San Jose, California San Jose, California San Jose (; Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'; ), officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural and political center of Silicon Valley, and the largest city in Northern California (both in population and area). With an estimated 2017 population of 1,035,317, it is the third-most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego) and the tenth-most populous in United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of . San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara
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