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  Atherton, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1866, Fair Oaks (Atherton) was a flag stop on the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad line for the convenience of the owners of the large estates who lived north of Menlo Park.
Atherton was one of only two cities in San Mateo County to a have a majority voting for George W. Bush in the 2004 Presidential election, however it was by a slim margin of 50.54%-48.27% [2].
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 California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
California was poorly settled until modern public health eliminated the endemic outbreaks of yellow fever, malaria and plague, caused from the area’s lack of frosts, which kills mosquitoes and fleas.
California's vast terrain is connected by an extensive system of freeways, expressways, and highways, all maintained by Caltrans and patrolled by the California Highway Patrol, except for the numbered expressways in Santa Clara County which were built and maintained by the county itself.
California is governed as a republic, with three branches of government: the executive branch consisting of the Governor of California and the other independently elected constitutional officers; the legislative branch consisting of the Assembly and Senate; and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of California and lower courts.
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 Atherton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Atherton, California, a town located in San Mateo County, California.
Atherton, Greater Manchester, a town in the borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
Atherton, Queensland, a town located approximately 1 hour west of Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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 ..: American Short Story >>> Gertrude Atherton >>> Biography :..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Atherton also lost her original family home on Rincon hill in that fire, but by that time she had made homes everywhere, and it was no great loss to her.
The town of Atherton in northern California is named after her husband’s family, and that is where she lived as a young married woman, although the house no longer stands.
Gertrude Atherton, limited in sympathy and in depth, nonetheless showed that a woman could earn her living by the pen and that being born on the Pacific margin of the United States was not an impediment to publication in New York and London.
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 Atherton Profile | Atherton CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Atherton, CA, population 7,194, is located in California's San Mateo county, about 10.9 miles from Sunnyvale and 13.0 miles from Fremont.
It is estimated that in recent years Atherton's population has been declining at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Atherton area were lower than California's average.
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 Atherton Florist | Flower Delivery Atherton, California (CA) | Florists in Atherton
The population of Atherton is approximately 7,163 (1990).
Atherton is positioned 37.45 degrees north of the equator and 122.20 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Our Atherton, California florist directory is provided through a strategic partnership with Regional Direct.com, which has established partnerships with the most reliable, customer service-driven area Atherton florist and florists in California, including Atherton, California.
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 Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice - Local Market Conditions
Atherton remains a strong high end market with 21 properties selling in May and 18 closing escrow at an average of $4.377m., right around the average since the beginning of the year.
With the exception of the elevated western Atherton Hills area (Fine views), perhaps 90% of the area is level ground.
Atherton lies just north of Menlo Park and Palo Alto and within thirty minutes of San Francisco (twenty only to SFO International Airport).
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 RealEstateJournal | Look Out for Googlers If Buying in Atherton, Calif.
Atherton, which is located between San Francisco and San Jose, is one of Silicon Valley's most elite addresses.
Among the newly arrived Googlers' neighbors is the boss: Google CEO Eric Schmidt is an Atherton homeowner.
In February, a 12,400-square-foot Atherton estate sold for $10 million to a trust, according to the assessor's records.
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 Home - barringtoncourt.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Staff especially selected for their dedication to meeting the needs of the hearts and spirits of the people who call Atherton Court home.
Atherton Court offers shared and private rooms and 24-hour services exclusively to those with Alzheimer's and related diagnosis.
Caring: Quality care is the foundation of Atherton Court, and we know that hugs, laughter, smiles and joy make life worth living - no matter what the disease or disability.
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Her life story is often reduced to a handful of anecdotes—of how she married into the Atherton family and became the daughter-in-law of Dominga de Goña Atherton, a Chilean Catholic with Castilian blood.
Emily Wortis Leider, in her biography California’s Daughter: Gertrude Atherton and her Times (Stanford UP 1991), tells us that Atherton, née Gertrude Horn, was born into a family of shaky finances.
If her writing does not stand the test of time—and that is not a foregone conclusion—her life stands as an example to writers and would-be writers, especially women who want their work to be taken seriously.
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 EconUpdates: In The News #221
The Google effect is the result of Atherton's location just minutes from Google Inc.'s corporate headquarters in the middle of Silicon Valley and the recent wave of Google millionaires created when the company went public.
Many of the homes on the Atherton market have seen bidding wars break out in the past year as Googler's lockups expired or neared expiration.
Watch for news about Atherton California to see if this market does indeed correct in the next few years.
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 Atherton Ventures Partners, LLC
He is an advisor to a number of private and public healthcare companies, and is a general partner of Atherton Venture Partners and a Venture Partner at Medventures.
He is a Director of Ventrica, Inc. He is married with 3 children, and resides in Atherton, California.
Neubauer holds a B.A. (Political Economics of Industrial Societies) from UC Berkeley, 1984, and lives in Atherton, California.
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 Mauno Koivisto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Atherton Schools - Atherton Kids - Atherton PTA - Atherton Sports - Atherton Library - Atherton Chat - Atherton Map
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Mauno Henrik Koivisto (born November 25, 1923) was the President of Finland from 1982 to 1994.
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 Movoto - Atherton Homes For Sale, Atherton Real Estate Agents, Properties of Atherton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Faxon Atherton, the town's namesake, was a rich hide trader who built the first mansion in the area in 1860, giving Atherton it's name and beginning a long history of wealth and character.
Known as a quiet, small community, Atherton is now heavily populated by a variety of ornamental heritage trees, elegant gardens, and residents who work hard to preserve their unique community.
With no established business district, Atherton's streets are designed primarily as scenic routes as opposed to busy traffic areas, forcing residents and visitors to pass slowly without causing an excess of noise or environmental pollution.
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 Frank Lloyd Wright - California
In California, Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered his "textile block" concrete-block houses.
This state is also the home of the Aline Barnsdall "Hollyhock" House and the Marin County Civic Center.
Wrightian Association, "a California nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, established in 1978 with the intent of joining together to create a community of organic homes in the Los Angeles area, and to educate the public and our members through tours, newsletters, and video documentaries about Frank Lloyd Wright's brand of design, organic architecture."
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 Atherton bed and breakfast & inns. Find the perfect Atherton B&B lodging on BedandBreakfast.com.
Saratoga Oaks Lodge - Saratoga, CA At the foot of the Santa Cruz range, in the charming village of Saratoga, the Saratoga Oaks Lodge...
Atherton Inn - Redwood City, CA Luxury 6500 sq.
Also noted is the approximate distance from Atherton, California.
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 Atherton Real Estate Agents, Atherton Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Atherton
With its native live oaks, bay trees, redwood trees, pines, and cedars, Atherton is the ideal residential community.
Atherton is solely a residential community however it is surrounded by prominent cities with businesses and commerce.
HomeGain provides Atherton, California real estate information and resources to guide homeowners and homebuyers through the process of selling and buying a house, condo or other Atherton realty property.
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 Atherton California Real Estate - Homes for Sale in Atherton CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HouseWatch will send you Atherton, California, homes that meet your criteria as soon as they hit the market.
Atherton, California, real estate has never been better with RealEstate.com.
We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the Nation.
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 Town of Atherton Ordinance, Construction and Demolition
Except as hereby amended, said Atherton Municipal Code as amended shall be and remain in full force and effect.
This Ordinance shall be posted in at least three public places within the Town of Atherton and shall be effective from and after thirty (30) days following its adoption.
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Atherton held on July 21, 1999, and was adopted by said City Council at a regular meeting held on September 29, 1999, by the following roll call vote:
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 :: Atherton California : Atherton Restaurants : Real Estate
Atherton boasts gorgeous views of the local forest land and the San Francisco Bay.
The town was named after hide and tallow trader Faxon Atherton.
Headlines from local newspapers and Atherton area radio and television stations.
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 Atherton Endoscopy Center | home
The Atherton Endoscopy Center is a state of the art, free standing, endoscopy center located in Atherton, California.
Opened in 2003, we are fully licensed by the State of California, as well as certified by both Medicare and AAAHC.
Atherton Endoscopy Center provides you and your family a spacious reception area with a relaxing view of the trees.
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 Patricia Reid Ford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At age 3, a statue was made of Patricia which stands on her property in Atherton today.
Gregory Ford Henderson was born in Carmel, California.
David Girald Henderson was born in San Jose, California.
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 New Rules Project - Environment - Recycling - Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling - Atherton, California
Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling, a project of Global Green USA, is a coalition dedicated to increasing the national recycling rate for used beverage containers to 80%.
In 1999, Atherton, California passed an ordinance that requires all construction, renovation and demolition projects to divert fifty percent of waste from landfills (Section 15.52.040).
Also, permits for construction or demolition require a deposit of $50 per ton of waste to be generated (Section 15.52.060), to be returned once the job and related resource recovery are complete.
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 Atherton, California - Real Estate, Homes, Property, Commercial
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 California Properties GMAC Real Estate: Atherton, California homes and Atherton, California real estate for sale
California Properties GMAC Real Estate: Atherton, California homes and Atherton, California real estate for sale
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Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than California Properties GMAC Real Estate are marked with the Internet Data Exchange logo and detailed information about them includes the name of the listing broker(s).
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 Town of Atherton, California
Atherton is located on the peninsula nestled between the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Beautiful foliage, elegant gardens and heritage trees dominate this quiet small community.
The Town of Atherton desires, insofar as possible, to preserve its character as a scenic, rural, thickly-wooded, residential area, with abundant open space with streets designed primarily as scenic routes rather than for speed of travel.
www.ci.atherton.ca.us   (95 words)

  
 Program
The documentary retells the history of the Californios (native born, Spanish-speaking pioneers of Alta California) from the founding of Monterey in 1770 through the injustices of American squatters and the Land Law Act of 1851.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Dr. Engstrand is Chair of History at the University of San Diego.
Themes of displays include the culture of California’s Native Americans, early firefighting equipment, the history of agriculture in the region (with special attention to Benjamin Holt and his invention of the Caterpillar tractor), and an overview of the history of Stockton.
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