Related Research Articles
San Jose,officially the City of San José,is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233,it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego,and the 13th-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay,San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2). 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.
The Mercury News is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose,California,in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group,a subsidiary of Media News Group which in turn is controlled by Alden Global Capital,a vulture fund. As of March 2013,it was the fifth largest daily newspaper in the United States,with a daily circulation of 611,194. As of 2018,the paper has a circulation of 324,500 daily and 415,200 on Sundays. As of 2021,this further declined. The Bay Area News Group no longer reports its circulation,but rather "readership". For 2021,they reported a "readership" of 312,700 adults daily.
The Tech Interactive is a science and technology center that offers hands-on activities,labs,design challenges and other STEAM education resources. It is located in downtown San Jose,California,adjacent to the Plaza de César Chávez.
Trujillo is a municipality located in Extremadura,an autonomous community of Spain in the Province of Cáceres. In 2013 the municipality had 9,086 inhabitants. Originally settled on a granite knoll,which was readily fortified,the town now extends to the southeast of its original site. Trujillo is both a centre for tourism,with more than 25 hotels,and a regional market town.
The Pruneyard Shopping Center is a 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2) open-air shopping center located in Campbell,California,at the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Bascom Avenue,just east of State Route 17. It was built in the 1960s as the PruneYard Shopping Center. It includes shops,a DoubleTree by Hilton inn,a movie theater originally built in 1964,and three office towers built in 1970,one of which is the tallest building in the area outside of downtown San Jose.
Jose "Joe" Santos Esteves was the mayor of Milpitas,California. A Republican,Esteves was born in the Philippines and graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman before immigrating to the United States in 1980. He was elected to Milpitas City Council in 1998 and went on to serve as mayor between 2002 and 2008,and again from 2010 to 2016.
KLIV is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to San Jose,California,KLIV serves San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley with a Vietnamese format simulcasting KVVN. It is one of the last independently owned stations in the Bay Area.
George Albert Starbird was mayor of San Jose,California from 1954 to 1956 and served on its City Council before and after his term as mayor.
San JoséCity Hall is the seat of the municipal government of San Jose,California. Located in Downtown San Jose,it was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier in a Postmodern style. It consists of an 18-story tower,an iconic glass rotunda,and a city council chamber wing,laid out within a two-block-long public square known as San JoséCivic Plaza. The tower rises 285 feet (87 m) above the plaza,making it the fourth tallest building in San Jose.
KZSF is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to San Jose,California,KZSF serves the San Francisco Bay Area and has a regional Mexican music format branded "La Kaliente 1370 AM." The station has been owned by Carlos A. Duharte since 2001.
The San Jose McEnery Convention Center is a convention center in Downtown San Jose,California. The 550,000-square-foot (51,000 m2) facility is the largest convention center in Silicon Valley. It is known for hosting high-profile technology conferences and events like the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and Facebook F8,as well as non-tech events like FanimeCon and Silicon Valley Comic Con.
Creative Convergence Silicon Valley,or C2SV,was an annual multi-day music festival and technology conference held each fall in San Jose,California,United States from 2012 to 2016. It was founded in 2012 as the Silicon Valley Sound eXperience (SVSX),a one-day event,3 p.m. to midnight on September 22 at various downtown San Jose venues,founded by Dan Pulcrano,the CEO of Metro Newspapers.
The following is a timeline of the history of San Jose,California,United States.
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.
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".
St. James Park is a 6.8-acre (2.8 ha) park in downtown San Jose,California. Originally laid out as St. James Square in 1848,local newspapers dubbed the site a park in 1885,shortly after a fountain was installed in the center of the area. In 1933,two men who were accused of kidnapping and murdering Brooke Hart were lynched in St. James Park. Since then,a road and light rail tracks have been added,bisecting the park;it is now a popular gathering spot for the homeless population of San Jose.
The 2022 San Jose mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next mayor of San Jose for a two-year term. A top-two primary was held on June 7,2022,and no candidate received more than 50% in this primary election. Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San Jose City Councilmember Matt Mahan advanced to a November 8 runoff election. On November 16,Cindy Chavez conceded the race to Matt Mahan.
The 1974 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose,California. It saw an initial election held on June 4,1974,followed by a runoff election on November 5,1974,after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the initial election. The runoff was won by Janet Gray Hayes,who became the first female mayor of the city,making San Jose the first United States city of more than 500,000 residents to elect a female mayor.
Frank Fiscalini was an American politician and educator. He served on the San Jose City Council as Vice Mayor and led the East Side Union High School District as superintendent for more than 20 years.
References
- ↑ "Pizarro: Former San Jose mayor's words among treasures discovered in library time capsule". September 5, 2013.
- 1 2 "New Mayor of San Jose is Japanese". Milwaukee Journal . Associated Press. April 14, 1971. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pizarro, Sal (September 5, 2013). "Former San Jose mayor's words among treasures discovered in library time capsule". San Jose Mercury News . Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ↑ Trounstine, Philip J. (1982). "Flashback: A Short Political History of San Jose (excerp from "Movers and Shakers")" (PDF). San Jose State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ↑ "1970 SJPL Time Capsule: Materials placed in the time capsule of the San Jose Public Library, 180 W. San Carlos St. May 14, 1970, 3:00 p.m." San José Public Library . 2013. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
 | This article about a mayor in California is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |