Law

California Law Revision Commission
4000 Middlefield Road, Room D-2, Palo Alto. Created in 1953, the commission studies the law in order to discover defects and anachronisms and recommends legislation to make needed reforms.
E-mail: bgaal@clrc.ca.gov.
Call 650-494-1335; fax 650-494-1827.

Lawyer Referral Service
405 Sherman Ave., Palo Alto. The Palo Alto Area Bar Association offers this service, as well as consultations for $35.
E-mail: info@paaba.org.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Call 650-326-8322; fax 650-326-2218.

San Mateo County Law Library
710 Hamilton St., Redwood City. Located across the street from the San Mateo County courthouse. The library houses legal publications, books, codes and sources of legal information for reference use.
Hours: Mon-Thu 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat noon-4 p.m. Closed holidays
Call 650-363-4913.

Sci3 Patent and Trademark Library
665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale. Patent depository library. Primary place of information for Silicon Valley inventors and entrepreneurs. All aspects of patent and trademark information can be found here. Open to the public.
E-mail: library@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us.
Hours: Mon-Thu 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun noon-8 p.m.
Call 408-730-7300.

Senior Adult Legal Assistance (SALA)
160 East Virginia Street, Ste. 260, San Jose. Free legal assistance on issues such as Social Security, medical, long-term care, elder abuse.
E-mail: info@sala.org.
Call 408-295-5991; 408-295-7401.

Lawn Bowling

Bocce Ball Court
615 Cuesta Drive, Mtn. View. Try your hand at real Italian-style bocce ball on the court at Cuesta Park. Two hard courts available, on a first come first served. Participants must bring their own equipment. Call 650-903-6331.
E-mail: parks@mountainview.gov.

Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club
Bowling Green Park, 474 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. Organized in 1933, the Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club provides instruction by arrangement. The green is open to members and guests for draw game on Tue, Thu and Sat starting at 1:30 p.m. Summer hours start at 9:30 a.m. June 1-Sept. 30. Also bowling on Wed at 5 p.m., Fri evening league, and casual games and beginners' lessons Sun at 1:30 p.m. Call club house at 650 323-2575 or Bonny Turner, president, at 650-326-1370.
E-mail: contact@palbc.org.