San Jose, California

The station eventually became today's San Francisco's KCBS-AM. Punters. Herrold started the world's first radio broadcasting station on the corner of First and San Fernando streets in San Jose, as "Station FN". Kickers. Most people associate San Jose's technology leadership with computers, but in 1909 Charles D. Safeties. The glossy, monthly San Jose Magazine focuses more on the people and culture of San Jose than on "hard news", but has won awards for its news coverage from the Bay Area's most prestigious media organization, the Peninsula Press Club. Cornerbacks.

The bilingual weeklies La Oferta and El-Observador have articles and advertisements in both English and Spanish. Linebackers. The publisher of the Mercury News, Knight Ridder, also publishes the daily Nuevo Mundo, serving San Jose's large Hispanic community along with other Spanish-speaking residents, and Viet Mercury, serving San Jose's large Vietnamese community.
Defensive Tackles. In addition to the major English-language newspapers, the daily San Jose Mercury News and the weekly alternative Metro Silicon Valley, San Jose is served by a variety of other local print media. Defensive Ends. The following lists include only local media. Centers.

San Jose is served by local media as well as that of San Francisco and national media. Guards. See also attractions in adjacent communities in Santa Clara County. Tackles. Some notable people who moved to San Jose include:. Tight ends. Some notable people born in San Jose include:. Wide Receivers.

[19] (http://sjlibrary.org/index.htm). Fullbacks. The Calabazas Branch has four primary language-specific collections: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian, in addition to its English texts. Runningbacks. The East San Jose Carnegie Branch Library, a Carnegie library opened in 1908, is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Quarterbacks. Additionally, the city has 20 neighborhood branches, including the Biblioteca Latinoamericana, specializing in Spanish language works. The revelation led to Reynolds being fired from his position, and sparked harsh condemnation of the club from the local media, who instantly dubbed the scandal "Videogate." Ironically, the story broke on the same day that the identity of "Deep Throat" from the Watergate scandal was made public (the 49ers story receiving priority over it in the San Francisco Chronicle) — and even more ironically, an anonymous source (widely thought to be recently-fired 49ers general manager Terry Donahue) "leaked" the story by sending a copy of the video to the media.

The library is the largest (built all at once) west of the Mississippi River, with a 1.5 million item collection. The video contained unflattering stereotypical characterizations of numerous ethnic and other groups, including Chinese-Americans, lesbians, strippers and homeless persons — and worse yet, was meant to be used for "sensitivity training" purposes. Library, combining the collections of the city's system with the San Jose State library when it opened in 2003. On May 31, 2005, it became public knowledge that a controversial video production, intended to be viewed by the players only, had been made the previous August under the supervision of the team's public relations director, Kirk Reynolds, who also appeared prominently in it. The San Jose City Library system is unique, with the main branch, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Expectations are hopeful that the new coach and quarterback tandem will bring renewed success to a faltering franchise. There is also the nonsectarian K-12 Harker School. It was a pick predicted by many, though some had the 49ers selecting local product Aaron Rodgers of the University of California, Berkeley.

[18] (http://www.city-data.com/city/San-Jose-California.html) Valley Christian High School is a protestant high school in the North Valley neighborhood. In his inaugural draft as head coach, Mike Nolan selected with the first pick of the draft quarterback Alex Smith of the University of Utah. There are two Baptist high schools, Liberty Baptist School and White Road Baptist Academy. He is the son of former 49ers coach Dick Nolan, who led the team to three consecutive playoff appearances in the early 1970's. Many Roman Catholic churches operate schools, including four high schools:. After an extensive coaching search, the 49ers announced the hiring of Mike Nolan, former defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens as their head coach to lead the team into the 2005 season. Private schools in San Jose are primarily run by religious groups. The 49ers would finish that season with a record of 2-14, their second consecutive losing season (and finishing last in the NFC West for the first time since 1979, ending what had been the NFL's longest active streak for not finishing in last place in a division), with the worst record in the NFL for the season, which secured them the first crack at the first round pick in the spring NFL draft, and also resulted in the firing of head coach Erickson and GM Terry Donahue.

The following districts use the "feeder" system:. Larry Ellison and former quarterback Steve Young have been the names most commonly rumored as potential buyers. In addition to the main San Jose Unified School District, the unified school districts are Milpitas Unified School District, Morgan Hill Unified School District, and Santa Clara Unified School District. During the 2004 season, rumors that the Yorks might sell the team began spreading. The result is a patchwork of local school districts in the areas annexed after 1954.¹ Public education in the city is provided by four high school districts, fourteen elementary districts, and four unified school districts (which provide both elementary and high schools). The 49ers had several chances to score in the fourth quarter, but an interception and a fumble recovery sealed their fate in this game. The city's legislators pushed a bill through the California Legislature, removing that requirement, and ending much of the opposition. The last shutout had been 27 years ago in 1977 — they were defeated 7-0 by Atlanta at what was then known as Candlestick Park.

When San Jose began expanding, rural school districts became one of the major opponents, as their territory and tax base was taken by the city. On September 26, 2004, the Niners were shut out 34-0 by the Seattle Seahawks, their first such loss in 420 regular season and 36 playoff games, a league record. Prior to 1954, California law required cities and school districts to have the same boundaries. Although they finished the 2003 season with a losing record of 7-9, Erickson was retained as coach for the 2004 season. Most San Jose students go to schools in the San Jose Unified School District. The period since the 2001 season has been disastrous for San Francisco, hampered by injuries and poor defense. In addition, San Jose residents attend several other area universities, including Santa Clara University, De Anza College in Cupertino, Stanford University in Palo Alto, and the University of California, Berkeley. Following the season, Steve Mariucci, the coach, was fired and replaced by Dennis Erickson.

The University of California, Santa Cruz operates Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton. This would be, to date, the last post-season appearance for the 49ers. San Jose's community colleges, San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College, offer associate degrees, general education units to transfer to CSU and UC schools, and adult and continuing education programs. They lost their subsequent game to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The San Jose campus of Golden Gate University offers business bachelor and MBA degrees. In 2002 they produced the second greatest comeback in NFL playoff history by coming back from a 24 point deficit (38-14) and winning 39-38 against the New York Giants behind amazing games by then 49ers Jeff Garcia and Terrell Owens. Lincoln Law School of San Jose offers law degrees, catering to working professionals. As a part of the fallout, he transferred controlling interest in the team to his sister and brother-in-law, Denise and John York.

Silicon Valley College offers bachelor's and associate degrees useful for workers in high technology industries. DeBartolo later pleaded guilty to a failure to report a felony charge. Located in downtown San Jose since 1870, the university's 30,000 students in bachelor's and master's degree programs are primarily commuters from many areas in the South Bay. National Hispanic University, with an enrollment of 600, offers associate and bachelor's degrees and teaching credentials to its students, focusing on Hispanic students. In the late 1990s Eddie DeBartolo was involved in a corruption investigation regarding Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards and one of his Mississippi riverboat casinos. The largest and most well known is San Jose State University, the original campus of the California State University system. That has led to some of their stars finishing up their careers with other teams. San Jose is home to several colleges and universities. There are many others as the team has had a policy of releasing star players a year too early rather than a year too late.

Cable television is provided by Comcast. Some other famous 49ers include Steve Young, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, Jerry Rice, Roger Craig, Fred Dean, Eric Wright, Dwight Hicks, Deion Sanders, and Ricky Watters. Telephone service is provided primarily by SBC Communications. Later they became dominant in all aspects of the game. Natural gas and electricity are provided by PG&E. The former coach of Stanford University made excellent draft picks, picked up key free agents or players released by other teams and is known as the creator of the 'West Coast offense'. During their first Super Bowl run the team was known for its short passing game and the play making ability of young quarterback Joe Montana. About ten percent of the treated wastewater is sold for irrigation ("water recycling") in San Jose, Santa Clara, and Milpitas, through local water providers San José Municipal Water System, City of Milpitas Municipal Services, City of Santa Clara Water & Sewer Utility, Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose Water Company, and Great Oaks Water Company. The team was led in its turnaround from late 1970s doormat by new owner Eddie DeBartolo and head coach Bill Walsh.

Wastewater treatment happens at the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant, which treats and cleans the wastewater of the more than 1,500,000 people that live and work in the 300 square mile (780 km²) area encompassing San Jose, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Monte Sereno. During that decade, the team neglected to make the playoffs only twice — in 1980, and again in the strike-shortened 1982 season which saw them go 0-5 at home and 3-1 on the road — the only time in NFL history that a team went winless at home while winning more than half its away games in the same season. The list includes all plastic categories 1 through 7; aerosol cans and paint cans; polystyrene including "packing peanuts" and hard foam packing, such as in electronic and computer products' boxes; aluminum furniture; small metal appliances; metal pots and pans (including cast iron); and clean cotton, linen, polyester, rayon, and wool fabrics (for example, blankets, clothes, cloth diapers, rags, and sheets). They won XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX. The no-sorting convenience and unusually long list of recyclable items has resulted in San Jose being one of very few cities that can boast that it recycles 64% of its waste. The 49ers won five Super Bowls, four in the 1980s, and are considered The Team of the Eighties (the team had never won an NFL or Super Bowl championship prior, and had never even won a division title until 1970). Garbage, wastewater treatment, and recycling services are overseen by the city of San Jose's Environmental Services Department. It is the only name the team has been affiliated with and San Francisco is the only city in which it has resided.

Great Oaks provides exclusively well water, while the other two provide water from multiple sources, including well water, and surface water from the Los Gatos Creek watershed, Santa Clara Valley Water District, and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Hetch Hetchy reservoir. The team earned its name from the surge of goldminers to the San Francisco area during 1849, thus the nickname the San Francisco 49ers. Potable water is provided primarily by the private-sector San Jose Water Company, with some by the Great Oaks Water Company, and ten percent by the public-sector San Jose Municipal Water System. The San Francisco 49ers have the distinction of being the first major-league professional sports franchise on the West Coast. The 49ers entered professional football in 1946 and matured, nationally and locally, when the club was granted a National League franchise in 1950. Cargo rail service to San Jose is provided by Union Pacific Railroad. The team's headquarters and practice facility are located in Santa Clara, California. Seagoing container traffic goes through the Port of Oakland. They tie the Dallas Cowboys with the record for most Super Bowl victories (5).

The old port at Alviso was never upgraded to handle cargo containers and is now closed. The San Francisco 49ers are a National Football League team that plays in San Francisco, California. Although it touches San Francisco Bay, the city has no seaport. Ricky Watters. San Jose residents also use San Francisco International Airport, a major international hub located 35 miles (56 km) to the northwest, and Oakland International Airport, another medium-sized airport located 35 miles (56 km) to the north. Richard Dent. San Jose is served by the medium-sized Mineta San Jose International Airport, two miles (3 km) northwest of downtown. Garrison Hearst.

Over the years, many plans to bring BART to San Jose have been suggested, but none have been built. Tim Harris. During holidays, historic streetcars from the San Jose History Museum operate on the light rail lines in downtown. The VTA also operates many bus routes in San Jose and the surrounding communities, as well as offering paratransit services to local residents. Deion Sanders. Commuter rail service to San Jose is provided by Amtrak, Caltrain (commuter rail service to San Francisco and Gilroy), ACE (commuter rail service to Pleasanton and Stockton), and a local light-rail system connecting downtown to Mountain View, Milpitas, and Almaden Valley, operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). Steve Mariucci. San Jose contains many expressways of the Santa Clara County expressway system. Ken Norton Jr.

The San Jose area has a well-developed freeway system, including three Interstate highways—I-280, I-880, and I-680—in addition to several federal and state highways, US 101, CA-85, CA-87, CA-17, and CA-237. Jeff Fuller. In August, 2004, the Authority hosted the USA All-Star 7-Aside Rugby Championships at Watson Bowl, east of Downtown. John Taylor. Olympic team trials for judo, taekwondo, trampolining and rhythmic gymnastics at the San Jose State Event Center. Derrick Deese. In 2004, the San Jose Sports Authority hosted the U.S. Terrell Owens.

The Pac-10 Women's Basketball Championship is held at the HP Pavilion as well as either the men's or women's West Regional tournament during the NCAA's March Madness. Jeff Garcia. In college sports, the San Jose State Spartans are the local college team, but most of the city's population support either the Stanford Cardinal, the Cal Golden Bears, or the Santa Clara Broncos. Tom Rathman. The city has also been selected to be one of five host cities for the inaugural Dew Action Sports Tour season; the San Jose event will be held in September 2005. Brent Jones. The San Jose Grand Prix, scheduled to be held in July 2005, will bring Champ Car racing on a temporary road course on Downtown streets. Harris Barton.

The SAP Open (formerly the Sybase Open) is an annual men's tennis tournament held at the HP Pavilion. Matt Millen. In addition to professional teams, San Jose hosts several sporting events. Eric Wright. Previously, San Jose was home to the:. Jesse Sapolu. San Jose is the home of the:. Charles Haley.

[16] (http://www.sjredevelopment.org/101204/5-1DowntownTheaterUpdate.pdf) (caution, PDF). Roger Craig. [15]  (http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/leigh_weimers/10045287.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp) Including sporting events, the HP Pavilion averages 184 events a year, or roughly one event for every two days, which is significantly higher than the average for NHL arenas. Michael Carter. The HP Pavilion is one of the most active venues for events in the world. According to Billboard Magazine and Pollstar, the arena sold the most tickets to non-sporting events of any venue in the United States, and third in the world after the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England, and the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for the period from January 1 – September 30, 2004. Ray Wersching. In addition, the annual Cinequest Film Festival in downtown has grown to over 60,000 attendees per year, becoming an important festival for independent films. Jack Reynolds.

The city is home to many performance arts, including Opera San Jose, Symphony Silicon Valley, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, the San Jose Repertory Theatre, and American Musical Theatre of San Jose. Fred Dean. The sharks can still be found in their new owners' homes and businesses. Randy Cross. After the exhibition, the sharks were auctioned off and the proceeds donated to charity. Gene Washington. Many displays were removed early because of vandalism. Len Rohde.

Large models of sharks were decorated in a variety of clever, colorful, or creative ways by local artists and were then displayed for months at dozens of locations around the city. Kermit Alexander. In 2001, the city sponsored SharkByte, an exhibit of decorated sharks, based on the mascot of the hockey team, the San Jose Sharks, and modeled after Chicago's display of decorated cows [14] (http://www.chicagotraveler.com/cows_on_parade.htm). Ken Willard. [13] (http://www.morrill.org/books/quetzalcoatl.shtml) And the statue of Thomas Fallon, met strong resistance from those who felt that these people were largely responsible for the decimation of early native populations. John Thomas. Two examples, include the statue of Quetzalcoatl (the plumed serpent) in downtown which was controversial in its planning because some religious groups felt that it was pagan, and controversial in its implementation because many felt that the final statue by Robert Graham did not closely resemble a winged serpent, and was more noted for its expense than its aesthetics. Bernie Casey.

Within the early efforts at public art, there are notable controversies. Dave Parks. Of particular note, the Mineta Airport expansion will incorporate a program of Art & Technology into its development. Owens. There is a considerable amount throughout the downtown area, and a growing collection in the City's neighborhood newer civic locations including libraries, parks, and fire stations. C. The City was one of the first to adopt a public art ordinance at 2% of capital improvement building project budgets, and the results of this commitment are beginning to have an impact on the visual landscape of the City. R.

Public art is an evolving attraction in the city. Abe Woodson. The new City Hall, designed by Richard Meier & Partners opened in 2005 and is a notable addition to the growing collection of municipal building projects. Frankie Albert. The Children's Discovery Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation, and the San Jose Repertory Theater building have experimented with bold colors and unusual exteriors. Jerry Rice. Municipal building projects have experimented more with architectural styles than have most private enterprises. 87 - Dwight Clark.

Because the downtown area is in the flight path to nearby Mineta International Airport, there is a permanent height limit for all buildings. Clair. San Jose's downtown architecture is noted more for its limited height than for any particular buildings. 79 - Bob St. Related topics: Maps of San Jose, California. 73 - Leo Nomellini. Out of the total population, 10.3% of those under the age of 18 and 7.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. 70 - Charlie Krueger.

8.8% of the population and 6.0% of families are below the poverty line. 42 - Ronnie Lott. The per capita income for the city is $26,697. 39 - Hugh McElhenny. Males have a median income of $49,347 versus $36,936 for females. 37 - Jimmy Johnson. The median income for a household in the city is $70,243, and the median income for a family is $74,813. 34 - Joe Perry.

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 102.5 males. 23 - Reyman Cua. For every 100 females there are 103.3 males. 16 - Joe Montana. The median age is 33 years. 12 - John Brodie. In the city the population is spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who are 65 years of age or older. Andy Lee.

The average household size is 3.20 and the average family size is 3.62. Kirk Yliniemi. 18.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. Cole Farden. There are 276,598 households out of which 38.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% are married couples living together, 11.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% are non-families. Joe Nedney. 30.17% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Dwaine Carpenter.

The racial makeup of the city is 47.49% White, 3.50% African American, 0.77% Native American, 26.86% Asian, 0.40% Pacific Islander, 15.94% from other races, and 5.04% from two or more races. Keith Lewis. There are 281,841 housing units at an average density of 622.3/km² (1,611.8/mi²). Tony Parrish. The population density is 1,976.1/km² (5,117.9/mi²). Allan Amundson. As of the census² of 2000, there are 894,943 people, 276,598 households, and 203,576 families residing in the city. Randee Drew.

[12] (http://www.mostlivable.org/cities/sanjose/home_accolades.html). Arnold Parker. are invested in San Jose and Silicon Valley companies. Shawntae Spencer. patents than any other city, the average worker productivity in San Jose is double the national average, and 35 percent of venture capital funds in the U.S. Mike Rumph. San Jose residents produce more U.S. Rayshun Reed.

[11] (http://www.fedc.com/ACCRACostofLivingIndex2ndQuarter2004.htm) Housing costs in the city are the primary reason for the high cost of living, although the costs in all areas tracked by ACCRA are above the national average. Despite the high cost of living, San Jose households have the highest disposable income on any large American city. Derrick Johnson. only New York City and San Francisco are more expensive. Joselio Hanson. The cost of living in San Jose and the surrounding areas is among the highest in California and the nation; in the U.S. Daven Holly. [10] (http://www.sanjoseca.gov/planning/factsheet/employment.html). Mike Adams.

Sizable government employers include the city, Santa Clara County, and San José State University. Ahmed Plummer. The city lists 25 companies with 1,000 employees or more, including the headquarters of Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, Cisco, and eBay, as well as major facilities for Flextronics, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Hitachi and Lockheed Martin. Andre Carter. As of 2003, the city reported 355,000 jobs within the city limits and an unemployment rate of 8.7%. Andrew Williams. During the peak of the tech bubble, employment, housing prices, and traffic congestion peaked, but all eased as the economy slowed during the first few years of the 21st century. Jeff Ulbrich.

San Jose considers itself "the Capital of Silicon Valley." As such, its economy rises and falls with high-tech employment in the Bay Area. Richard Seigler. Downtown San Jose experiences the lightest rainfall in the city, while South San Jose, only 10 miles (16 km) distant, experiences more rainfall and slightly more extreme temperatures. Julian Peterson. Again, like most of the Bay Area, San Jose is made up of dozens of microclimates. Jamie Winborn. Snow fell on the valley floor in San Jose most recently in January of 1976, about an inch (25 mm) that melted soon after the sun rose. Derek Smith.

The snow level drops as low as 2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level occasionally each winter, coating nearby Mount Hamilton with light snow that seldom lasts a day> This sometimes snarls traffic travelling on State Route 17 towards Santa Cruz. Brandon Moore. During the winter, hillsides and fields turn green with native grasses and vegetation, although deciduous trees are bare; with the coming of the annual summer dry period, the vegetation dies and dries, giving the hills a golden cover, which some find beautiful but which also provides fuel for frequent grass fires. Saleem Rasheed. Rain occurs primarily in the months from October through April or May, with hardly any rainfall from June through September. Max Yates. With the light rainfall, San Jose experiences over 300 days a year of full or significant sunshine. Ray Wells.

Temperatures between night and day can vary by 30 or 40 °F (17 to 22 °C). Anthony Adams. The highest temperature ever recorded in San Jose was 109 °F (42.8°C); the lowest was 21 °F (-6 °C). Ronald Fields. January's average high is 59 °F (15 °C) and average low is 42 °F (6 °C), with overnight freezes several nights each year; July's average high is 84 °F (29 °C) and average low is 58 °F (14 °C), with heat exceeding 100 °F (38 °C) several days each year. Isaac Sopoaga. However, temperatures are generally moderate. Tony Brown.

It also avoids San Francisco's omnipresent fog most of the year. Bryant Young. Unlike San Francisco, which is exposed to the ocean or Bay on three sides and whose temperature therefore varies relatively little year-round and overnight, San Jose lies more inland, protected on three sides by mountains. This shelters the city from rain and makes it more of a semiarid, near-desert area, with a mean annual rainfall of only 14.4 inches (366 mm), compared to some other parts of the Bay Area, which can get up to four times that amount. Josh Cooper. San Jose, like most of the Bay Area, has a Mediterranean climate tempered by the presence of the San Francisco Bay. Marques Douglas. Some residents object to the deep yellow color of the streetlights, saying they are distracting because they are the same shade of yellow as traffic lights and other illuminated traffic warnings--image of the similarity here (http://www.baddesigns.com/strlt.html). Corey Smith.

To recognize the city's efforts, the asteroid 6216 San Jose was named after the city. Scott Scharff. Due to the proximity to Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton, San Jose has taken several steps to reduce light pollution, including replacing all street lamps with low pressure sodium lamps. John Engelberger. The lowest point in San Jose is at sea level at the San Francisco Bay in Alviso; the highest is 4,372 feet (1,333 m) at Copernicus Peak, Mount Hamilton. Chris Cooper. military from 1870 to 1945. Norm Katnik.

Along the southern part of the river is the neighborhood of Almaden Valley, originally named for the mercury mines which produced mercury needed for gold extraction from quartz during the California gold rush as well as mercury fulminate blasting caps and detonators for the U.S. Eric Heitmann. The Guadalupe River runs from the Santa Cruz Mountains (which separate the South Bay from the Pacific Coast) flowing north through San Jose, ending in the San Francisco Bay at Alviso. Jeremy Newberry. The other faults near San Jose are the Monte Vista Fault, South Hayward Fault, Northern Calaveras Fault, and Central Calaveras Fault. Tony Wragge. The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 also did some damage to parts of the city. Thomas Herrion.

The Daly City Earthquake of 1957 caused some damage. Justin Smiley. Earlier significant quakes rocked the city in 1839, 1851, 1858, 1864, 1865, 1868, and 1891. David Baas. The most serious earthquake, in 1906, damaged many buildings in San Jose as described earlier. Adam Snyder. San Jose lies near the San Andreas Fault; a major source of earthquake activity in California. Scott Peters.

The total area is 1.86% water. Patrick Estes. 452.9 km² (174.9 mi²) of it is land and 8.6 km² (3.3 mi²) of it is water. Brendan Darby. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 461.5 km² (178.2 mi²)¹. Khiawatha Downey. San Jose is located at 37°18'15" North, 121°52'22" West (37.304051, −121.872734)¹. Jonas Jennings.

As of 2005, there are seven sister cities (aka twinned towns): Okayama, Japan (established in 1957); San José, Costa Rica (1961); Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico (1975); Tainan, Taiwan (1975); Dublin, Ireland (1986); Pune, India (1992); and Ekaterinburg, Russia (1992). Kwame Harris. The Office of Economic Development coordinates the San Jose Sister City Program. Brian Jennings. [7] (http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/10/22/vietnamese.shooting.ap/) [8] (http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2355136&nav=5D7lRMbK) [9] (http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/10/1701805.php). Billy Bajema. [6] (http://www.morganquitno.com/cit05pop.htm#500,000+) However, reports of police brutality have become more common. Aaron Walker.

[5] (http://www.sjpd.org/CrimeStats.cfm) In 2003 and 2004 the city was ranked as the safest American city with a population over 500,000 by the Morgan Quitno Awards. Eric Johnson. During the 1990s and 2000s, the crime rate has consistently fallen. Jason McAddely. San Jose has consistently been ranked as one of the safest large cities in the United States. Rasheed Marshall. The LAFCO also defines a subset of the Sphere as an 'Urban Service Area' (indicated by the red line in the map), effectively limiting development to areas where urban infrastructure (sewers, electrical service, etc.) already exists. Marcus Maxwell.

The Santa Clara County LAFCO has set boundaries of San Jose's 'Sphere of Influence' (indicated by the blue line in the map near the top of the page) as a superset of the actual city limits (the yellow area in the map), plus parts of the surrounding unincorporated county land, where San Jose can, for example, prevent development of fringe areas to concentrate city growth closer to the city's core. Fred Amey. The goal of a LAFCO is to try to avoid uncontrolled urban sprawl. Fleck. Like all California cities except San Francisco, both the levels and the boundaries of what the city government controls is determined by the local county Local Agency Formation Commission (http://www.santaclara.lafco.ca.gov) (LAFCO). P.J. ³. Rashaun Woods.

Other city officers elected by the council are the city attorney, city auditor, and city clerk. Derrick Hamilton. The council elects the manager for an indefinite term, and may at any time remove the manager, or the electorate may remove the manager through a recall election. Arnaz Battle. The city manager is the chief administrative officer of the city, and must present an annual budget for approval by the city council. Brandon Lloyd. This council member has the right to act as mayor during the temporary absence of the mayor, but does not have the right of succession to the mayor's office upon a vacancy.³. Tony Ficklin.

The council elects a vice-mayor from the members of the council at the second meeting of the year following a council election. Steve Bush. Council members and the mayor are limited to two successive terms in office, although a council member that has reached the term limit can be elected mayor, and vice versa. Terry Jackson. Council members and the mayor are elected to four-year terms; the even-numbered district council members beginning in 1994; the mayor and the odd-numbered district council members beginning in 1996. Fred Beasley. The mayor has no veto powers. Brian Johnson.

The San Jose City Council is made up of ten council members elected by districts, and a mayor elected in an at-large election. During city council meetings, the mayor presides, and all eleven members can vote on any issue. Maurice Hicks. The city has a council-manager government with a city manager nominated by the mayor and elected by the city council. Frank Gore. San Jose is a charter city under California law, giving it the power to enact local ordinances that may conflict with state law, within the limits provided by the charter. Kevan Barlow. A large portion of the Santa Clara Valley still contained commercial orchards. Cody Pickett.

Highway 101, which touched only the outermost edges of the city and was still a rural route or controlled by traffic lights in some areas. Ken Dorsey. The only freeway through or near San Jose was U.S. Tim Rattay. Many people's view of San Jose is still formed by the Dionne Warwick hit from the 1960s, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David (neither of whom had spent time there and chose the name because it suited the tune), it includes the lyrics, "there's a lot of space in San Jose; there'll be a place where I can stay" and "I may go wrong and lose my way," and contrasts it to Los Angeles, "a great big freeway." In 1960, the population of San Jose was only 204,000, just over a fifth of the 2003 population. Alex Smith. ². Steve Young.

The average 2003 home price in Santa Clara County was approximately 330 percent of the national average. Dave Wilcox. As a result, housing costs in San Jose and the rest of the Bay Area rose faster than the national average in the 1980s and 1990s; between 1976 and 2001, San Jose's housing costs increased by 936 percent, the fastest growth in the nation over that time. Ronnie Lott. However, the city council passed another General Plan in 1994 with the original 1974 urban growth boundaries intact. Joe Montana. By 1980, the city's population was 630,000; it reached 782,000 by 1990; and 894,943 by 2000—at which point Santa Clara County as a whole had 1,682,585 residents. Jimmy Johnson.

However, with the boom of the electronics industry, specifically personal computers and integrated circuits, San Jose and the surrounding areas' population continued to grow rapidly. Bill Walsh. ². Clair. The plan's goal was to bring population growth down to a more manageable level. Bob St. The result was that there was no land available to build housing. John Henry Johnson.

To the west, communities such as Campbell and Cupertino had incorporated as cities to avoid being annexed to San Jose, while expansion to the north was impossible because of San Francisco Bay. Tittle. Under Mineta, the city adopted the "General Plan" that restricted development of land inside the incorporated area of San Jose and banned development in an additional 200 mi² east and south of the city, an area known as San Jose's sphere of influence. A. Following Hamann's retirement, anti-growth city councils came to power, cemented with the 1971 election of Norman Mineta as mayor. Y. ¹. Hugh McElhenny.

When Hamann left office in 1969, San Jose had grown to 495,000 residents and 136 mi². Joe Perry. Hamann's efforts resulted in an annual population growth rate of over eight percent. Leo Nomellini. Hamann also spent significant time on the East Coast, selling San Jose as an ideal place for businesses to expand into. Hamann instituted an aggressive growth program by annexation of adjacent areas, such as Alviso, Cambrian Park, and other neighborhoods, and a program of dispersed urbanization, sometimes called "los angelization".

At the time, the city had a population of 95,000 and a total area of only 17 mi². Hamann (nicknamed "Dutch") became city manager in 1950. P. A.

[4] (http://www.uniteddefense.com/co/history.htm). FMC's military business would later be spun off into United Defense. [2] (http://www.fmc.com/Corporate/V2/GeneralDetail/0,1478,16,00.html) [3] (http://www.fmctechnologies.com/FTI/__about_history_action/1,1114,1,00.html?) In 1941 the company received an order from the United States War Department for one thousand LVTs, bringing defense contracts to San Jose for the first time. ¹ Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) was founded in San Jose as the Bean Spray Pump Company in 1883.

The Del Monte cannery in Midtown was the largest employer in the city for many years. In 1922, the first commercial farming of broccoli in the US was started in San Jose, by brothers Stephano and Andrea D'Arrigo. Prunes, grapes, and apricots were some of the major crops. For nearly two centuries a farming community, San Jose produced a significant amount of fruits and vegetables until the 1960s, and many past and current names of teams, streets, buildings, and so on reflect its agricultural beginnings.

Photos of the lynchings were even used as Nazi propaganda. It is also notable as the last public lynching in California's history. The case drew international attention to San Jose, for the kidnapping, lynching, and for the praise that Governor James Rolph directed to those who participated. About 10,000 residents (approximately 1/6 of the city's population at the time) stormed the jail and lynched the two men who had confessed to the killing.

The 1933 kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart resulted in mob violence in San Jose. The 8-year-old San Jose High School's three-story stone and brick structure also collapsed, and many other buildings were severely damaged. The all-brick Agnews Asylum (later Agnews State Hospital) suffered possibly the worst damage in the San Jose area, killing over 100 people as the walls and roof collapsed. The city was still primarily rural and the population much smaller than San Francisco, so houses and businesses were not so closely built, providing no opportunity for a major fire like the one that destroyed the city up the Peninsula.

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake, with its epicenter near Daly City [1] (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/04/11/BAGB163KV81.DTL) between San Jose and San Francisco, devastated the few large buildings in San Jose. In 1989, the city of San Jose filed suit against France and the Eiffel estate, claiming that the Eiffel Tower was a copyright infringement of the Electric Light Tower; the suit was eventually dismissed. It collapsed during a gale in 1915. It didn't provide sufficient illumination, and by 1884 was used only for ceremonial purposes.

Owen of the San Jose Mercury News, the city council authorized the construction of the San Jose Electric Light Tower, ostensibly to replace the gas streetlights that had illuminated downtown San Jose since 1861. In 1881, because of a forceful campaign by editor J.J. It also served as the state's first capital with the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, known as the Legislature of a Thousand Drinks, being held there in 1850 and 1851. The legislature was unhappy with the location, as no buildings suitable for a state government were available in the city, and took up State Senator Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's offer to build a new capital on land he donated to the state in what is now Benicia. state of California, the first mayor was Josiah Belden.

On March 27, 1850, San Jose became the first incorporated city in the U.S. The importance of the mercury industry at the time explains why the local newspaper is named the Mercury News. The cinnabar deposits had been discovered during the Mexican era, and mining operations began in 1845, the first operating mine in the province. During the California Gold Rush period, the New Almaden Mines just south of the city were the largest mercury mines in North America (mercury was used to help separate gold from ore).

Fallon would later become the seventh mayor of San Jose. Sloat, and raised it over the pueblo on July 14, as the California Republic agreed to join the United States following the start of the Mexican-American War. Fallon received an American flag from John D. During the Bear Flag Revolt, Captain Thomas Fallon led a small force from Santa Cruz and captured the pueblo without bloodshed on July 11, 1846.

In 1797, the pueblo was moved from its original location, near the present-day intersection of Guadalupe Parkway and Taylor Street, to a location in what is now Downtown San Jose, surrounding Pueblo Plaza (now Plaza de César Chávez). In 1778, the pueblo had a population of 68. Mission San José de Guadalupe was not founded until 1797, about 20 miles (30 km) north of San Jose in what is now Fremont.) The town was founded by the colonists led to California by de Anza, as a farming community to provide food for the presidios of San Francisco and Monterey. (Mission Santa Clara, the closest mission, was founded earlier in 1777, three miles (5 km) from the original pueblo site in neighboring Santa Clara.

El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe was founded by José Joaquin Moraga on November 29, 1777, the first settlement not associated with a mission or a military post (presidio) in Alta California. De Anza returned to Mexico City before any of the settlements were actually founded, but his name lives on in many buildings and street names. He selected the sites of the Presidio of San Francisco and Mission San Francisco de Asís in what is now San Francisco; on his way back to Monterey, he sited Mission Santa Clara de Asís and the pueblo San José in the Santa Clara Valley. He left the colonists at Monterey in 1776, and explored north with a small group.

Late in 1775, Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition to bring colonists from New Spain to California and to locate sites for two missions, one presidio, and one pueblo (town). It is likely that Don Pedro Fages, the military governor at Monterey, passed through the area on his 1772 expedition to explore the East Bay. Permanent European presence in the area came with the 1770 founding of the Presidio of Monterey and Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo by Gaspar de Portolá and Father Junípero Serra, about sixty miles (100 km) to the south. For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the area now known as San Jose was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans.

After over 150 years as an agricultural center, increased demand for housing from soldiers and other veterans returning from World War II and starting families, as well as aggressive expansion during the 1950s and 1960s led first to San Jose being a bedroom community for Silicon Valley in the 1970s, then attracting businesses to the city; by 1990 the city was calling itself the Capital of Silicon Valley. It served as the first capital of California after statehood was granted in 1850. San José was the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (later Alta California), founded in 1777 as a farming community to provide food for nearby military installations. The San Francisco Bay Area, of which San Jose forms part, is the fourth largest in the U.S.

and not to the urban area. All of these figures refer to the area within the city limits, which is the sense in which the word "city" is normally used in the U.S. Census Bureau estimates for 2004 indicate San Jose has overtaken Detroit as the United States' tenth most populous city; according to the formal 2000 count, it is ranked eleventh. As of 2005, it reported an estimated population of 944,857, making it the most populous city in Northern California (it surpassed San Francisco in 1989) and third most populous city in the state, after Los Angeles and San Diego.

The city is located at the south end of the San Francisco Bay, within the informal boundaries of Silicon Valley, and is the largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area. However, it is still more commonly spelled without the diacritic mark. On April 3, 1979, the city council adopted San José as the spelling of the city name on the city seal and official stationery. state of California and is the county seat of Santa Clara County.

San José (officially the City of San José) is a large city in the U.S. The Weather Channel data for San Jose (http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/climo-monthly-graph.html?locid=USCA0993&from=search). 2E. Bruno, Andy; INCONSISTENCY ACCENTED BY SAN JOSE AND SAN JOSE; San Jose Mercury News; February 15, 1996, p.

Arbuckle, Clyde; Clyde Arbuckle's History of San Jose; 1985. ³San Jose City Charter (http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Charter.htm). ²San Jose case study, part one: the urban-growth boundary (http://www.ti.org/vaupdate31.html). ¹Flashback: A short political history of San Jose (http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/PoliSci/faculty/christensen/flashback.htm).

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