The Guadalupe River mainstem is an urban,northward flowing 14 miles (23 km) river in California whose much longer headwater creeks originate in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The river mainstem now begins on the Santa Clara Valley floor when Los Alamitos Creek exits Lake Almaden and joins Guadalupe Creek just downstream of Coleman Road in San Jose,California. From here it flows north through San Jose,where it receives Los Gatos Creek,a major tributary. The Guadalupe River serves as the eastern boundary of the City of Santa Clara and the western boundary of Alviso,and after coursing through San José,it empties into south San Francisco Bay at the Alviso Slough.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,more commonly known simply as the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA),is a special district responsible for public transit services,congestion management,specific highway improvement projects,and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County,California. It serves San Jose,California and the surrounding Silicon Valley. It is one of the governing parties for the Caltrain commuter rail line that serves the county.
Metro is a free weekly newspaper published by the San Jose,California,based Metro Newspapers. Also known as Metro Silicon Valley,as well as Metroactive online,the paper serves the greater Silicon Valley area. In addition to print form,Metro can be downloaded in PDF format for free from the publisher's website. Metro also keeps tabs on local politics and the "chattering" class of San Jose through its weekly column,The Fly.
The Santa Clara County Library District is a public library system headquartered in Campbell,California. The library serves the communities and cities of Campbell,Cupertino,Gilroy,Los Altos,Los Altos Hills,Milpitas,Monte Sereno,Morgan Hill,Saratoga,and all unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County. Other cities in Santa Clara County run their own library systems. In addition to these libraries,the library provides mobile library service with a bookmobile which visits preschools,retirement communities,migrant farmworker camps,and rural communities without easy access to library services. In 2020 SCCLD also launched a new website featuring a 24/7 online library.
Cindy Chavez is an American politician who serves as the Santa Clara County supervisor representing district two,which is home to nearly 400,000 residents in Downtown,East,and South San Jose. Her public service career began in the 1990s as a policy analyst for health care,public health,human services and transportation for the Board of Supervisors. She served two terms on the San Jose City Council,where she was also Vice Mayor,and also served on the board leadership of public agencies such as the San Jose Redevelopment Agency,and executive director of Working Partnerships USA and the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council. She is a graduate of San Jose State University,is married and has a son in high school.
JoséMaría de Jesus Alviso was a Californio ranchero,soldier,and politician. He served as Alcalde of San José(mayor) in 1836 and was the rancho grantee for Rancho Milpitas. Alviso is considered the founder of the city of Milpitas.
Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose,California. Like other California cardrooms,Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games.
VTA Light Rail is a light rail system in San Jose and nearby cities in Santa Clara County,California. It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,or VTA,and consists of 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of network comprising three main lines on standard gauge tracks. Originally opened on December 11,1987,the light rail system has gradually expanded since then,and currently has 60 stations in operation.
Milpitas is a city in Santa Clara County,California,in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020 census,the city population was 80,273. The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas,granted to Californio ranchero JoséMaría Alviso in 1835. Milpitas incorporated in 1954 and has since become home to numerous high tech companies,as part of Silicon Valley.
Anderson Lake,also known as Anderson Reservoir,is an artificial lake in Santa Clara County,California,United States,near Morgan Hill. The reservoir is formed by the damming of Coyote Creek just below its confluence with Las Animas Creek. A 4,275-acre (1,730 ha) county park surrounds the reservoir and provides limited fishing,picnicking,and hiking activities. Although swimming is prohibited,boating,water-skiing and jet-skiing are permitted in the reservoir.
Santa Clara County,officially the County of Santa Clara,is California's 6th most populous county,with a population of 1,936,259,as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together form the U.S. Census Bureau's San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,CA Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is part of the larger San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland,CA Combined Statistical Area. Santa Clara is the most populous county in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Northern California.
Milpitas station,also known as Milpitas Transit Center,is an intermodal transit station located near the intersection of East Capitol Avenue and Montague Expressway in Milpitas,California. The station is served by the Berryessa/North San José–Richmond and Berryessa/North San José–Daly City Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) lines,the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail Orange Line,VTA buses,and AC Transit buses.
Berryessa/North San Joséstation is an intermodal transit center located in the Berryessa district of San Jose,California. The station is served by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) buses. The transit center opened for bus service on December 28,2019,and subsequently for BART service on June 13,2020.
The Silicon Valley BART extension is an ongoing effort to expand service by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) into Santa Clara County via the East Bay from its former terminus at the Fremont station in Alameda County. Planned since at least 1981,the project has seven stations in three sequential phases.
The 2014 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 3,2014 to elect the Mayor of San Jose,California. Councilmember Sam Liccardo defeated Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese in a runoff on November 4,2014.
The Newby Island Landfill (NISL) is one of the largest active landfills on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. It is located in Santa Clara County,California in the United States. The site is located within the city limits of San Jose,California at the western terminus of Dixon Landing Road. The address is 1601 Dixon Landing Road,Milpitas. Although the address and public street access to the site are both in the City of Milpitas,the landfill property is entirely within the City of San Jose. Newby Island Landfill has a length of 5.07 km (3.15 mi). It is located West of the City of Milpitas near Dixon Landing Road and Interstate 880. It is the terminus for waste for all of San Jose (62%),Santa Clara (14%),Milpitas (10%),Cupertino (5%),Los Altos (2%) and other cities (7%). The 342-acre pile is currently permitted to operate until 2041 and may extend up to 245 feet. The landfill is an island surrounded by a levee which keeps its runoff from directly entering the bay,and the water that drains from it is treated in the landfill's own treatment plant. Electricity for the landfill is generated by burning the methane collected from the decomposition of the waste. Dried sewage sludge from the nearby San José–Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility is the material used as cover,mixed in with the trash,blending San Jose's waste streams. It is operated by Republic Services (Republic),which,along with Waste Management Incorporated,transports and disposes of most of the household trash in the United States.
San Jose Bike Party is a monthly social bicycle ride event in and around San Jose,California held on the third Friday of every month. Attendance varies with weather and time of year,usually ranging from hundreds in the winter months to low thousands in the summer. Established in 2007,it is the original 'bike party' now replicated in other cities around the world. Its motto is "Building community through cycling".
The Orange Line is a light rail line in Santa Clara County,California,and part of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system. It serves 26 stations in the cities of Mountain View,Sunnyvale,Santa Clara,San Jose,and Milpitas,traveling between Downtown Mountain View and Alum Rock stations,stopping at Ames Research Center,Great America,and Levi's Stadium along the way. The line connects to Caltrain at Mountain View and to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system at Milpitas station. The line runs for 20 hours per day on weekdays,with headways of 15 minutes for most of the day. On weekends,the train runs at 20-minute headways for most of the day. After around 8 pm on weekdays and weekends trains run at 30-minute headways.
Alex Tinming Lee is an American politician who is a member of the California State Assembly from the 25th district.
The 2022 San Jose mayoral election will be held on June 7,2022 to elect the Mayor of San Jose,California. Due to term limits,incumbent mayor Sam Liccardo is not eligible to run for reelection.
