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| Download park regulations, reserve a picnic spot, or sign up for adult sports right here. | | | Junior Lifeguard Camp
The Junior Lifeguard Camp is a fun and exciting program providing quality
water safety education for participants 13-14 years of age.
Item Dated: 01/28/2010 | | |
| Lap Swim Schedule
Lap swim schedule beginning August 24, 2009 through June 13, 2010
Item Dated: 08/21/2009 | | |
| Program Expectations
The Middle School Athletics’ philosophy focuses on creating a positive culture around youth sports ~ where kids love to play the game.
Item Dated: 08/14/2007 | | |
| Junior Advisory Board
The Junior Advisory Board (JAB) is made up of 10-12 6th-8th graders who advise the Palo Alto Recreation staff on recreation and community programs.
Item Dated: 02/22/2008 | | |
| Teen Advisory Board
The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is made up of 12-15 Palo Alto high school students who want to plan and lead high school events for students in Palo Alto.
Item Dated: 02/20/2008 | | |
| Youth Council
The Palo Alto Youth Council (PAYC) is made up of 15 Palo Alto high school students and are appointed by the mayor from recommendations made by a nominating committee. PAYC works closely with the Human Relations Commission and the City Council to contribute information on issues related to Palo Alto youth.
Item Dated: 02/20/2008 | | |
| Youth Master Plan
The vision of the Youth Master Plan is that all youth in Palo Alto will have safe, healthy, positive experiences that support them in the development of behaviors, skills, attitudes, knowledge, and values necessary to realize their full potential.
Item Dated: 06/05/2007 | | |
Art Center
Comprehensive list of all Art Center Downloads
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| Facility Reservation Form
Facility reservation form specifically for Art Center, Baylands Interpretive Center, Lucie Stern and Mitchell Park.
Item Dated: 07/26/2007 | | |
| April 24, 2006 - Two Spring Exhibitions -Youth Art 2006 and the Third Annual Cultural Kaleidoscope
The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) and the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) will again collaborate and celebrate the imaginative spirit of students K-12 by hosting the Youth Art Exhibition from May 14-June 4, 2006. The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) and the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) will again collaborate and celebrate the imaginative spirit of students K-12 by hosting the Youth Art Exhibition from May 14-June 4, 2006.
Item Dated: 04/24/2006 | | |
| May 14, 2007 - Summer 2007 Exhibitions / June 21 - September 9, 2007
The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) explores the metaphoric and lyrical possibilities in the garden and botanica through three inspired exhibitions, "From the Ground Up: Painting, Process & the Garden - Frances McCormack," "Photography: Beyond Botanica" and "Renee Adams: Under Fragile Skies," June 21- September 9, 2007.
Item Dated: 05/14/2007 | | |
| Spring Youth Exhibitions - May 10-31, 2009
YOUTH ART 2009, Sixth Annual CULTURAL KALEIDOSCOPE, HOPE TECHNOLOGY. The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC), in collaboration with the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD), celebrates the artistic gifts of our community's students K-12 by hosting the Youth Art Exhibition from May 10-31, 2009.
Item Dated: 04/09/2009 | | |
| Winter 2008 Exhibitions / January 27 - April 27, 2008
Masters in Ceramics, Enamel, and Fiber Art
"From Fire to the Forefront: Selections from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection"
"Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection"
Item Dated: 01/14/2008 | | |
| Kimono and Nature
A Demonstration and Lecture Featuring Renowned Kimono Stylist, Nobuaki Tomita At the Palo Alto Art Center, October 25, 2008.
Item Dated: 09/18/2008 | | |
| Where Art Originates" Lecture Series, 4/3 - 10/30, 2008
Held at the Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, the "Where Art Originates: Artists & the Creative Process" lecture series starts on Thursday, April 3, 2008 and will conclude on Thursday, October 30, 2008.
Item Dated: 03/13/2008 | | |
| PROJECT LOOK! Docent Program
Project LOOK! docents provide tours of art exhibitions at the Palo Alto Art Center to visiting schoolchildren.
Item Dated: 08/04/2008 | | |
| Project LOOK! Tour Schedule 2008-2009
Project LOOK! offers tours of exhibitions at the Palo Alto Art Center to
K-12th grade school groups. All tours include a hands-on art activity.
Item Dated: 08/04/2008 | | |
| Ballot for Mitchell Park Sculpture Project
The City of Palo Alto Public Art Commission is commissioning a piece of outdoor sculpture to be sited at Mitchell Park and the community can vote to select the artwork.
Item Dated: 08/17/2007 | | |
| Saturday Playhouse
Click here for dates, times, prices, and titles for the 2009-2010 Saturday Playhouse series beginning in October!
Item Dated: 09/28/2009 | | |
| Lease
Master Lease Draft for Cubberley Artists
Item Dated: 07/14/2009 | | |
| Lease Exhibit C
Exhibit C - City's guidelines for Artist Studio Space at Cubberley
Item Dated: 07/14/2009 | | |
| Landlord Registration Form
Chapter 9.72 was added to Title 9 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code requiring Landlords of each residential rental property within the City to register the unit or units with the City.
Item Dated: 01/30/2008 | | |
Programs & Resources
Find programs, resources and services for housing, mediation, child care, seniors, and disabled.
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| City Ordinance
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Adding Chapter 9.72 to Title 9 [Public Peace, Morals And Safety] of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Relating to Mandatory Response to Request for Discussion of Disputes Between Landlords and Tenants
Item Dated: 11/02/2005 | | |
| Landlord Registration Form
Chapter 9.72 was added to Title 9 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code requiring Landlords of each residential rental property within the City to register the unit or units with the City.
Item Dated: 01/30/2008 | | |
| Notice of Tenants Rights
Pursuant to the City of Palo Alto Ordinance 9.72.070, Landlords are required to furnish the following notice in English, Spanish, Chinese & Russian to all Tenants and is to be included in any written document evidencing or changing the terms of tenancy.
Item Dated: 09/10/2009 | | |
| Palo Alto Tenant Guide
Tenant guide to the most frequently asked questions about rental housing.
Item Dated: 09/10/2009 | | |
| Animals Unit
Pre- and Post-Visit Materials for JMZ Animals unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Science Sampler Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Science Sampler unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Air & Weather Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Air & Weather unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Liquids Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Liquids unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Organisms Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Organisms unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Science Sampler
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Science Sampler unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Astronomy Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Atronomy unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Bay Animals Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for Bay Animals unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Physics Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Physics unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Electricity Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Electricity unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Chemistry Unit
Pre- and post-visit materials for JMZ Chemistry unit
Item Dated: 01/26/2010 | | |
| Forms for Open Space Volunteers
Forms that volunteers for Open Space and others need to fill out before volunteering. Each volunteer must submit one volunteer identification form and one waiver form. Minors under 18 must have parent or guardian sign for them.
Item Dated: 07/10/2009 | | |
Nature Notes - Baylands
Downloadable nature notes of wildlife and other items of interest found within the Baylands of Palo Alto
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| Call of the Rails
On the Bay Trail in the Palo Alto Baylands - Discover where you can find Clapper rails, black rails and other rare birds and animals among the marshes near the Nature Center.
Item Dated: 06/07/2007 | | |
| Diatoms
Learn about Diatoms, a type of algae
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| From Marsh to Mudflats
Learn about the plants and animals found within the sloughs, salt marshes, mud flats and shallow waters of the Baylands
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Harbor Seals
Learn about Harbor Seals found in the San Francisco Bay
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Preserving Habitat
Learn about preserving the Baylands habitat for wildlife
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Swallows
Learn about swallows
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Tides
Learn about how tides affect the Baylands
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Water Boatmen
Learn about the Water Boatmen, aquatic insects
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Willets
Learn about Willets
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Worms
Learn about marine worms and nematodes
Item Dated: 06/13/2007 | | |
| 2010 Star Party Schedule
Come see the stars and planets and other celestial bodies after dark on Vista Hill. The Peninsula Astronomical Society brings their wonderful telescopes for you to enjoy the night sky. Bring your own if you have one. Enter the park before the entrance gate closes, which is one-half hour before park closing. Free. Open to Palo Alto residents and accompanied guests, and PAS members.
Item Dated: 05/04/2010 | | |
| Ask a Ranger: Big Leaf Maple
A hundred feet or so inside the entrance to Los Trancos Trail in Wildhorse Valley, there is a large tall maple. Is that a big leaf maple?
Item Dated: 12/07/2007 | | |
| Ask A RAnger: Dr. Lee's House
Where was Dr Lee's house located? Was it in the meadow? Was the meadow there 50 - 100 years ago or was it forested?
Item Dated: 12/30/2009 | | |
| Ask A Ranger: FANTASTIC flower display
Please make your FANTASTIC wildflower display available to us – either: to take on hikes 1. digital photos on website (we’ll take it from there) 2. or in a book (we’ll pay a lot?)
Item Dated: 06/10/2010 | | |
| Ask a Ranger: Field Guides
Suggestion: Why don’t you give out field guides that tell you what plants are on what specific trails? It’d spark my interest.
Item Dated: 12/07/2007 | | |
| Ask a Ranger: Gophers
Do you have any extra "real" gophers that are dead (taxidermied) so we could take one home to look at and we wouldn’t have to feed it?
Item Dated: 12/07/2007 | | |
| Ask a Ranger: Mule Fat
Is Mule Fat (B. douglasi) found in the park? Is that what I see in the drier areas that looks a little like small Toyon bushes?
Item Dated: 12/07/2007 | | |
| Ask a Ranger: Panorama Trail
How about building a trail from Panorama Trail to the [Foothills] park entrance? It is a short distance that would nicely close the loop.
Item Dated: 12/07/2007 | | |
| Ask A Ranger: So Few Birds.
When I was here as a boy, 60 years ago, there were more birds. Why are there so few birds now?
Item Dated: 01/12/2010 | | |
| Ask a Ranger: Tarantulas
What is the best way to spot tarantulas and how late in the fall can they be spotted?
Item Dated: 12/07/2007 | | |
| Ask a Ranger: Wildlife Rescue
If I found a baby squirrel in our backyard (possibly fallen from the tree) what can I do to help them? Where can I take them to? Can I bring them here?
Item Dated: 12/07/2007 | | |
| Birds of Prey
Learn about birds of prey in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Bobcats
Learn about bobcats
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Columbian Deer
Learn about the Columbian black-tailed deer
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Coyote
Learn about the coyote
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Creeping Creatures
Learn about creeping creatures of the woodland floor
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Fish
Learn about fish in Boronda Lake
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Geology
Geology of the Santa Cruz mountains and Foothills Park
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Grizzly Bears
Learn about the Grizzly Bear and its history in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Indian Food Plants
Learn about some of the food plants used by native people
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Lizards
Learn about lizards in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Mammals
Learn about mammals in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Mountain Lions
Learn about mountain lions in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Mushrooms
Learn about many of the "Wildland Jewels" or mushrooms of the foothills
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Oak Moth
Learn about the California Oak Moth
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Pests
Learn about pests found in Foothills Parks and other locations in Palo Alto
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Relics of War
Learn how World War I came to the foothills
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Shrubs of the Foothills
Learn about shrubs of the foothills, includes a partial list of the most common found
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Spring Wildflowers
Spring wildflowers of the foothills, including a partial list of wildflowers in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Summer Flowering Plants
Summer flowering plants, includes a partial list of common summering flowering plants in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Swallows
Learn about swallows in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Tarantula
Learn about the tarantula
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Upper Sonoran Life Zone
Life zone information on the three plant communities of Foothills Park
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Wild Pigs
Learn about wild pigs in Foothills Park
Item Dated: 06/12/2007 | | |
| Woodland Decomposers
What happen to all they leaves, limbs and trees that fall?
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Woodrats
Learn about the Dusky-Footed Woodrat an its nests you see in the foothills
Item Dated: 12/26/2007 | | |
| Twilight Hike Meeting Location
Detail of Pearson Arastradero Preserve trail map where 8/14/2010 Twilight Hike meets on the preserve. Meet at 7:00 p.m. Allow 10-15 minutes from parking lot.
Item Dated: 11/19/2009 | | |
| Group Picnic Application
Group picnic site application & park rules agreement for Rinconada, Mitchell, and Foothills Parks.
Item Dated: 07/01/2007 | | |
| Facility Reservation Form
Facility reservation form specifically for Art Center, Baylands Interpretive Center, Lucie Stern and Mitchell Park Community Centers.
Item Dated: 03/29/2010 | | |
| The Haunted Lake
Come to Foothills Park for a spooky good time! Listen to ghost stories, visit the haunted lake, drink swamp water. Scarecrow contest.
Item Dated: 10/16/2008 | | |
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