Palo Alto, California is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 Palo Alto has also served as headquarters or the founding location of several other tech companies, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Logitech, Tesla, Intuit, IDEO, Pinterest, and PayPal; Ford Motor Company and Lockheed Martin each additionally maintain major research and technology facilities within Palo Alto
California is also home to two major nuclear power plants: Diablo Canyon and San Onofre, the latter having been shut down in 2013

