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The South Bay: Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain...
In 1960 this was the largest fruit-growing and canning region on Earth. Eleven years later somebody printed the words Silicon Valley. Here are the towns underneath it.
The South Bay: Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain...
In 1960 this was the largest fruit-growing and canning region on Earth. Eleven years later somebody printed the words Silicon Valley. Here are the towns underneath it.
A San Jose Guide: Japantown, Willow Glen, the E...
Founded four years before Los Angeles. California's first state capital. One of three Japantowns left in America. And a downtown whose tallest building is 300 feet.
A San Jose Guide: Japantown, Willow Glen, the E...
Founded four years before Los Angeles. California's first state capital. One of three Japantowns left in America. And a downtown whose tallest building is 300 feet.
Concord: Todos Santos, Mount Diablo and Port Ch...
The biggest city in Contra Costa County, a plaza that still carries the town's original name, and the deadliest home-front disaster of the Second World War.
Concord: Todos Santos, Mount Diablo and Port Ch...
The biggest city in Contra Costa County, a plaza that still carries the town's original name, and the deadliest home-front disaster of the Second World War.
Livermore: A Light Bulb, a Wine Valley and an E...
Wine since 1883, coal before that, a national laboratory, a bulb that has been burning since 1901, and a chemical element named after the town.
Livermore: A Light Bulb, a Wine Valley and an E...
Wine since 1883, coal before that, a national laboratory, a bulb that has been burning since 1901, and a chemical element named after the town.
Pleasanton: Main Street, the Fairgrounds and a ...
The town is named after a Civil War general whose name is spelled differently, was once called the most desperate town in the West, and has a racetrack older than...
Pleasanton: Main Street, the Fairgrounds and a ...
The town is named after a Civil War general whose name is spelled differently, was once called the most desperate town in the West, and has a racetrack older than...
Walnut Creek: The Corners, the Mountain, and th...
A cattle ranch that became a shopping district, 2,700 acres of open space nobody outside town knows about, and the Mount Diablo claim that turns out to be false.
Walnut Creek: The Corners, the Mountain, and th...
A cattle ranch that became a shopping district, 2,700 acres of open space nobody outside town knows about, and the Mount Diablo claim that turns out to be false.