Northern California’s Largest City Our population of 925,000, changes each year. San José is the third largest city in California and on the West Coast, and is the 11th largest city in the nation. San José is larger than San Francisco just to the north of us, Boston, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Miami, Denver and New Orleans. .

Location and Climate
San José is located between the Diablo and Santa Cruz mountain ranges, San José encompasses 170-square miles at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. We are about 45 minutes south of San Francisco a must see if your visiting and 70 minutes northeast of Monterey a beautiful place to visit especially the aquarium. We have alot of sunshine nearly 300 days! San José enjoys an average temperature of 70-degrees in July and 50-degrees in January. "California casual" that constitutes most any attire for daytime and most evening outings. A sweater or light jacket is suggested for evenings, with coats advisable for November and sometimes through March.

History and Historic Sites
We have alot of history in San José. San José was founded in 1777, and is the oldest civil settlement in California.The missions here are incredible. It was also the state’s first capital (before California became an official state), with the first legislature convening in a two-story adobe in December 1849. Primarily an agricultural-focused city in the early to mid-20th century, San José is now known as the Capital of Silicon Valley for the area’s many high technology companies.

Symbols of the city’s long history can still be found in the complex known as History Park, which includes the preserved and restored Peralta Adobe, built in 1797; the Fallon House, built in 1855; a historic working trolley and 25-acres of turn-of-the-century landmark buildings located at Kelley Park