Los Altos, California A City of Los Altos entrance marker, positioned in Lincoln Park just off of Main Street A City of Los Altos entrance marker, positioned in Lincoln Park just off of Main Street Los Altos, California is positioned in the US Los Altos, California - Los Altos, California Los Altos Listeni/l s lto s/ is a town/city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Originally an agricultural town with many summer cottages and apricot orchards, Los Altos is now an well-to-do bedroom community.
Homes and other real estate are costly in Los Altos.
The median homehold income of Los Altos for 2009 2013 was $157,907. The median home listing price in 2016 was $3.6 million. In 2016, Forbes put Los Altos (ZIP codes 94022 and 94024) as the 8th and 46th most expensive ZIP codes in the United States. Los Altos means "the heights" in Spanish.
9 Los Altos History Museum The region was originally called Banks and Braes. Paul Shoup, an executive of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and his colleagues formed the Altos Land Company in 1906 and started the evolution of Los Altos.
Shoup wanted to link Palo Alto and Los Gatos by making Los Altos a commuter town.
In 1908, Southern Pacific Railroad began running steam train service through Los Altos (April 19, 1908) with five trains per day.
In 1913, the craftsman-style Los Altos train station was assembled at 288 First Street.
Los Altos became the eleventh town/city in Santa Clara county on December 1, 1952.
Los Altos is positioned at 37 22 5 N 122 5 51 W (37.36819, 122.097511). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.487 square miles (16.80 km2).
Los Altos is crossed by three creeks that flow north to San Francisco Bay, Adobe Creek on its boundary, Stevens Creek on its easterly boundary and Permanente Creek in the middle.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Los Altos had a populace of 28,976.
The ethnic makeup of Los Altos was 20,459 (70.6%) White, 148 (0.5%) African American, 48 (0.2%) Native American, 6,815 (23.5%) Asian, 59 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 195 (0.7%) from other competitions, and 1,252 (4.3%) from two or more competitions.
In 2015, Forbes placed Los Altos (ZIP codes 94022 and 94024) as the 11th and 57th most expensive ZIP codes in the United States, behind such metros/cities as Atherton, California and Sagaponack, New York.
1 Los Altos School District 568 2 Los Altos High School 217 7 City of Los Altos 130 In the California State Legislature, Los Altos is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill, and in the 24th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Marc Berman. In the United States House of Representatives, Los Altos is in California's 18th congressional district, represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo. Primary and middle school students attend schools in the Los Altos School District, the Cupertino Union School District, or Bullis Charter School (K 8).
The Los Altos School District has one of the highest average API scores in California and includes seven elementary schools in the Los Altos Mountain View area.
Local inhabitants generally attend high school in one of two enhance school districts: Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District, or Fremont Union High School District.
All of the enhance schools are highly regarded, and many graduates of Los Altos region high schools continue their education at well-known universities.
Los Altos is also served by highly regarded private and theological schools.
Simon School, Miramonte Elementary School, (Jr - K 8th) Canterbury Christian School (K 6th), the Lower and Middle Campuses (K 6th) of Pinewood School, The School for Independent Learners and Waldorf School of the Peninsula's lower school ground are positioned inside town/city limits.
Francis High School (Mountain View), Mountain View Academy, and The King's Academy (Sunnyvale). Other schools farther away with students from Los Altos include Mitty High School, Menlo School, Woodside Priory School, Castilleja School, The Harker School, and Bellarmine College Preparatory.
Santa Clara County Library operates the Los Altos Library and the Woodland Branch Library in Los Altos. Adobe Creek flows through Redwood Grove, a 5.9-acre (2.4 ha) nature preserve off University Avenue in Los Altos purchased by the town/city in 1974.
In October 2009 Los Altos contracted with Acterra to remove non-native plants and revitalize the redwood, oak woodland, riparian and grassland ecosystems by installing native plants, grade soil conditions, and creating surrounding for wildlife such as bird homes and native bee boxes. The Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) were transplanted by the Halsey family from a locale on Summit Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains and replaced the native willows.
The town/city designated Halsey House a small-town landmark in 1981 and until recently it homed the Florence Fava compilation of Coastanoan or Ohlone Indian artifacts from a close-by archeological excavation in Los Altos Hills (now moved to the Los Altos History House). On June 16, 2010 the Los Altos City Council finalized the purchase of 10,000 square feet (930 m2) of creekside property from Delbert and Marlene Beumer, who wanted to furnish a safe pathway connecting Shoup Park and Redwood Grove. Los Altos has a range of youth-oriented sports organizations, programs, and after-school activities.
The Mountain View Los Altos Soccer Club (MVLASC) has provided competing soccer for the MVLA improve since 1972.
Los Altos Mountain View Pony Baseball is for boys and girls aged 5 to 19.
The Los Altos Town Crier, a weekly, is the major journal for the town, "serving the Hometown of Silicon Valley since 1947." The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily journal serving the town, bringing a Peninsula Section to Los Altans and locations north in lieu of the Local section bringed to those in San Jose and other communities closer to San Jose.
An intersection in downtown Los Altos, with features like tree-lined sidewalks, diagonal parking, small shops, and banners advertising improve affairs.
Los Altos strives to maintain a semi-rural atmosphere.
Los Altos has several sidewalks except in commercial zones and along arterial roads.
Many Los Altos homes fetch $2 million and higher, putting the town/city (along with neighboring Los Altos Hills, with which it shares ZIP codes) at numbers 24 and 28 on Forbes' "Most Expensive ZIP Codes in America" list in 2007. Los Altos may have a legitimate claim to having the first scientifically designed sound baffle in the year 1970.
Los Altos History Museum Located in one of Santa Clara Valley's several remaining apricot orchards, the Los Altos History Museum explores the rich history of small-town people and how the use of the territory over time has transformed the agricultural paradise once known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" into the technology core that is today's Silicon Valley.
Opened in spring of 2001 adjoining to the Los Altos Library, the Los Altos History Museum is situated in an 8,200-square-foot (760 m2) building assembled entirely with private donations; ownership went to the town in 2002.
With the mission to "collect, preserve and interpret the history of the Los Altos area," the Museum includes interactive exhibits and hands-on activities to encourage kids and grownups to learn about the community.
Los Altos is near the San Andreas Fault and subject to earthquakes.
1906 San Francisco earthquake Although Los Altos was hit extremely difficult (VIII on the intensity level), the chief small-town effort was to help rebuild close-by Santa Cruz, which was nearly destroyed.
1989 On October 17, Los Altos experienced the Loma Prieta earthquake, but was spared primary damage.
Los Altos and its churches combined accomplishments to clean up hard-hit areas such as Watsonville and Santa Cruz.
Los Altos Kiwanis Club Downtown Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival, Los Altos Village Association Downtown Los Altos Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4 8 p.m., May through September, Los Altos Village Association Los Altos Fall Festival, Los Altos Chamber of Commerce California Country Annual Fall Antique Americana Show & Sale, June & October, Los Altos History Museum Los Altos High School Homecoming Parade (Happens every year on the Friday of LAHS's homecoming week, usually in October.
John Lee Hooker, world-renowned blues guitarist, died at his home in Los Altos on 21 June 2001. Los Altos had four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: The program was run by the non-profit LOS ALTOS SISTER CITIES, INC., established in 1988.
Los Altos no longer participates in the Sister Cities program. Los Altos Hills, California City of Los Altos.
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"Los Altos Shake map for SF Earthquake (Choose Los Altos and then San Andreas (1906 Quake) to see map)".
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