Sunnyvale ( ) is a city located in Santa Clara County, California. In the US Census 2010, the population was 140,095.
Sunnyvale is the seventh most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and one of the major cities of Silicon Valley. It borders the sections of San Jose to the north, Moffett Federal Airfield to the northwest, Mountain View to the west, Los Altos to the southwest, Cupertino to the south, and Santa Clara to the east. It is located along the historic El Camino Real and Highway 101.
As part of a high-tech area of ​​California known as Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale is the headquarters of many technology companies and is a major operating center for many more. It is also home to some space companies/defense. Sunnyvale is also home to the Onizuka Air Force Station, often referred to as the "Blue Cube" because of the color and shape of its main building that is not windowed. The facility, formerly known as Sunnyvale Air Force Station, was named the Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka. It served as an artificial satellite control facility of the United States army until August 2010 and has since been disabled and destroyed.
Sunnyvale is one of several US cities with an integrated Department of Public Safety, where all personnel are trained as firefighters, police and EMT, so they can respond to emergencies in one of the three roles.
The library service for the city is provided by the Sunnyvale Public Library, located at the Sunnyvale Civic Center.
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Histori
When the Spaniards first arrived in the 1770s in Santa Clara Valley, it was populated by Native American Ohlone. But from the beginning with the arrival of Spaniards, smallpox, measles and other new diseases greatly reduced the Ohlone population. In 1777, Mission Santa Clara was founded by Franciscan missionaries, Padre Junipero Serra, and was originally located in San Jose (near the place that is now the foundation of San Jose International Airport).
1800s
In 1842, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas was given to Francisco Estrada and his wife, Inez Castro. The portion of land granted in this grant was then developed into towns in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. Two years later, in 1844, another land grant was given to Lupe YÃÆ' Â ± igo, one of the few Native Americans holding a land grant. The land grant was first called Rancho Posolmi, named in honor of the Ohlone village that once stood in the area. Rancho Posolmi later became known as Rancho Ynigo.
Martin Murphy Jr. came to California with his father as part of the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party in 1844. In 1850, Martin Murphy Jr. bought a piece of Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas for $ 12,500. Murphy set up a wheat farm and a farm named Bay View. Murphy owns the first wooden frame house in Santa Clara County; it was sent from New England. The house was demolished in 1961 but reconstructed in 2008 as the Heritage Garden Museum of Sunnyvale. When he died in 1884, his land was divided among his heirs.
In 1860, San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road were allowed to install rails in Bay View and established the Murphy Station. Lawrence Station was later established on the southern edge of Bay View.
In the 1870s, small orchards replaced many large wheat fields, as wheat farming became uneconomical due to state and property tax laws, land imports and degradation. In 1871, Dr. James M. Dawson and his wife Eloise (nÃÆ' Â © e Jones) established the first fruit canning factory in the county. Fruit farming for canning soon became a major industry in this area. The discovery of refrigerated trains further enhances the economic viability of fruit. The orchard became so common that in 1886, the San Jose Trade Council called Santa Clara County a "World Park".
In the 1880s, Chinese workers made up about a third of the peasants in Santa Clara County. This percentage decreases over time after the Chinese Exclusion Law is passed. In the next decade, in the 1890s, many immigrants from Italy, the Azores, Portugal, and Japan arrived to work in the orchard.
In 1897, Walter Everett Crossman bought 200 acres (809,000 m 2 ) and started selling real estate. He advertised the area as "Beautiful Murphy" and later, in the 1900s, as "The City of Destiny". Also in 1897, Encina School opened as the first school in Murphy. Previously, children in town had to travel to Mountain View for school.
1900s
In 1901, Murphy residents were told they could not use the name of Encinal or Murphy for their post office. Sunnyvale was named today on March 24, 1901. It was named Sunnyvale because it is located in a sunny area adjacent to a region with significantly more fog.
Sunnyvale continued to grow and in 1904, the production of dried fruit began. Two years later, Libby, McNeill & amp; Libby, a Chicago meat packing company, decided to open its first fruit packing plant in Sunnyvale. Today, the water tower painted to resemble Libby's first cocktail fruit can mark the former factory site.
Also in 1906, Joshua Hendy Iron Works moved from San Francisco to Sunnyvale after the company building was destroyed by fire after the earthquake of 1906. The ironworks was the first non-agricultural industry in the city. The company then moved from producing mining equipment to other products such as marine steam engines.
In 1912, Sunnyvale residents chose to join, and Sunnyvale became an official city.
Fremont High School first opened in 1923.
In 1930, Congress decided to put the West Coast balloon base in Sunnyvale. This naval airfield was later renamed Moffett Naval Air Station and then Moffett Federal Airfield and is usually called Moffett Field.
In 1939, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA, NASA pioneer) began research at Ames Laboratory.
During World War II, the war economy began to change from fruit industry to high-tech industry in Santa Clara County. Joshua Hendy Iron Works builds marine steam engines, naval weapons, and rocket launchers to aid in war effort. As the defense industry grows, the shortage of workers in the agricultural industry is created. Mexican immigrants come to Sunnyvale to fill this worker's void.
After the war, orchards and cornfields were cleared to build houses, factories and offices. In 1956, Lockheed aircraft manufacturer moved its headquarters to Sunnyvale. Since then, many high-tech companies have set up offices and headquarters in Sunnyvale, including Advanced Micro Devices and Yahoo. The first prototype of Pong , one of the first arcade videogames, was installed at Sunnyvale in August 1972, in a bar called Andy Capp's Tavern, now Rooster T. Feathers. In 2002, some of the remaining gardens have been replaced with homes and shops. However, there are still city-owned gardens, such as Orchard Heritage next to the Sunnyvale Community Center.
In 1979, an indoor mall called Sunnyvale Town Center opened in what used to be a shopping district in a traditional city center. After years of successful operations, the mall began to decline in the 1990s. After many changes in plans and ownership, the mall was dismantled in 2007.
2000s
Sunnyvale celebrates its hundredth anniversary on August 25, 2012.
In November 2009, previously closed sections of the main streets of downtown Sunnyvale reopened as part of the ongoing redevelopment of the center of Sunnyvale Center, marking the first time in more than three decades that the road blocks had opened to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. In December 2009, work began to complete the exterior of residential buildings on McKinley Ave and Washington Ave, two office towers at Mathilda and attenuate the remaining redwood Square buildings completed partially until project resolution can be determined. Both office towers are now fully occupied by Apple and Nokia.
The mixed-use development has been built in the former Town and Country location near Plaza del Sol just north of Murphy Avenue. By mid 2015 there is a new mulitistory apartment complex plus a number of ground floor businesses.
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Geography
Sunnyvale is located on 37Ã, Â ° 22? 7.56? N 122 Â ° 2? 13.4? W .
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​22.7 m² (58.8 km 2 ), where, 22.0 m² (56.9 km 2 ) of soil and 0.69Ã, sqÃ, mi (1,8Ã, km 2 ) of it (3.09%) is water. The altitude is 130 meters above sea level.
Climate
Like most of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sunnyvale has a Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and mild and warm and very dry summers. The average daytime summer temperatures are in the high 70s, and during the winter, average daytime high temperatures rarely fall below 50Ã, Â ° F (10Ã, Â ° C). The snow was rare, but on January 21, 1962, and February 5, 1976, measurable snowfalls occurred in Sunnyvale and most of the San Francisco Bay Area. Sunnyvale was hit by a tornado in 1998, but on the contrary they were very rare.
Demographics
The 2010 US Census reported that Sunnyvale had a population of 140,081. Population density is 6,173.9 people per square mile (2,383.8/km 2 ). Sunnyvale's racial makeup is 60,193 (43.0%) White, 2,735 (2.0%) African American, 662 (0,5%) Native Americans, 57.320 (40.9%) Asia, 638 (0.5%) The Pacific Islands, 12,177 (8.7%) of the other races, and 6,356 (4.5%) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 26,517 people (18.9%). Non-Hispanic whites were 34.5% of the population in 2010, compared to 74.7% in 1980.
The Census reported that 139,232 people (99.4% of the population) live in households, 380 (0.3%) live in unembienced groups, and 469 (0.3%) are institutionalized.
There were 53,384 households, of which 18,614 (34.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 28,583 (53.5%) were married couples living together, 4,629 (8.7% ) has a female household without a husband now, 2,341 (4.4%) owns a householder male in the absence of a wife. There are 2,386 (4.5%) unmarried partners of the opposite sex, and 357 (0.7%) married couples or couples of the same sex. 13,457 households (25.2%) consisted of individuals and 3.775 (7.1%) had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.61. There were 35,553 families (66.6% of all households); the average family size is 3.15.
The population was spread with 31,435 people (22.4%) under the age of 18, 9,350 people (6.7%) aged 18 to 24, 50,919 people (36.3%) aged 25 to 44, 32,721 persons (23.4% aged 45 to 64 years. , and 15,656 people (11.2%) aged 65 years or older. The median age was 35.6 years. For every 100 women, there are 101.5 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 100.9 men.
There are 55,791 housing units with an average density of 2,458.9 per square mile (949.4/km 2 ), of which 25,623 (48.0%) are owner-occupied, and 27,761 (52.0 %) is occupied by the tenant. Homeowner vacancy rate is 1.1%; rental vacancy rate is 4.4%. 68,895 people (49.2% of the population) live in residential units occupied by owners and 70,337 people (50.2%) live in rental housing units.
Economy
Biggest employer
According to Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2017, the top companies in the city are:
Government and politics
The mayor and vice mayor of Sunnyvale were not directly elected. Instead they were elected from city councilors by city councils, each with a period of two years and one year.
In California State Legislature, Sunnyvale is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill, and in the 24th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Marc Berman.
In the United States House of Representatives, Sunnyvale is in the 17th congress district of California, represented by Democrat Ro Khanna.
On August 16, 2016, Sunnyvale has 56,030 registered voters.
Education
For primary and secondary schools, most cities are located in the Sunnyvale School District, while some are in the Union Cupertino School District and the Santa Clara Unified School District.
For high school, most towns are in the Fremont Union High School District (sections that are part of the Sunnyvale School District or the Cupertino Union School District for elementary schools), and areas in Sunnyvale are shared between Fremont High School and Homestead High School. Several parts of the city are in the Santa Clara Unified School District.
Nearby Areas
Half of the southern part of Sunnyvale is largely residential, while most of the Sunnyvale sections north of Highway 237 are categorized for industrial use.
In this southern part there are several neighborhoods that include a large number of Eichler homes throughout the Sunnyvale housing estate. More specifically, there are 16 housing channels containing over 1100 Eichler homes.
The easternmost part of El Camino Real in Sunnyvale has a significant business concentration owned by Indian immigrants.
Garden
There are 476 hectares of parks in the Sunnyvale Area. These include Las Palmas Park, Ortega Park, Seven Seas Park, Washington Park near the city center, two public golf courses, and Baylands Park, an annual Linux picnic area.
Charles Street Gardens, Sunnyvale's oldest and largest community garden, is located adjacent to the Sunnyvale Public Library. In 2017 the United Climate Santa Clara School School has taken over Sunnyvale's Full Circle Farm operation that leases land from the district, and plans to be on the way to focusing agriculture on education.
Transportation
Some of the main roads and highways pass through Sunnyvale:
- The Central Line
- Lawrence Expressway
- Country Route 85
- AS. Route 101
- Country Route 237 (Southbay Toll Road)
- Interstate 280 (Junipero Serra Freeway)
State Route 82 runs through downtown, following the history of El Camino Real.
Public transport
Sunnyvale is served by the Santa Clara Valley Transport Authority (light rail and bus) and by the Caltrain commuter train. Two Caltrain stations are located in Sunnyvale: Sunnyvale Station in downtown Heritage District, and Lawrence Station in east Sunnyvale, north of the Ponderosa neighborhood.
Bicycle
Sunnyvale has been listed by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly Community on the bronze level.
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee advised the city council to continue the development of a bicycle plan for the city.
Airport
For commercial passenger air travel, Sunnyvale is served by three nearby international airports:
- Norman Y. Mineta International Airport San Jose (SJC), 15 km from downtown Sunnyvale by car. It is also accessible by Caltrain, VTA light rail, and VTA bus. Light and light railway stations require transfer to a free shuttle bus to get to the airport terminal.
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO), 27.7 miles by car. SFO is accessible from Sunnyvale via Caltrain and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
- Oakland Metropolitan Airport (OAK), 37.5 miles by car. Access to Oakland airport by public transport is possible through multiple transfers.
Crime
Sunnyvale has consistently ranked as one of the ten most secure cities (for cities of similar size) in the United States according to FBI crime reports. From 1966 to at least 2004, Sunnyvale never ranked fifth under the safety ratings among US cities in its population class. In 2005, Sunnyvale was ranked 18th as the safest city in the US as a whole, according to the Morgan Quitno Awards. In 2009, Sunnyvale was ranked 7th in the US by Forbes Magazine in the analysis of the safest cities in America.
Folklore
The old legend of Sunnyvale is a ghost that haunts Toys 'R' Us shop in town. A recognized psychic, Sylvia Browne, claimed to have made contact with ghosts on the 1978 TV show That's Incredible! and renamed it Johnny Johnson. The story is also explored in a 1991 episode of Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories . Brown stated that he was a Swedish preacher who worked as a farm laborer in the garden where the toy store is now standing and that he died out of blood due to an ax injury caused by an accident on his leg.
Famous people
Art
- Tony Anselmo, animator and voice Donald Duck
- Robert Hawkins, artist and painter
Actor
- Actress Ashleigh Aston Moore
- Imran Khan, Bollywood actor
- Vaniity, a pornographic actress
Business
- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc.
- Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc.
Criminals
- Mass murderer Richard Farley
Movie maker
- Arthur Davis, Animator and director
- Timothy Linh Bui, the filmmaker
- Tony Bui, film director
Music
- Antwon, hip-hop artist
- Brian MacLeod, musician
- The Orange Peels, music group
News and journalism
- Juju Chang, the television personality,
Writers
- Martin Ford, businessman, author
- Jeff Goodell, author
- Michael S. Malone, many talents
- Amy Tan, novelist
Sports
- Tully Banta-Cain professional soccer player
- Brian Boitano, skater figure
- Benny Brown, runner
- Penny Deen, swimmer and trainer
- Francie Larrieu-Smith, track and field athlete
- Peter Ueberroth, Main League Baseball Commissioner 1984-89
- Bill Green, former record holder of the United States on Track and Field, ranked 5th in a hammer throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Scientist
- Andrew Fire, Nobel Laureate of Medicine 2006
- Landon Curt Noll, astronomer, cryptographer and mathematician
Twin towns - twin cities
Until 1970, Sunnyvale had Sister City's relationship with ChillÃÆ'¡n, Chile. In 2013, the city signed a friendly three-year Exchange Deal Agreement with Iizuka, Japan; in July 2016 the city council voted to turn this into a Sister City relationship.
See also
- List of cities and towns in the San Francisco Bay Area
References
External links
- Official Site
- Sunnyvale, California on Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Sunnyvale Sun
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