San Jose, officially San José (/ ˌ s æ n h oʊ ˈ z eɪ,-ˈ s eɪ /; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 population of 1,013,240, it is the most populous city in both the Bay ...

Chula Vista (/ ˌ tʃ uː l ə ˈ v ɪ s t ə /; Spanish for '"Beautiful View"') is the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh largest city in Southern California, the fifteenth largest city in the state of California, and the 78th-largest city in the United States.The population was 275,487 as of the 2020 census, up from 243,916 as of the 2010 census.

Murrieta / m jʊər i ˈ ɛ t ə / is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States.The population of Murrieta was 110,949 as of the 2020 census. Murrieta experienced a 133.7% population increase between 2000 and 2010, making Murrieta one of the fastest-growing cities in the state during that period.

Los Gatos (US: / l oʊ s ˈ ɡ ɑː t oʊ s, l ɔː s-/, Spanish: [los ˈɣatos]; Spanish for 'The Cats') is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States.The population is 33,529 according to the 2020 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area just southwest of San Jose in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.Los Gatos is part of Silicon Valley, with ...

The California Republic (Spanish: La República de California), or Bear Flag Republic, was an unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that for 25 days in 1846 militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.. In June 1846, thirty-three American immigrants in Alta California who had entered without official permission …

Californië (Engels en Spaans: California) is een van de staten van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika.Het ligt van noord naar zuid uitgestrekt langs de westkust van het land, aan de Stille Oceaan.De hoofdstad is Sacramento. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach en Oakland zijn de grootste steden. Californië omvat twee …

Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation.Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo County and Santa Clara County. San Jose is Silicon Valley's largest city, the third-largest in California, and the tenth-largest in the United …

San Bernardino (/ ˌ s æ n ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d iː n oʊ /; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the 18th-largest city in California.San Bernardino is the economic, cultural, and political hub ...

Mount Hamilton is a mountain in the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California.The mountain's peak, at 4,265 feet (1,300 m), overlooks the heavily urbanized Santa Clara Valley and is the site of Lick Observatory, the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. The asteroid 452 Hamiltonia, discovered in 1899, is named after the mountain.

San Simeon (Spanish: San Simeón, meaning "St. Simon") is a village and Census-designated place on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.Its position along State Route 1 is about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those cities being roughly 230 miles (370 km) away.A key feature of the area is Hearst Castle, a hilltop …