Portola Valley
A town in San Mateo County, California — population 4,528 as of 2020.
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Lookout Santa Cruz
September 28How Airbnb is fighting for its place on California’s coast
Residents of cities like Pacifica want to limit the presence of visitors and corporations. Companies like Airbnb want to keep their lucrative coastal listings. That tension has led to increased attempts to influence a small but powerful committee.
Real Estate & Development
Palatka Daily News
September 21Today in History for Sept. 20 and 21
September 21 In 1886, several public schools had already opened, and all those that had teachers would open on the first Monday in October. Some teachers objected to having to pay a $1 fee for examination. S.W. Rowley, who taught in San Mateo last term, refused to pay the fee and…
General
Point Reyes Light
September 2Two men who headed out for a midnight paddle to view bioluminescence in Tomales Bay on Saturday night did not return to shore, the second time this year that canoeists have drowned in the bay’s cold and choppy waters. Casey Flynn Melia, a 36-year-old from San Francisco, and…
Public SafetyPalatka Daily News
September 2SAN MATEO A Taste of the Bahamian Islands set Sept. 12 Area residents are invited to experience A Taste of the Bahamian Islands beginning at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at New Bethel A.M.E. Church, 154 N. Boundary Road. The menu will include pea soup, fish, chicken, conch fritters, conch…
Events
In and around Portola Valley
See & do
- Carousel Saddlery
- Coal Mine Ridge
- CoalMine Trail
- Portola Valley Library
- Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory
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Portola Valley by the numbers
- Area
- 9.08 sq mi (23.52 km²), 0 sq mi water
- Median age
- 60.6
- Households
- 1,767
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $250,001
- Median house value
- $2,000,001
- Office
- TOWN MANAGER
- Address
- 765 PORTOLA RD, PORTOLA VALLEY, CA 94028