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Revenue. US$ 7.4 billion (2022) Website. www .goodwill .org. Goodwill Industries International Inc., simply known as Goodwill, is an American nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization that provides job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who face barriers in their employment. [6]
In 2005, San Jose State University honored former students Smith and Carlos with a 22-foot-high (6.7 m) statue of their protest titled Victory Salute, created by artist Rigo 23. [40] A student, Erik Grotz, initiated the project; "One of my professors was talking about unsung heroes and he mentioned Tommie Smith and John Carlos.
Mission San José was not founded until 1797, about 20 miles (30 km) north of San Jose in what is now Fremont .) The town was founded by the colonists led to California by Anza, as a farming community to provide food for the presidios of San Francisco and Monterey. In 1778, the pueblo had a population of 68.
January 21, 1982 (233 W. Santa Clara St. San Jose: 16: Pedro de Lemos House: Pedro de Lemos House: January 10, 1980 (100–110 Waverley Oaks: Palo Alto: 17: Dohrmann Building
During the 19th century and early 20th century, San Jose, California, was home to a large Chinese-American community that was centered around the Santa Clara Valley's agricultural industry. Due to anti-Chinese sentiment and official discrimination, Chinese immigrants and their descendants lived in a succession of five Chinatowns from the 1860s ...
In 1850, San Jose incorporated to become California's first city and the location of California's first state capitol. Despite widespread destruction caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , a number of neighborhoods around Downtown San Jose still retain their original, pre-1906 housing stock.
1654952, 2411790. Website. sanjoseca.gov. San Jose, officially the City of San José ( Spanish for ' Saint Joseph ' [14] / ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ, - ˈseɪ / SAN hoh-ZAY, -SAY; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse] ), [15] is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, [9] it is the most populous city ...
Diane Rodriguez, theatre director, actor, writer, born in San Jose. Dave Tatsuno, Japanese-American internment camp resident who made amateur film Topaz, about camp life. Kathy Uyen, actress and producer for Vietnamese cinema, born in San Jose. Kate Walsh, actress, born in San Jose. Luis Valdez, playwright and director.