sawmill Nevin Hiester, Eleanor Boushey, Bob Brown. Photo courtesy PV.Beaucamera.com on his Mountain Home Ranch, which still stands today. 1834 Valley becomes part of Rancho el Corte 1841 Juan Alvarado grants John Copinger de Madera granted to Maximo Martinez by the Rancho de Canada de Raymundo. the Mexican Government. Copinger, who marries Maria Luisa Soto — 1850 Casa de Tableta (now known as Alpine the daughter of a Spanish ranchero — builds Hill or Zots after its former name Rossotti’s) is the first wooden house at the corner of Kings Menlo Park railroad station, 1885. Photo courtesy Menlo built in and used as a saloon. Mountain and Woodside Roads. Park Historical Association, VanCourt 1907 First hotel, “Home Hotel” built. 1854 Menlo Park receives its official name 1909 First grammar school, “The Little Red when two Irishmen, Dennis J. Oliver and D. Schoolhouse” established. C. McGlynn, purchase 1,700 acres bordering what is now El Camino Real and erect a 1910 Completion of the Western Pacific wooden gate with the name of their estate, Railway through the Feather River Canyon. “Menlo Park,” after their home in Menlough, 1912 Our Lady of the Wayside Church is built. Ireland. 1921 First high school is built. 1856 San Mateo County becomes independent of San Francisco County. 1915 Grizzly Electric Co. introduces first commercial electricity. Woodside Store, built in 1854, served as a general store, 1863 With the railroad going through a post office and community center. Photo courtesy San nameless station, a railroad official looks over 1928 Wooden baseboards and dirt streets Mateo County Historical Association replaced with concrete sidewalks. at the wooden gate and names the station 1849 Dennis Martin, part of the first wagon “Menlo Park,” thereby cementing the name. 1964 Town Incorporation. party over the Truckee pass, buys 1,000 acres 1870 Arrival of the post office. from Copinger and builds St. Dennis Chapel, ATHERTON which for years is the only place of worship 1872 Church of the Nativity built in Menlo between San Francisco and Santa Clara. Park. 1850-51 Irish sea captain marries Copinger’s 1874 City incorporated (dissolves after 2 widow, Maria Luisa. They become community years). leaders and donate land for the first 1917 Large portion of the city is home to schoolhouse, called Greersburg Elementary Camp Fremont, a training camp for men School. being sent to fight in World War I. 1852 Regular stage coach service to San Francisco. Atherton train station, 1913. Photo courtesy 1855 At least eight saw mills and one shingle AthertonNow.org mill in Woodside. 1859 112 pupils enrolled in the the Town’s 1866 Atherton, known as Fair Oaks, is a flag first school. stop on the CA Coast Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. 1893 The First Congregational Church of Redwood City is built; it now serves as the 1923 Fair Oaks is incorporated as Atherton, chapel for the Woodside Village Church. named after Faxon Dean Atherton, one of its 1956 Woodside is incorporated by a close Camp Fremont grounds and soldiers on the lake. Photo first property owners. courtesy Menlo Park Historical Association vote of 646 to 574. 6 • Info Menlo www.AlmanacNews.com ! Thank you for all of the support you have given us in the past 30+ years. Real Estate is our passion and we are honored to have the opportunity to serve the community for generations to come. We are so grateful that you came to celebrate with us on 9/8/2019 at the Client Appreciation Party! Hosted at our newly purchased home located at 4260 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Juliana Lee MBA/LL.B. JLEE REALTY Certified Residential Specialist DRE# 00851314 Jade Lee Managing Broker | Palo Alto Native DRE# 02032430 JulianaLee.com|650.857.1000 www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo • 7 BYTHE NUMBERS A detailed look at Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Woodside CITY AT A GLANCE ATHERTON MENLO PARK PORTOLA VALLEY WOODSIDE INCORPORATED: SEPT. 12, 1923 INCORPORATED: NOV. 23, 1927 INCORPORATED: JULY 14, 1964 INCORPORATED: NOV. 16, 1956 7,187 34,549 4,598 5,510 POPULATION POPULATION POPULATION POPULATION 7,194 7,167 26,438 30,785 4,462 5,291 5,352 2000 2015 1980 2000 2000 1980 2000 7,163 6,995 28,040 4,194 5,035 1990 2011 1990 1990 1990 RACIAL/ETHNIC RACIAL/ETHNIC RACIAL/ETHNIC RACIAL/ETHNIC BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN ntro text goes Ihere.