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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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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

In 2014, the project was piloted at his school in the Alum Rock area of the city and was soon adopted by schools across the country.

From BBC • May 21, 2019

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