CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS: Palo Verde Kids’ Club, 3450 Louis Road

FIRE STATION: No. 4, 3600 Middlefield Road

LIBRARY: Mitchell Park Library, 4050 Middlefield Road

LOCATION: between Loma Verde Avenue and East Meadow Drive, Middlefield and West Bayshore roads

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Palo Verde Resident’s Association, Boris Foelsch, borisfoelsch (at) gmail dot com, groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/palo_verde_ra/info

PARKS (nearby): Don Jesus Ramos Park, 800 E. Meadow Drive; J. Pearce Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive; Henry W. Seale Park, 3100 Stockton Place

POST OFFICE: Main, 2085 E. Bayshore Road; 265 Cambridge Avenue

PRIVATE SCHOOLS: The Girls’ Middle School, 3400 W. Bayshore Road

PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Palo Verde Elementary School, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Gunn High School

RECREATION: Palo Alto Family YMCA, 3412 Ross Road; Eichler Swim and Tennis Club, 3539 Louis Road

SHOPPING: Midtown Shopping Center, Middlefield Road and Colorado Avenue; also Middlefield Road at Loma Verde Avenue