City in California, United States
City in California, United States
Sunnyvale
(
) is a city located in the
Santa Clara Valley
in northwest
Santa Clara County
in the U.S. state of
California
.
Sunnyvale lies along the historic
El Camino Real
and
Highway 101
and is bordered by portions of
San Jose
to the north,
Moffett Federal Airfield
and
NASA
Ames Research Center
to the northwest,
Mountain View
to the northwest,
Los Altos
to the southwest,
Cupertino
to the south, and
Santa Clara
to the east.
Sunnyvale's population was 155,805 at the
2020 census
, making it the second most populous city in the county (after
San Jose
) and the
seventh most populous city
in the
San Francisco Bay Area
.
As one of the major cities that make up California's
high-tech
area known as
Silicon Valley
, Sunnyvale is the birthplace of the
video game
industry, former location of
Atari
headquarters, and the location of a fictional computer game company in the 1983 film
WarGames
. Many technology companies are headquartered in Sunnyvale and many more operate there, including several aerospace/defense companies.
Sunnyvale was also the home to
Onizuka Air Force Station
, often referred to as "the Blue Cube" because of the color and shape of its windowless main building. The facility, previously known as Sunnyvale Air Force Station, was named for the deceased
Space Shuttle Challenger
astronaut
Ellison Onizuka
. It served as an
artificial satellite
control facility of the
U.S. military
until August 2010 and has since been decommissioned and demolished.
Sunnyvale is one of the few U.S. cities to have a single unified
Department of Public Safety
, where all personnel are trained as
firefighters
,
police officers
, and
EMTs
, so that they can respond to an emergency in any of the three roles.
Library services for the city are provided by the
Sunnyvale Public Library
, located at the Sunnyvale Civic Center.
History
[
edit
]
When the
Spanish
first arrived in the 1770s at the
Santa Clara Valley
, it was heavily populated by the indigenous
Ohlone
people.
[8]
However, following the arrival of the Spaniards,
smallpox
,
measles
, and other
Old World
diseases greatly reduced the Ohlone population.
[8]
While some of the Ohlone Native Americans died from diseases, others survived and were forced into
Christian faith
by the Spanish.
[9]
In 1777,
Mission Santa Clara
was founded by Franciscan missionary
Padre Junipero Serra
and was originally located in San Jose (near what is now the
San Jose International Airport
runway).
[8]
1800s
[
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]
In 1843,
Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas
was granted to Francisco Estrada and his wife Inez Castro. Portions of the land given in this grant later developed into the cities of
Mountain View
and Sunnyvale. Two years later, in 1844, another land grant was provided to Lupe Ynigo, one of the few
Native Americans
to hold land grants. His land grant was first called
Rancho Posolmi
, named in honor of a village of the
Ohlone
that once stood in the area.
Rancho Posolmi
was later known as Rancho Ynigo.
Martin Murphy Jr.
came to California with his father as part of the
Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party
in 1844. In 1850, Martin Murphy Jr. bought a piece of Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas for $12,500. Murphy established a wheat farm and ranch named Bay View. Murphy had the first wood-frame house in
Santa Clara County
; it was shipped from
New England
. The house was demolished in 1961 but was reconstructed in 2008 as the
Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
. When he died in 1884, his land was divided among his heirs.
[11]
[12]
In 1860, The
San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road
was allowed to lay tracks on Bay View and established Murphy Station. Lawrence Station was later established on the southern edge of Bay View.
In the 1870s, small fruit orchards replaced many large wheat farms, because wheat farming turned uneconomical due to county and property tax laws, imports and
soil degradation
.
[13]
In 1871, Dr. James M. Dawson and his wife Eloise (nee Jones) established the first fruit cannery in the county.
[13]
[14]
Fruit agriculture for canning soon became a major industry in the county. The invention of the refrigerated rail car further increased the viability of an economy based upon fruit. The fruit orchards became so prevalent that in 1886, the San Jose Board of Trade called
Santa Clara County
the "Garden of the World".
In the 1880s, Chinese workers made up roughly one third of the farm labor in Santa Clara County.
[15]
This percentage reduced over time after the
Chinese Exclusion Act
was passed. In the following decade, the 1890s, many immigrants from
Italy
, the
Azores
,
Portugal
, and
Japan
arrived to work in the orchards.
In 1897, Walter Everett Crossman bought 200 acres (810,000 m
2
) and began selling real estate. He advertised the area as "Beautiful Murphy" and later, in the 1900s, as "the City of Destiny". Also in 1897, Encinal School opened as the first school in Murphy. Previously, children in the town had to travel to Mountain View for school. The area also became known as Encinal.
1900s
[
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]
In 1901, the residents of Murphy were informed they could not use the names Encinal or Murphy for their post office. Sunnyvale was given its current name on March 24, 1901. It was named Sunnyvale as it is located in a sunny region adjacent to areas with significantly more fog.
[16]
Sunnyvale continued to grow and in 1904,
dried fruit
production began. Two years later,
Libby, McNeill & Libby
, a
Chicago
meat-packing company, decided to open its first fruit-packing factory in Sunnyvale. Today, a water tower painted to resemble the first Libby's fruit cocktail can label identifies the former site of the factory.
Also in 1906, the
Joshua Hendy Iron Works
relocated from San Francisco to Sunnyvale after the company's building was destroyed by fire after the 1906 earthquake. The ironworks was the first non-agricultural industry in the town. The company later switched from producing mining equipment to other products such as marine
steam engines
.
In 1912, the residents of Sunnyvale voted to incorporate, and Sunnyvale became an official city.
[17]
Fremont High School
first opened in 1923.
[18]
The year 2023 marked the school's 100 year anniversary.
In 1924,
Edwina Benner
was elected to her first term as mayor of Sunnyvale. She was the second female mayor in the history of the state of
California
.
In 1930,
Congress
decided to place the
West Coast
dirigible
base in Sunnyvale after
"buying"
the 1,000-acre (4.0 km
2
) parcel of farmland bordering the
San Francisco Bay
from the city for $1.
This
naval
airfield was later renamed
Naval Air Station Moffett
and then
Moffett Federal Airfield
and is commonly called Moffett Field.
In 1939, the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
(NACA, the forerunner of
NASA
) began research at
Ames Laboratory
.
During World War II, the war economy began a change from the fruit industry to the high-tech industry in Santa Clara County. The Joshua Hendy Iron Works built marine steam engines, naval guns and rocket launchers to aid in the war effort. As the defense industry grew, a shortage of workers in the farm industry was created. Immigrants from
Mexico
came to Sunnyvale to fill this void of workers.
Following the war, the fruit orchards and
sweetcorn
farms were cleared to build homes, factories and offices.
In 1950 the volunteer fire department and the paid police department were combined into the department of public safety.
[19]
In 1956, the aircraft manufacturer
Lockheed
moved its headquarters to Sunnyvale.
[20]
Since then, numerous high-tech companies have established offices and headquarters in Sunnyvale, including
Advanced Micro Devices
and
Yahoo
.
The first prototype of
Atari
's coin-operated
Pong
, the first successful video game, was installed in Sunnyvale in August 1972 in a bar named Andy Capp's Tavern,
[21]
[22]
now Rooster T. Feathers.
[23]
Atari's headquarters were located at 1196 Borregas Avenue in north Sunnyvale.
By 2002, the few remaining orchards had been replaced with homes and shops. However, there are still city-owned orchards, such as the Heritage Orchard next to the Sunnyvale Community Center.
In 1979, an indoor mall called
Sunnyvale Town Center
opened in what used to be a traditional downtown shopping district. After years of successful operation, the mall
started to decline
in the 1990s. After numerous changes in plans and ownership, the mall was demolished in 2007.
2000s
[
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]
Sunnyvale celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary on August 25, 2012.
According to the Bay Area Census, there was a total population of 130,885 people in households and 875 people in group quarters in 2000.
[24]
In 2023, the city has a population of 145,302 residents; however, the city's population is declining at a rate of -6.77% since the 2020 census, which claimed that Sunnyvale had a population of 155,860 residents.
[25]
Downtown development
[
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]
In November 2009, previously closed portions of the main streets in downtown Sunnyvale were reopened as part of the ongoing downtown redevelopment of the
Sunnyvale Town Center
mall, marking the first time in over three decades that those street blocks have been open to vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Part of the project involved building new apartment buildings, however during the
Great Recession
the property was repossessed by
Wells Fargo
in 2009; the developer countersued, leaving the project in legal limbo through 2015.
[26]
The two office buildings are now fully occupied by
Uber
. Mixed-use developments have been built at the former Town and Country location near the Plaza del Sol just north of Murphy Avenue. By mid 2015, new multistory apartment complexes had opened, including a number of ground-floor businesses, and the lawsuit against Wells Fargo was resolved in the bank's favor. The development was sold to Sares Regis in late 2016.
[27]
Redwood Square reopened as a park in 2017.
[28]
Many apartments are occupied, and more are being completed in 2020. A
Whole Foods Market
and
AMC Theatres
multiplex opened in October 2020.
[29]
Major businesses
[
edit
]
In the 2010s, Sunnyvale became home to operations from numerous major technology companies including
Apple
,
LinkedIn
(now headquartered in Sunnyvale),
[30]
Google
,
Walmart Labs
, and
23andMe
. Google in particular has announced major development plans in the Moffett Park area, adjacent to
Moffett Field
.
[31]
Geography
[
edit
]
Sunnyvale is located at
37°22′7.56″N
122°2′13.4″W
/
37.3687667°N 122.037056°W
/
37.3687667; -122.037056
.
[32]
According to the
United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 22.7 sq mi (58.8 km
2
), of which, 22.0 sq mi (56.9 km
2
) of it is land and 0.69 sq mi (1.8 km
2
) of it (3.09%) is water. Its elevation is 130 feet above sea level.
Climate
[
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]
Like most of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sunnyvale has a
Mediterranean climate
(
Koppen
Csb
), with cool, moist winters and warm, very dry summers. Average daytime summer temperatures are in the high 70s, and during the winter, average daytime high temperatures rarely stay below 50 °F (10 °C). Snowfall is rare, but on January 21, 1962, and February 5, 1976, measurable snowfall occurred in Sunnyvale and most of the
San Francisco Bay Area
. Sunnyvale was briefly hit by tornadoes in 1951 and 1998, but otherwise they are extremely rare.
[33]
[34]
[35]
[36]
Climate data for Sunnyvale, California
|
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
Record high °F (°C)
|
75
(24)
|
84
(29)
|
85
(29)
|
94
(34)
|
100
(38)
|
107
(42)
|
105
(41)
|
101
(38)
|
105
(41)
|
100
(38)
|
89
(32)
|
75
(24)
|
107
(42)
|
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)
|
59
(15)
|
62.2
(16.8)
|
65.6
(18.7)
|
70
(21)
|
74.3
(23.5)
|
78.8
(26.0)
|
80.7
(27.1)
|
80.8
(27.1)
|
80.1
(26.7)
|
74.3
(23.5)
|
64.7
(18.2)
|
58.6
(14.8)
|
70.8
(21.5)
|
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)
|
41.1
(5.1)
|
43.5
(6.4)
|
45.4
(7.4)
|
47.1
(8.4)
|
50.7
(10.4)
|
54.1
(12.3)
|
56.5
(13.6)
|
56.4
(13.6)
|
55
(13)
|
50.8
(10.4)
|
44.8
(7.1)
|
41
(5)
|
48.9
(9.4)
|
Record low °F (°C)
|
21
(?6)
|
24
(?4)
|
22
(?6)
|
31
(?1)
|
33
(1)
|
40
(4)
|
41
(5)
|
44
(7)
|
41
(5)
|
34
(1)
|
15
(?9)
|
20
(?7)
|
15
(?9)
|
Average
precipitation
inches (mm)
|
3.30
(84)
|
3.56
(90)
|
2.57
(65)
|
1.15
(29)
|
0.52
(13)
|
0.12
(3.0)
|
0.02
(0.51)
|
0.04
(1.0)
|
0.21
(5.3)
|
0.90
(23)
|
2.03
(52)
|
3.10
(79)
|
17.52
(444.81)
|
Source: Northwest Climate Toolbox
[37]
|
Demographics
[
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]
Historical population
Census
| Pop.
| Note
| %±
|
1930
| 3,094
| | ?
|
---|
1940
| 4,373
| | 41.3%
|
---|
1950
| 9,829
| | 124.8%
|
---|
1960
| 59,898
| | 509.4%
|
---|
1970
| 95,976
| | 60.2%
|
---|
1980
| 106,618
| | 11.1%
|
---|
1990
| 117,229
| | 10.0%
|
---|
2000
| 131,760
| | 12.4%
|
---|
2010
| 140,081
| | 6.3%
|
---|
2020
| 155,805
| | 11.2%
|
---|
The
2020 United States Census
[39]
reported that Sunnyvale had a population of 155,805. The population density was 6,596 inhabitants per square mile (2,547/km
2
).
[40]
The racial makeup of Sunnyvale was 46,551 (29.9%)
White
, 2,228 (1.4%)
African American
, 1,081 (0.7%)
Native American
, 77,842 (49.9%)
Asian
, 491 (0.3%)
Pacific Islander
, 14,181 (9.1%) from
other races
, and 13,431 (8.6%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
or
Latino
of any race were 25,372 persons (16.3%).
Non-Hispanic Whites
were 27.8% of the population in 2020,
[41]
compared to 74.7% in 1980.
[42]
There were 59,567 households,
[43]
out of which 16,133 (27%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 31,557 (53.0%) were
married opposite-sex couples
living together, 4,069 (6.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,908 (4.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,382 (5.7%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 657 (1.1%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships
. 14,970 households (25.1%) were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54. There were 38,750
families
(65.0% of all households); the average family size was 3.09.
The population was spread out, with 32,453 people (20.8%) under the age of 18, 9,641 people (6.2%) aged 18 to 24, 57,977F people (37.2%) aged 25 to 44, 34,330 people (22.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 20,683 people (13.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.3 males.
There were 63,065 housing units, of which 45.8% were owner-occupied, and 54.2% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 72,485 people (46.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 80,220 people (51.5%) lived in rental housing units.
2020
[
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]
Sunnyvale, California ? Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity
(
NH = Non-Hispanic
)
|
Pop 2000
[44]
|
Pop 2010
[45]
|
Pop 2020
[46]
|
% 2000
|
% 2010
|
% 2020
|
White
alone (NH)
|
61,221
|
48,323
|
43,281
|
46.46%
|
34.50%
|
27.78%
|
Black or African American
alone (NH)
|
2,790
|
2,533
|
2,134
|
2.12%
|
1.81%
|
1.37%
|
Native American
or
Alaska Native
alone (NH)
|
362
|
292
|
187
|
0.27%
|
0.21%
|
0.12%
|
Asian
alone (NH)
|
42,296
|
57,012
|
77,552
|
32.10%
|
40.70%
|
49.78%
|
Pacific Islander
alone (NH)
|
393
|
594
|
439
|
0.30%
|
0.42%
|
0.28%
|
Other race
alone (NH)
|
304
|
381
|
839
|
0.23%
|
0.27%
|
0.54%
|
Mixed race or Multiracial
(NH)
|
4,004
|
4,429
|
6,001
|
3.04%
|
3.16%
|
3.85%
|
Hispanic or Latino
(any race)
|
20,390
|
26,517
|
25,372
|
15.48%
|
18.93%
|
16.28%
|
Total
|
131,760
|
140,081
|
155,805
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
Economy
[
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]
Companies based in Sunnyvale include
Infinera
,
Fortinet
,
Intuitive Surgical
,
Juniper Networks
,
LinkedIn
,
Proofpoint, Inc.
,
Matterport, Inc.
, and
Trimble Inc.
Largest employers
[
edit
]
According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,
[47]
the top employers in the city are:
#
|
Employer
|
# of Employees
|
1
|
Google
|
13,644
|
2
|
Apple Inc.
|
12,831
|
3
|
LinkedIn
|
5,347
|
4
|
Altaba
|
3,877
|
5
|
Amazon.com Services
|
3,748
|
6
|
Lockheed Martin Space
|
3,576
|
7
|
Applied Materials
|
3,389
|
8
|
Intuitive Surgical
|
3,373
|
9
|
Cepheid
|
3,334
|
10
|
A2Z Development Center
|
3,250
|
Government and politics
[
edit
]
The City of Sunnyvale uses the
council?manager
form of government,
[48]
with a city council consisting of seven members elected to fill individual seats. Starting in November 2020, the mayor is directly elected to a four-year term in a city-wide election. The six council members are elected to four year terms from six districts in even-year elections. The vice-mayor is selected from the six city council members by the mayor and city council, serving a one-year term.
[49]
[2]
The city council hires a
city manager
to run the day-to-day operations of the city government.
[48]
Sunnyvale is the largest city in the United States that uses a consolidated
department of public safety
, with sworn officers who are fully cross-trained to perform
police
,
firefighting
, and
emergency medical services
. Officer assignments are rotated annually, with some specialist assignments lasting up to five years. Sunnyvale has had a consolidated DPS since 1950.
[50]
In the
California State Legislature
, Sunnyvale is in
the 13th Senate District
, represented by
Democrat
Josh Becker
, and in
the 24th Assembly District
, represented by
Democrat
Alex Lee
.
[51]
In the
United States House of Representatives
, Sunnyvale is in
California's 17th congressional district
, represented by
Democrat
Ro Khanna
.
[52]
On August 16, 2016, Sunnyvale had 56,030 registered voters.
[53]
As of June 5, 2018, Sunnyvale had 58,543 registered voters.
[54]
Education
[
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]
For elementary and middle schools, most of the city is in the
Sunnyvale School District
, while some parts are in the
Cupertino Union School District
, the
Santa Clara Unified School District
, and the
Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District
.
[55]
For high schools, most of the city is in the
Fremont Union High School District
(the parts that are part of the Sunnyvale School District or Cupertino Union School District for primary schools), and those areas of Sunnyvale are divided between
Fremont High School
and
Homestead High School
.
[56]
Some parts of the city are in the
Santa Clara Unified School District
.
French American School of Silicon Valley (FASSV,
French
:
Ecole franco-americaine de la Silicon Valley
) is a private elementary school in Sunnyvale, which opened in 1992.
[57]
It is recognized as a French international school by the
AEFE
.
[58]
Schools in Sunnyvale School District
[59]
Elementary schools
|
Middle schools
|
Ellis Elementary
|
Columbia Middle
|
Vargas Elementary
|
Sunnyvale Middle
|
Cherry Chase Elementary
|
Bishop Elementary
|
San Miguel Elementary
|
Fairwood Elementary
|
Lakewood Elementary
|
Cumberland Elementary
|
Schools applicable to Sunnyvale residents
Elementary Schools
|
Middle Schools
|
High Schools
|
District abbreviation
|
Pomeroy Elementary
|
Peterson Middle School
|
Adrian Wilcox High School
|
SCUSD (Santa Clara)
|
Braly Elementary
|
Nimitz Elementary
|
Cupertino Middle School
|
Fremont High School
|
CUSD (Cupertino) + FUHSD
|
Stocklmeir Elementary
|
West Valley Elementary
|
Private schools in Sunnyvale
[60]
[
edit
]
- FASSV (French American School of Silicon Valley)
- Stratford School
- The King's Academy (Religious)
- Challenger School
- Rainbow Montessori
- Helios School
- Jazmin Chandler
- Resurrection School (Religious)
- Silicon Valley Academy (Religious)
- South Peninsula Hebrew day school (Religious)
- Sunnyvale Christian School (Religious)
Neighborhoods
[
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]
The southern half of Sunnyvale is predominantly residential, while most of the portion of Sunnyvale north of Highway 237 is zoned for industrial use.
[61]
Within this southern half are several neighborhoods that account for a large number of
Eichler
homes throughout residential Sunnyvale. More specifically, there are 16 housing tracts containing over 1100 Eichler homes.
[62]
The far eastern section of El Camino Real in Sunnyvale has a significant concentration of businesses owned by Indian immigrants.
[63]
Parks
[
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]
There are 476 acres of parks in the Sunnyvale area.
[64]
These include Las Palmas Park, Ortega Park, Seven Seas Park, Fair Oaks Park, Washington Park near downtown, two public golf courses, and Baylands Park,
[65]
site of the annual
Linux
Picnic.
Charles Street Gardens,
[66]
Sunnyvale's oldest and largest community garden, is located adjacent to Sunnyvale's Public Library. In 2017 the Santa Clara Unified School District took over operation of Full Circle Farm Sunnyvale, which leased the land from the district, and plan to focus the farm on education.
[67]
Transportation
[
edit
]
Several major roads and freeways go through Sunnyvale:
Public transportation
[
edit
]
Sunnyvale is served by
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
(
light rail
and
buses
) and by
Caltrain
commuter rail. Two Caltrain stations are located in Sunnyvale: the
Sunnyvale station
in the Heritage District downtown, and the
Lawrence station
in eastern Sunnyvale, north of the Ponderosa neighborhood.
Bicycle
[
edit
]
Sunnyvale has been listed by the
League of American Bicyclists
as a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community.
[68]
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee advises the city council on the continued development of the bicycle plan for the city.
Airports
[
edit
]
For commercial passenger air travel, Sunnyvale is served by three nearby international airports:
Crime
[
edit
]
Sunnyvale has consistently ranked as one of the safest ten cities (for cities of similar size) in the United States according to the FBI's crime reports. From 1966 to at least 2004, Sunnyvale never placed below fifth in safety rankings among U.S. cities in its population class.
[69]
In 2005, Sunnyvale ranked as the 18th-safest city overall in the U.S., according to the Morgan Quitno Awards.
[70]
In 2009, Sunnyvale was ranked 7th in U.S. by Forbes Magazine in an analysis of America's safest cities.
[71]
[72]
In 2018, Sunnyvale was named the safest city by SmartAsset.com for the third year in a row.
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Gangs
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]
According to Sunnyvale's Department of Public Safety, confirmed gang members make up less than one percent of the population, although 95% of the crime is gang on gang violence.
[74]
Sunnyvale's Gang Task-force agency as well as the FBI note three main gangs that exist in Sunnyvale, thrice allying to either
Sureno
or
Norteno
families, one existing since the 1960s.
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[76]
Mass shooting
[
edit
]
On February 16, 1988, Richard Farley shot 11 people, killing seven of them, at his former employer
ESL Incorporated
in north Sunnyvale, across Borregas Avenue from
Atari
. The 1993 made-for-television film
I Can Make You Love Me
starring
Brooke Shields
and
Richard Thomas
was based on the event.
Folklore
[
edit
]
A long-standing legend of Sunnyvale is of a ghost that haunts the town's
Toys 'R' Us
store (now
REI
). A purported psychic,
Sylvia Browne
, claimed to have made contact with the ghost on the 1980 TV show
That's Incredible!
and named him Johnny Johnson. This story was also explored in a 1991 episode of
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
. Browne stated that he had been a Swedish preacher who worked as a farm hand in the orchard where the toy store now stands and that he bled to death from an accidental, self-inflicted axe injury to his leg.
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Notable people
[
edit
]
- Tony Anselmo
, animator and voice of
Donald Duck
[81]
- Robert Hawkins
, artist and painter
[82]
- Ashleigh Aston Moore
, actress
[83]
- Teri Hatcher
, actress
[84]
- Imran Khan
,
Bollywood
actor
[85]
- Steve Jobs
, co-founder of
Apple Inc.
[86]
- Lee Pelekoudas
,
Seattle Mariners
interim general manager, raised in Sunnyvale.
[87]
- Steve Wozniak
, co-founder of
Apple Inc.
[86]
- Richard Farley
, mass murderer
[88]
- Arthur Davis
, animator and director
[89]
- Timothy Linh Bui
, filmmaker
[90]
- Tony Bui
, film director
[91]
- Steve Kloves
, American
screenwriter
,
film director
and
producer
- Antwon
, hip-hop artist
[92]
- Brian MacLeod
, musician
[93]
- The Orange Peels
, musical group
[94]
- Juju Chang
, television personality
[95]
- Martin Ford
, entrepreneur, author
[96]
- Jeff Goodell
, writer
[97]
- Michael S. Malone
, multiple talents
[98]
- Amy Tan
, novelist
[86]
- Tully Banta-Cain
professional football player
[99]
- Brian Boitano
, figure skater
[81]
- Benny Brown
, runner
[100]
- Sean Dawkins
, NFL player, lived in Sunnyvale
[101]
while attending Homestead High School in Cupertino.
- Penny Deen
, swimmer and coach
[81]
- Francie Larrieu-Smith
, track and field athlete
[99]
- Peter Ueberroth
, Major League Baseball Commissioner 1984?89
[102]
- Bill Green
, former United States and NCAA record holder in Track and Field, 5th in the hammer throw at the
1984 Summer Olympics
[103]
- Chris Pelekoudas
, Major League Baseball umpire, lived and died in Sunnyvale.
[87]
- Troy Tulowitzki
, Major League Baseball player, graduated from Fremont High School
- Andrew Fire
, 2006
Nobel Laureate
in medicine
[86]
- Landon Curt Noll
, astronomer, cryptographer and mathematician
[104]
- Mark Rober
, NASA JPL employee 2004?2011, current scientific YouTuber
- Joe Prunty
, NBA assistant coach for the
Atlanta Hawks
Twin towns ? sister cities
[
edit
]
Until 1970, Sunnyvale had a
Sister City
relationship with
Chillan
,
Chile
. In 2013, the city entered into a three-year Friendly Exchange Relations Agreement with
Iizuka
,
Japan
; in July 2016 the city council voted to change this to a Sister City relationship.
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