San Jose Repertory Theatre mortgage. On June 11, 2014, San Jose Rep ceased operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. San Jose Rep was founded by James P. Reber in 1980 (originally as San Jose Repertory Company). James Reber was born in Butte, Montana, and was raised in the Santa Clara Valley. He returned home after having been the first employee of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival (now California Shakespeare Theatre in Orinda, California) as business manager and general manager. San Jose Rep was formed as San Jose’s first resident professional theatre (originally called San Jose Repertory Company), the Rep soon became the fastest growing regional
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