Silicon Valley, California
In 1971, Ralph Vaerst (1927-2001), a successful Central California entrepreneur, was given credit for coining the phrase ''Silicon Valley" -- referencing the high concentration of companies involved in the semiconductor (silicon is used to create most semiconductors commercially) and computer industries that are concentrated in the valley. Home to many of the world’s most powerful technology corporations in the world, Silicon Valley is defined as the southern region of the San Francisco Bay Area–the Santa Clara Valley, including the city of San Jose and the southern Peninsula Valley, as well as the southern East Bay.
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january
- New Year’s Day
- Silicon Valley International Auto Show
february
- Cinequest Film Festival (CQFF) (through March)
march
- San Jose Jazz Winter Fest
april
- Easter
- San Jose Fantasy Faire
may
- FanimeCon
- May Fête Parade Children's Parade
june
- San Jose Greek Festival
- SubZERO
july
- Connoisseurs' Marketplace Menlo Park
- Fourth of July
august
- Obon Festival
- Palo Alto Festival of the Arts
- San Jose Jazz Festival
- San Jose Pride Festival
- Zombie-O-Rama
september
- Almaden Valley Art & Wine Festival
- Palo Alto International Film Festival
- San José Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival-Viva Fest
october
- Frys.com Open
- Halloween
- Left Coast Live
- The Rock and Roll Half Marathon
- Spirit of Japantown Festival
november
- Christmas in the Park (through December)
- Downtown Ice (through December)
- Thanksgiving
december
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Eve
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