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
San Jose, California city. San Jose is served by Greater Bay Area media. Print media outlets in San Jose include the "San Jose Mercury News", the weekly "Metro Silicon Valley", "El Observador" and the "Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal". The Bay Area's NBC O&O, KNTV 11, is based in San Jose. In total, broadcasters in the Bay Area include 34 television stations, 25 AM radio stations, and 55 FM radio stations. In April 1909, Charles David Herrold, an electronics instructor in San Jose, constructed a radio station to broadcast the human voice. The station, "San Jose Calling" (call letters FN, later