San Tomas Neighborhood

As residents fight to maintain the area's rural character, some remember the good old days

For more than 50 years, the San Tomas neighborhood has striven to maintain its rural character in the wake of Silicon Valley's nightmarish housing boom. To live in a time and a place when the norm is a mix of high density and "monster" homes is challenge enough. But in San Tomas--where there are still traces of the Valley's roots--one can still find the antithesis of planned development: big, roving front and back yards, flourishing gardens, children playing in the streets and neighbors talking across their fences. Here is a sampling of stories told to The Campbell Reporter by several residents who remember San Tomas when the roads were dirt, not asphalt, and when orchards filled lots now occupied by homes.   More

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