The San Jose Mercury News reports that Hewlett-Packard Co. is asking to chop down the tree that shades the famous garage that Hewlett and Packard founded the company in . . .
The majestic oak tree that shades the garage where Hewlett-Packard was founded more than 65 years ago was but a sapling when William Hewlett and David Packard gave birth to one of Silicon Valley's most famous companies. As Hewlett and Packard's young company grew, so did the oak. And perhaps it was inevitable that the yard would prove too small for both of them. On Thursday, Hewlett-Packard requested permission from the city of Palo Alto to remove the tree, which rises high above the shed where Hewlett once slept and stretches its branches over neighboring yards . . . Read the full story