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Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County form the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area. Santa Clara is the most populous county in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Northern California.
San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of around two million residents in 2018. [18] San Jose is notable for its innovation, cultural diversity, [19] affluence, [20] and sunny and mild Mediterranean climate. [21]
San Benito County: 069: Hollister: 1874: Monterey: Saint Benedict (Benito is a Spanish diminutive of Benedict). General Law 68,175: 1,389 sq mi (3,597 km 2) San Bernardino County: 071: San Bernardino: 1853: Los Angeles: The city of San Bernardino, named after Saint Bernardino of Siena (Spanish for Saint Bernardine) Charter 2,195,611: 20,062 sq ...
San Jose was California's first town. On November 29, 1777, on orders from the Spanish viceroy of Mexico, nine soldiers, five pobladores (settlers) with their families, and one cowboy were detailed to found the Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, named in honor of Saint Joseph. The already existing Spanish Catholic missions were not pleased with ...
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay.Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses.
As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 16th congressional district is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It encompasses the west coast and interior of San Mateo County, and the western border of Santa Clara County. San Mateo County is split between this district and the 15th district. They are partitioned by the San Francisquito Creek ...
San Jose, CA Add / Edit. ... of deaths in the wildfires that destroyed entire communities in the Los Angeles area this month has risen to 29, the county medical examiner’s office said Monday.
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. [3] 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 Portolà and Junípero Serra, about sixty miles (100 km) to the south.