Google Visitor Experience is at 2000 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View; visit.withgoogle.com. Foster Museum is at 940 Commercial St., Palo Alto; thefoster.org.

Google’s housing pledge was connected to its need for office space, Ramirez said. Company officials told Mountain View leaders that it needed the city to sign off on its campus expansion to make ...

Google is pursuing the sale of Mountain View properties totaling 40 acres that could be converted to housing developments as the search giant seeks to operate more efficiently.