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Cupertino, California

Cupertino (/ˌkpərˈtn/ KOOP-ər-TEEN-oh) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 60,381 as of the 2020 census. It is known for being the home of Apple Inc., headquartered at Apple Park.

Cupertino, California
Clockwise from top: View from the Santa Cruz Mountains; Apple Park (Apple Inc. HQ); Le Petit Trianon; Steve Jobs Theater; Cupertino City Center
Location of Cupertino in Santa Clara County, California
Cupertino, California
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 37°19′23″N 122°01′55″W / 37.32306°N 122.03194°W / 37.32306; -122.03194Coordinates: 37°19′23″N 122°01′55″W / 37.32306°N 122.03194°W / 37.32306; -122.03194
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySanta Clara
RegionSan Francisco Bay Area
IncorporatedOctober 10, 1955[1]
Named forArroyo San José de Cupertino Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • Body
City council[2]
 • MayorHung Wei[3]
 • Vice MayorShiela Mohan[4]
Area
 • Total11.33 sq mi (29.34 km2)
 • Land11.33 sq mi (29.34 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0.01%
Elevation236 ft (72 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total60,381
 • Density5,300/sq mi (2,100/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
95014, 95015
Area codes408/669
FIPS code06-17610
GNIS feature IDs277496, 2410278
Websitewww.cupertino.org

Etymology

Cupertino was named after Arroyo San José de Cupertino (now Stevens Creek). The creek had been named by Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza's cartographer, who named it after Saint Joseph of Cupertino. Saint Joseph (Italian: Giuseppe da Copertino) was born Giuseppe Maria Desa, and was later named after the town of Copertino, where he was born, in the Apulia region of Italy. The name Cupertino first became widely used when John T. Doyle, a San Francisco lawyer, and historian, named his winery on McClellan Road Cupertino. After the turn of the 20th century, Cupertino displaced the former name for the region, which was West Side.

History

 
Cupertino Improvement Assn., 1954

In the 19th century, Cupertino was a small rural village at the crossroads of Stevens Creek Road and Saratoga-Mountain View Road (also known locally as Highway 9; later Saratoga–Sunnyvale Road, and then renamed to De Anza Boulevard within Cupertino city limits). For decades, the intersection was dominated on the southeast corner by the R. Cali Brothers Feed Mill,[7] replaced today with the Cali Mill Plaza and City Hall. Back then, it was known as the West Side and was part of Fremont Township. The primary economic activity was fruit agriculture. Almost all of the land within Cupertino's present-day boundaries was covered by prune, plum, apricot, and cherry orchards. A winery on Montebello Ridge overlooking the Cupertino valley region was also in operation by the late 19th century.

Soon railroads, electric railways, and dirt roads traversed the West Side farmlands. Monta Vista, Cupertino's first housing tract, was developed in the mid-20th century as a result of the electric railway's construction.

After World War II, a population and suburban housing boom dramatically shifted the demographics and economy of the Santa Clara Valley, as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" was beginning to transform into "Silicon Valley". In 1954, a rancher, Norman Nathanson, the Cupertino-Monta Vista Improvement Association, and the Fact Finding Committee, began a drive for incorporation. On September 27, 1955, voters approved the incorporation of the city of Cupertino (225 voted "yes" and 183 voted "no"). Cupertino officially became Santa Clara County's 13th city on October 10, 1955.

A major milestone in Cupertino's development was the creation by some of the city's largest landowners of VALLCO Business and Industrial Park in the early 1960s. Of the 25 property owners, 17 decided to pool their land to form VALLCO Park, 6 sold to Varian Associates (property later sold to Hewlett-Packard), and two opted for transplanting to farms elsewhere. The name VALLCO was derived from the names of the principal developers: Varian Associates and the Leonard, Lester, Craft, and Orlando families. A neighborhood outdoor shopping center and, much later, the enclosed Vallco Fashion Park, briefly renamed Cupertino Square, were also developed.

De Anza College opened in 1967. The college, named for Juan Bautista De Anza, occupies a 112-acre (0.45 km2) site that was the location of a winery built at the turn of the 20th century, called Beaulieu by its owners, Charles and Ella Baldwin. Their mansion has now become the California History Center. De Anza College now[when?] has about 22,000 students.

Housing developments were rapidly constructed in the following years as developers created neighborhoods, including Fairgrove, Garden Gate, Monta Vista, Seven Springs, and other developments. The city is known for its high real estate prices.

Geography

Cupertino is located at 37°19′23″N 122°01′55″W / 37.32306°N 122.03194°W / 37.32306; -122.03194 (37.3229978, −122.0321823),[6] at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay. The eastern part of the city, located in the Santa Clara Valley, is flat, while the western part of the city slopes into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Cupertino borders San Jose and Santa Clara to the east, Saratoga to the south, Sunnyvale and Los Altos to the north, and Loyola to the northwest.

Several streams run through Cupertino on their way to south San Francisco Bay, including (from north to south): Permanente Creek, Stevens Creek, San Tomas Aquino Creek and its Smith Creek, the Regnart Creek and Prospect Creek tributaries of Calabazas Creek, and Saratoga Creek.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.3 square miles (29 km2),[8] 99.99% of it land and 0.01% of it water.

Climate

Cupertino has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb under the Köppen climate classification system), with warm to hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.

Climate data for Cupertino, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 79
(26)
89
(32)
89
(32)
94
(34)
104
(40)
108
(42)
111
(44)
103
(39)
109
(43)
100
(38)
96
(36)
87
(31)
111
(44)
Average high °F (°C) 58.4
(14.7)
62.2
(16.8)
65.7
(18.7)
70
(21)
74.3
(23.5)
79.1
(26.2)
82
(28)
81.7
(27.6)
81.2
(27.3)
75.5
(24.2)
66.8
(19.3)
59
(15)
71.3
(21.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 48.3
(9.1)
51.6
(10.9)
54
(12)
57
(14)
60.7
(15.9)
64.7
(18.2)
67.3
(19.6)
67
(19)
65.9
(18.8)
61.2
(16.2)
54.3
(12.4)
48.9
(9.4)
58.4
(14.6)
Average low °F (°C) 38.2
(3.4)
41.1
(5.1)
42.4
(5.8)
43.9
(6.6)
47.1
(8.4)
50.2
(10.1)
52.6
(11.4)
52.4
(11.3)
50.6
(10.3)
47
(8)
41.8
(5.4)
38.8
(3.8)
45.5
(7.5)
Record low °F (°C) 19
(−7)
23
(−5)
28
(−2)
29
(−2)
32
(0)
31
(−1)
38
(3)
39
(4)
36
(2)
30
(−1)
24
(−4)
20
(−7)
19
(−7)
Average rainfall inches (cm) 3
(7.6)
2.6
(6.6)
2.3
(5.8)
1
(2.5)
0.4
(1.0)
0.1
(0.25)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0.3
(0.76)
0.6
(1.5)
1.5
(3.8)
2.7
(6.9)
14.5
(36.71)
Average rainy days 10 9 9 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 6 9 56
Source: Monthly- All Data for Cupertino- Santa Clara University, California

Neighborhoods

Cupertino is made up of numerous subdivisions, most of them developed since the 1960s. Most of Cupertino's contemporary properties were developed around 1960. The area between Stevens Creek Boulevard, Miller Avenue, Bollinger Road, and Lawrence Expressway contains 224 Eichler homes, built during the 1950s.[9] Two of the newest parts of Cupertino are among its oldest housing tracts. Monta Vista and Rancho Rinconada were developed outside of the city's boundaries in the 1950s and before. Rancho Rinconada was annexed in 1999[10] and the last part of Monta Vista was annexed in 2004.[11] The neighborhood of Seven Springs is at the southwestern tip of Cupertino and was developed in the late 1980s. The newest and most northwestern neighborhood, Oak Valley, borders Rancho San Antonio Park and was developed around the turn of the millennium.

Cupertino is known for its high housing prices as the majority of residential properties are multimillion-dollar homes as of the priciest housing market peak of 2022, with the entry-point into a single-family home at around 2 million dollars in the Cupertino HS area, and the entry point at around 2.6 million dollars in the Monta Vista HS area. Many smaller homes start from the high $2 millions, mid-size homes start from the mid $3 millions, and larger executive homes start from mid $4 millions and can go up to as much as $7 million, as of the 2022 peak. However, townhouses and condos with similar square footage are relatively less expensive, owing mainly to negligible lot sizes and the many common walls and areas. Over the course of thirteen and a half years since the last late 2008 housing market crash, overall real estate prices have more than tripled.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
19603,664
197017,895388.4%
198034,29791.7%
199040,26317.4%
200050,54625.5%
201058,30215.3%
202060,3813.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]

63 percent of Cupertino's population was of Asian ancestry in 2010,[13] compared to 32 percent in Santa Clara County overall.[14] Money's Best Places to Live, "America's best small towns", ranked Cupertino as #27 in 2012,[15] the second highest in California. In 2014, Movoto Real Estate ranked Cupertino the seventh "happiest" suburb in the United States, ranking highly in the categories of income, safety, marriage, and education.[16]

In 2015, Forbes ranked Cupertino as one of the most educated places in the U.S. in respect to the percentage of high school and college graduates.[17]

2010 For Cupertino

The 2010 United States Census[18] reported that Cupertino had a population of 58,302. The population density was 5,179.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,999.7/km2). The racial makeup of Cupertino was 18,270 (31.3%) White, 344 (0.6%) Black American, 117 (0.2%) Native American, 36,895 (63.3%) Asian (28.1% Chinese, 22.6% Indian, 4.6% Korean, 3.3% Japanese, 1.3% Vietnamese), 54 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 670 (1.1%) from other races, and 1,952 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic of any race were 2,113 persons (3.6%); 2.4% of Cupertino's population is of Mexican ancestry.

The census reported that 57,965 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 61 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 276 (0.5%) were institutionalized.

There were 20,181 households, out of which 9,539 (47.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,802 (68.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,393 (6.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 581 (2.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 378 (1.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 89 (0.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 3,544 households (17.6%) were made up of individuals, and 1,612 (8.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87. There were 15,776 families (78.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.28.

The population was spread out, with 16,075 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 3,281 people (5.6%) aged 18 to 24, 15,621 people (26.8%) aged 25 to 44, 16,044 people (27.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,281 people (12.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.

There were 21,027 housing units at an average density of 1,867.9 per square mile (721.2/km2), of which 12,627 (62.6%) were owner-occupied, and 7,554 (37.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.7%. 36,464 people (62.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied dwelling units and 21,501 people (36.9%) lived in rental dwelling units.

Economy

 
The headquarters of Apple Inc. on Apple Park Way in Cupertino

Cupertino is one of many cities that claim to be the "heart" of Silicon Valley, as many semiconductor and computer companies were founded there and in the surrounding areas. The new worldwide headquarters for Apple Inc. is located there in a modern circular complex. It is a 150-acre (610,000 m2) campus between Interstate 280, N Wolfe Rd, E Homestead Rd and along Tantau Ave one mile east of the old campus. The nine properties (50-acre (0.2 km2)) south of Pruneridge Avenue were bought in 2006, the property (100-acre (0.4 km2) north of it in 2010 (from Hewlett-Packard).

On June 7, 2011, Steve Jobs gave a presentation to Cupertino City Council, detailing the architectural design of the new building and its environs.[19] The campus houses 13,000 employees in one central four-story circular building surrounded by extensive landscaping, with parking mainly underground and the rest centralized in a parking structure.

 
Cali Mill Plaza, containing the Cypress Hotel and various restaurants

In 2002, Cupertino had a labor force of 25,780 with an unemployment rate of 4.5%. The unemployment rate for Santa Clara County as a whole was 8.4%.

One of the major employers in the area is the aggregate rock quarry and cement plant in the foothills to the west of Cupertino, the Permanente Quarry. Owned and operated by Lehigh Southwest Cement, it was founded by Henry J. Kaiser as the Kaiser Permanente Cement Plant in 1939. It provided the majority of the cement used in the construction of the Shasta Dam.[citation needed] It supplied the 6 million barrels (950,000 m3) of cement over a nine-mile (14 km)-long conveyor system.[20][failed verification][citation needed] The cement plant is the sole reason for the railroad line that runs through the city.

Top employers

According to the city's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[21] the top employers in the city are:

# Employer No. of employees
1 Apple 15,000
2 Cupertino Union School District 1,597
3 Foothill–De Anza Community College District 1,183
4 Fremont Union High School District 961
5 Seagate Technology 500
6 Affymax 304
7 Chordiant 285
8 Trend Micro 250
9 The Forum at Rancho San Antonio 250
10 Target 220

Government

 
The city seal of Cupertino from 1999 to 2007

Cupertino was incorporated in 1955. The highest body in the city government – the City Council – is made up of five members who serve overlapping, four-year terms. The council elects the mayor and vice-mayor for a term of one year. The city does not have its own charter. Instead, it is a General Law city, which follows provisions and requirements for cities established by the state of California.

Cupertino contracts with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and the Santa Clara County Fire Department for public safety services. The Cupertino Library is part of the Santa Clara County Library System.

In the California State Legislature, Cupertino is in the 15th Senate District, represented by Democrat Dave Cortese, and in the 26th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Evan Low.[22]

In the United States House of Representatives, Cupertino is in California's 17th congressional district, represented by Democrat Ro Khanna.[23]

Education

Santa Clara County Library operates the Cupertino Library, which is located adjacent to city hall.[24] The library, which was redesigned and rebuilt in 2004,[25] is the busiest branch in the Santa Clara County Library system, with about 3 million items circulated annually.[26]

The San Francisco Japanese School, a weekend educational program for Japanese citizen children living abroad, holds classes at J.F. Kennedy Middle School in Cupertino,[27] as well as Harker, a private school.

Primary and secondary

Cupertino is known for its high-achieving primary and secondary school students. For example, Murdock-Portal Elementary and Faria Elementary School are tied for highest score for elementary public school in the state of California, per California 2013 API test scores. As of 2013, John F. Kennedy Middle School is the best public middle school in the state, and Lawson Middle School is the third best in the state. Furthermore, Monta Vista High School is ranked number 23 out of all the public high schools in the nation.

Primary (K-8) public schools are organized into the Cupertino Union School District, while the Fremont Union High School District is responsible for high school students (except for a tiny portion of the northeast corner of the city which belongs to the Santa Clara Unified School District). Cupertino High School and its feeder school, Hyde Middle School, are located in the Rancho Rinconada section of Cupertino, while Monta Vista High School and its feeder, Kennedy Middle School, are in the Monta Vista neighborhood in the western half of Cupertino. Lawson Middle School feeds mostly Cupertino and Monta Vista High. In addition, Homestead High School is located in the northwestern portion of Cupertino, along the city border with neighboring Sunnyvale.

Colleges and universities

Cupertino is home to De Anza College, one of the two community colleges in the Foothill–De Anza Community College District. The University of San Francisco has satellite campuses in Cupertino.

Transportation

 
Cupertino Memorial Park

The city is served by an interconnected road system. Two freeways, State Route 85 and Interstate 280, intersect in Cupertino, with multi-lane boulevards with landscaped medians and traffic lights at all major intersections. Almost all streets have sidewalks; the few exceptions are in unincorporated pockets at the city's edges, which are maintained directly by Santa Clara County.

Cupertino has bike lanes on many of its boulevards, and has an extension of the Stevens Creek Trail through McClellan Ranch Park and Blackberry Farm.[28] Bicycle traffic is heavy usually around morning and noon times around DeAnza College. The VTA has buses running through Cupertino at major arteries. Cupertino's main streets are well lit, while a few older roads towards the Monta Vista High School area are a little dim.

Dedicated on April 30, 2009, Cupertino opened the Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge, the first cable-stayed bicycle-pedestrian bridge over a California freeway. This bridge connects the north and the south sections of the Stevens Creek Trail. The cost of the bridge project was $14,800,000.[29]

The Union Pacific Railroad operates a branch line track up to the Lehigh Permanente Cement Plant from the mainline at San Jose Diridon Station. It is, however, strictly for the quarry and very little to no non-quarry traffic runs there.

 
Public transit in Cupertino is powered by Via Transportation and utilizes on-demand shuttles.

There is no commuter rail or light rail service in the city. Caltrain commuter rail runs through the cities to the north and east, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)'s Mountain View – Winchester light rail line runs to Campbell, California to the south. Bus service is also provided by VTA, and the prospect of a twenty-four-hour bus service on Stevens Creek Boulevard is being studied. Cupertino is also served by VTA's 523 Rapid bus, which runs from northern Sunnyvale and the Caltrain station to Downtown San Jose with limited stops and signal priority.

Cupertino is landlocked and, like most Bay Area cities, relies on the Port of Oakland for most oceangoing freight.

Passenger and cargo air transportation is available at San Jose International Airport in San Jose. The closest general aviation airport is in Palo Alto; it is known as Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County.

The City of Cupertino partnered with Via Transportation in October 2019 to launch a new on-demand public transportation network.[30][31] Unlike traditional bus networks that rely on routes and schedules, the new microtransit service called Via allows riders to hail a shared ride on demand through a smartphone app.[32][33] The transit network serves the entire City of Cupertino with a satellite zone surrounding the Sunnyvale Caltrain station for commuters.[34][35]

Notable people

Sister cities

Cupertino is twinned with:[36]

Friendship cities

Cupertino also has friendly relations with:[36]

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External links

  • Official website
  • Cupertino Courier
  • Cupertino Historical Society + Museum

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Cupertino redirects here For other uses see Cupertino disambiguation Cupertino ˌ k uː p er ˈ t iː n oʊ KOOP er TEEN oh is a city in Santa Clara County California United States directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains The population was 60 381 as of the 2020 census It is known for being the home of Apple Inc headquartered at Apple Park Cupertino CaliforniaCityClockwise from top View from the Santa Cruz Mountains Apple Park Apple Inc HQ Le Petit Trianon Steve Jobs Theater Cupertino City CenterFlagSealLocation of Cupertino in Santa Clara County CaliforniaCupertino CaliforniaLocation within the United StatesCoordinates 37 19 23 N 122 01 55 W 37 32306 N 122 03194 W 37 32306 122 03194 Coordinates 37 19 23 N 122 01 55 W 37 32306 N 122 03194 W 37 32306 122 03194CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountySanta ClaraRegionSan Francisco Bay AreaIncorporatedOctober 10 1955 1 Named forArroyo San Jose de Cupertino Saint Joseph of CupertinoGovernment TypeCouncil manager BodyCity council 2 Kitty Moore Liang Chao J R Fruen MayorHung Wei 3 Vice MayorShiela Mohan 4 Area 5 Total11 33 sq mi 29 34 km2 Land11 33 sq mi 29 34 km2 Water0 00 sq mi 0 00 km2 0 01 Elevation 6 236 ft 72 m Population 2020 Total60 381 Density5 300 sq mi 2 100 km2 Time zoneUTC 8 Pacific Summer DST UTC 7 PDT ZIP Codes95014 95015Area codes408 669FIPS code06 17610GNIS feature IDs277496 2410278Websitewww wbr cupertino wbr org Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Geography 3 1 Climate 3 2 Neighborhoods 4 Demographics 4 1 2010 For Cupertino 5 Economy 5 1 Top employers 6 Government 7 Education 7 1 Primary and secondary 7 2 Colleges and universities 8 Transportation 9 Notable people 10 Sister cities 10 1 Friendship cities 11 References 12 External linksEtymology EditCupertino was named after Arroyo San Jose de Cupertino now Stevens Creek The creek had been named by Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza s cartographer who named it after Saint Joseph of Cupertino Saint Joseph Italian Giuseppe da Copertino was born Giuseppe Maria Desa and was later named after the town of Copertino where he was born in the Apulia region of Italy The name Cupertino first became widely used when John T Doyle a San Francisco lawyer and historian named his winery on McClellan Road Cupertino After the turn of the 20th century Cupertino displaced the former name for the region which was West Side History Edit Cupertino Improvement Assn 1954 In the 19th century Cupertino was a small rural village at the crossroads of Stevens Creek Road and Saratoga Mountain View Road also known locally as Highway 9 later Saratoga Sunnyvale Road and then renamed to De Anza Boulevard within Cupertino city limits For decades the intersection was dominated on the southeast corner by the R Cali Brothers Feed Mill 7 replaced today with the Cali Mill Plaza and City Hall Back then it was known as the West Side and was part of Fremont Township The primary economic activity was fruit agriculture Almost all of the land within Cupertino s present day boundaries was covered by prune plum apricot and cherry orchards A winery on Montebello Ridge overlooking the Cupertino valley region was also in operation by the late 19th century Soon railroads electric railways and dirt roads traversed the West Side farmlands Monta Vista Cupertino s first housing tract was developed in the mid 20th century as a result of the electric railway s construction After World War II a population and suburban housing boom dramatically shifted the demographics and economy of the Santa Clara Valley as the Valley of Heart s Delight was beginning to transform into Silicon Valley In 1954 a rancher Norman Nathanson the Cupertino Monta Vista Improvement Association and the Fact Finding Committee began a drive for incorporation On September 27 1955 voters approved the incorporation of the city of Cupertino 225 voted yes and 183 voted no Cupertino officially became Santa Clara County s 13th city on October 10 1955 A major milestone in Cupertino s development was the creation by some of the city s largest landowners of VALLCO Business and Industrial Park in the early 1960s Of the 25 property owners 17 decided to pool their land to form VALLCO Park 6 sold to Varian Associates property later sold to Hewlett Packard and two opted for transplanting to farms elsewhere The name VALLCO was derived from the names of the principal developers Varian Associates and the Leonard Lester Craft and Orlando families A neighborhood outdoor shopping center and much later the enclosed Vallco Fashion Park briefly renamed Cupertino Square were also developed De Anza College opened in 1967 The college named for Juan Bautista De Anza occupies a 112 acre 0 45 km2 site that was the location of a winery built at the turn of the 20th century called Beaulieu by its owners Charles and Ella Baldwin Their mansion has now become the California History Center De Anza College now when has about 22 000 students Housing developments were rapidly constructed in the following years as developers created neighborhoods including Fairgrove Garden Gate Monta Vista Seven Springs and other developments The city is known for its high real estate prices Geography Edit Stevens Creek Reservoir Cupertino is located at 37 19 23 N 122 01 55 W 37 32306 N 122 03194 W 37 32306 122 03194 37 3229978 122 0321823 6 at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay The eastern part of the city located in the Santa Clara Valley is flat while the western part of the city slopes into the Santa Cruz Mountains Cupertino borders San Jose and Santa Clara to the east Saratoga to the south Sunnyvale and Los Altos to the north and Loyola to the northwest Several streams run through Cupertino on their way to south San Francisco Bay including from north to south Permanente Creek Stevens Creek San Tomas Aquino Creek and its Smith Creek the Regnart Creek and Prospect Creek tributaries of Calabazas Creek and Saratoga Creek According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 11 3 square miles 29 km2 8 99 99 of it land and 0 01 of it water Climate Edit Cupertino has a warm summer Mediterranean climate Csb under the Koppen climate classification system with warm to hot dry summers and cool wet winters Climate data for Cupertino CaliforniaMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 79 26 89 32 89 32 94 34 104 40 108 42 111 44 103 39 109 43 100 38 96 36 87 31 111 44 Average high F C 58 4 14 7 62 2 16 8 65 7 18 7 70 21 74 3 23 5 79 1 26 2 82 28 81 7 27 6 81 2 27 3 75 5 24 2 66 8 19 3 59 15 71 3 21 9 Daily mean F C 48 3 9 1 51 6 10 9 54 12 57 14 60 7 15 9 64 7 18 2 67 3 19 6 67 19 65 9 18 8 61 2 16 2 54 3 12 4 48 9 9 4 58 4 14 6 Average low F C 38 2 3 4 41 1 5 1 42 4 5 8 43 9 6 6 47 1 8 4 50 2 10 1 52 6 11 4 52 4 11 3 50 6 10 3 47 8 41 8 5 4 38 8 3 8 45 5 7 5 Record low F C 19 7 23 5 28 2 29 2 32 0 31 1 38 3 39 4 36 2 30 1 24 4 20 7 19 7 Average rainfall inches cm 3 7 6 2 6 6 6 2 3 5 8 1 2 5 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 76 0 6 1 5 1 5 3 8 2 7 6 9 14 5 36 71 Average rainy days 10 9 9 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 6 9 56Source Monthly All Data for Cupertino Santa Clara University California Neighborhoods Edit Cupertino is made up of numerous subdivisions most of them developed since the 1960s Most of Cupertino s contemporary properties were developed around 1960 The area between Stevens Creek Boulevard Miller Avenue Bollinger Road and Lawrence Expressway contains 224 Eichler homes built during the 1950s 9 Two of the newest parts of Cupertino are among its oldest housing tracts Monta Vista and Rancho Rinconada were developed outside of the city s boundaries in the 1950s and before Rancho Rinconada was annexed in 1999 10 and the last part of Monta Vista was annexed in 2004 11 The neighborhood of Seven Springs is at the southwestern tip of Cupertino and was developed in the late 1980s The newest and most northwestern neighborhood Oak Valley borders Rancho San Antonio Park and was developed around the turn of the millennium Cupertino is known for its high housing prices as the majority of residential properties are multimillion dollar homes as of the priciest housing market peak of 2022 with the entry point into a single family home at around 2 million dollars in the Cupertino HS area and the entry point at around 2 6 million dollars in the Monta Vista HS area Many smaller homes start from the high 2 millions mid size homes start from the mid 3 millions and larger executive homes start from mid 4 millions and can go up to as much as 7 million as of the 2022 peak However townhouses and condos with similar square footage are relatively less expensive owing mainly to negligible lot sizes and the many common walls and areas Over the course of thirteen and a half years since the last late 2008 housing market crash overall real estate prices have more than tripled Demographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 19603 664 197017 895388 4 198034 29791 7 199040 26317 4 200050 54625 5 201058 30215 3 202060 3813 6 U S Decennial Census 12 Saint Joseph of Cupertino Church of the Catholic Diocese of San Jose 63 percent of Cupertino s population was of Asian ancestry in 2010 13 compared to 32 percent in Santa Clara County overall 14 Money s Best Places to Live America s best small towns ranked Cupertino as 27 in 2012 15 the second highest in California In 2014 Movoto Real Estate ranked Cupertino the seventh happiest suburb in the United States ranking highly in the categories of income safety marriage and education 16 In 2015 Forbes ranked Cupertino as one of the most educated places in the U S in respect to the percentage of high school and college graduates 17 2010 For Cupertino Edit Picchetti Brothers Winery The 2010 United States Census 18 reported that Cupertino had a population of 58 302 The population density was 5 179 1 inhabitants per square mile 1 999 7 km2 The racial makeup of Cupertino was 18 270 31 3 White 344 0 6 Black American 117 0 2 Native American 36 895 63 3 Asian 28 1 Chinese 22 6 Indian 4 6 Korean 3 3 Japanese 1 3 Vietnamese 54 0 1 Pacific Islander 670 1 1 from other races and 1 952 3 3 from two or more races Hispanic of any race were 2 113 persons 3 6 2 4 of Cupertino s population is of Mexican ancestry The census reported that 57 965 people 99 4 of the population lived in households 61 0 1 lived in non institutionalized group quarters and 276 0 5 were institutionalized There were 20 181 households out of which 9 539 47 3 had children under the age of 18 living in them 13 802 68 4 were opposite sex married couples living together 1 393 6 9 had a female householder with no husband present 581 2 9 had a male householder with no wife present There were 378 1 9 unmarried opposite sex partnerships and 89 0 4 same sex married couples or partnerships 3 544 households 17 6 were made up of individuals and 1 612 8 0 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 87 There were 15 776 families 78 2 of all households the average family size was 3 28 The population was spread out with 16 075 people 27 6 under the age of 18 3 281 people 5 6 aged 18 to 24 15 621 people 26 8 aged 25 to 44 16 044 people 27 5 aged 45 to 64 and 7 281 people 12 5 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 39 9 years For every 100 females there were 97 4 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94 6 males There were 21 027 housing units at an average density of 1 867 9 per square mile 721 2 km2 of which 12 627 62 6 were owner occupied and 7 554 37 4 were occupied by renters The homeowner vacancy rate was 0 8 the rental vacancy rate was 4 7 36 464 people 62 5 of the population lived in owner occupied dwelling units and 21 501 people 36 9 lived in rental dwelling units Economy Edit The headquarters of Apple Inc on Apple Park Way in Cupertino Cupertino is one of many cities that claim to be the heart of Silicon Valley as many semiconductor and computer companies were founded there and in the surrounding areas The new worldwide headquarters for Apple Inc is located there in a modern circular complex It is a 150 acre 610 000 m2 campus between Interstate 280 N Wolfe Rd E Homestead Rd and along Tantau Ave one mile east of the old campus The nine properties 50 acre 0 2 km2 south of Pruneridge Avenue were bought in 2006 the property 100 acre 0 4 km2 north of it in 2010 from Hewlett Packard On June 7 2011 Steve Jobs gave a presentation to Cupertino City Council detailing the architectural design of the new building and its environs 19 The campus houses 13 000 employees in one central four story circular building surrounded by extensive landscaping with parking mainly underground and the rest centralized in a parking structure Cali Mill Plaza containing the Cypress Hotel and various restaurants In 2002 Cupertino had a labor force of 25 780 with an unemployment rate of 4 5 The unemployment rate for Santa Clara County as a whole was 8 4 One of the major employers in the area is the aggregate rock quarry and cement plant in the foothills to the west of Cupertino the Permanente Quarry Owned and operated by Lehigh Southwest Cement it was founded by Henry J Kaiser as the Kaiser Permanente Cement Plant in 1939 It provided the majority of the cement used in the construction of the Shasta Dam citation needed It supplied the 6 million barrels 950 000 m3 of cement over a nine mile 14 km long conveyor system 20 failed verification citation needed The cement plant is the sole reason for the railroad line that runs through the city Top employers Edit According to the city s 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 21 the top employers in the city are Employer No of employees1 Apple 15 0002 Cupertino Union School District 1 5973 Foothill De Anza Community College District 1 1834 Fremont Union High School District 9615 Seagate Technology 5006 Affymax 3047 Chordiant 2858 Trend Micro 2509 The Forum at Rancho San Antonio 25010 Target 220Government Edit The city seal of Cupertino from 1999 to 2007 Cupertino was incorporated in 1955 The highest body in the city government the City Council is made up of five members who serve overlapping four year terms The council elects the mayor and vice mayor for a term of one year The city does not have its own charter Instead it is a General Law city which follows provisions and requirements for cities established by the state of California Cupertino contracts with the Santa Clara County Sheriff s Office and the Santa Clara County Fire Department for public safety services The Cupertino Library is part of the Santa Clara County Library System In the California State Legislature Cupertino is in the 15th Senate District represented by Democrat Dave Cortese and in the 26th Assembly District represented by Democrat Evan Low 22 In the United States House of Representatives Cupertino is in California s 17th congressional district represented by Democrat Ro Khanna 23 Education Edit McClellan Ranch Preserve Santa Clara County Library operates the Cupertino Library which is located adjacent to city hall 24 The library which was redesigned and rebuilt in 2004 25 is the busiest branch in the Santa Clara County Library system with about 3 million items circulated annually 26 The San Francisco Japanese School a weekend educational program for Japanese citizen children living abroad holds classes at J F Kennedy Middle School in Cupertino 27 as well as Harker a private school Primary and secondary Edit Main articles Cupertino Union School District and Fremont Union High School District Homestead High School Cupertino is known for its high achieving primary and secondary school students For example Murdock Portal Elementary and Faria Elementary School are tied for highest score for elementary public school in the state of California per California 2013 API test scores As of 2013 John F Kennedy Middle School is the best public middle school in the state and Lawson Middle School is the third best in the state Furthermore Monta Vista High School is ranked number 23 out of all the public high schools in the nation Primary K 8 public schools are organized into the Cupertino Union School District while the Fremont Union High School District is responsible for high school students except for a tiny portion of the northeast corner of the city which belongs to the Santa Clara Unified School District Cupertino High School and its feeder school Hyde Middle School are located in the Rancho Rinconada section of Cupertino while Monta Vista High School and its feeder Kennedy Middle School are in the Monta Vista neighborhood in the western half of Cupertino Lawson Middle School feeds mostly Cupertino and Monta Vista High In addition Homestead High School is located in the northwestern portion of Cupertino along the city border with neighboring Sunnyvale Colleges and universities Edit Cupertino is home to De Anza College one of the two community colleges in the Foothill De Anza Community College District The University of San Francisco has satellite campuses in Cupertino Transportation Edit Cupertino Memorial Park The city is served by an interconnected road system Two freeways State Route 85 and Interstate 280 intersect in Cupertino with multi lane boulevards with landscaped medians and traffic lights at all major intersections Almost all streets have sidewalks the few exceptions are in unincorporated pockets at the city s edges which are maintained directly by Santa Clara County Cupertino has bike lanes on many of its boulevards and has an extension of the Stevens Creek Trail through McClellan Ranch Park and Blackberry Farm 28 Bicycle traffic is heavy usually around morning and noon times around DeAnza College The VTA has buses running through Cupertino at major arteries Cupertino s main streets are well lit while a few older roads towards the Monta Vista High School area are a little dim Dedicated on April 30 2009 Cupertino opened the Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge the first cable stayed bicycle pedestrian bridge over a California freeway This bridge connects the north and the south sections of the Stevens Creek Trail The cost of the bridge project was 14 800 000 29 The Union Pacific Railroad operates a branch line track up to the Lehigh Permanente Cement Plant from the mainline at San Jose Diridon Station It is however strictly for the quarry and very little to no non quarry traffic runs there Public transit in Cupertino is powered by Via Transportation and utilizes on demand shuttles There is no commuter rail or light rail service in the city Caltrain commuter rail runs through the cities to the north and east and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority VTA s Mountain View Winchester light rail line runs to Campbell California to the south Bus service is also provided by VTA and the prospect of a twenty four hour bus service on Stevens Creek Boulevard is being studied Cupertino is also served by VTA s 523 Rapid bus which runs from northern Sunnyvale and the Caltrain station to Downtown San Jose with limited stops and signal priority Cupertino is landlocked and like most Bay Area cities relies on the Port of Oakland for most oceangoing freight Passenger and cargo air transportation is available at San Jose International Airport in San Jose The closest general aviation airport is in Palo Alto it is known as Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County The City of Cupertino partnered with Via Transportation in October 2019 to launch a new on demand public transportation network 30 31 Unlike traditional bus networks that rely on routes and schedules the new microtransit service called Via allows riders to hail a shared ride on demand through a smartphone app 32 33 The transit network serves the entire City of Cupertino with a satellite zone surrounding the Sunnyvale Caltrain station for commuters 34 35 Notable people EditSteve Wozniak co founder of Apple Inc Steve Jobs co founder and former CEO of Apple Inc Matthew Axelson Navy SEAL who died in battle in Afghanistan and awarded the Navy Cross Kris Bubic MLB pitcher Redmond Burke pediatric heart surgeon Raymond Carver writer and poet Aaron Eckhart actor Scott Erickson former MLB pitcher Paul Fong California politician Clark Glasson golf course architect and original operator of Deep Cliff Golf Course Steven Gray a k a Adyashanti spiritual teacher Mark Tapio Kines film director writer producer David Kramer professional soccer player Ronnie Lott former defensive player for the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders Bryan Mantia drummer for Primus and Guns N Roses Kurt Rambis former NBA player and head coach Josiah Little Pickard retired school administrator Daniel Puder mixed martial arts fighter former WWE wrestler Fred Sablan musician former bassist for Marilyn Manson Charlie Tagawa Japanese immigrant and musician American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame inductee Khyri Thomas professional basketball player Savita Vaidhyanathan former mayor of Cupertino Elizabeth Lowe Watson leader in the California Equal Suffrage Association Sandy Wihtol retired professional baseball player Cliff Yiskis retired NASCAR driverSister cities EditCupertino is twinned with 36 Copertino Italy Bhubaneswar India Hsinchu Taiwan Toyokawa JapanFriendship cities Edit Cupertino also has friendly relations with 36 Jiangmen China Jilin City China Luoyang China Shenzhen China Taichung Taiwan Taipei Taiwan Tongxiang China Xianning China Yilan City Taiwan Zhaoqing China New Taipei TaiwanReferences Edit California Cities by Incorporation Date California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions Archived from the original Word on November 3 2014 Retrieved August 25 2014 City Council Members Cupertino Archived from the original on April 4 2019 Retrieved April 3 2019 City Councilmembers City of Cupertino CA Vice Mayor City of Cupertino CA 2020 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved October 30 2021 a 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Congressional District Representatives amp District Map Civic Impulse LLC Retrieved March 14 2013 Welcome to the Cupertino Library Santa Clara County Library Archived from the original on March 23 2010 Retrieved March 27 2010 Cupertino Library Timeline Santa Clara County Library Archived from the original on July 5 2013 Retrieved May 28 2013 Community known for being hooked on books gets a new librarian April 22 2010 Archived from the original on January 17 2012 Retrieved June 3 2010 About San Francisco Japanese School Archived May 12 2015 at the Wayback Machine San Francisco Japanese School Retrieved on February 23 2014 Stevens Creek Trail PDF Archived PDF from the original on June 23 2018 Retrieved June 22 2018 Mary Avenue Bicycle Footbridge Dedication Archived June 9 2011 at the Wayback Machine City of Cupertino Via is launching an on demand public transit network in the city of Cupertino TechCrunch October 7 2019 Retrieved January 14 2022 On demand shuttle Via launching this week in Cupertino Cupertino Today October 28 2019 Retrieved January 14 2022 5 on demand shuttle service headed for Cupertino The Mercury News June 20 2019 Retrieved January 14 2022 StackPath www masstransitmag com Retrieved January 14 2022 Mendoza N F October 7 2019 Via app launches in Cupertino for shared shuttle service TechRepublic Retrieved January 14 2022 Cupertino taps Via to provide new on demand public transportation network Via Transportation October 7 2019 Retrieved January 14 2022 a b Sister amp Friendship Cities City of Cupertino Retrieved January 6 2021 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cupertino California Official website Cupertino Courier Cupertino Historical Society Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cupertino California amp oldid 1153584231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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