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  Apartment Rental San Jose California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road - The San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road was a railroad incorporated on August 18, 1860 and consists of 49.5 miles of track running the San Francisco Peninsula from San Francisco, California to San Jose, California.
Japantown, San Jose, California - Japantown is the portion of San Jose, California bounded by First Street to the west, 8th street to the east, Jackson Street to the south and Taylor Street to the north; it is just north of Downtown San Jose.
San Jose de Gracia: Mexican Village in Transition by John Upton, The village of San Jose de Gracia is not mentioned in any history of Mexico, nor is it referred to in...
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  Science Fair Projects - San Jose, California
San José (officially the City of San José) is a large city in the U.S. state of California and is the county seat of Santa Clara County.
The San Francisco Bay metropolitan area, of which San Jose forms part, is the fourth largest in the U.S. San José was the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (later Alta California), founded in 1777 as a farming community to provide food for nearby military installations.
San Jose is a charter city under California law, giving it the power to enact local ordinances that may conflict with state law, within the limits provided by the charter.
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 San Francisco - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The City and County of San Francisco (population 776,773), the fourth-largest city in the state of California, United States in terms of population, is a consolidated city-county situated at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula that forms San Francisco Bay.
European discovery and exploration of the San Francisco Bay Area began in 1542 and culminated with the mapping of the bay in 1775.
San Francisco is both a city and a county, and is the only one of California's 58 counties to possess that unique status.
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 San Jose, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San José (officially the City of San José ; prounounced [sæn hoʊˈzeɪ] (see IPA) or, in rapid speech, [sænəˈzeɪ]) is the third largest city in the U.S. state of California and is the county seat of Santa Clara County.
The San Francisco Bay Area, of which San Jose forms part, is the fourth largest in the U.S. San José was the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (later Alta California), founded in 1777 as a farming community to provide food for nearby military installations.
San Jose residents produce more U.S. patents than any other city, the average worker productivity in San Jose is double the national average, and 35 percent of venture capital funds in the U.S. are invested in San Jose and Silicon Valley companies.
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 San Jose, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
She moved from Connecticut to San Jose and began a construction project of such magnitude that it was to occupy the lives of carpenters and craftsmen until her death: the house was continually under construction for thirty-eight years.
San Jose was a conservative Republican bastion until the 1980s, when continued population growth yielded a political shift away from the more conservative agricultural heritage still shared by most of rural California to a more urban outlook, mirroring the voting patterns of the more densely populated urban centers of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
San Jose was the host of ArenaBowl XVI on August 18, 2002 in which the San Jose SaberCats defeated the Arizona Rattlers, 52-14.
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 San Jose, California - Travelers Digest
San Jose Downtown Association - business and property owners working to enhance the vitality and livability of downtown.
San Jose Living - places to visit, performances to enjoy, festivals to celebrate, and pointers to hundreds of other interesting things in and around the city.
San Jose Points of Interest [sanjose.org] - the most popular places to visit including museums, amusement parks and theaters, nightlife, wineries and other recreational venues.
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 San Jose, California - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
San Jose has a council-manager government, with a city manager nominated by the mayor and elected by the city council.
San Jose was to have been the home of the Demons of the XFL, but the team moved to San Francisco prior to the start of the season.
San Jose is served by the medium-sized Mineta San Jose International Airport, two miles northwest of downtown, as well as San Francisco International Airport, a major international hub 35 miles northwest.
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 San Jose Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Weather, Map and Attractions
San Jose was recently named the third “Most Fun City in America,” by Cranium Inc., and you’ll find most anything here - theme parks, world class restaurants and shopping, arts, professional sports, outdoor recreation and museums.
San Jose’s Japantown is a popular tourist stop, and other places of interest include the Children’s Discovery Museum, Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, the Japanese Friendship Garden and the J. Lohr Winery & Tasting Room.
San Jose is conveniently located just 45 minutes south of San Francisco and an hour and a half to Monterey Bay, and has 300 days of sunshine per year with an average annual temperature of 70 degrees.
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 America's Most Livable: San Jose, CA
San José is also recognized as a leader in recycling building materials, diverting about 200,000 tons of construction and demolition debris from landfills last year.
San José's Water Pollution Control Plant again met 100 percent of state and federal water quality regulations this year, and was recognized with the Peak Performance Gold Award from the American Municipal Sewerage Agencies.
San José's Alum Rock Youth Center was given the 2004 Award of Excellence in Facility Design by the California Parks and Recreation Society, for promoting participation in recreation, strengthening community image and sense of place, facilitating community problem solving, strengthening safety and security, increasing cultural unity and protecting environmental resources.
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 Florist San Jose California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A housing florist san jose california and population expansion that began in the 1950s exploded with San Jose's rebirth as a technological mecca.
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San Jose Japantown is one of the last three major Japantowns that remain in the United States.
Japantown Community Congress of San Jose (JCCsj) was created to continue the cultural and historical preservation of our 100+ year old multi-ethnic Japantown.
The Japantown Community Congress will use the profits from this festival to continue their efforts for the historical and cultural preservation of Japantown San Jose.
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 San Francisco, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The City and County of San Francisco (population 776,773), the fourth-largest city in the state of California, United States, is a consolidated city-county situated at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula that forms San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco is one of the most densely populated cities in the United States.
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is the regional transit system, which connects San Francisco with the East Bay and the San Mateo County, California communities on the San Francisco Peninsula.
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 San Jose travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Often known as "The Capital of Silicon Valley," San Jose [1] is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in California, and the 10th largest city in the United States.
San Jose is home to one of the Bay Area's three international airports, San Jose International (SJC).
The telescopes of Lick Observatory [30], operated by the University of California, crown the summit and are open to the public at daytime.
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 Japantown Atlas Home
Preserving California's Japantowns is documenting 43 California's Japantowns, photographing pre-war buildings and sites that survive to this day, and collecting oral histories, photos, etc. We plan to link each other's maps, photos, and stories as our data takes shape.
California Japantowns.org includes virtual tours of the three surviving Japantowns - San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles.
Japantown Atlas Project is supported by a generous grant from the California State Library: California Civil Liberties Public Education Project (CCLPEP) in 2006-2007.
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 Dodge San Jose California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A housing dodge san jose california and population expansion that began in the 1950s exploded with San Jose's rebirth as a technological mecca.
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 San Francisco Bay Guardian | News
Prior to the war, her grandparents operated a grocery store in Japantown but were forced to evacuate and lost their business.
Though the Japanese American population in Japantown is on the decline, it is still a strong cultural hub, with 150 small businesses, a cultural center, several social service agencies, and a bilingual preschool.
"Japantown is not just people who live or work here — Japanese Americans come back to Japantown for a sense of community," said Sandy Mori of Kimochi, a senior service agency based in Japantown that serves 2,000 elderly Japanese Americans in the Bay Area.
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 SAN JOSE 10th largest US city
San Jose is proud of the cultural and ethnic diversity of its population, and the rich cultural identity of its many neighborhoods.
The population in San Jose is 27% Asian and 30% Hispanic.
San Jose boasts the highest disposable household income of anywhere in the country.
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 San Jose California Travel Guide
San Jose is known for its great dining, wines and cultural neighborhoods.
It’s not uncommon for cities have a neighborhood that is dedicated to a specific culture, but San Jose puts most to shame with its amazing Japantown.
It would be near impossible to not catch a game or show at the HP Pavilion, otherwise known as the Shark Tank, home to the San Jose Sharks.
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 San Jose, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The line is single track between San Jose Diridon to just before Fruitdale, then double track through Bascom, and becomes single track as it crosses Hamilton on an elevated viaduct (easily the most spectacular feature and station on the branch) before becoming double track again just east of Downtown Campbell, remaining that way to Winchester.
In the meantime, service to San Fernando and San Jose Diridon Stations, which were not part of the FRA-controlled portion of the route, began on July 29 with an unusual operation using 3-car trains from the Santa Teresa Branch terminating at San Jose Diridon.
This was to move crowds attending the first San Jose Grand Prix auto race, which had downtown blocked off, severing normal operations for three days.
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 California Japantowns
A virtual tour of San Jose's Japantown is now online with an interactive map of Little Tokyo Japantown to be featured soon, as we share information about efforts to preserve and plan for the future of these invaluable cultural and community resources.
The three Japantowns in San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles that remain in the state of California are home to many community and cultural organizations, festivals, religious institutions, retail shops, and restaurants that reflect their history and culture.
These Japantowns are the last of the major Japanese communities to survive the demolition during urban renewal in the 1950’s and 1960’s and the forced evacuation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II.
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 San Jose California : Hotels : Restaurants : Real Estate
San Jose's lodging options range from budget hotels and motels to luxurious retreats.
Neighborhoods in San Jose, such as Willow Glen, Blossom Valley, Cambrian and Evergreen hold great community pride, and the residents maintain the area's natural beauty accordingly.
Others may choose to use south San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County, or San Francisco International Airport which is located 35 miles northwest of the city.
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 Nihonmachi Little Friends | Programs | Links and Resources
TeamTech San Francisco : TeamTech San Francisco is assisting Bay Area nonprofits in effectively using technology to increase the impact of their work in the low income communities they serve.
TeamTech San Francisco has joined with the Northern California Council for the Community, through the United Way of the Bay Area, to strengthen the capacity of community based organizations to provide services throughout the Bay Area.
The Japantown Business Association : A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Japantown as a unique ethnic neighborhood offering a rare blend of business, cultural, and historical resources; located in San Jose.
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 Press Release :: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, California, 8th District
Affectionately called J-town, San Francisco Japantown is the oldest and joins San Jose and Los Angeles as the only remaining Japantowns in the continental United States.
Japantown is more than just a physical location where Japanese people migrated after the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, a distinctive area where the Japanese culture is on display, or a tourist destination.
Japantown represents more than 100 years of a unique immigrant experience, which started with the arrival of the first generation - the Issei.
www.house.gov /pelosi/press/releases/Sept06/Japantown.html   (595 words)

  
 Pact signed to ‘preserve Japantown’ - Examiner.com
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - City officials have reached a pact with a developer to preserve the cultural character of two Japantown malls and a hotel whose sale had neighborhood residents worried about the demise of one of the nation's few remaining Japanese enclaves.
Japantown residents are anxious about the sale of the malls and hotels, along with the Kabuki 8 movie theater.
Residents fear the sales will result in the final blow to the community, which along with Japantowns in San Jose and Los Angeles is one of only three in the United States.
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 California, San Jose - Sacramento Chamber of Commerce Tourist Information sponsored by Destination Partners LLC
San Jose is now considered to be the Capitol of Silicon Valley.
When it comes to location, we not only give you easy access to San Jose and its surroundings, we put you right where you want to be.
Whether your stay in San Jose is for business or pleasure, it should be a worry-free experience that delights your senses and makes you feel comfortable and at home.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Fears of Japantown's demise as neighborhood celebrates centennial
SAN FRANCISCO – As organizers prepared for the centennial of the nation's oldest Japanese-American community, some worried that Japantown's birthday bash could become its memorial service.
The excitement surrounding the festivities was quickly overshadowed by news that three-quarters of the real estate in the historic San Francisco neighborhood, which grew from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake, had been sold amid weak revenue and lagging tourism.
Japantowns, or Nihonmachis, once flourished in West Coast cities prior to World War II.
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 San Francisco Travel Guide - USA Tourist
The area near San Jose and Santa Clara is known as "Silicon Valley", home of the largest concentration of electronics and computer firms in the USA.
San Francisco was founded in 1776 when father Junipero Serra constructed the mission San Dolores to Christianize the local native Indian population.
By 1849, San Francisco was inundated with "forty-niners" as the gold seekers were commonly called, and the population of the city exploded.
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