A historic theater that opened in 1951 but has been closed since the year 2000 may be reincarnated as housing. The proposal would keep the f...

SJtoday has a great overview of the Peralta Adobe, the oldest structure in San Jose. The inconspicuous building now sits in the middle of t...

Tonight the San Jose Museum of Art is hosting an event discussing the contributions of Chicano, African-American, and Vietnamese immigrants ...

After years of planning, we finally have an opportunity to make an internationally recognized landmark for San Jose! Urban Confluence Silico...

An excellent documentary that juxtaposes the San Jose Electric Light Tower with the Eiffel Tower will be available for free, starting immedi...

An excellent documentary that juxtaposes the San Jose Light Tower with the Eiffel Tower will be airing on the Silicon Valley Channel (Channe...

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

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

There is finally has an official location for the resurrection of our most famous landmark. The City Council voted unanimously to approve th...

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...