East Foothills, San Jose East Foothills, San Jose East Foothills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Clara County, California, United States and a neighborhood of San Jose. The population was 8,269 at the 2010 census. The area is more commonly referred to as East San Jose, and is located about 4 miles east of downtown San Jose. This should not be confused with the former city of East San Jose which was annexed by the city of San Jose in 1911. There have remained some unincorporated pockets surrounded by incorporated San Jose which are now part of a city/county agreement to annex the
Downtown San Jose Downtown San Jose Downtown San Jose is the central business district of San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley. It is the largest urban center of Silicon Valley. Downtown is one of the largest tech clusters in Silicon Valley, as well as the cultural and political center of San Jose. The town was first settled in 1777. The area that now makes up downtown was first settled twenty years later, when the town of San Jose moved somewhat inland from its original location on the banks of the Guadalupe River. In 1850, San Jose incorporated to become California's first city and