Most of the Peninsula is occupied by San Mateo County, between San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, and including the cities and towns of Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, El Granada, Foster City, Hillsborough, La Honda, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Montara, Pacifica, Pescadero, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Gregorio, San Mateo, South San Francisco, and Woodside.

The campus also includes much land in unincorporated San Mateo County ( including the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ), as well as in the city limits of Menlo Park ( Stanford Hills neighborhood ), Woodside, and Portola Valley.

The Portola Valley Elementary School District has two public primary schools: Ormondale School ( with grades K-3 ) and Corte Madera School ( grades 4-8 ).

Portola Valley is also home to a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery and an independent college-preparatory Roman Catholic day and boarding school, Woodside Priory School, with grades 6-12.

Many children attend other public and private institutions such as Woodside Priory School ( located within the town limits of Portola Valley ), Menlo-Atherton High School, Saint Francis High School ( Mountain View ), Menlo School, Sacred Heart Preparatory ( Atherton, California ), Junípero Serra High School, and Crystal Springs Uplands School.

Peninsula Library System operates the Portola Valley Library.

In the state legislature Portola Valley is located in the 8th Senate District, represented by Democrat Leland Yee, and in the 21st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Rich Gordon.

Federally, Portola Valley is located in California's 14th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D + 18 and is represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo.

* Laurence W. " Bill " Lane Jr. ( 1919 – 2010 ), the first mayor and one of the founders of Portola Valley, also served as Ambassador to Japan and Australia for the US, and the publisher of Sunset Magazine.

* Operatic tenor Richard Crooks ( 1900 – 1972 ), longtime host of The Voice of Firestone on network radio, lived in Portola Valley for many years until his death.

* Portola Valley Public Library-a branch of the San Mateo County Library

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In 1912, the Family pooled funds to build Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Portola Valley, designed by 19-year-old Timothy L. Pflueger, his first commission.

The Woodside Fire District is a special district serving Woodside, Portola Valley and unincorporated areas including Ladera, Los Trancos Woods, Vista Verde, Emerald Lake, Menlo Park ( Unincorporated ) and Skyline / State Route 35 area.

The nearest cities and towns are Redwood City, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Atherton, San Carlos, Belmont, and Palo Alto.

After the NBC show ended, Ford moved his family to Portola Valley in Northern California.

Portola and his party did not realize what they had discovered, thinking they had arrived at a large arm of what is now called Drakes Bay.

The only incorporated city in the county is Portola, several other populated places are CDPs.

Nervino field is in Beckwourth, east of Portola.

Portola Hills is located at ( 33. 683672 ,-117. 632872 ).

In the state legislature Portola Hills is located in the 33rd Senate District, represented by Republican Dick Ackerman, and in the 70th Assembly District, represented by Republican Chuck DeVore.

Federally, Portola Hills is located in California's 48th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R + 8 and is represented by Republican John Campbell.

Portola II is located in the heart of Portola Hills, while Portola I is on the far north side.

Portola Hills is also home to Concourse Park, located adjacent to Portola Hills I.

The primary local news source is the Portola Reporter, a newspaper published every Wednesday.

Portola is the only incorporated city in Plumas County, California, United States.

Portola is located on the Middle Fork of the Feather River, and was named after Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà, though he never explored the surrounding area.

Portola is a crew change site on the Western Pacific Railroad ( now Union Pacific Railroad ) Feather River Route over the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The city is also home to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum ( formerly Portola Railroad Museum ), one of the largest railroad museums in the Western US.

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In the state legislature Portola is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Dan Logue.

Federally, Portola is located in California's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R + 11 and is represented by Republican Tom McClintock.

There do exist several small and isolated stands of old-growth forest, most notably at Henry Cowell Redwoods and Portola Redwoods State Parks and one sizeable old-growth redwood forest at Big Basin.

He and his second wife Joan, who has one child from a previous marriage, have homes in Portola Valley, California and Princeville, Hawaii.