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89-710: Founded in 1923 as the West Side Union High School District, the district served the agricultural Fremont Township in the West Valley region, and still serves the regions covered by the former Township today. It originally had only one school (called West Side Union High School), which operated in a few rooms of the Sunnyvale Grammar School building, before relocating to the intersection of Fremont Avenue and Highway 9 (now Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road). Two years later, in 1925,

178-807: A National Historic Landmark . The climate of the Santa Clara Valley in California is a Mediterranean climate with warm, very dry summers and mild, fairly rainy winters. Today, the Valley attracts many people from the East Coast with its warm and sunny climate. The Santa Clara Valley receives on average 330 sunny days per year . The northern areas of the valley (such as Palo Alto or Mountain View ) have greater marine influences with temperatures rarely rising above 85 °F (29 °C) while in

267-590: A San Francisco lawyer, and historian, named his winery on McClellan Road Cupertino . After the turn of the 20th century, Cupertino displaced the former name for the region, which was West Side . In the 19th century, Cupertino was a small rural village at the crossroads of Stevens Creek Road and Saratoga-Mountain View Road (also known locally as Highway 9; later Saratoga–Sunnyvale Road, and then renamed to De Anza Boulevard within Cupertino city limits). For decades,

356-670: A branch line track up to the Lehigh Permanente Cement Plant from the mainline at San Jose Diridon Station . It is, however, strictly for the quarry and very little to no non-quarry traffic runs there. There is no commuter rail or light rail service in the city. Caltrain commuter rail runs through the cities to the north and east, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)'s Mountain View – Winchester light rail line runs to Campbell , California to

445-667: A city nestled in the mountains. The highest peak on the Santa Cruz Mountain Range side of the valley is Loma Prieta at 3,790 feet. The highest peak in the Diablo Range side of the valley is Mount Hamilton , specifically Copernicus Peak at 4,370 feet elevation. It is the highest peak in Santa Clara County . The valley is a graben between the San Andreas and Hayward faults. During

534-443: A female householder with no husband present, 581 (2.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 378 (1.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 89 (0.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 3,544 households (17.6%) were made up of individuals, and 1,612 (8.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87. There were 15,776 families (78.2% of all households);

623-640: A few older roads towards the Monta Vista High School area are a little dim. Dedicated on April 30, 2009, Cupertino opened the Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge , the first cable-stayed bicycle-pedestrian bridge over a California freeway. This bridge connects the north and the south sections of the Stevens Creek Trail. The cost of the bridge project was $ 14,800,000. The Union Pacific Railroad operates

712-666: A major crop, with the valley was producing the majority of prunes in California by 1900 and shipped internationally. Water was supplied from an artesian aquifer and when the water table dropped, wells were pumped. Many orchards were small with housing and fruit growing in a dispersed pattern. By the 1920s and 1930s, the agricultural and horticultural industries were doing well in the valley and included 18 canneries, 13 dried-fruit packing houses, and 12 fresh-fruit and vegetable shipping firms, and they were shipping internationally. Del Monte and Sunsweet are two brands which originated in

801-489: A population of 58,302. The population density was 5,179.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,999.7/km ). The racial makeup of Cupertino was 18,270 (31.3%) White, 344 (0.6%) Black American, 117 (0.2%) Native American, 36,895 (63.3%) Asian (28.1% Chinese, 22.6% Indian, 4.6% Korean, 3.3% Japanese, 1.3% Vietnamese), 54 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 670 (1.1%) from other races, and 1,952 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic of any race were 2,113 persons (3.6%); 2.4% of Cupertino's population

890-444: A presentation to Cupertino City Council, detailing the architectural design of the new building and its environs. The campus houses 13,000 employees in one central four-story circular building surrounded by extensive landscaping, with parking mainly underground and the rest centralized in a parking structure. In 2002, Cupertino had a labor force of 25,780 with an unemployment rate of 4.5%. The unemployment rate for Santa Clara County as

979-408: A private school. Cupertino is known for its high-achieving primary and secondary school students. For example, Murdock-Portal Elementary and Faria Elementary School are tied for highest score for elementary public school in the state of California , per California 2013 API test scores. As of 2013, John F. Kennedy Middle School is the best public middle school in the state, and Lawson Middle School

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1068-825: A regular column in the San Francisco-based The Daily People's World for the workers. San Francisco had a strong labor union tradition which thrived in Santa Clara County. During the " March Inland " organizing drive the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) backed the Cannery and Agricultural Workers' Industrial Union (CAWIU), a Communist -controlled union headquartered in San Jose, which had considerable success organizing farm and cannery workers in

1157-587: A union which genuinely represented cannery workers. The fruit industry gradually recovered, and by the early 1940s, prosperity returned to the valley. Wartime production associated with World War II brought industry to the valley such as building of marine engines for Liberty ships by the Joshua Hendy Iron Works , now Northrop Grumman Marine Systems in Sunnyvale ; landing craft were built by Food Machinery Corporation , which later built

1246-536: A vast tract of land stretching from Palo Alto to Gilroy, was founded by Franciscans in 1777. San Jose was California's first town and was also founded in 1777 by Spain as an agricultural pueblo. There were 66 original settlers. In Spanish and Mexican times the land was devoted to cattle, as was most of California. Following the Mexican–American War San Jose was briefly the capital of California. The influx of Americans resulted in relocation of many of

1335-612: A whole was 8.4%. One of the major employers in the area is the aggregate rock quarry and cement plant in the foothills to the west of Cupertino, the Permanente Quarry . Owned and operated by Lehigh Southwest Cement, it was founded by Henry J. Kaiser as the Kaiser Permanente Cement Plant in 1939. It provided the majority of the cement used in the construction of the Shasta Dam . It supplied

1424-490: Is a public high school in Cupertino, California . It was founded in 1969. The 2022-23 school year had 1,751 students in attendance. The student population was 49% male and 51% female. Its racial makeup was 77% Asian, 8% White, 6% Two or More Races and 4% Hispanic. The school was honored as a California Distinguished School in 1988, 1990, 1996, 2003 and 2007, and as a Blue Ribbon School in 1997–98, 2008 and 2014. During

1513-536: Is a valley that has undergone the wearing away of the Earth's surface by natural agents. The underlying geology of the Santa Cruz Mountains was also formed by the sediment of the ancient seas, where marine shale points to Miocene origin. Today, evidence of this is still found in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where shark 's teeth and the remains of maritime life are still found as high as Scotts Valley ,

1602-554: Is available at San Jose International Airport in San Jose. The closest general aviation airport is in Palo Alto ; it is known as Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County . The City of Cupertino partnered with Via Transportation in October 2019 to launch a new on-demand public transportation network. Unlike traditional bus networks that rely on routes and schedules, the new microtransit service called Via allows riders to hail

1691-419: Is currently the only open public high school located in the city of Sunnyvale, and is the oldest school in the district. The 2022-23 school year had 2,171 students in attendance. The student population was 52% male and 48% female. Its racial makeup was 43% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 16% White, 6% Two or More Races, 1% Black and 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. The school was founded in 1923. The mascot used to be

1780-543: Is home to De Anza College , one of the two community colleges in the Foothill–De Anza Community College District . The University of San Francisco has satellite campuses in Cupertino. The city is served by an interconnected road system. Two freeways , State Route 85 and Interstate 280 , intersect in Cupertino, with multi-lane boulevards with landscaped medians and traffic lights at all major intersections. Almost all streets have sidewalks;

1869-432: Is known for its high real estate prices. 2010 saw HP consolidate its Bay Area workforce in its hometown of Palo Alto , and the company proceeded to close its campus within Cupertino. The city estimated that the closure of the campus would lead to 3,000 to 3,500 employees being relocated. Apple eventually bought the campus site from HP for an undisclosed price and prepared to use the land to build Apple Park . Cupertino

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1958-614: Is located at 37°19′23″N 122°01′55″W  /  37.32306°N 122.03194°W  / 37.32306; -122.03194 (37.3229978, −122.0321823), at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay . The eastern part of the city, located in the Santa Clara Valley , is flat, while the western part of the city slopes into the Santa Cruz Mountains . Cupertino borders San Jose and Santa Clara to

2047-409: Is located there in a modern circular complex. It is a 150-acre (610,000 m ) campus between Interstate 280, N Wolfe Rd, E Homestead Rd and along Tantau Ave one mile east of the old campus. The nine properties (50-acre (0.2 km )) south of Pruneridge Avenue were bought in 2006, the property (100-acre (0.4 km ) north of it in 2010 (from Hewlett-Packard ). On June 7, 2011, Steve Jobs gave

2136-400: Is of Mexican ancestry. The census reported that 57,965 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 61 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 276 (0.5%) were institutionalized. There were 20,181 households, out of which 9,539 (47.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,802 (68.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,393 (6.9%) had

2225-470: Is that "it is divided transversely by a scarcely noticeable soil-covered divide ." The northern portion is drained northward by various rivers and creeks into San Francisco Bay. The southern portion of the valley is drained southward by Llagas Creek into the Pajaro River , which in turn flows westward to Monterey Bay . As one travels across the valley floor, "the alluvial plain is continuous across

2314-790: Is the third best in the state. Furthermore, Monta Vista High School is ranked number 23 out of all the public high schools in the nation. Primary (K-8) public schools are organized into the Cupertino Union School District , while the Fremont Union High School District is responsible for high school students (except for a tiny portion of the northeast corner of the city which belongs to the Santa Clara Unified School District ). Cupertino High School and its feeder school, Hyde Middle School , are located in

2403-556: The California State Legislature , Cupertino is in the 15th Senate District , represented by Democrat Dave Cortese , and in the 26th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Evan Low . In the United States House of Representatives , Cupertino is in California's 17th congressional district , represented by Democrat Ro Khanna . Santa Clara County Library operates

2492-572: The Great Depression . Bankrupt farmers from the Dust Bowl , the Okies , made the trek to California . Desperate to feed their families, they joined a workforce that was itself impacted by unemployment. The growers, with record low prices and surplus supply, could pay little. Labor organizers and goon squads battled in the labor camps. Woody Guthrie 's songs were on the radio and he wrote

2581-579: The Internet . West Valley (California) The Santa Clara Valley ( Spanish : Valle de Santa Clara ) is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (140 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister . The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east by the Diablo Range ; the two coastal ranges meet south of Hollister. The San Francisco Bay borders

2670-785: The M113 armored personnel carrier, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle , and the XR311 at its facility in Santa Clara ; and an IBM factory began manufacturing punch cards in San Jose in 1943. About 1,000 Japanese were interned , losing substantial property. Wartime production drew workers, including women , from the orchards and canneries; they were replaced by Mexican Americans from Texas and California and by Mexican braceros . Neighborhoods in East San Jose, such as

2759-651: The Meadowfair district, became barrios . The Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile was built during the Cold War by Lockheed Missiles & Space Division in Sunnyvale for the United States Navy , while Northrop Grumman Marine Systems built the launch tubes and propulsion systems. For the most part, the defense industry and traditional electronics manufacturers, with the exception of IBM, in

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2848-536: The Rancho Rinconada section of Cupertino, while Monta Vista High School and its feeder, Kennedy Middle School , are in the Monta Vista neighborhood in the western half of Cupertino. Lawson Middle School feeds mostly Cupertino and Monta Vista High. In addition, Homestead High School is located in the northwestern portion of Cupertino, along the city border with neighboring Sunnyvale . Cupertino

2937-693: The Santa Clara Valley , as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" was beginning to transform into " Silicon Valley ". In 1954, a rancher, Norman Nathanson, the Cupertino-Monta Vista Improvement Association, and the Fact Finding Committee, began a drive for incorporation. On September 27, 1955, voters approved the incorporation of the city of Cupertino (225 voted "yes" and 183 voted "no"). Cupertino officially became Santa Clara County's 13th city on October 10, 1955. A major milestone in Cupertino's development

3026-568: The Santa Clara Valley American Viticultural Area remains a large wine-making region. It was one of the first commercial wine-producing regions in California (and possibly the United States), utilizing high-quality French varietal vines imported from France. The northern end of the Santa Clara Valley is at San Francisco , and the southern end is south of Hollister . The valley is bounded by

3115-484: The Santa Cruz Mountains on the southwest, which separate the valley from the Pacific Ocean, and by the Diablo Range on the northeast. The valley is approximately 93 miles (150 km) long by 15 miles (20 km) wide. Its largest city is San Jose . Santa Clara Valley has a Mediterranean semi-arid climate. Joseph S. Diller, a geologist, observed in 1915 that a "notable peculiarity" of the Santa Clara Valley

3204-402: The Santa Cruz Mountains . The population was 60,381 as of the 2020 census . The city is widely known for being the home of Apple Inc. , headquartered within the city at Apple Park . Named for a local creek by Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza 's cartographer bearing the name of Saint Joseph of Cupertino , Cupertino was officially incorporated in 1955, though it saw economic activity in

3293-738: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 11.3 square miles (29 km ), 99.99% of it land and 0.01% of it water. Cupertino has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Csb under the Köppen climate classification system), with warm to hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Cupertino is made up of numerous subdivisions, most of them developed since the 1960s. Most of Cupertino's contemporary properties were developed around 1960. The area between Stevens Creek Boulevard , Miller Avenue, Bollinger Road, and Lawrence Expressway contains 224 Eichler homes, built during

3382-494: The 1950s. Two of the newest parts of Cupertino are among its oldest housing tracts. Monta Vista and Rancho Rinconada were developed outside of the city's boundaries in the 1950s and before. Rancho Rinconada was annexed in 1999 and the last part of Monta Vista was annexed in 2004. The neighborhood of Seven Springs is at the southwestern tip of Cupertino and was developed in the late 1980s. The newest and most northwestern neighborhood, Oak Valley, borders Rancho San Antonio Park and

3471-563: The 1960s it was the largest fruit-producing and packing region in the world, with 39 canneries . The growing high-tech industry in the 1960s transformed the area from farmland to densely populated cities, and it became referred to as the Silicon Valley . Once primarily agricultural because of its highly fertile soil, Santa Clara Valley is now largely urbanized, although its far southern reaches south of Gilroy remain agrarian. Few traces of its agricultural past can still be found, but

3560-531: The 19th century, 37,388 metric tons of mercury were extracted from the New Almaden mine south of San Jose and northeast of Santa Cruz . The area, closed for many years, resulted in pollution of the Guadalupe River and South San Francisco Bay. After intermittent mining operations finally ceased in the 20th century, the area was purchased by Santa Clara County to be used as a park and was designated

3649-510: The 2013-14 school year, there were 10,667 students in Fremont Union High School District. In terms of race and ethnicity, the district is predominantly Asian American . European American students make up a large minority. Hispanic and Latino students are also a sizable minority. In contrast, African American students are not very numerous. During the 2007 school year, Asian American students made up 53.3% of

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3738-540: The 6 million barrels (950,000 m ) of cement over a nine-mile (14 km)-long conveyor system. The cement plant is the sole reason for the railroad line that runs through the city. According to the city's 2020–21 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Cupertino was incorporated in 1955. The highest body in the city government – the City Council – is made up of five members who serve overlapping, four-year terms. The council elects

3827-491: The California History Center. De Anza College had 16,335 students as of 2022. By the 1980s, Apple Inc. and Hewlett-Packard were the primary technology companies with major presences in Cupertino, with Housing developments were rapidly constructed in the following years as developers created neighborhoods, including Fairgrove, Garden Gate, Monta Vista , Seven Springs, and other developments. The city

3916-576: The Cupertino Library, which is located adjacent to city hall. The library, which was redesigned and rebuilt in 2004, is the busiest branch in the Santa Clara County Library system, with about 3 million items circulated annually. The San Francisco Japanese School , a weekend educational program for Japanese citizen children living abroad , holds classes at J.F. Kennedy Middle School in Cupertino, as well as Harker ,

4005-473: The Cupertino valley region was also in operation by the late 19th century. Soon railroads, electric railways, and dirt roads traversed the West Side farmlands. Monta Vista , Cupertino's first housing tract, was developed in the mid-20th century as a result of the electric railway's construction. After World War II , a population and suburban housing boom dramatically shifted the demographics and economy of

4094-477: The Indian, but it was changed to the firebird in 1996. The school was honored as a California Distinguished School in 1996. Homestead High School is a public high school serving western Sunnyvale , southern Los Altos , and northwestern Cupertino , in Santa Clara County, California . The 2022-23 school year had 2,311 students in attendance. The student population was 51% male and 49% female. Its racial makeup

4183-535: The Leonard, Lester, Craft, and Orlando families. A neighborhood outdoor shopping center and, much later, the enclosed Vallco Fashion Park , briefly renamed Cupertino Square, were also developed. De Anza College opened in 1967. The college, named for Juan Bautista De Anza , occupies a 112-acre (0.45 km ) site that was the location of a winery built at the turn of the 20th century, called Beaulieu by its owners, Charles and Ella Baldwin. Their mansion has now become

4272-682: The Santa Clara Valley and elsewhere in California until it was suppressed and its leaders jailed in 1934 by the State of California following sustained attacks by business and political forces which, in San Jose, resulted in an atmosphere of terror (the low point of which was a public lynching tacitly supported by James Rolph , the Governor of California). The canneries, with a segregated seasonal work force of white women, were eventually organized, at first by an AFL-affiliated company union, but one which gradually evolved, thanks to rank and file efforts, into

4361-486: The Santa Clara Valley is often supplemented by grants from private foundations set up for that purpose and funded by local residents. Schools in less favorable demographics must depend on state funding. Cities and towns in the Santa Clara Valley include (in alphabetical order): Because technology companies have spread out from Silicon Valley, Fremont and Newark , even though they are not in Santa Clara County, are often included in discussions about Silicon Valley, or, in

4450-619: The Santa Clara Valley was recorded in Los Gatos on June 9, 2000, with a temperature of 114 °F (46 °C) and the record low was recorded in Gilroy on December 23, 1990, with a temperature of 16 °F (−9 °C). Temperatures drop below 40 °F (4 °C) on average of 17 days per year, below freezing on average of 4 days per year and below 30 °F (−1 °C) on average of 0 days per year (none). More recently, extensive droughts in California , further complicated by drainage of

4539-574: The Santa Clara Valley were unionized, mainly by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers , International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers , and Teamsters. The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America , a communist dominated union, but friendly to minority and women workers, gradually lost its place during the McCarthy era. In the 1950s, the first transistor industries were established in

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4628-468: The Santa Clara Valley. The need for workers greatly exceeded the local population and in the nineteenth century, Chinese and Japanese immigrants met that need. Toward the end of the nineteenth century many Italians and other immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe came to the valley and worked in the orchards and canneries. During the 20th century there were Filipino immigrants and increasing numbers of immigrants from Mexico who during World War II became

4717-453: The area. Led by Stanford University , the lower San Francisco Peninsula became a global high-tech hub known as Silicon Valley . The name refers to silicon , the most common semiconductor used to produce microchips and other electronic devices. The borders of Silicon Valley have been variously defined. Most observers include the entirety of Santa Clara County and the southern portions of San Mateo and Alameda counties, while others extend

4806-634: The average family size was 3.28. The population was spread out, with 16,075 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 3,281 people (5.6%) aged 18 to 24, 15,621 people (26.8%) aged 25 to 44, 16,044 people (27.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,281 people (12.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. There were 21,027 housing units at an average density of 1,867.9 per square mile (721.2/km ), of which 12,627 (62.6%) were owner-occupied, and 7,554 (37.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate

4895-626: The case of Fremont, referred to as the "Gateway to the Silicon Valley" (a title also claimed occasionally by San Jose, Union City , and several other locations). Similarly, Palo Alto , while in Santa Clara County and considered part of Silicon Valley , is on the San Francisco Peninsula . There are a number of well-known structures and sites of interest in the South Bay: Santa Clara Valley

4984-630: The city, most notably Apple and Hewlett-Packard . Today, Cupertino remains a cornerstone of Silicon Valley with its residents making a median household income of just under $ 200,000 a year. The economy is dominated by technology companies, both large ones like Apple, as well as medium-sized companies and various Silicon Valley startups. Cupertino was named after Arroyo San José de Cupertino (now Stevens Creek ). The creek had been named by Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza 's cartographer, who named it after Saint Joseph of Cupertino . The name Cupertino first became widely used when John T. Doyle,

5073-564: The district must maintain this policy in order to keep class sizes low. The California High School Exit Exam ( CAHSEE ) is administered to every sophomore enrolled [1] . Students must pass the test in order to receive a high school diploma. According to the California Department of Education in 2008, 93% of sophomores enrolled in the Fremont Union High School District passed the English-Language Arts portion of

5162-520: The district received its present name and its only school was renamed " Fremont High School ". With the rise of suburban growth, which swallowed up the West Valley area in the 1950s and 1960s, the district established five more high schools: Sunnyvale High School (1956), Cupertino High School (1958), Homestead High School (1962), Lynbrook High School (1965), and Monta Vista High School (1969). Due to declining enrollment, Sunnyvale High School

5251-525: The divide." The summit of the transverse divide is about two miles from the former town of Madrone at an elevation of 345 feet (105 meters), but the alluvial plain is so continuous that most travelers are unaware they are crossing between two drainage basins . The earliest known inhabitants on the Santa Clara Valley are the Ohlone people , who had eight distinct languages and tribes in the coastal region. Mission Santa Clara de Asís , which had control over

5340-426: The dominant agricultural workforce. The town of San Jose was dominated by its business community, which was in part composed of Irish Catholics, who had a self-contained social life which did not include immigrant labor. There was marked prejudice against Asians, particularly Chinese, who gradually left the valley. Deflation and overproduction severely hurt the orchards and packers of the Santa Clara Valley during

5429-531: The early 19th century. The area was originally an agricultural community producing prunes , apricots and cherries , with a winery joining the ranks by the 19th century. Cupertino grew immensely during the 1950s due to the suburban housing boom experienced after the Second World War , concurring with the earliest roots of Silicon Valley developing near Cupertino. By the 1960s, office parks were being built and technology companies were setting up shop in

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5518-479: The east, Saratoga to the south, Sunnyvale and Los Altos to the north, and Loyola to the northwest. Several streams run through Cupertino on their way to south San Francisco Bay , including (from north to south): Permanente Creek , Stevens Creek , San Tomas Aquino Creek and its Smith Creek , the Regnart Creek and Prospect Creek tributaries of Calabazas Creek , and Saratoga Creek . According to

5607-549: The few exceptions are in unincorporated pockets at the city's edges, which are maintained directly by Santa Clara County. Cupertino has bike lanes on many of its boulevards, and has an extension of the Stevens Creek Trail through McClellan Ranch Park and Blackberry Farm . Bicycle traffic is heavy usually around morning and noon times around DeAnza College. The VTA has buses running through Cupertino at major arteries. Cupertino's main streets are well lit, while

5696-578: The high $ 2 millions, mid-size homes start from the mid $ 3 millions, and larger executive homes start from mid $ 4 millions and can go up to as much as $ 7 million, as of the 2022 peak. However, townhouses and condos with similar square footage are relatively less expensive, owing mainly to negligible lot sizes and the many common walls and areas. 63 percent of Cupertino's population was of Asian ancestry in 2010, compared to 32 percent in Santa Clara County overall. Money ' s Best Places to Live, "America's best small towns", ranked Cupertino as #27 in 2012,

5785-514: The home. Video of two such inspections aired in a 2006 segment of the ABC News program 20/20 . The narrator, John Stossel , was showing how the excellent reputation of Fremont Union's schools motivates parents to lie about their child's actual home. As explained on the 20/20 program, if the student is found to be from an outside area, he or she may be expelled from school. Sometimes this policy has caused controversy among parents and teachers, but

5874-521: The intersection was dominated on the southeast corner by the R. Cali Brothers Feed Mill, which is replaced today with the Cali Mill Plaza and City Hall. Back then, it was known as the West Side and was part of Fremont Township. The primary economic activity was fruit agriculture. Almost all of the land within Cupertino's present-day boundaries was covered by prune , plum , apricot , and cherry orchards. A winery on Montebello Ridge overlooking

5963-402: The local Anderson reservoir for seismic repairs, have strained the Valley's water security . . Cupertino, California Cupertino ( / ˌ k uː p ər ˈ t iː n oʊ / KOOP -ər- TEEN -oh ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California , United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of

6052-691: The mayor and vice-mayor for a term of one year. The city does not have its own charter. Instead, it is a General Law city, which follows provisions and requirements for cities established by the state of California. Cupertino contracts with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and the Santa Clara County Fire Department for public safety services. The Cupertino Library is part of the Santa Clara County Library System. In

6141-431: The narrow southern reaches of the valley extend into rural San Benito County to Hollister. In practical terms, the central portion of the Santa Clara Valley is often considered by itself, contained entirely within Santa Clara County. The valley, named after the Spanish Mission Santa Clara , was for a time known as the Valley of Heart's Delight for its high concentration of orchards, flowering trees, and plants. Until

6230-448: The native Mexican and Indian people of San Jose to the mission at Santa Clara, which had been under control of Jesuits from 1850; they founded Santa Clara University there in 1851. In 1860, as an American town, the population of San Jose was 4,579, with cattle ranching still the main agricultural activity. For a time wheat became the main crop, but in the 1870s fruit gradually became the main crop and processing of fruit by drying or canning

6319-440: The only use we will ever find for the hydrogen bomb will be to erase this great mistake from the face of the earth." Housing for each additional 1000 people took 257 acres of land. In more recent years, San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley have suffered from extensive droughts in California to the extent that some residents may run out of household water by the summer of 2022. Funding for public schools in upscale communities in

6408-415: The past, many students who did not live within the district were allowed to attend Fremont Union High School District's schools, but now the district is closely investigating all student residences. These investigations sometimes involve going into a student's alleged home, where a specially-trained district employee searches the home—including the student's bedroom—for signs that the student actually lives in

6497-588: The predominant industry. The railroad reached San Jose in 1860. The valley with its scenic beauty, mild climate, and thousands of acres of blooming fruit trees was known as "The Valley of Heart's Delight". Various fruit cooperatives were formed in the area to deal with economic issues, including the California Fruit Union (founded in 1883) and the Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange (founded in 1892). Prunes were

6586-505: The region northwest to San Francisco or northeast to San Ramon . In 1950, Dutch Hamann was appointed city manager of San Jose. Hamann's boosterism was supported by Joe Ridder , publisher of the San Jose Mercury . In power until 1969, Hamann created a master plan for San Jose and embarked on a program of annexation that increased the area of San Jose from 17 square miles to 136.7 square miles. The main bargaining chip

6675-428: The school district's student population. European American students made up 32.7% of the student population; Hispanics and Latinos made up 11.7% of the population. African American and American Indian students made up 2.0% and 0.4% of the population respectively. Because the school district has recently faced a substantial budget deficit, it is now only enrolling residents who live within the district's boundaries. In

6764-486: The second highest in California. In 2014, Movoto Real Estate ranked Cupertino the seventh "happiest" suburb in the United States, ranking highly in the categories of income, safety, marriage, and education. In 2015, Forbes ranked Cupertino as one of the most educated places in the U.S. in respect to the percentage of high school and college graduates. The 2010 United States Census reported that Cupertino had

6853-553: The south. Bus service is also provided by VTA, and the prospect of a twenty-four-hour bus service on Stevens Creek Boulevard is being studied. Cupertino is also served by VTA's 523 Rapid bus, which runs from northern Sunnyvale and the Caltrain station to Downtown San Jose with limited stops and signal priority. Cupertino is landlocked and relies on the Port of Oakland for most oceangoing freight. Passenger and cargo air transportation

6942-490: The southern areas and near the mountains (such as Los Gatos , Morgan Hill , or Gilroy ) the temperature frequently exceeds 95 °F (35 °C) in the summer months. Winter is the rainy season, but still quite sunny. Winter highs range from 57 to 66 °F (14 to 19 °C) while lows range from 40 to 48 °F (4 to 9 °C). Summer highs range from 82 to 95 °F (28 to 35 °C) and summer lows range from 53 to 58 °F (12 to 14 °C). The record high for

7031-479: The test [2] . According to the California Department of Education in 2008, 95% of sophomores enrolled in FUHSD passed the mathematics portion of the test. [3] The Fremont Union High School District runs a fairly advanced technological system, including its own website servers, IP addresses , VoIP Infrastructure, and library catalog. Schoology is the school district's primary means of communicating to students via

7120-544: The valley to the north, and fills much of the northern third of the valley. The valley floor is an alluvial plain that formed in the graben (tectonic depression) between the San Andreas Fault to the west and the Hayward and Calaveras faults to the east. Within the valley and surrounding the bay on three sides are the urban communities of San Mateo County , Santa Clara County , and Alameda County , while

7209-405: Was 0.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.7%. 36,464 people (62.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied dwelling units and 21,501 people (36.9%) lived in rental dwelling units. Cupertino is one of many cities that claim to be the "heart" of Silicon Valley , as many semiconductor and computer companies were founded there and in the surrounding areas. The new worldwide headquarters for Apple Inc.

7298-564: Was 41% Asian, 23% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% Two or More Races and 1% Black. The school was established in 1962. In 2003 and 2009, the California Department of Education recognized Homestead as a California Distinguished School , and in 2004, the Department of Education recognized Homestead as a Blue Ribbon School . Lynbrook High School is a public high school located in the West San Jose neighborhood of San Jose, California . It

7387-455: Was 51% male and 49% female. Its racial makeup was 69% Asian, 9% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Two or More Races, and 1% Black. The school's land was purchased from prune farmers in 1956 for $ 96,000, and the school was opened on September 15, 1958. The school was honored as a California Distinguished School in 1990, 1994 and 2007, and as a Blue Ribbon School in 1994–96. Fremont High School is a public high school in Sunnyvale, California . Fremont

7476-438: Was created by the sudden growth of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range during the later Cenozoic era. This was a period of intense mountain building in California when the folding and thrusting of the Earth's crust , combined with active volcanism , gave shape to the present state of California. Hence, Santa Clara Valley is a structural valley, created by mountain building, as opposed to an erosional valley, which

7565-551: Was developed around the turn of the millennium. Cupertino is known for its high housing prices as the majority of residential properties are multimillion-dollar homes as of the priciest housing market peak of 2022, with the entry-point into a single-family home at around 2 million dollars in the Cupertino HS area, and the entry point at around 2.6 million dollars in the Monta Vista HS area. Many smaller homes start from

7654-419: Was founded in 1965. The class of 1968 was the first to graduate. The 2022-23 school year had 1,741 students in attendance. The student population was 53% male and 47% female. Its racial makeup was 84% Asian, 7% White, 5% Two or More Races and 4% Hispanic. The school was honored as a California Distinguished School in 1990, 1994, 1999 and 2007, and as a Blue Ribbon School in 2008. Monta Vista High School

7743-592: Was shut down in 1981, with its campus being leased to the King's Academy. There are five high schools in FUHSD, as well as a community day school: Cupertino High School , colloquially referred to as "Tino," is a public high school located near the Rancho Rinconada and Fairgrove neighborhoods of Cupertino, California . The school serves mostly suburban residential and areas in eastern Cupertino, southern Santa Clara , and western San Jose . The 2022-23 school year had 1,997 students in attendance. The student population

7832-414: Was the creation by some of the city's largest landowners of VALLCO Business and Industrial Park in the early 1960s. Of the 25 property owners, 17 decided to pool their land to form VALLCO Park, 6 sold to Varian Associates (property later sold to Hewlett-Packard ), and two opted for transplanting to farms elsewhere. The name VALLCO was derived from the names of the principal developers: Varian Associates and

7921-656: Was the superior sewage system built to handle cannery waste. To overcome resistance by school districts, who otherwise would have lost their tax base, annexed areas were allowed to maintain independent school districts. This resulted in some parts of the city, such as East San Jose , having low-quality segregated school systems with a low tax base while school systems in other parts of San Jose had an ample tax base and high-quality schools. The population of San Jose increased from 95 thousand in 1950 to 446 thousand in 1970. There were critics: Santa Clara County Planning Director Karl Belser, who opposed urban sprawl , commented, "Perhaps

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