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Alum Rock

American  
[al-uhm] / ˈæl əm /

noun

  1. a town in W central California, near San Jose.


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In Birmingham several inches of water covered parts of Alum Rock Road while the Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul festival site in the city Moseley Park had to be abandoned.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2023

Before that, a magnitude 5.4 temblor hit near Alum Rock in San Jose in 2007.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022

The earthquake occurred four miles from Morgan Hill, 12 miles from Gilroy, 13 miles from Alum Rock and 15 miles from Los Gatos.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2021

The church itself is a small white structure, with the requisite red door, atop a hill on Alum Rock Road in New Park, not far from the Mason-Dixon Line.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2018

This grows in the Monte Diablo Range; and Niles and Alum Rock are convenient places to find it.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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