Portola
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Portola may refer to:
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Music
- PortolaPortola (album)Portola is a 1998 album by singer songwriter Rose Melberg. The album was released by Double Agent Records in August 1998.-Track listing:#"Deep Purple" - 2:40#"Golden Gate Bridge" - 2:33#"Happy Birthday to Me" - 1:42...
, a 1998 album by Rose MelbergRose MelbergRose Melberg is a musician and songwriter from Sacramento, California who has sung and played guitar as a member of Tiger Trap, The Softies and Go Sailor as well as on her own material. She also played drums and made some songwriting contributions with the band Gaze...
People
- Gaspar de PortolàGaspar de PortolàGaspar de Portolà i Rovira was a soldier, governor of Baja and Alta California , explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey. He was born in Os de Balaguer, province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain, of Catalan nobility. Don Gaspar served as a soldier in the Spanish army in Italy and Portugal...
(ca. 1717-aft.1784), Spanish soldier, first governor of the Californias (Baja and Alta), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey
Places
- Portola, San Francisco, California
- Portola Hills, California
- Portola Valley, CaliforniaPortola Valley, CaliforniaPortola Valley is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 4,353 at the 2010 census. It was named for Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola, who led the first party of Europeans to explore the San Francisco Peninsula, in 1769.Portola Valley is one of the...
- Portola, CaliforniaPortola, CaliforniaPortola 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...