I don't really know how to write about going to drop off my absentee ballot at City Hall, but I…read morewill say the local coffee shop, across the way, Bitter+Sweet has some of the best unique pastries, as well as my favorite red velvet latte as well as a black seed sesame latte with delicious tasting oat milk! Hee. The library across the street is always very clean and well organized. Plus they have an amazing kids area with a beautiful fish tank! They have a really nice heart attached to the city hall with some great historical information about cherry blossoms and the Japanese American community set up as the monuments around the surrounding trees and park benches nearby. Beautiful place to take pictures and fun potter fountains in the front for the children in the summertime.

My co-teacher and I always bring our ballots to drop them off in the official box. We make it a…read morepoint to vote together. Daytime or evening, we walk over.

Completely dumbfounded…read more Newly married and wanted to get my marriage certificate submitted to change my name for my social security. Appointments was about 2 months out and I wanted to try to get it done earlier as a walk-in. They really should put a sign saying everything is by appointment only (effective 01/2025). I waited an hour only to go to the window to be told this and offered to make an appointment for my next visit. I shouldn't even have the option to get a number. The ticket computer should have a hard stop programmed if you don't have an appointment. PUT A SIGN UP BECAUSE THE WEBSITE STILL WELCOMES WALK-INS!

I went in without an appointment which technically they don't accept but you're still allowed to…read morewait to see someone and then they will either answer a question if it's easy or set up an appointment luckily, I got a very helpful lady named Dee and she gave me the proper form that I needed and answered my question. She did a great job. It's so nice to have someone that actually seems to care.

Early march is a good time to visit, go to the back of the building for parking and to enjoy the…read moreflowers blooming. There's a small park behind it, nothing fancy, it's a small neighborhood center.

I dont know much ( about this Center) except Dad want come here back when they had Japanese Blossom…read morefestivity. Indoor area was huge but I got a little bored with the music. When I went outside there was impressive amount of Food Vendors ( the way it should be) so it was interesting ( the Japan Cherry Blossom in May??? I forgot). The thing is we were late ( this time) for July 4th. Celebration. There was some kind of Pancake Breakfast (Optomst Club?) but way too expensive...offer Pancake, Sausage, fruit cup, Coffee,Hot Choco for $ 15 dollars? $ 3 OJ. Since Mom is Diabetic & Dad has cancer, Dad & I decide that $ 15 is too expensive for just Pancake/Sausage. I was still curious if other people showed up, as in Cupertino $ 15 is cheap. So I was curious what other people had to say about the Breakfast July 4th. I also saw huge line for kids event. Of kids throwing DartBoard (not real darts) but it would be nice for someone to show Kids how to Throw it as most kids missed it ( maybe next yr, I will volunteer as it would be nice for someone to show kids how to throw the plastic thing to not miss the Dartboard even tho it was not real Darts) The thing that was disappointing ( only to me) is that on 4th of July it would have been nice to see tons of Food Vendors ( because its a holiday when families go out to have fun & most Families willing to spend money on Vendors). Maybe because only Pancake breakfast..I dont know if that was huge success or not. But it would have been nice to see many Food Vendors out as it can promote small businesses...and Im sure if the Center offer to Vendors that they would pay the Community to be able to put their Food Business out on July 4th. i was wondering what other people think? I just think $ 15 is way too much to charge for just Pancake. Dad & I brought Mom to McDonalds and spent $ 20 for breakfast instead of spending $ 45 dollars for pancake/sausage which we cannot eat because Mom diabetic. And at McDonalds you get free refill on coffee so Dad & I shared. Anyways, the Music for the 4th of July was awesome. There was a really great, awesome band playing. We went near the end of the concert. They were playing really Good Rock & Roll music and other American Classic music. It was really Good the Music, concert & band with really good electrice guitar music. I think to make the July 4th perfect tho, it would be nice to see Food Vendors offering both lunch & breakfast. Thing like BBQ chicken or wings, or even Tacos. Or anything that the Communiy wants. Would be nice to see what type of Vendors come there. Just would be Fun to see....Offering a whole Variety on Food as there are not enough buffet Nor MultiCultural type food places to go. Dad is a huge food fanatic but he gets sick of overpriced Chinese ( his favorite). I keep telling Dad to see Mexican Food Trucks as they are cheaper than Most overpriced restaurants. Even Pho ( one of my favorite foods) is expensive in restaurants these days (I love Vietnamese food as it is one of my favorite, next to Mexican is my favorite but I lived in California back in 1990 when Mexican food used to be cheap...Now the prices have sky Rocket...the only cheap Taco restaurant is Los Dos Compadres near Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd & Prospect Rd ( DeAnza Blvd & Prospect Rd). Most of their Tacos are only 3.5 or maybe close to 3.75 by now and they give more meat than most Taco Trucks. Only one time their Carne Asada was less taste but majority of time, they have really good Taco and good Carne Asada. Only problem is they close at 3pm. Anyhow, it would be nice to see more Variety of Food ( not just Pancake). I wish other people would give their opinion too ( Because I value our country...Home of the Free !!!!!!!)

Trying to use satellites to connect to one of my other phone…read more 4.6.2026, My Monday evening observation on this library. The male librarian is very helpful when I want to ask him on how to make a copy. The female old librarian is gossiping about Asian people and making fun at them. The young teenager is making fun at the Asian populations. Other people are gossiping about other person's life after 4pm. In general, the quality of the people who come to this library are better during the morning , but the quality of the people are getting worse as the day goes by, especially during the evening hours.

I got my library card when we moved to SVL & honestly i should visit this branch more often but…read moresince i was gifted a Kindle by my buddy i don't have the need to buy books - going digital reading is both a blessing & a curse as i used to come here for the quarterly used books sale.....

Beautiful government center that was built from the ground up & opened for business this year.read more

As a first time visitor, I loved the children's area! It was incredibly organized, clean and a big…read moreplay area for children. My son ran to see the fishes and explore which made me very happy because normally he is very shy about new places. He had his therapy here and he had so much fun! I'll be coming back here and have my son play with all the other kids during summer. I also love the calendar they have for the months and activities planned.

I have so many good things to say about this library! Great selection of books. Very clean…read more I have been taking my kids since they were little and they really enjoyed the little aquarium. Also they have a great variety of events. Both for adults and kids. My kids love the reading buddies with dogs. Motivates them to read out loud. I always tell my kids that having access to a library like this is such a blessing!

My son loves police officers and we saw a few sheriffs at Whole Foods this afternoon and he wanted…read moreto ask them for a sticker so badly. They were busy working and we didn't want to keep standing around giving them pressure so we went in to buy groceries. When we came back to the car we were shocked to see that they had left it on the wiper of the car. Thank you so much for making our son's day! We truly love what our officers do for our community and this was the cherry on top. Back the blue

Had an appointment to do my LiveScan fingerprinting at 9 am and it was seamless. In and out…read morequickly. My employer pays for the service so I didn't have to pay any out of pocket expenses. Great location since its close to the freeway and plenty of parking.

A Haiku About Cupertino…read more Apple Computer What kind of mall is named Vallco? Hot Fried Donut Wheel

Ahhh, Super-clean-o, Cupertino…read more This city is a great place to raise kids. The schools are top-notched, the kids are nice, there is very little crime. A quick check on the Megan's Law database shows very few registered sex offenders in this area. Having moved from a high density sex registrant, high density gang area (Hello: East San Jose!) I can say I feel much more comfortable walking in my neighborhood and letting my kids play outside. Alas, Cupertino is not perfect. The traffic around the schools is horrendous in the mornings when you are trying to go to work, and if you are a young, single twenty-something, you will probably be bored to tears here. But if you are parent and are debating between living in a less expensive area and sending your kid to private school or coming to Cupertino, I'd recommend moving here.

Quality/Quantity - High rating as we had so many good memories here. And good to always come back…read moreto the "old" neighborhood. Some fun facts from the internet: "Named Sunnyvale as it is located in a sunny region adjacent to areas with significantly more fog." "Sunnyvale is one of the few municipalities in California 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." "Sunnyvale is the birthplace of the video game industry, former location of Atari headquarters." (Am I outdating myself, lol). Things to do in Sunnyvale: Farmers markets, parks/trails, "Murphy Ave," etc. Atmosphere - 22.78 square miles, 0.72 of which is water. Population = Almost 156k (2020 US Census). Next to/near San Jose, Saratoga, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Mountain View, Milpitas, etc. Approximately an hour to San Francisco, Oakland, Gilroy, Santa Cruz, etc. Home to: Apple, LinkedIn, Google, Amazon, Meta (Facebook), Walmart Labs, 23 and Me, etc. Service - Good. Also depends on what you do, eat, or drink. Price - Reasonable. Something for everyone. Also depends on what you do, eat, or drink. Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 1912.

Sunnyvale is a terrible city now. The quality of life is extremely low. Neighbors are constantly…read moretrespassing, competing, and throwing shady looks. Public shaming has become extremely bad and a huge issue. No matter where you go, people will throw passive aggressive jabs even for asking a simple question that can in no common sense way be considered offensive. I've also endured a lot of racist and judgmental interactions by minorities, which I think is pretty hypocritical. It's like no one has any decency or a sense of civility anymore. Every time I go outside my house I am getting traumatized over and over again by reckless drivers, rude employees in stores and medical offices, and pretty much any interaction you can think of. I get laughed at by random strangers who literally don't know how to mind their own business. It feels like I'm getting mobbed.

Central Expressway in various forms runs from the San Jose Airport (SJC) all the way to Menlo Park…read morewhere it merges into the El Camino Real. The expressway changes name in Palo Alto to Alma but otherwise it's a great way to traverse from the mid Peninsula to the South Bay. Especially if you want to avoid US101 or 280. Until it hits Palo Alto there are few stoplights and its much faster than the El Camino. The flip side is that there are almost no services along its route. From a biking standpoint it is a relatively easy ride but can be a bit precarious with all the high speed traffic. Also the lane has a lot of debris and I've had my fair share of flats.

I Use Central Expressway as a Shortcut on Tuesdays …read more I jump on at Lawrence Expressway and roll Northbound to Mathilda Avenue. This is my way to Beat Traffic when I roll to Popeye's on Tuesday for their 2 Piece Special LOL. Central Expressway is a Baller On A Budget Approved Short Cut !