Stories
Real stories about San Jose, from the people who published them
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Classic reads
- Here Are Reasons To Visit San Jose’s Ancient Egyptian Museum ↗Why the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is in San Jose, and what is inside.
- One of San José’s Last Working Orchards Has Been Family Run Since 1945 ↗The Cosentino family’s two-acre orchard beside Highway 85.
- Alum Rock Park: California’s oldest municipal park celebrates 150 years in the East San Jose hills ↗A walk past the old spring grottos and railway remnants on the park’s 150th birthday.
- Looking Back: Our Historic District of Alviso ↗A photo walk through Alviso’s cannery, store, depot and warehouse.
- The Bay Area’s Sinking Neighborhood Gets a Boost ↗Levees and wetland restoration to protect low-lying Alviso from the bay.
- ‘Broadcasting to You Live From San Jose!’ Early Radio History and Design on View at SFO ↗An airport exhibition and Doc Herrold’s pioneering San Jose station.
- Sarah Winchester: Spirited Lady or Spiritual Believer? ↗What is and isn’t known about the legends of Sarah Winchester and Spiritualism.
- The Agriculture Roots of San Jose’s Japantown ↗Japantown at 125, and its ties to the valley’s Japanese American farmers.
- 125 Years of History and Culture in San Jose’s Japantown ↗A radio conversation on Japantown’s past and how it is changing.
- San Jose Rose Garden Touted For Citizen Involvement in Recovery ↗How volunteers rescued the Municipal Rose Garden from neglect.
- Looking Back: San Jose’s Electric Light Tower ↗The 1881 tower over Santa Clara and Market Streets, its first lighting, and the mock trial against the Eiffel Tower.
- Looking Back: Canning in the Valley of Heart’s Delight ↗How orchards and canneries shaped the valley before the tech era.
- The First State Legislature ↗The rainy winter when San Jose was the capital, and where the “thousand drinks” nickname came from.
- Dutch Hamann - Part One ↗How a city manager’s annexations and a sewage plant turned a cannery town into a big city.
- Gonzalez-Peralta Adobe ↗The city’s oldest building, the last of the 18th-century pueblo.
- New Almaden ↗The National Historic Landmark mining district south of San Jose.
- History of New Almaden ↗The mercury mines, their three camps and how they became a county park.