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Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American film and stage actor. Born in California, he moved to England at the age of 13 when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career performing in school plays before moving to Sydney, Australia, for his high school senior year. He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through an adult education course. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994, gaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in New York City as a struggling, unemployed actor.
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Adyashanti
Adyashanti (Sanskrit word meaning, "primordial peace"), is a spiritual teacher from the Bay Area who gives regular Satsangs in the United States and also teaches abroad. He is the author of several books, CDs and DVDs and is the founder of Open Gate Sangha, Inc. a nonprofit organization that supports, and makes available, his teachings.
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Bryan Mantia
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Daniel Puder
Daniel Puder (born October 9, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist who trains at the [http://erikpaulson.com/ CSW Training Center], in Fullerton, California, under the tutelage of Erik Paulson, and at his own gym, the [http://www.hollywoodmmagym.com Hollywood MMA Gym], in Hollywood, California. Puder is known for having trained at the American Kickboxing Academy, in San Jose, California. Puder is also known for having competed in the MMA promotions, Strikeforce, X-1, and BodogFight. Puder is also a professional wrestler, best known for his stints in World Wrestling Entertainment, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and Ring of Honor.
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Henry J. Kaiser
Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882 – August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding. He established the Kaiser Shipyard which built Liberty ships during World War II, after which he formed Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Steel. Kaiser organized Kaiser Permanente health care for his workers and their families. He led Kaiser-Frazer followed by Kaiser Motors, automobile companies known for the safety of their designs. Kaiser was involved in large construction projects such as civic centers and dams, and invested in real estate. With his acquired wealth, he initiated the Kaiser Family Foundation, a charitable organization.
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Joe Simitian
Saren Joseph Simitian (born February 1, 1953) is a Democratic California State Senator elected in 2004. Simitian represents the 11th Senate District, which encompasses all or part of 13 cities in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.
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Joseph of Cupertino
Saint Joseph of Cupertino () (June 17, 1603 – September 18, 1663) was an Italian saint. He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous levitation and intense ecstatic visions that left him gaping. In turn, he is recognized as the patron saint of air travelers, aviators, astronauts, people with a mental handicap, test takers, and weak students. He was canonized in the year 1767.
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Matthew Axelson
Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class Matthew Gene Axelson (June 25, 1976 – June 28, 2005) was a United States Navy SEAL and Navy Cross recipient for his actions during Operation Red Wing.
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Mike Honda
Michael Makoto Honda ((b. 27 June 1941) is an American Democratic politician. He currently serves as Congressman for California's 15th congressional district, which encompasses western San Jose and Silicon Valley.
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Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is an American business magnate and inventor. He is well known for being the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.
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Steve Wozniak
Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak (born August 11, 1950 in San Jose, California) is an American computer engineer who co-founded Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. His inventions and machines are credited with contributing significantly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s. Wozniak created the Apple I and Apple II computers in the mid-1970s.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, also known (especially in the past) as Formosa (from , "Beautiful Island"), is an island situated in East Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It comprises most (99%) of the territory of the Republic of China (ROC) since the 1950s. The term "Taiwan" is also a common name to refer to the entire country of the Republic of China.
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Apulia
Apulia or Puglia (from Greek Ἀπουλία, in , ) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its southern portion known as Salento, a peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises 19,345 km² (7,469 square miles), and its population is about 4 million. It is bordered by the other Italian regions of Molise to the north, Campania to the west, and Basilicata to the southwest. It neighbors Greece and Albania, across the Ionian and Adriatic Seas, respectively. The region extends as far north as Monte Gargano, and was the scene of the last stages in the Second Punic War.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh (; , '), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ ') is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma (Myanmar) to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language.
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Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (Oriya:ଭୁବନେଶ୍ବର, ; also Bhubaneshwar; anglicised Bhu/ba/ne/swara) is the capital and the second largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty (around 2nd century BC) who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital. Historically Bhubaneswar has been known by different names such as Toshali, Kalinga Nagari, Nagar Kalinga, Ekamra Kanan, Ekamra Khetra and Mandira Malini Nagari. The largest city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar today is a center of economic and religious importance in the region.
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California
California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Campbell, California
Campbell () is a city in Santa Clara County, California, a suburb of San Jose part of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2007 population estimates, Campbell's population is 39,200. Although not a major high-tech city like many of its neighbors, Campbell is the original home of eBay and of its creator, Pierre Omidyar.
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Columbia, Maryland
Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. Columbia is a suburb of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not just in terms of economics and engineering. Opened in 1967, Columbia was designed to not only eliminate the inconveniences of then-current subdivision design, but also eliminate racial, religious, and income segregation.
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Copertino
Copertino is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.
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De Anza College
De Anza College is a 112-acre (453,000 m²) community college located in Cupertino, California. It was founded in 1967 on the site of the Beaulieu Winery and is named after the Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza. Along with the arrival and growth of Apple Computer, the presence of De Anza College contributed significantly to the growth of Cupertino from a small town to an industrial city and an integral part of Silicon Valley. It consistently ranks #1 or #2 in the state for the total number of students who annually transfer to University of California and California State University campuses. [http://www.deanza.edu/marketing/press/2003/09_03transfer.html] [http://www.cccd.edu/d-mail/d-mail1103.htm]
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Dhaka
Dhaka (Bangla: ঢাকা, pronounced ; formerly known as Dacca and Jahangir Nagar, under Mughal rule), is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, has a population of over 15 million, making it the largest city in Bangladesh. It is the 8th largest city in the world and also among the most densely populated cities in the world. Dhaka is known as the City of Mosques and renowned for producing the world's finest muslin. Dhaka is also known as the Rickshaw Capital of the World. Approximately 400,000 cycle rickshaws run each day. Today it serves as one of the prime centres for culture, education and business in the region.
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Flint Center
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Hsinchu
Hsinchu City () is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" () for its windy climate.
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India
India (), officially the Republic of India ( ; see also official names of India), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the north; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share maritime border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. India has a coastline of .
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Italy
Italy (; ), officially the Italian Republic (), is a country located in south-central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia — the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea — and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, whilst Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.4 million inhabitants, it is the sixth most populous country in Europe, and the twenty-third most populous in the world.
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Japan
Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon), officially the State of Japan ( or Nihon-koku), is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin" (because it lies to the east of nearby countries), which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
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Joe Simitian
Saren Joseph Simitian (born February 1, 1953) is a Democratic California State Senator elected in 2004. Simitian represents the 11th Senate District, which encompasses all or part of 13 cities in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.
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Karnataka
Karnataka (, pronounced ) is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973.
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Monta Vista
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Mysore
Mysore (pronounced in English; Maisūru) is the second largest city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division and lies about southwest of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka. The name Mysore is an anglicised version of Mahishūru, which means the abode of Mahisha. Mahisha stands for Mahishasura, a demon from Hindu mythology. The city is spread across an area of and is situated at the base of the Chamundi Hills.
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Orissa
Odisha (), or Orissa, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Odisha was established on 1 April 1936 at Kanika Palace, Cuttack, as a province in India, and consists predominantly of Odia speakers. 1 April is therefore celebrated as Utkal Divas (Odisha Day).
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Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. It is now the fourth busiest container port in the United States; behind Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Newark. Development of an intermodal container handling system in 2002 culminated over a decade of planning and construction to produce a high volume cargo facility that positions the Port of Oakland for further expansion of West Coast freight market share.
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Rancho Rinconada
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San Jose, California
San Jose (; meaning St. Joseph in Spanish) is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the United States, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. Anchor to the 31st-largest metropolitan area in the country, it is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Silicon Valley area is the population center of the greater San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a region of nearly 7.5 million people, making it the sixth largest in the United States.
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Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology companies including Apple, Google, Facebook, HP, Intel, Cisco, eBay, Adobe, Agilent, Oracle, Yahoo, Netflix, and EA. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the American high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States and the world, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading hub for high-tech innovation and development, accounting for 1/3 of all of the venture capital investment in the United States. Geographically, the Silicon Valley encompasses all of the Santa Clara Valley including the city of San Jose (and adjacent communities), the southern Peninsula, and the southern East Bay.
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Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university located in Stanford, California, United States. The university is located on an campus in northwestern Santa Clara Valley approximately southeast of San Francisco and approximately northwest of San Jose.
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Taipei
Taipei City (; literally "Northern Taiwan City") is the largest city of Taiwan and the capital of the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan"). Situated at the tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Danshui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean. Another coastal city, Danshui, is about 20 km northwest at the river's mouth on the Taiwan Strait. It lies in the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung (基隆河) and Xindian (新店溪) rivers, which join to form the Danshui River along the city's western border. The city proper (Taipei City) is home to an estimated 2,607,428 people. Taipei City, Taipei County, and Keelung City together form the Taipei metropolitan area with a population of 6,776,264. However, they are administered under different local governing bodies. "Taipei" sometimes refers to the whole metropolitan area, while "Taipei City" refers to the city proper.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, also known (especially in the past) as Formosa (from , "Beautiful Island"), is an island situated in East Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It comprises most (99%) of the territory of the Republic of China (ROC) since the 1950s. The term "Taiwan" is also a common name to refer to the entire country of the Republic of China.
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UC Santa Cruz
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Steve Jobs Presents to the Cupertino City Council (6/7/11)
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- Duration: 21:13
- Published: 08 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 30 Nov 2011
- Author: cupertinocitychannel
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs presents his proposal for a new Apple Campus to the Cupertino City Council. This presentation was recorded Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Cupertino Community Hall. Additional information is available at Cupertino.org Cite: "The City Channel, City of Cupertino, June 7, 2011, www.Cupertino.org
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Cupertino, California
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- Duration: 3:18
- Published: 27 Oct 2010
- Uploaded: 13 Mar 2011
- Author: RealtyWorldNorCal
Glass and steel corporate headquarters rise above and yet blend with tree-shrouded residential neighborhoods that climb into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountain range. This is the backdrop for living and working in Cupertino, California. The city's renown far surpasses its moderate size of approximately 54000 residents. Around the world, Cupertino is famous as the home of high-tech giants, such as Apple Inc. and Symantec Corp. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Cupertino is known as the city with excellent public schools.
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City of Cupertino Apple Campus Press Conference
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- Duration: 14:11
- Published: 08 Jun 2011
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- Author: cupertinocitychannel
Cupertino Mayor Gilbert Wong responds to Steve Jobs' proposal for a new Apple campus in Cupertino. Recorded June 8, 2011. Cite: The City Channel, City of Cupertino, June 8, 2011, www.Cupertino.org
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Apple Cupertino
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- Duration: 1:07
- Published: 20 Apr 2009
- Uploaded: 09 Nov 2011
- Author: yourlittleplanet
Apple Cupertino
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Steve Jobs addresses Cupertino City Council
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- Duration: 6:53
- Published: 30 Apr 2006
- Uploaded: 27 Nov 2011
- Author: PeterGreen125
Steve Jobs addresses Cupertino City Council
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A celebration of Steve's life (Apple, Cupertino, 10/19/2011) HD
Thanks to Steve Jobs from all over the world. Thank you Tim! Thank you Apple! Watch the special event, filmed live at the Apple campus in Cupertino, California. Original broadcast on Apple site: events.apple.com.edgesuite.net
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Apple Cupertino Store Unboxing
Some stuff which was picked up from Apple's Cupertino Store (merchandise) - Mothership store. Here's some other stuff (merchandise) you can pick up (thanks TheTeksone): www.gallery.me.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - iGlaswegian on iTunes: itunes.apple.com SPONSOR: www.parcelmonkey.co.uk ******************* Would appreciate if you guys could check my new venture out www.ayegear.com iGlaswegian T-shirts http Visit my site: www.iglaswegian.com Twitter www.twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com FlickR Gallery: www.flickr.com My OTHER YouTube channel: www.youtube.com apple cupertino mothership store merchandise gear mac ipod imac macbook pro tshirt mug steve jobs tim cook souvenir campus HQ i6laswegian iglaswegian scottish glasgow glaswegian
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Steve Jobs Last TV Appearance at the Cupertino City Council (6/7/11)
Steve Jobs Presents to the Cupertino City Council (6/7/11) which was his last TV appearance only 4 months prior to his death. He will be greatly missed. One of the most influential human beings of our century. JOIN THIS FACEBOOK GROUP TO FIND MORE RARE VIDEOS OF STEVE JOBS: www.facebook.com
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Workplace shooting in Cupertino
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- Duration: 3:10
- Published: 06 Oct 2011
- Uploaded: 24 Nov 2011
- Author: rebelgirl42
On Wednesday October 5th 2011 an employee of the Lehigh Quarry in Cupertino opened fire with an assault rifle and a pistol killing three of his co-workers and injuring 6 others. After shooting the employees he then drove off, abandoned his car a few miles away then attempted to car-jack a car. The shooter then shot the attempted car jack suspect. She is expected to survive. The alleged shooter Shareef Allman, who was a long time public access show producer and a father of two, may have become disgruntled at his job and snapped. An aquaintance says this was not like him. "Something up on that hill must have caused him to snap." As of 5pm the manhunt is still active.
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Cupertino hearings on Apple 2 Speceship campus
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Steve Jobs Presents to the Cupertino City Council Last Public Appearance
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Steve Jobs gives Cupertino free WiFi
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- Duration: 2:21
- Published: 09 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 21 Nov 2011
- Author: OpenBuildings
Courtesy of The City Channel, City of Cupertino, June 7, 2011, www.Cupertino.org
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Capgemini and Intel Present Rain Cupertino
Short movie covering the launch of the first physical Rain environment, a collaboration between Intel and Capgemini.
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St. Joseph of Cupertino
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- Duration: 2:00
- Published: 18 Sep 2009
- Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
- Author: apostleshipofprayer
Reflection for 9/18/09 www.apostleshipofprayer.org
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Flyover of Cupertino Cement Kiln
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- Duration: 2:57
- Published: 20 Apr 2009
- Uploaded: 06 Oct 2011
- Author: Earthjustice
A cement kiln near Cupertino, CA is a major source of mercury pollution in the Bay Area. Watch this Google Earth video to learn more. Click "HQ" (High Quality) for best viewing results. For more information, please go to earthjustice.org/mercury
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David Pogue -- "Don't Cry For Me, Cupertino"
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- Duration: 2:02
- Published: 24 Oct 2009
- Uploaded: 27 Nov 2011
- Author: wroush1967
New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, a former Broadway music conductor, performed an impromptu number parodying Steve Jobs and Apple during a Boston Book Festival session on e-books and the future of reading.
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Apple headquarters in Cupertino
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- Duration: 2:38
- Published: 27 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 20 Nov 2011
- Author: langfelipe
Apple headquarters in Cupertino
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Our first SEARS event in Cupertino, CA! So fun!
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- Duration: 5:59
- Published: 10 Jan 2011
- Uploaded: 22 Nov 2011
- Author: OhTheHermanity
It was SO AWESOME to see so many Hermanites today!! Thank you so much for coming to the event! Leslie you drove 4 and a half hours! We were SO EXCITED to have you there AND you were rocking your SHF Tank top!! :-) LOVE IT!
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CUPERTINO ROMEO PROMET@ME 2011B@CH@T@.mp4 SIN B@NDER@
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02-What will you do to promote more businesses at Cupertino Square Shopping Center? (APAPA)
Answers from Gilbert Wong and Rod Sinks during the APAPA Forum 10/26/2011 Question - If elected what will you do to promote more businesses at Cupertino Square Shopping Center (Valco Mall) to attract more consumer shoppers there?
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Cupertino California
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- Duration: 3:20
- Published: 03 Aug 2009
- Uploaded: 12 Jul 2011
- Author: FantasticPlanetTV
City Cupertino the state of California / CA ........................................................................................................... www.fantasticplanet.tv ....................................................................................... http ....................................................................................... www.jazeboo.com
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STEVE JOBS LAST APPEARANCE: Presentation to the Cupertino City Council (June 7, 2011)
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- Duration: 21:13
- Published: 08 Jun 2011
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| Name | Cupertino |
|---|---|
| Official name | City of Cupertino |
| Native name | |
| Settlement type | City |
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| Image seal | Cupertino seal 2007.png |
| Map caption | Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California |
| Pushpin map | USA |
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| Pushpin map caption | Location within the United States |
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| Subdivision type | Country |
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| Subdivision type1 | State |
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| Subdivision type2 | County |
| Subdivision name2 | Santa Clara |
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| Government type | Mayor-council |
| Governing body | Cupertino City Council |
| Leader title | Mayor |
| Leader name | Gilbert Wong |
| Leader title1 | Vice-Mayor |
| Leader name1 | Mark Santoro |
| Leader title2 | Councillors |
| Leader name2 | |
| Established title | Incorporated |
| Established date | October 10, 1955 |
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| unit pref | US |
| area footnotes | |
| area total sq mi | 11.257 |
| area land sq mi | 11.256 |
| area water sq mi | 0.001 |
| area total km2 | 29.156 |
| area land km2 | 29.153 |
| area water km2 | 0.003 |
| area water percent | 0.01 |
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| Population as of | 2010 |
| Population total | 58302 |
| Population density sq mi | auto |
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| Timezone | PST |
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| Utc offset dst | -7 |
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| Elevation footnotes | |
| Elevation m | 72 |
| Elevation ft | 236 |
| Postal code type | ZIP codes |
| Postal code | 95014-95015 |
| Area code | 408 |
| Blank name | FIPS code |
| Blank info | 06-17610 |
| Blank1 name | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 info | 0277496 |
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Toponym
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. Saint Joseph (born Giuseppe Maria Desa, and later known as Giuseppe da Copertino) was named after the town of Copertino in the Apulia region of Italy. The name Cupertino first became widely used when John T. Doyle, 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".Recently it tied up with Bhubaneswar in India as a sister city for mutual and co-lateral growth.
History
Cupertino in the 19th century 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). 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 the Cupertino valley region was also operating 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 the Santa Clara Valley, as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" was beginning to transform into "Silicon Valley". In 1954, Cupertino leaders began to drive for incorporation as they were concerned about unplanned development and rising property taxes. In the September 27, 1955 election, voters approved the incorporation of the City of Cupertino. Cupertino officially became Santa Clara County's 13th City on October 10, 1955.
A major milestone in Cupertino's development 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 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 site that was the location of a winery built at the turn of the last century, called Beaulieu by its owners, Charles and Ella Baldwin. Their mansion has now become the California History Center. De Anza College now has about 22,000 students and is a hub of activity in the city. Its flea market, held the first Saturday of the month, attracts thousands from around the area.
Housing developments were rapidly constructed in the following years as developers created many neighborhoods, including Fairgrove, Garden Gate, Monta Vista, Seven Springs, and many other developments. Although originally low-cost housing, Silicon Valley's housing prices shot up dramatically as many houses that were formerly lowly priced became multi-million dollar homes. The high cost of living in Cupertino is attributed by people wanting their children to receive high-quality schooling. Nevertheless, the price of housing seems to have weathered even the 2007–8 slump in economy.
On December 1, 2009, Cupertino became the first city in Northern California to have an Asian-American-majority city council.
Demographics
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Cupertino had a population of 58,302. The population density was 5,179.1 people per square mile (1,999.7/km²). The racial makeup of Cupertino was 18,270 (31.3%) White, 344 (0.6%) African 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, 0.9% Filipino, 0.4% Pakistani, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Bangladeshi), 54 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 670 (1.1%) from other races, and 1,952 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,113 persons (3.6%); 2.4% of Cupertino is Mexican.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 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); 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/km²), of which 12,627 (62.6%) were owner-occupied, and 7,554 (37.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.7%. 36,464 people (62.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 21,501 people (36.9%) lived in rental housing units.
2005
According to the 2005-2007 American Community Survey of the US Census Bureau, the median income for a household in the city was $118,635, and the median income for a family was $140,199. The per capita income for the city was $44,774. About 3.6% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.According to the 2005-2007 American Community Survey, White Americans made up 37.4% of Cupertino's population. African Americans now made up 1.5% of Cupertino's population and American Indians made up 0.4% of the city's population. In addition, Cupertino now has an Asian American majority as this group now represents 55.7% of the city's population. Pacific Islander Americans remained at 0.1% of the population. Also, 2.5% of the population are from some other race and 2.4% of the population are from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos remained at 4.0% of Cupertino's population. In the 2000 Census, non-Hispanic whites made up 47.8% of Cupertino's population. According to the 2005-2007 American Community Survey, non-Hispanic whites now represented 35.3% of the city's population.
Cupertino was the only city with both a population over 50,000 and a median household income in excess of $100,000 in 2000 besides Naperville, Illinois.
Geography
Cupertino is located at (37.317492, −122.041949), 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.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , 99.99% of it land and 0.01% of it water.
Cupertino has warm weather with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Oak and redwood forests cover the hills overlooking the Cupertino lowlands.
Averages in July (at Santa Clara University) Maximum - Minimum - Averages in January (at Santa Clara University) Maximum - Minimum - Extremes High - - June 1961 Low - - December 1990
Neighborhoods
Cupertino is made up of numerous subdivisions, most of them developed since the 1960s. Two of the newest parts of Cupertino are actually 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 Southern tip of Cupertino and was developed in the 1980s. The newest and most northern neighborhood, Oak Valley, borders Rancho San Antonio Park and was developed around the year 2000.
Layout
The Cupertino region is mainly suburban residential and technical-industrial with a relatively high standard of living. The two main thoroughfares are Stevens Creek Boulevard, which runs east-west, and De Anza Boulevard, which runs north-south. Cupertino has developed quickly since the 1960s and the Silicon Valley boom and there was no old major downtown or Main Street for development to radiate from and replace the historic orchards that covered the Santa Clara Valley. This allowed for urban planning almost in the style of the Master Plano of Columbia, Maryland, with major streets zoned commercially and residential areas built along a gridwork of streets running north-south and east-west that discourage through-traffic. The closest equivalent to a downtown is the busy intersection of Stevens Creek and De Anza Boulevards, colloquially known as the Crossroads, near the site of the tiny village of old Cupertino. Even though it surrounds the busy intersection, the commercial area is designed to be pedestrian-friendly. It is currently bordered by two open-air shopping centers, two gas stations, and the high-rise Cupertino City Center – a mixed-use complex at Cali Mill Plaza (with offices, newly built condominiums, Le Boulanger Bakery, Armadillo Willy's Barbecue Restaurant, and Cypress Hotel). One block further the southeast is the smaller Cupertino Civic Center, which includes City Hall and the local branch of the county library. This complex area also includes a park with a cricket pitch. This park is also used for several festivals like the "Fall Festival".The goal of developing a true downtown has been regularly debated by the City Council ever since the city was incorporated in 1955. The city recently completed an update to its General Plan, which includes plans to gradually move Cupertino to a more pedestrian-oriented community. Several more pedestrian-oriented developments are being proposed or built throughout the city. In recent years, a large number of condominiums have been constructed throughout the city. Many residents have complained that these buildings have resulted in increased traffic and classroom sizes while reducing housing prices. These condominiums tend to be semi-luxury apartments built close to medium size shopping centers. Large mansions and undeveloped lands occupy the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Major roads in the hills include Foothill Boulevard, Prospect Road, Regnart Road, and Rainbow Drive. The Permanente Cement Plant, now operated by Lehigh Southwest Cement, founded in the 1930s, is located on the western end of Stevens Creek Boulevard in the foothills.
Economy
Cupertino is one of many cities that claim to be the "heart" of Silicon Valley, as many semi-conductor and computer companies were founded here and in the surrounding areas. The worldwide headquarters for Apple Inc. is also located here in a modern complex circled by the playfully named Infinite Loop. Apple has also announced that it plans to build a new second campus between Interstate 280, N Wolfe Rd, E Homestead Rd and along Tantau Ave one mile east of the old campus. The different (nine) properties ( south of Pruneridge Avenue were bought in 2006, the property ( north of it in 2010 (from Hewlett-Packard). On June 7, 2011, Steve Jobs gave a presentation to Cupertino City Council, detailing the architectural design of the new building and its environs. The new campus is planned to house up to 13,000 employees in one central four-storied circular building surrounded by extensive landscape (with parking mainly underground and the rest centralized in a parking structure).Other companies headquartered in Cupertino include Trend Micro, Cloud.com, Lab126, Packeteer, Chordiant, and Portal Software. Over 60 high-tech companies have offices there, including IBM, Olivetti and Oracle. Most of these high-tech companies are located on De Anza Boulevard, Cali Mill Plaza, and Bubb Road.
Though Cupertino is home to the headquarters of many high-tech companies, very little manufacturing actually takes place in the city. The city's large office parks are primarily dedicated to management and design functions.
Earlier in its history Cupertino attributed some of its city income from Vallco Fashion Park (see above), at the time one of the only major indoor shopping malls in the South Bay area. People from the greater South Bay area would come to spend money and contribute to the sales tax. Since then, several other shopping malls have sprung up; Valley Fair (now known as Westfield Valley Fair) in Santa Clara caters to the high end, expensive name brand boutique stores, while the Great Mall in Milpitas in the 1990s opened to the low-priced and bargain retailers. Vallco Fashion Park was hit hard by these developments, as well as the loss of one of its anchor stores, Emporium, and has had a hard time recovering ever since.
In 2002, Cupertino had a labor force of 25,780 with an unemployment rate of 4.5%. The unemployment rate for the Santa Clara County as 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. Currently owned and operated by Lehigh Southwest Cement, it was originally founded by Henry J. Kaiser as the Kaiser Permanente Cement Plant in 1939. Its somewhat novel charter was to provide the majority of the cement used in the construction of the Shasta Dam. It achieved this goal to with impressive results, supplying the of cement over a dedicated nine mile (14 km)-long conveyor system. The cement plant continues to be an important part of the local economy, and is the sole reason for the lone railroad line that runs through the city. Lehigh Permanente Cement was honored as the Large Business of the Year by the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce in 2001-2002.
Top employers
According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
| ! # | ! Employer | ! # of Employees |
| 1 | 34,300 (in area) | |
| 2 | 8,000 (in area) | |
| 3 | Foothill-De Anza Community College District | 3,100 |
| 4 | Hewlett-Packard | 3,000 |
| 5 | Cupertino Union School District | 1,679 |
| 6 | ArcSight | 512 |
| 7 | Fremont Union High School District | 429 |
| 8 | Chordiant | 285 |
| 9 | The Forum at Rancho San Antonio | 285 |
| 10 | Trend Micro | 250 |
Law and government
Local
Cupertino was incorporated in 1955. The highest body in the city government is the City Council, made up of five members who serve overlapping, four-year terms. The council itself elects 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.
The city's symbol is a conquistador's morion. A sculpture of this helmet stands next to Cupertino City Hall, and several versions of the helmet have also been used as the city logo. The original sculpture was made in 1971 by John Augsburger of San Luis Obispo. A full-sized replica of the sculpture, made by Fred Subega was given to the city of Toyokawa, Japan as a gift to commemorate their tenth anniversary as sister cities. A smaller sculpture in the shape of the helmet in the 1999-2007 Cupertino city seal was also given to the city of Toyokawa as a twenty-fifth anniversary present.
State and federal
In the state legislature Cupertino is located in the 11th Senate District, represented by Democrat Joe Simitian, and in the 22nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Paul Fong. Federally, Cupertino is located in California's 15th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D+14 and is represented by Democrat Mike Honda.
Transportation
The city is served by an interconnected road system. Two freeways, State Route 85 and Interstate 280, intersect in Cupertino, and like any typical middle-class California suburb, it also has multi-lane boulevards with landscaped medians and traffic lights at all major intersections. Streets are in good condition and nearly all have sidewalks. The few exceptions are in unincorporated pockets at the city's edges, which are maintained directly by Santa Clara County.Gridlock traffic occurs at some main intersections during evening rush hour (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.), particularly at De Anza Boulevard and Interstate 280 because of freeway metering lights.
Cupertino has bike lanes on many of its boulevards, though due to the high volume of traffic bicyclists must exercise caution. Bicycle traffic is heavy usually around morning and noon times around DeAnza college, helmets are compulsory for cyclists below the age of eighteen, but are always recommended. Patrol cars will not stop juvenile riders not wearing a helmet, but patrol cars will not hesitate to stop and warn bicyclists not following the Cupertino Bicycle laws. The VTA has several buses running through Cupertino at major arteries, and all buses have bike racks that can support up to two bikes. If there are already two bikes on the rack, it is up to the bus driver to decided whether the passenger can bring the bike aboard or not - usually the passenger is not allowed to if the bus is already full. Blinkers and safety reflectors are mandatory and recommended for night time riding, Cupertino's main streets are well lit, while a few older roads towards the Monta Vista High School area are a little dim requiring a higher level of awareness for bicyclists during night times.
Dedicated on April 30, 2009, Cupertino opened the Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge, the first cable-stay bicycle pedestrian bridge over a California freeway. This bridge connects the north and the south sections of the Stevens Creek Trail. The total cost of the bridge project was $14,800,000.
The Union Pacific Railroad operates 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 the south. Bus service is also provided by VTA, and the prospect of twenty-four hour bus service on Stevens Creek Boulevard is being studied. Though this corridor (line 23) is one of VTA's most heavily used routes, there is no express or limited-stop service that takes commuters into San Jose, and the quality of service is therefore considered to be relatively poor. Better service would most likely not be economical because the population density of the area is relatively low due to the trend of the area toward independent houses and very small apartment blocks.
Cupertino is landlocked and, like most Bay Area cities, relies on the Port of Oakland for most oceangoing freight.
Passenger and cargo air transportation 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.
In addition, China Airlines operates bus services from Marina Food at 10122 Bandley Drive in Cupertino to San Francisco International Airport to feed its flight to Taipei, Taiwan.
Education
Primary and secondary
Cupertino Schools*
| Elementary School (CUSD)||2007-08 API Score | |
| (LS) Faria A+ | 994 |
| (LS) Portal | 992 |
| -Collins- | 980 |
| Dilworth | 974 |
| Regnart | 974 |
| -Garden Gate- | 972 |
| -Blue Hills- | 971 |
| Lincoln | 970 |
| -Stocklmeir- | 959 |
| Montclaire | 956 |
| Eaton | 948 |
| Meyerholz | 945 |
| Stevens Creek | 943 |
| West Valley | 941 |
| Muir | 913 |
| Eisenhower | 898 |
| Sedgwick | 870 |
| Nimitz | 855 |
| De Vargas | 834 |
| Middle School (CUSD)||2007-08 API Score | |
| Miller | 976 |
| Kennedy | 971 |
| -Lawson- | 966 |
| Cupertino | 915 |
| Hyde | 851 |
| High School (FUHSD) | |
| -Monta Vista- | 943 |
| Lynbrook | 920 |
| Homestead | 846 |
| -Cupertino- | 840 |
| Fremont | 739 |
Cupertino is very well known for its high achieving primary and secondary schools. For example, Faria Elementary School is the number one ranked elementary public school in the state of California, per California API test scores. Kennedy Middle School is the third best in the state. Furthermore, Monta Vista High School is ranked number 23 out of all the public 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. Cupertino High School and its feeder school, Hyde Middle School, are located in 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. There is also a new school called Lawson Middle School that 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. The school system covers Cupertino plus some southern areas of Sunnyvale and Los Altos and some western areas of San Jose.
Colleges and universities
Cupertino is home to De Anza College, one of the two community colleges in the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. De Anza runs a facility called Flint Center, a large enclosed theater which is the primary venue for performing arts in the West Valley, which is widely used as a music hall by various symphonies, such as the California Youth Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony.The University of California, Santa Cruz (Extension) and the University of San Francisco (a private Catholic university) have satellite campuses in Cupertino.
San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University, are also close by. The main UC Santa Cruz campus is about 45 minutes away via Highway 17.
Public libraries
Santa Clara County Library operates the Cupertino Library. The library is the busiest branch in the Santa Clara County Library system, with about 3 million items circulated annually.
Places of interest
Cupertino has Indian restaurants, including Middle Eastern tandoor. Vallco Mall, at the center of Cupertino, includes department stores (Macy's, JCPenney, Sears, etc.), an ice center, bowling, and an AMC theater complex. It hosts a farmer's market on Fridays. The scenic Blackberry Farm golf course and ranch is located near Monta Vista High School. The Cupertino Historical Society has an elaborate museum at the Cupertino Community Center, located next to Memorial Park, which houses the Cupertino Veterans Memorial as well as an amphitheater that hosts events such as summer movies and Free Shakespeare in the Park.
Notable residents (or former residents)
Sister cities
Copertino, Apulia, Italy Hsinchu, Republic of China (Taiwan) Toyokawa, Japan Mysore, Karnataka, India Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India Shamoli, Dhaka, Bangladesh
References
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Category:Cities in Santa Clara County, California Category:Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area Category:1955 establishments Category:Incorporated cities and towns in California Category:Populated places in the United States with Asian American majority populations
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