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: 05/12/2009
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
Facility Reservation Form Facility reservation form specifically for Art Center, Baylands Interpretive Center, Lucie Stern and Mitchell Park. Item Dated: 07/26/2007
The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf / September 28 - December 21, 2008 Bruce Metcalf has long been revered as a leading art jeweler, curator and critic of contemporary craft, and essayist. This is the first major exhibition and catalogue on his truly engaging and spirited work. Item Dated: 07/02/2008
"The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf" September 28 - December 21, 2008 The engaging and spirited work of leading art jeweler, Bruce Metcalf, will debut in the compelling exhibition, "The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf," at The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) from September 28 through December 21, 2008. Item Dated: 07/30/2008
Announcing three summer exhibitions, June 18-August 30, 2009 DANAE MATTES: WETLANDS
STEPHEN DE STAEBLER: CONTINUITY
PERMUTATIONS FROM NATURE’S PERIMETER: RADIUS 2009
Members-only wine reception, Thursday June 18, 2009, 6-7 p.m.
Public preview, Thursday, June 18, 2009, 7-8 p.m. Item Dated: 05/07/2009
April 19, 2007 - ARTPOD 2007 - Exhibition to Showcase Work from New Teen After-School Art Program The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) presents the unique artistic talents of local teens at ARTPOD 2007, the first exhibition of exploratory works in life drawing, design and illustration created in a new PAAC after-school art pilot program targeted to artistic teens that was launched in Spring 2006. Item Dated: 04/19/2007
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
August 23, 2007 - Fall 2007 Exhibitions / September 28 – December 22, 2007 Art and architecture converge as a broad theme connecting the Palo Alto Art Center's (PAAC) two fall exhibitions, A Model Building and From Dwellings Forward: Metalwork by Marilyn da Silva, on view from September 28 - December 22, 2007. Item Dated: 08/23/2007
January 3, 2007 - Winter/Spring 2007 Exhibitions / January 28 – April 29, 2007 The The Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC) explores the beauty of drama shared by the visual arts and theater in two exhibitions, "Correspondence: Masami Teraoka & Ukiyo-e" and "Actor! Actor!," January 28-April, 29, 2007. Item Dated: 01/03/2007
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
Summer 2008 Exhibitions / June 22 - September 7, 2008 "NATHAN OLIVEIRA: The Painter's Bronzes"
Major survey examines painter's achievements in sculpture
"TIMOTHY BERRY: More Missing Magic"
Bay Area debut of drawings and paintings of masks Item Dated: 05/07/2008
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
February 5, 2007 - The Third Annual STYLE 2007 The Gallery Shop at the Palo Alto Art Center is pleased to present Style 2007, a magical art-for-wear trunk show, Saturday, April 28, 2007, 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Item Dated: 02/05/2007
July 26, 2007 - The 12th Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch®. The Palo Alto Art Center, (PAAC), Palo Alto Art Center Foundation, (PAACF), and Bay Area Glass Institute, (BAGI), are pleased to present the 12th Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch®. October 2 - 7, 2007 Item Dated: 07/26/2007
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
Municipal Ordinances 2.18 and 2.26 Palo Alto Municipal Code defining the Public Art Commission and Visual Art in Public Places Item Dated: 07/11/2006
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
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.
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
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
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
Glimpse into the Past A snapshot of the Baylands from Ohlone roots to the present. Item Dated: 07/13/2006
Harbor Seals Learn about Harbor Seals found in the San Francisco Bay Item Dated: 06/12/2007
Forms for Friends of Foothills Park Volunteers -- 18 and Older Volunteers who work for Friends of Foothills Park must fill out a waiver form and a volunteer ID form. These forms are for volunteers who are 18 years of age or older. Item Dated: 07/10/2009
Forms for Friends of Foothills Park Volunteers -- Minors Under 18 Before arriving at the volunteer site, minors under 18 years of age must have the minor waiver form and the volunteer ID form filled out and signed by a parent or guardian IN ADVANCE. Item Dated: 07/10/2009
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: 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: Fossils Are there fossils in the park? If so, what type? Item Dated: 08/04/2008
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: More Animals on display Do you find the animals in the case shaped they way they are? Where do you find the animals? Where is the male ruddy duck? Item Dated: 02/26/2008
Ask a Ranger: Mountain Lion Statue How come there isn’t a mountain lion statue up there? [On display in the Foothills Park Interpretive Center] Item Dated: 12/07/2007
Ask a Ranger: Mountain Lions Where is the most common place that people have seen mountain lions? 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: Nocturnal Animals How come at day time we never see any of the animals. Are most of them nocturnal? 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: Park Ranger Positions Are the park rangers full time employees? How do I go about getting a job as a park ranger? Item Dated: 12/07/2007
Ask a ranger: ranger jobs How does one become a park ranger or work for the Deaprtment of Forestry? Item Dated: 08/26/2009
Ask a Ranger: Rattlesnakes Where do you find rattlesnakes in the park during rattlesnake season? Item Dated: 12/07/2007
Ask a Ranger: Strangest Thing in the Park What is the strangest thing you’ve ever found in the park? Have any famous people ever come to the park? Item Dated: 12/07/2007
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
Nature Notes - Foothills Park Downloadable nature notes of wildlife and other items of interest found within Foothills Park
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
Feathers and Stars Learn about migratory ducks and other birds Item Dated: 06/12/2007
Picnic Reservations Regulations, picnic area maps and application forms to download.
Group Picnic Application Group picnic site application & park rules agreement for Rinconada, Mitchell, and Foothills Parks. Item Dated: 07/01/2007
Individual Picnic Site Application Individual picnic site application & park rules agreement for Rinconada, Mitchell, and Foothills Parks. Item Dated: 05/26/2009
Mitchell Park Map Map of picnic areas in Mitchell Park Item Dated: 07/26/2007
Facility Reservation Form Facility reservation form specifically for Art Center, Baylands Interpretive Center, Lucie Stern and Mitchell Park Community Centers. Item Dated: 05/30/2006
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
