Salt is the common name for the substance sodium chloride (NaCI), which occurs in the form of transparent cubic crystals. Although salt is most familiar as a food supplement, less than 5% of the salt produced in the United States is used for that purpose.
Culture, Entertainment and Excitement in Santa Clara. Founded in 1777 as the site of one of California's world-famous Spanish Missions, Santa Clara, CA is now one of several hubs of business and commerce in Silicon Valley.
San Jose, the sprawling city that anchors Silicon Valley, is the oldest Spanish civilian settlement in California. The third-largest city in California and the first state capital dates back to 1777, when the Spanish founded El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe. Due to its location in the southeast San Francisco Bay Area, the city is not a prototypical beach town like those that line the Pacific coast.