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A map of Superfund sites in California. This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.
1890 map showing the extent of Rancho Pastoría de las Borregas. Rancho Pastoría de las Borregas was a 9,066-acre (36.69 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California, United States, given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Francisco Estrada. [1] The name means "Ranch of the Ewe/Lamb Pasture" in Spanish.
Sunnyvale (/ ˈ s ʌ n i v eɪ l, v əl /) is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California.. Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real and Highway 101 and is bordered by portions of San Jose to the north, Moffett Federal Airfield and NASA Ames Research Center to the northwest, Mountain View to the northwest, Los Altos to the ...
As the founder of Sunnyvale, Murphy constructed a prefabricated lumber house in the area, which had been transported around Cape Horn in 1849. It was the first frame house in the area. [1] The Murphy family maintained their residency in the house until 1953 when the city of Sunnyvale took ownership of the property. In 1961, a fire destroyed the ...
In the 1880s, San Jose built a simple sewage disposal system that discharged untreated wastewater directly into the San Francisco Bay. It was the largest sewage disposal system in the South Bay, with enough capacity for 250,000 people despite a population under 15,000, in order to discharge organic waste from the city's many fruit canneries.
The U.S. Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale Historic District, also known as Shenandoah Plaza, is a historic district located on 62.48 acres (25.3 ha) [2] at Moffett Field, California. Hangars One, Two, and Three , and the adjacent Shenandoah Plaza are inclusively designated as the historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
Sunnyvale Avenue entrance in 2005, after closure of the mall. Sunnyvale Town Center was a two-level shopping mall located in Sunnyvale, California, USA. It opened in 1979 on the site of much of the city's downtown, and was anchored by Macy's, Montgomery Ward, and later, J.C. Penney. Target moved in when Montgomery Ward closed. By the early ...
The Sunnyvale Historical Society obtained its designation as a California State Historical Landmark in 1958. [2] It was demolished by the city in 1961 due to extensive damage following a fire. [3] The Sunnyvale Historical Museum was constructed as a replica of the Martin Murphy House, at Sunnyvale Heritage Park next to the Sunnyvale Community ...