San Jose Travel Information
Consistently voted as one of the sunniest, safest, and overall best
places to live in the country, San Jose (pop. 930,000) and the
surrounding area is rapidly gaining the name recognition enjoyed by
its famous West Coast neighbors. Situated at the south end of the San
Francisco Bay, San Jose is one of California’s oldest cities, and is
the eleventh largest in the nation. Nestled between the forested
green slopes of the Diablo and Santa Cruz mountain ranges, San Jose
has a year-round average temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and
more than 300 annual days of sunshine. The climate has attracted
thousands to visit or relocate to this amenable area. With the
explosive growth, art galleries, museums, sports teams, and shopping
complexes have all appeared, joining the churches, vineyards, and
spectacular scenery that have made their home here for
centuries. Among San Jose’s other claims to fame is the major role
that “Silicon Valley" plays in the computer and Internet industry. The
technological breakthroughs made at Stanford University in Palo Alto
helped found one of the most significant industries of the century.
Many of the most prominent computing companies, including Hewlett
Packard, Intel, Apple, Yahoo, and Sun Microsystems, came out of this
area. San Jose is located about 45 minutes south of San Francisco in west central California.
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