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Heart of the Silicon Valley

San Jose - The Heart of Silicon Valley

History and Description

San Jose has a fantastic quality of life rating, offering a wide variety of exciting cultural, recreational, educational and entertainment opportunities.

The City of San Jose also has the nation's best public safety record of any large metropolitan area, an enjoyable ethnic diversity and a beautiful Mediterranean climate.

San Jose was founded on November 29, 17...


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San Jose Sporting Events and Tickets

SAN JOSE SPORTING EVENTS AND TICKETS

San Jose Giants - Farm Club for the San Francisco Giants

The San Jose Giants are a minor league professional baseball team in Class A Advanced California League.

The team has been affiliated with the world famous San Francisco Giants since 1988 which represents the longest working agreement in the California league. San Jose has been the team's home for the past 60 years.

The San Jose Giants ...


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San Jose Weather and Climate

San Jose Climate and Weather

San Jose, like most of coastal California and the Bay Area, has a wonderful Mediterranean climate.

Unlike, it's neighbor to the north, 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 farther inland, and is protected on three sides by mountains.

This shelters San Jose from rain and makes it more of a semiarid desert area, with a mean annual rainfall of over 14 inches (366 mm), compared to some other parts of the...


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San Jose Universities and Education

SAN JOSE UNIVERSITIES AND EDUCATION

San Jose Area Universities

The greater Silicon Valley and San Jose area offers unparalleled opportunities for a university education.

In addition to San Jose State University, world renowned universities such as Stanford University, the University of California Berkeley, the University of California Santa Cruz, the university of California Davis and Santa Clara University. Many residents of San Jose commute to these nearby California universities. Some r...


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News Headlines

San Joses Vietnamese cafes serving up c...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:08:38 -0700
The coffee shops -- which have been in business for at least two decades in San Jose -- have always been known for the provocative attire of their waitresses. But during the past ......

San Jose homicide spike forces police t...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:35:46 -0700
Just a few hours into the New Year, Lt. Alan Cavallo, the commander of San Joses homicide detectives, stood in the rain looking down at a 15-year-old boy gunned down by a gangbang......

San Jose celebrates Juneteenth with sun...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:35:31 -0700
They came to celebrate emancipation; they stayed to sample the jerk chicken, dance the two-step and enjoy the perfect sunshine and good company at Cesar Chavez Plaza on Sunday. Sa......

2011 AFL Hall of Fame: San Jose SaberCa...
Published:Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:42:46 -0700
The Arena Football League is set to induct a Hall of Fame class for the first time since 2002, and San Jose SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet has been announced as one of ten fina......

NHL Draft 2011: San Jose Sharks Gearing...
Published:Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:57:37 -0700
The 2011 NHL Entry Draft is set to begin on Friday, June 24th and weve got your coverage of whats going down for the San Jose Sharks, currently in possession of the 28th overall p......

San Jose rallies past Modesto Nuts...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:21:16 -0700
With nine hits, the Modesto Nuts had plenty of baserunners. But the Nuts stranded eight of them in a 2-1 loss to the San Jose Giants on Sunday.......