The Mosaic Festival celebrates the diverse cultures in our own neighborhoods. The purpose of the event is to welcome and honor everyone'...

SJMADE's most popular event of all time is returning this weekend on June 1st and 2nd at History Park San Jose. SJMADE FEST features ove...

Did you know San Jose once had a Western-themed theme park that opened in the 1960s? A Palo Alto entrepreneur built Frontier Village for $2 ...

Today there is a special event happening at the San Pedro Square Market today from 1-4pm with rare access to the Gonzales/Peralta Adobe and ...

Searchlight San Jose has a great post about the most interesting "wonders" of San Jose. Number one is obvious and pictured below,...

A historically accurate blueprint of the San Jose Light Tower is now available as a poster. This was commissioned to demonstrate the technic...

The documentary film relating the San Jose Electric Light Tower and the Eiffel Tower has received its first two awards. It was recognized as...

History San José invites you to enjoy great movies and music under the stars during the Flicks & Grooves outdoor cinema and ...

This week's history video is about historic drawings from bird's eye views. Artists had to get pretty creative before planes and dro...

This week's history video is about early transportation in San Jose--namely horses. It's difficult to imagine a time when blacksmith...

This week's history video is about historic San Jose letterheads. Many of these were printed over a century ago and the quality of the a...

This week's history video is about women in the workplace, starting with an 1860's photo of two San Jose female ranchers. While we s...

This week's history video is about San Jose's gateways and arches. Did you know that San Jose once had a welcome gateway for visitor...

This week's history video is about San Jose signs. As you'll see in the video, the mid-century trend was neon. It would be amazing t...

This week's history video is about waterways and floods. Interestingly enough, in 1915 the Guadalupe River was briefly dammed to great a...

This week's history video is about New Almaden, one of San Jose's most hidden neighborhoods. The Quicksilver (mercury) mine in New A...

This week's history video is about ethnic communities that moved to San Jose. Even 100 years ago, San Jose was surprisingly diverse with...

This week's history video is about banking. Below is a drawing of the Knocks and Beans bank, San Jose's first bank which opened in 1...

Over the next several weeks, I'll link to short San Jose historical videos commissioned by Linda L. Lester and published by WMS Media. T...

In 1864, the San Jose and San Francisco Railroad was completed after a decade of planning. If you think your commute is rough today, before ...