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2. John Arrillaga - Wikipedia

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   Marc Andreessen (son-in-law) Website. www .peery-arrillaga .com. John Arrillaga (April 3, 1937 – January 24, 2022) was an American billionaire real estate developer and philanthropist who was one of the largest landowners in Silicon Valley. [1] He was also a college basketball player when he attended Stanford University .

3. Portola Valley, California - Wikipedia

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   06-58380. GNIS feature ID. 1659786. Website. www .portolavalley .net. Portola Valley is a town in San Mateo County, California, United States. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, Portola Valley is a small, wealthy community nestled on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

4. Portola, California - Wikipedia

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   Portola ( / pɔːrˈtoʊlə / por-TOH-lə) is the only incorporated city in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 2,104 at the 2010 census, down from 2,227 at the 2000 census. Portola is located on the Middle Fork of the Feather River and was named after Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá, [5] although he did not explore ...

5. Sand Hill Road - Wikipedia

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   Sand Hill Road, often shortened to just " Sand Hill " or " SHR ", [1] is an arterial road in western Silicon Valley, California, running through Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Woodside, notable for its concentration of venture capital firms. [2] The road has become a metonym for that industry; nearly every top Silicon Valley company has been the ...

6. Kings Mountain, California - Wikipedia

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   650. Kings Mountain is an unincorporated community in San Mateo County, California, located along State Route 35 (Skyline Boulevard) between Skeggs Point and Pise Mountain. This is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Woodside Road (SR84). In the U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database, the area is identified only as a geographic ...

7. Gaspar de Portolá - Wikipedia

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   Monument to Portolá in Balaguer, Catalonia. Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira, known in Catalan as Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira, was born on 1 January 1716 in Os de Balaguer, in Catalonia, to a family of minor Catalan nobility . Gaspar served as a soldier in the Spanish army in Italy and Portugal. He was commissioned ensign in 1734, and lieutenant in ...