Center for the electronics and high-tech (see also high-tech) industries. (See Silicon Valley.)
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Noel Grigsby played for Garrett, went on to San José State and has been an assistant coach since 2014.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
San José tech company Cisco plans to cut 471 workers in three Bay Area offices, according to layoff notices filed to a state agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Cisco’s layoffs in California impacted workers in its San José, Milpitas and San Francisco offices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The agency told the San José Spotlight that the project is an ICE office and denied that it would be a detention center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
She slowed to a walk as soon as she hit the main road in San José del Cabo and checked her shirt.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
Yet Justin and Rose Taylor allege in a federal lawsuit that Sunnyvale School District, near San Jose, is denying them the same ability to opt out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
A person who had an infectious case of measles is believed to have traveled through San Francisco International Airport and visited two businesses in San Jose this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Throughout the film, the audience is reminded repeatedly that the furniture store where this all starts is at the corner of Capitol and McKee, in San Jose, California, in fall 1990.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
The contest has become the most expensive California gubernatorial race on record, with immense ad spending by Steyer and Silicon Valley support for another Democratic candidate, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Melander himself had run into difficulty with the San Jose scale, for some years satisfactorily controlled by spraying with lime sulfur.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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