Sunnyvale California was the home to Onizuka Air Force Station, often referred to as "the Blue Cube" due to the color and shape of its windowless main building.
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20 Facts About Sunnyvale California
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Sunnyvale California is one of the few US 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.
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Sunnyvale California advertised the area as "Beautiful Murphy" and later, in the 1900s, as "the City of Destiny".
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Sunnyvale California continued to grow and in 1904, dried fruit production began.
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Sunnyvale California later switched from producing mining equipment to other products such as marine steam engines.
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In November 2009, previously closed portions of the main streets in downtown Sunnyvale California were reopened as part of the ongoing downtown redevelopment of the Sunnyvale California Town Center mall, marking the first time in over three decades that those street blocks have been open to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
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Sunnyvale California was briefly hit by tornadoes in 1998, but otherwise they are extremely rare.
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Companies based in Sunnyvale California include Infinera, Fortinet, Intuitive Surgical, Juniper Networks, LinkedIn, Proofpoint, Inc, and Trimble Inc.
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City of Sunnyvale California uses the council–manager form of government, with a city council consisting of seven members elected to fill individual seats.
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Sunnyvale California 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.
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High schools, most of the city is in the Fremont Union High School District, and those areas of Sunnyvale California are divided between Fremont High School and Homestead High School.
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Southern half of Sunnyvale California is predominantly residential, while most of the portion of Sunnyvale California north of Highway 237 is zoned for industrial use.
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In 2017 the Santa Clara Unified School District took over operation of Full Circle Farm Sunnyvale California, which leased the land from the district, and plan to focus the farm on education.
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Sunnyvale California has been listed by the League of American Bicyclists as a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community.
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Sunnyvale California has consistently ranked as one of the safest ten cities in the United States according to the FBI's crime reports.
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From 1966 to at least 2004, Sunnyvale California never placed below fifth in safety rankings among US cities in its population class.
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In 2005, Sunnyvale California ranked as the 18th-safest city overall in the US, according to the Morgan Quitno Awards.
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In 2009, Sunnyvale California was ranked 7th in US by Forbes Magazine in an analysis of America's safest cities.
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Long-standing legend of Sunnyvale California is of a ghost that haunts the town's Toys 'R' Us store.
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