Sunnyvale Essential Info

Overview

Sunnyvale is a city in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California. Sunnyvale was ranked the 5th safest city in the United States in its size category for 2004.

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Basics

Best Time To Go

Year round

Current Time

Current Weather

58 °F

Cloudy

Fun Facts

1. Sunnyvale is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley.
2. Sunnyvale is one of the few U.S. cities to have a single unified Department of Public Safety, where all personnel are trained as firefighters, police officers, and EMTs.
3. In 1906, Libby, McNeill & Libby, a Chicago meat-packing company, decided to open its first fruit-packing factory in Sunnyvale. Today, a water tower painted to resemble the first Libby's fruit cocktail can label identifies the former site of the factory.
4. Teri Hatcher, an actress on television's Desperate Housewives and Lois & Clark, was raised in Sunnyvale.

Popular Foods

1. Lamb Kebab
2. Falafel