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4th of July Festivities/Fireworks in/near Silicon Valley (2014)

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4th of July Festivities/Fireworks in/near Silicon Valley

(July 4, 2014)

By Robert Lei, Silicon Valley REALTOR, ePRO

 

Most Popular 4th of July Events in the entire Bay Area:

1. San Francisco Fireworks: Waterfront festival at Pier 39 with live music from noon until the Fireworks at 9:30pm.

2. San Jose: See below

3. Livermore

4. Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre

5. Angel Island

6. Richmond

7. Oakland: Festival of Family Fun at Jack London Square Friday July 4, 2014 from 11am-4pm. Dazzling performers including Uncle Sam stilt walker, jugglers, magicians, hula hoopers, clowns, and puppeteers.

8. Pleasanton: 9:45pm Alameda County Fair: Non-stop, razzle-dazzle fireworks set to music and a cool video tribute to Alameda County.

 

 

South Bay / Santa Clara County:

 

Gilroy

Friday, July 4. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Gilroy High School sports field. Free

Friday, July 4. Independence Day BBQ/Salute to Military Heroes. All-You-Can-Eat BBQ served at South County Picnic Grove. No Fireworks. Cost

 

Los Gatos

 

Friday, July 4. Food & music from 11am to 4:30 p.m. at Oak Meadow Park on Blossom Hill Road. No Fireworks. Cost.

 

 Milpitas

Friday, July 4. Afternoon pool party at the Milpitas Sports Complex with music, food, and games from 1-4pm ($2 per person), followed by an evening Concert and Fireworks Show featuring Pacific Soul from 7-10pm ($3 per person) with Fireworks at 9:15 p.m. on the Sports Center’s football field.

Morgan Hill

Friday, July 4. Parade in downtown at 10am. Fireworks at dark at Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center Community Park. Free

Mountain View

Friday, July 4. San Francisco Symphony performs at Shoreline Amphitheater at 8 p.m. with Fireworks at dark. Free with paid concert ticket.

Palo Alto
Friday, July 4 "33rd Annual Summer Festival and Chili Cook-off" at Mitchell Park from noon to 5pm. No Fireworks.

Fireworks between 9 and 9:30 p.m. at EcoCenter Baylands Park. Free

San Jose

"Rose, White, and Blue Parade and Festival" Parade at 10am followed by food and entertainment from 11am to 3pm at The Alameda.  No Fireworks.


MUNICIPAL STADIUM Friday, July 4. Fireworks after the San Jose Giants game at Municipal Stadium. Free with paid ticket.

ENCORE Saturday, July 5. Fireworks after the San Jose Giants game at Municipal Stadium. Free with paid ticket.

DISCOVERY MEADOW Friday, July 4. 9:15 pm. San Jose America Fireworks show at Discovery Meadow in downtown San Jose for the first time since 2008.

A big thank you to the San Jose Rotary Club(along with Santa Clara County and the city of San Jose) for bringing the fireworks show back after a 6-year hiatus. (Note, there is no daylong festival event.

Can’t make it to the event? Enjoy the patriotic music simulcast on KLIV-AM 1590.)

PLAZA DE CESAR CHAVEZ Friday, July 4th and Saturday, July 5th: FUN, but no fireworks (except in your mouth) at the San Jose Bacon Festival at Plaza de Cesar Chavez.

ALMADEN LAKE PARK Friday, July 4th; for the first time ever, fireworks at San Jose's Almaden Lake Park.

 

Cupertino 

Friday, July 4. Fireworks start at 9:30 at Cupertino High School. Viewing sites: Sedgwick Elementary School, Hyde Middle School, Portal Park, Wilson Park and Cupertino Creekside Park. Music and vendors at Creekside Park. No access, driving, parking or viewing from Cupertino High School. Free

 

Santa Clara 

Friday, July 4. Live music and food at the Pavilion in Central Park from noon-5pm. The fun continues at the lawn area outside the Community Recreation Center.  Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for more entertainment, a variety of food booths/trucks plus Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Central Park. Free

 California's Great America.  Friday, July 4 & Saturday, July 5. 11am-4pm. Mini-flag giveaway, a family BBQ, and patriotic fun all weekend long plus Fireworks Extravaganza at 9:45pm both nights.

 Saratoga

Friday, July 4. Parade and music are part of a morning-long celebration at Kevin Moran Park.  No Fireworks 

 

 

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Robert Lei

Real Estate Professional

Century 21 M&M and Associates

Sunnyvale, CA 94087

(408) 893-2410

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I recently attended a meeting to discuss school emergency preparedness. This topic has been on the top of parents' minds since the tragic massacre of school kids at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Here's some of what I learned in this meeting. In an emergency situation, the authorities need to account for every child. Parents would need to go throught he appropriate channels to retrieve their child from the emergency. Parents cannot just come and take their child without letting the proper people know because then the authorities will wonder what happened to your child and will divert resources to go look for your child. One of the middle schools in the Cupertino Union School District is designated as the central location for students in case of an emergency. That middle school is stocked with ample food, water, electrtical generators, etc. The authorities expect that in an emergency, most parents would take a break from their work to retrieve their child within 2-4 hours. However, if some parents continue to work during the emergency, they will be able to pick up their child from this designated middle school gathering point. There are 25 schools that would feed kids to that designated middle school in the event of an emergency. One of the officials at the meeting was instrumental at getting a $250,000 grant from Congressman Honda after a visit to Washington DC. Using that money, he subcontracted with a security company that devised a comprehensive $82,000 plan for school safety. That official is a personal friend of Carla Holdsclaw, the person who trademarked the terms "code red" and "code blue". Other schools, who don't have permission from Ms. Holdsclaw will have to use the terms "Full lockdown" and "Shutdown in place" instead. The biggest topic of this meeting was the discussion about whether a fence around the campus would be effective in preventing a Sandy Hook disaster. The cost of installing a fence for the 15 schools that don't have a fence would be in the millions of dollars. Some of the people questioned whether a fence would be effective in holding out a determined potential assailant. Another issue was in the event of a fire on campus, would a fence hold kids trapped inside with the flames, as was the case with the Brazilian tragedy where over 200 people perished. One of the officers brought up the idea of having more parent volunteers patrolling campus. He also urged parents to talk their kids about safety. The overall topic of safety in our schools will continue to be a hot topic for a while.

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