Editing Portola Valley, California (section)

== Attractions ==
[[File:Portola Valley School.jpg|thumb|left|The historic [[Mission Revival architecture|Mission Revival]] style [[Portola Valley School]], built 1909.]]
[[Our Lady of the Wayside Church]] was built in 1912 for the local Catholic community and is a [[California Historic Landmark]] and on the [[U.S. National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=California|first1=California State Parks, State of|title=OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE|url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/909|website=CA State Parks|access-date=March 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Register #77000338: Our Lady of the Wayside in Portola Valley, California|url=https://noehill.com/sanmateo/nat1977000338.asp|website=noehill.com|access-date=March 29, 2018}}</ref>

[[Portola Valley School]] is a one-room former school house built in 1909 and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="pvs">{{cite web|title=National Register #74000557: Portola Valley School, California|url=https://noehill.com/sanmateo/nat1974000557.asp|website=noehill.com|access-date=March 29, 2018}}</ref> It is now used for town council meetings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town Center: Portola Valley, CA|url=http://www.portolavalley.net/town-government/town-center|website=www.portolavalley.net|access-date=March 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
 
The [[Casa de Tableta|Alpine Inn]], also known as ''Casa de Tableta'', ''Rossotti's'' or ''Zott's'', is one of the oldest existing drinking establishments in California; it started around 1852 when Felix Buelna built it as a gambling house.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Staiger|first1=Steve|title=Echoes of Alpine Inn's early days|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/spectrum/2001_Jan_24.HISTRY24.html|access-date=March 29, 2018|work=www.paloaltoonline.com|date=January 24, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Buelna's Roadhouse, 3915 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, CA|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ca0844.photos?st=gallery|website=The Library of Congress|access-date=March 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The first two-network [[Internet protocol suite|TCP/IP]] transmission was between a specialized [[Packet Radio Van|SRI van]] and [[ARPANET]] on August 27, 1976; the van was parked next to the Alpine Inn and wires were run to one of the picnic tables.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siliconvalley.sutromedia.com/alpine-inn-and-beer-garden.html|title=Alpine Inn & Beer Garden|last=Laws|first=David|date=April 13, 2012|publisher=Silicon Valley Roots & Shoots|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919095902/http://siliconvalley.sutromedia.com/alpine-inn-and-beer-garden.html|archive-date=September 19, 2013|access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=SRI Mobile Van {{!}} X1590.99 {{!}} Computer History Museum|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X1590.99|website=www.computerhistory.org|year=1977|access-date=May 30, 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, the inn was acquired by new owners, who closed it temporarily for remodeling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Popular burger joint is closed until March for remodeling |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/02/18/popular-burger-joint-is-closed-until-march-for-remodeling|website=www.almanacnews.com|access-date=February 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/02/08/portola-valley-alpine-inn-has-a-new-owner|title = Portola Valley: Alpine Inn has new owners}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Daly |first1=Kate |title=Historic Alpine Inn reopening in Portola Valley on Friday |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/08/07/historic-alpine-inn-reopening-in-portola-valley-on-friday |access-date=December 31, 2019 |work=www.paloaltoonline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gulker|first1=Linda Hubbard|url=https://inmenlo.com/2019/12/30/the-saga-of-alpine-inn-aka-zotts-over-the-years/|title=The saga of Alpine Inn aka Zott's over the years — InMenlo|date=December 30, 2019|work=InMenlo.com}}</ref> It was re-opened in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daly|first=Kate|title=Historic Alpine Inn reopening in Portola Valley on Friday|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/08/07/historic-alpine-inn-reopening-in-portola-valley-on-friday|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=www.paloaltoonline.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== Trails ===
Portola Valley is known for its expansive trail network both maintained by the town<ref name="PVtrails">{{cite web|title=Portola Valley Trails|url=https://www.portolavalley.net/about/open-space-in-portola-valley/portola-valley-trails|website=Town of Portola Valley|access-date=March 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref> and also in the [[Windy Hill Open Space Preserve]] maintained by the [[Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District]].<ref name="windyhill">{{cite web |title=Windy Hill Preserve |url=https://www.openspace.org/preserves/windy-hill |website=Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District |access-date=April 26, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Portola Valley, San Mateo County |url=https://bahiker.com/southbayhikes/larrylane.html |website=Bay Area Hikers |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>  The trail network includes the 235 acre Coal Mine Ridge Nature Preserve which is private property, but, by agreement with the town is set aside as open space.<ref name="coalmineridge">{{cite web |title=Coal Mine Ridge Nature Preserve {{!}} Portola Valley CA |url=https://www.cmrnp.org/ |website=CMRNP |access-date=April 26, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Coal Mine Ridge Nature Preserve, Portola Ranch Homeowner's Association, San Mateo County |url=https://bahiker.com/southbayhikes/cmr.html |website=Bay Area Hikers |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>