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Milpitas (Spanish for ' little milpas ' or little cornfields) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, part of Silicon Valley and the broader San Francisco Bay Area. ...
It is located West of the City of Milpitas near Dixon Landing Road and Interstate 880. It is the terminus for waste for all of San Jose (62%), Santa Clara (14%), Milpitas (10%), Cupertino (5%), Los Altos (2%) and other cities (7%). The 342-acre (138.4 ha) pile is currently permitted to operate until 2041 and may extend up to 245 feet.
Rancho Milpitas was a 4,458-acre (18.04 km 2) Mexican land grant in Santa Clara County, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name comes from the Nahuatl "milpan", a term meaning "in the field". Therefore, Milpitas could be translated as "little fields".
Ed R. Levin County Park is the largest park in Milpitas, California. It is run by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department and is located in the chaparral and grassland foothills of Diablo Range east of the Santa Clara Valley. Monument Peak can be accessed through trails in the park.
List of Mayors of Milpitas # Image Mayor Term start Term end Notes / Citations Elected by City Council; 1 Tom Evatt January 26, 1954 April 17, 1956 [1] 2 Tom Cardoza April 17, 1956 April 15, 1958 3 Jack Johns April 15, 1958 April 19, 1960 4 Richard B. Taylor April 19, 1960 April 17, 1962 5 W. D. (Denny) Weisgerber April 17, 1962 April 19, 1966 ...
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