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216:Time zone
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1339:Stanford
1264:Saratoga
1254:San Jose
1229:Milpitas
1199:Campbell
1181:San Jose
1085:Saratoga
814:July 10,
789:June 22,
735:June 20,
701:June 20,
667:June 22,
641:June 22,
616:June 23,
579:June 27,
545:June 26,
500:See also
494:live oak
332:township
36:Township
1480:Wrights
1475:Sargent
1470:Patchen
1394:Sveadal
1304:Burbank
1045:Patchen
476:Climate
470:El Toro
370:History
352:Madrone
184: (
176:Founded
125:Country
1369:Coyote
1329:Loyola
1209:Gilroy
726:
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430:Boston
407:Coyote
354:, and
348:Coyote
316:−32.7%
301:264.5%
256:Census
165:County
155:
135:
401:from
244:(PDT)
242:UTC-7
221:UTC-8
145:State
1455:Alma
1404:CCDs
1291:CDPs
816:2024
791:2024
764:2023
737:2024
724:ISBN
703:2024
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568:ISBN
547:2024
413:and
405:and
382:and
326:The
307:1880
292:1870
277:1860
265:Note
260:Pop.
186:1844
179:1844
409:to
334:of
311:540
296:802
281:220
235:DST
210:802
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