San Jose, California is now the third highest populated city in the state, with 939,899 residents calling it home. Situated in the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley), the once sleepy residential city has now become a booming high-tech center. The city is surrounded on three sides by mountains. The sun shines seemingly perpetually and the climate is considered Mediterranean. That means that the citizens of San Jose enjoy moderate winters and warm summers and approximately 14” of rain annually.
The architecture of the city varies radically, from the very traditional to the ultra contemporary, as expressed in its City Hall design. The atmosphere is park like and often rural in the mysriad housing developments and subdivisions that are in and around the city. To help you find what you need when visiting San Jose, the Californiabusiness directory offers not only numbers but also helpful information including maps.
One would assume that the economy is driven by companies such as high-tech companies, and that assumption would be correct. Companies located here are Adobe Systems, Flextronics, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lockheed-Martin and numerous other technological giants. Also helping to generate revenue for the area are the University of California-Berkeley and University of California-Santa Cruz, and Stanford University. The yellow pages will provide interested parties with listings of the companies and universities, some of which have broken the listings into department for ease of access.
Adding to the cultural aspect of the city are the Opera San Jose, Ballet San Jose, Symphony Silicon Valley, the Children’s Musical Theatre of San Jose, the San Jose Museum of Art, the HP Pavilion at San Jose, Alum Rock Park, Kirk Park (home of the Young People’s Theatre) and many other parks and entertainment venues. You can also check out BestSanJose.net for the best businesses in San Jose, CA.