San Jose is an agricultural valley covered in orchards and is often referred to as the capital of Silicon Valley. It is located in the northern part of the Bay Area and is the center of the California computer industry, the largest city in California, stretching from the southwest coast of a bay to San Francisco. The clean, sprawling metropolis has sports, beautiful views, ethnic enclaves and thrives on travelers wanting to make their first steps into the world of technology. San Jose, a city of more than 2.5 million people, is home to California State University, Santa Clara and the University of Southern California.

The beauty of San Jose is that you can be in the city center, walking distance to everything and on vacation there are many beautiful things to see and do. You can fly into the city from San Jose Airport and be taken to your downtown hotel or the University of California at Santa Clara. To get to downtown, take the VTA Rapid 500 bus or get off at the Alameda County Courthouse and catch a bus to San Francisco Bay Area International Airport.

If you are traveling to the airport, a direct alternative is the Monterey Airbus, which flies from SFO to SJC or from San Francisco - San Jose Airlines or from Monterey's Marina in Prunedale, which is surrounded by Monterey Bay south of SanJose. There are many other places to see in and around San Jose's backyard, but these are just a few of them and you can reach them in a short time.

The city is home to many performing arts, including the San Jose Opera House, Santa Clara County Museum of Art and many other museums and galleries. It is also home to the University of California, Santa Cruz and California State University, San Francisco.

The largest and most famous is San Jose State University, founded by the California Legislature in 1862 as California State Normal School, and one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the second oldest in California. It offers degrees and general education units that change at CSU and UC schools, as well as continuing education programs. In addition, residents of SanJose attend several universities in other regions, including the University of California, Santa Cruz, California Institute of Technology, UC San Francisco and Santa Clara University.

The Spanish farming community was founded in 1777 by Jose Joaquin Moraga and the Pueblo San Jose de Guadalupe, named after Saint Joseph. It is one of the first settlements not associated with the US Army or the United States Army Corps of Engineers in California.

San Jose was also the first capital of California and hosted the US Army Corps of Engineers and the California Capitol. It was founded in 1777 by Jose Joaquin Moraga and his wife Maria de Guadalupe as a settlement for the Spaniards.

With all the economic and industrial advances that it has made, San Jose is now considered the capital of Silicon Valley. In 1990, the city was named the "capital of Silicon Valley," and the population of SanJose and Silicon Valley continues to grow rapidly.

Households in San Jose have high living costs, but it is also home to a large foreign population, born mainly because of Silicon Valley's location. The University of Santa Clara and Stanford are nearby, and the city is one of the largest cities in the United States with a population of more than 1.5 million.

San Jose is the tenth largest city in the US that attracts high-tech professionals, and its Silicon Valley businesses invest more than $1.5 billion of their annual revenue in San Jose. There are also a large number of universities and research institutions, including Stanford University, the University of California, Santa Clara University and the California Institute of Technology. There is also a large urban area in the bay, which includes San Francisco and Oakland. SanJose's average labor productivity is below the national average, but its residents produce twice as many goods and services as their counterparts in other parts of the country.

Coast Starlight will stop on the Capitol Corridor Line, which will add eight additional stops on its route from San Jose to San Francisco and Oakland. The Capitol Corridor runs through the heart of the city, with trains continuing to the Bay Area's largest shopping and entertainment district, Mission District, and downtown.

Coast Starlight operates once a day to Seattle, Portland, Sacramento and Emeryville with stops in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and San Diego. Most bus lines connect with buses that also run south to San Ysidro and Tijuana and the Bay Area.