East San Jose 1911. The 1910 US Census recorded a population of 1,661. Before World War II, East San Jose was a small section of San Jose located on the east banks of the Guadalupe River and west of today's U.S. Route 101. After World War II, the area saw rapid development, along with much of the Santa Clara Valley. East San Jose East San Jose (or East Valley or The Eastside) is the eastern San Jose, California in Silicon Valley, comprising several neighborhoods and including a former city of that name. The area is bounded roughly by Berryessa Rd to the north,
San Jose State Spartans football more Big West Conference football championship titles than any other team in the history of the Big West Conference. The Spartans moved to the WAC in 1996. † – Conference co-champions San Jose State has made 10 bowl appearances and the Spartans have an overall bowl game record of 7–3. San Jose State's biggest rival is California State University, Fresno, due in large part to the two schools' geographic proximity and long history of competing in the same conferences. Fresno is the largest city in the agriculturally-rich San Joaquin Valley. San Jose is the largest city in the metropolitan capital