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Christmas in the Park is a winter event that takes place each year in downtown San Jose, California, roughly from the last week of November to January 1. During this time, more than five hundred Christmas trees decorated by local schools and other groups are displayed in Plaza de César Chávez Park, usually with more than 50 Christmas-related ...
The San Jose Holiday Parade tradition began in 1981 at the opening of the Christmas in the Park display at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, in Downtown San José. In the first year the parade consisted of a couple of fire engines, City of San José vehicles and Santa. [citation needed] The next year, the parade became the Christmas in the Park Parade.
PayPal Park (formerly Earthquakes Stadium and Avaya Stadium) is a soccer-specific stadium in San Jose, California. It is the home stadium of the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The stadium is located on the Airport West site next to the San Jose International Airport.
November 27, 1979. St. James Park is a 6.8-acre (2.8 ha) park in downtown San Jose, California. Originally laid out as St. James Square in 1848, local newspapers dubbed the site a park in 1885, shortly after a fountain was installed in the center of the area. In 1933, two men who were accused of kidnapping and murdering Brooke Hart were lynched ...
Alum Rock Park, in the Alum Rock district of San Jose, California, is California's oldest municipal park, established in 1872 but serving as public land since the pueblo was established in 1777. Located in a valley in the Diablo Range foothills on the east side of San Jose, the 720 acre (2.9 km 2) park offers 13 miles (21 km) of trails, varying ...
Almaden Quicksilver County Park is a 4,163 acres (17 km 2) park that includes the grounds of former mercury ("quicksilver") mines adjacent to south San Jose, California, USA. The park's elevation varies greatly: the most used entrances (on the east side of the park) are less than 600 feet (183 m) above sea level , while the highest point in the ...
Overfelt Gardens are a 33-acre (13 ha) park in San Jose, California, located in the Alum Rock district of East San Jose. History [ edit ] The land for the park was donated by Mildred Overfelt in 1959, in memory of her parents, William and Mary Overfelt, early San Jose pioneers that started grain and dairy farms in the 1850s. [1]
Randy Pratt, owner and chief operating officer, stands in a Christmas tree field Nov. 8 at Wilkens Fruit & Fir Farm in Yorktown Heights. The farm is celebrating its 107th season of harvest.