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Bernal Road — named after Ygnacio Bernal's 400 acres of fruit and vegetable farmland in southeast San Jose. Berryessa Road — named after San Jose pioneer Nicholas Berryessa and his descendants. Bird Avenue — named after Isaac and Calvert Bird, who lived in the area.
In 1974, the government of San Jose instituted the Rincon de los Esteros Redevelopment Plan, to develop the Rincon de los Esteros district into a major tech hub for Silicon Valley. [15] In 1998, the city established a specific plan for Rincon South, which has since been a separate neighborhood from the rest of Rincon. [16] [17] [18]
By 1820 Spanish influence was marked by the chain of missions reaching from Loreto, north to San Diego, to just north of today's San Francisco Bay Area, and extended inland approximately 25 to 50 miles (40 to 80 km) from the missions. Outside of this zone, perhaps 200,000 to 250,000 Native Americans were continuing to lead traditional lives.
North San Jose is made up of numerous neighborhoods grouped into three districts: Alviso, Berryessa, and Rincon / Golden Triangle. North San Jose is bordered by the San Francisco Bay and Milpitas to the north, the Diablo Range to the east, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale to the west, and bound in the south by the Bayshore Freeway (US-101), Nimitz ...
An aerial view of California State Route 237, Sunnyvale, looking east, taken from above a parking garage on the north side of the road California State Route 237, San Jose, looking east from above Santa Clara. Route 237 begins at a junction of Grant Road with El Camino Real (SR 82) in Mountain View, as a four lane divided highway.
Alum Rock (/ ˈ æ l əm /) is a district of San Jose, California, located in East San Jose. Formerly an independent town, it has been a neighborhood of San Jose since the 1950s, [3] though some portions are still unincorporated as a census-designated place. [4] Alum Rock is one of San Jose's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican-American ...
William Byas Gibson (1831–1906), originally from Virginia, moved from Missouri to California in 1850 with other "overlanders" seeking fortune in California's gold laden hills. He travelled via covered wagon and settled on Cache Creek in 1850, where he built a modest home.
The road is a winding two-lane road for the majority of its length until it approaches Fruitvale Avenue in Saratoga. SR 9 winds through the mountains north of Santa Cruz, passing through the communities of Paradise Park , Felton , Ben Lomond , Brookdale , and Boulder Creek , where State Route 236 departs from SR 9 to provide access to Big Basin ...