10 Best Places to Visit in California 2019 - Travel Video
There’s more to California than just movie stars and Disneyland. This is a state that boasts a large number of stunning natural attractions, including beautiful beaches, serene deserts and majestic mountains. California is also home to a number of exciting major cities, charming towns and to some of the world’s best wineries.
Visit San Jose, California, U.S.A.: Things to do in San Jose - The Capital of Silicon Valley
Visit San Jose - Top 10 Things which can be done in San Jose. What you can visit in San Jose - Most visited touristic attractions of San Jose
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① Downtown
The central business district of the city. Buildings are not allowed to exceed 27 stories in height. Home to many of the city's landmarks, including the headquarters of Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, the San Jose Museum of Art.
② Winchester Mystery House
A mansion which was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester. Renowned for its size, its architectural curiosities, and its lack of any master building plan.
③ Children's Discovery Museum
Ranked by Child Magazine as one of the top 10 children’s museums in the United States and ranked by the London Observer as one of the top 5 science centers in the world. Builds and displays interactive exhibits that they believe respond to children's diverse educational needs.
④ Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
A small 16-acre (6.5 ha) zoo and amusement park. Over 140 animals in the zoo. Features rides and structures for toddlers and children featuring slides, swings, ropes and climbing areas. Exhibits petting zoo with an animal barn.
⑤ Municipal Rose Garden
A rose garden. Features more than 3,500 shrubs representing 189 rose varieties. 5.5 acres in size. Once a prune orchard. On August 12, 2010 the AARS named it America's Best Rose Garden, in the first nationwide contest of its kind.
⑥ Alum Rock Park
Founded in 1872, was the first municipal park in the U.S. state of California. The 720 acre (2.9 km2) park offers 13 miles (21 km) of trails. The valley includes a visitor center, a small museum/animal rehab facility, picnic areas, playgrounds, lawns, sand volleyball pits, mineral springs, lush plant life, woodlands, creek play opportunities, and occasional group camping.
⑦ Santa Clara Valley
The valley, named after the Spanish Mission Santa Clara, was for a time known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight for its high concentration of orchards, flowering trees, and plants. Until the 1960s it was the largest fruit production and packing region in the world with 39 canneries.
⑧ Japantown
The portion of San Jose bounded by First Street to the west, 8th Street to the east, Empire Street to the south and Taylor Street to the north. Designated as an authentic ethnic neighborhood and is home to many traditional Japanese restaurants as well. One of the last three remaining historical Japantowns in the United States.
⑨ Flea Market
The largest open-air market in the U.S. Was founded by George Bumb Sr. in March 1960. Become a California landmark with over four million visitors. Features a variety of entertainment options every weekend.
⑩ Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
A large Roman Catholic church. The minor basilica is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose. The basilica is named for Saint Joseph, patron saint of the universal church.
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San Jose, California, United States. History, Economy, Climate etc
San Jose is the largest city in Northern California. San Jose is an economic, cultural and political center of Silicon Valley. San Jose is a global city. It is notable as a center of innovation, for its affluence, weather, and high cost of living. San Jose is one of the wealthiest major cities in the United States and the world.
LOCATION
Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes on average one or two times a year.
The Guadalupe River runs from the Santa Cruz Mountains flowing north through San Jose, ending in the San Francisco Bay at Alviso.
HISTORY
San Jose was officially founded as California's first civilian settlement on 29 November 1777, the first city founded in the California. San Jose became part of the First Mexican Empire in 1821, after Mexico's won against the Spanish Crown in the War of Independence. On 11 July 1846, Captain Thomas Fallon conquered San Jose for the California Republic in the Mexican–American War, officially ending Mexican rule in Alta California.
By the 1990s, San Jose and the rest of Silicon Valley had become the global center for the high tech and internet industries, making it California's fastest-growing economy.
POPULATION
It is the third most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego and the tenth most populous in United States.
EDUCATION
San Jose is home to several colleges and universities. The largest is San Jose State University, which was founded by the California legislature in 1862.
CLIMATE
San Jose, like most of the Bay Area, has a Mediterranean climate. San Jose has an average of 301 days of sunshine and an annual mean temperature of 15.8 °C. Because of a more prominent rain shadow from the Santa Cruz Mountains, Downtown San Jose experiences the lightest rainfall in the city. With the light rainfall, San Jose and its suburbs experience about 300 fully or partly sunny days a year. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from around 10 °C in December and January to around 21.1 °C in July and August.
COMMUNICATION
Rail service to and from San Jose is provided by Amtrak. VTA also operates many bus routes in San Jose and the surrounding communities, as well as offering paratransit services to local residents. Additionally, the Highway 17 Express bus line connects central San Jose with Santa Cruz. San Jose is served by Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport,two miles northwest of downtown, and by Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County a general aviation airport located in the eastern part of San Jose.
GOVERNMENT
The city has a council-manager government with a city manager nominated by the mayor and elected by the city council. The San Jose City Council is made up of ten council members elected by district, and a mayor elected by the entire city. During city council meetings, the mayor presides, and all eleven members can vote on any issue. The mayor has no veto powers. Council members and the mayor are elected to four-year terms. The City Manager is the chief administrative officer of the city.
ARCHITECTURE
San Jose has many examples of houses with fine architecture. Late 19th century and early 20th century styles exist in neighborhoods such as Hanchett Park, Naglee Park, Rose Garden, and Willow Glen. Notable architects include Frank Delos Wolfe, Theodore Lenzen, Charles McKenzie and Julia Morgan.
ECONOMY
The San Jose Metropolitan Area has the most millionaires and the most billionaires in the United States. San Jose has the most expensive housing market in the country and the fifth most expensive housing market in the world. Major global tech companies including Cisco Systems, eBay, Cadence Design Systems, Adobe Systems, PayPal, Brocade, Samsung, Acer, and Western Digitalmaintain their headquarters in San Jose, in the center of Silicon Valley.
The cost of living in San Jose and the surrounding areas is among the highest in California and the nation.
SILICON VALLEY
The large concentration of high-technology engineering, computer, and microprocessor companies around San Jose has led the area to be known as Silicon Valley. San Jose residents produce more U.S. patents than any other city. By April 2018, Google was in the process of planning the biggest tech campus in Silicon Valley in San Jose.
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By placing Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove under federal protection in 1864, Abraham Lincoln paved the way for what would later become California's Yosemite National Park. See the tallest waterfall in North America, massive sequoia trees in Mariposa Grove, and endless wildlife throughout the park. From mountainous vistas to valleys of wildflowers, it is clear why this sprawling wilderness has awed and inspired the likes of John Muir and Ansel Adams.
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