Organic Pisa
We offer tasty, creative pizza dishes. Designed for health-conscious people who pay attention to the things they are putting into their bodies, Organic Pisa is family-owned and family-operated. Order online. Orders over $20 can be delivered. 106 Dempsey Rd. 408-906-8000
Stuft Pizza
Order online for takeout pizza. Unbelievable pizza at an incredible price, all with great service. Come by and enjoy one of our specially made pizzas, our full service salad bar, or a pint of our very own home brewed beers. 1426 Dempsey Road 408-262-4343
Milpitas schools have requirement to wear uniforms in grades K-8. Check below for details about what your school uniforms should look like.
Many local stores with a children’s clothing section will have uniforms in the late summer, just a school is starting. See list below of acceptable sources.
Uniform requirements for the current school year in Milpitas, CA.
Shirts must have a collar, such as a polo shirt, a dress shirt, or a turtle neck style.
Sweaters and jackets must be plain without excessive or large lettering on them.
In general, shoes, socks and belts must be fairly plain and typically white, brown, black or blue. Shoes must be closed-toed.
Check by school name below for color options. Verify through links.
White, Black, Green, or Gray Polo, turtleneck, collar or collarless shirt, sweatshirts, dress shirts.
The high schools do not require uniforms, but they do have dress codes.
Milpitas High School students must dress appropriately for school. A student’s apparel or lack of apparel should not distract from the educational process. Clothing that depicts violence and/or obscene words/pictures, sexually suggestive statements, or drugs/alcohol are considered inappropriate and will not be allowed at Milpitas High School. Clothing that reveals cleavage, belly, back, or underwear disrupts the educational process. Shoes must be worn at all times. Any student dressed inappropriately will be sent to the office. More on page 19 & 20 of student handbook.
Arts Commission
Serves as an advisory body to the City Council on matters pertaining to the Arts, performance or visual in the City of Milpitas. The Commission reviews Phantom Art Gallery artist applicants, and reviews the Cultural Arts Support Program.
The Arts Commission meets at the Milpitas City Hall, Committee Conference Room, 455 East Calaveras Boulevard. It holds regular meetings on the fourth Monday at 7:00 p.m. on alternating months of January, March, May, July, September and November. If a scheduled meeting occurs on a holiday, the meeting will be deferred to the same day of the following week.
Art Clubs and Associations
Camera Club
Photographer Kaz has organized local photography enthusiasts interested in meeting monthly or more often to share photography tips and occasionally go on photographic field trips. Meetings held either on Zoom or at the Milpitas Police Station, located at 1275 N. Milpitas Blvd. 7 PM, second Tuesday each month.
Golden Hills Art Association
This art club holds its monthly meetings on the first Thursday of each month at the Community Room of the Milpitas Police Station, located at 1275 N. Milpitas Blvd., at 7:30 PM. For more information, please call 408-263-7929.
SV Creates
We are a network of art club leaders who care about the cultural and aesthetic quality of life in Silicon Valley. Our mission is to ignite investment and engagement in our creative culture.
Art Clubs, Classes, Studios and Galleries
Artistic Art Studio
Come and learn art from artist Erric Yang. He is an alumni of Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He was the head art instructor at San Jose Art Academy for 7 years. 1209 S. Park Victoria Drive 408-400-7780
Bayshore Art Studio 七棵松藝術工作室
We keep our art classes no more than 6 student per class. Expert one-on-one art instruction is tailor-made just for your child.
1613A S Main St. 510-449-1638
Dove Art Gallery
Art Gallery on the site of Park Victoria Baptist Church in Milpitas, California. Displaying a wide variety of arts and crafts from artisans of all ages. The Gallery is open after every Sunday Service which starts at 10:30 AM and ends around 11:45 AM. Calling all ARTISTS! Dove Gallery in Milpitas Ca. is accepting submissions for REFLECTIONS of LIGHT. Exhibit Dates September 26 – December 5, 2021. Seeking art with reflected, refracted, mirrored, patterned or sunlit imagery. This could include reflections on water, looking through glass, mirror images, light effects and much more! Depictions of angels and other subject matter that reflects God’s glory is also encouraged. Entry is FREE. Submissions can be emailed to dove@parkvictoria.org. 875 S. Park Victoria Drive
Mook Art Gallery
Handmade oil paintings. We specialize custom framing. Art class is available from age 6 yrs old to seniors.
141 – Neighborhood 5 in Great Mall. 408-262-4801
Clay Magic House
We provide adult clay art classes and kids clay art classes, we also provide instructor training and birthday party activity as well. 322 S Abel St. 408-930-6246
Grants for the Arts
Grant Writing Help
A list of organizations that provide technical assistance, consulting, classes and research materials in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Grant Writing
Too often grant writers fall into these traps when applying for community grants.
Where you can hang out and play various sorts of games. Also a places that makes stuffed toys. And the history of Atari Games here in Milpitas.
Game Hangouts
Big Al’s sports bar, bowling center and arcade
Food available through DoorDash. Integrated in to the fabric of local communities and with 45,000-70,000 SQFT of the latest arcade games, 18-42 bowling lanes, and the region’s largest HD projection screens (55’!) as focal points of stadium-style Sports Bars, Big Al’s appeals to families, sports enthusiasts, event planners and anyone looking for a great time with great food in a contemporary NW-style atmosphere. 27 Ranch Drive 669-271-0011
Dave & Busters
Gaming club, bar and restaurant for adults. Minors must be chaperoned. Located at north end of Great Mall. 408-957-9215
Golfland
Not just peewee golf, but also a large arcade gaming salon. Located At Jacklin Rd. and east of I-680.
LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Bay Area
Bay Area’s only indoor ultimate LEGO experience designed specifically for families with young children Ages 3-12. 870 Great Mall Dr. 669-213-0612
Atari Games
Founded July 2, 1984, in Milpitas, California
Atari History Museum
Atari and its spin-off Activision both made games here in Milpitas. Gaming historian Curt Vendel has died at the age of 53, as reported by retro gaming site Vintage is the New Old.
Meet David Crane: Video Game Guru
At 29, Crane is an unlikely superstar, a gangly six-foot-five coat rack of a guy with an all-American exterior and a “Scientific American” soul. Activision game cartridges used to be manufactured in Milpitas.
If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 across the United States: 1-800-273-8255 And as of Saturday, July 16, 2022, a far more easier number to remember, 988.
Feeling suicidal? Call the Santa Clara County Suicide Crisis Hotline 24/7 at 1 855-278-4204, or text Renew to 741741.Talk to a trained volunteer counselor. Services are free and confidential.
Crisis/Emergency Support
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Police Officers are trained to recognize and understand the seriousness and sensitivity of the mentally ill during a crisis situation. Contact information for a wide-range of crisis support.
Milpitas City Council stands in unity for suicide prevention
On the evening of June 19, 2018, at the Milpitas City Council meeting, the five council members — Councilmember Bob Nuñez, Councilmember Garry Barbadillo, Councilmember Anthony Phan, Vice Mayor Marsha Grilli, and Mayor Rich Tran — voted unanimously to approve the adoption of a resolution and implementation of a Suicide Prevention Policy.
Milpitas Hope
In 2018, the City of Milpitas adopted its Suicide Prevention Policy and convened a community task force that includes health care professionals, educators, faith and community leaders, Milpitas Police Department, Milpitas Recreation and Community Services and residents. We partner closely with Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services, which coordinates regional suicide prevention efforts. We welcome organizations, businesses and individuals to join us. For more information, please contact Program Coordinator Charu Aggarwal, 408-586-3405.
Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Service
Currently offers free, virtual trainings including basic QPR (Question- Persuade-Refer) to help members of the public recognize the signs and risks of suicide and help a suicidal person get help.
Suicide Prevention Task Force
Meeting Frequency: Milpitas Hope meets second Tuesdays of the month, 4-5 p.m.
Meeting Location: Meetings are currently held online via Zoom
Staff Liaison: Community Engagement & Inclusion Administrator Tegan McLane tmclane@ci.milpitas.ca.gov 408-586-3212
What Trauma Victims Need You to Know
A friend, who was badly traumatized by her caregivers in early childhood and cruelty from employers, created this brochure, to be printed two-sided, to be handed to her health providers to help them understand her past, and how it can be triggered by them if they don’t take care to treat her humanely.
Please join Executive Producers Donnie Eiland and David Mosqueda for a special virtual viewing of…
54: The Story Of The First Planned Integrated Community In The Country
History of the Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association
Sunnyhills was the first planned racially-integrated community in the United States in 1956, arranged by a Union co-op of the United Auto Workers. Today, Sunnyhills still has one of the highest levels of integration of any neighborhood. More detailed version.
K’Meyer related the story of how the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker social action organization, and the United Auto Workers union cooperated in the early 1950s to build Sunnyhills, an intentionally integrated community, to provide housing for the Black and white workers at the Milpitas Ford factory—one of the first interracial housing developments in the nation. Copies of her book are available from the Neighborhood Association and The Milpitas Historical Society.
The Untold Stories of Sunnyhills, Where History Was Made
By Rhoda Shapiro
February 14, 2019
Story how Milpitas resident Donnie Eiland came up with the idea to film a history of Sunnyhills, the neighborhood he grew up in. Back in January, 2019, Eiland flew Ben Gross’ son, Benjamin Gross, Jr., out from Minnesota to take part in the documentary. During his stay, Benjamin spoke at a couple of community events to share fascinating stories about his father, who passed away in 2012, and what it was like to grow up in Sunnyhills.
Sunnyhills…and The Soviet Union?
After the Kitchen Debate, Ben Gross (senior) had been in constant contact with Walter Reuther (President of the UAW), and asked that Reuther extend an invitation to Khrushchev to visit Sunnyhills. Gross wanted the Soviet leader to see an integrated community with his own eyes.
Khrushchev accepted and, once in Milpitas, made a special stop.
The Grosses threw a barbecue in the backyard to welcome the Premier. Khrushchev, his son, and five other officials came out to their Sunnyhills home. A visit to five different homes in the neighborhood was also set up, so that Khrushchev could witness the integrated neighborhood in action.
The event was not disclosed to the media. In fact, Russian security officials confiscated Benjamin’s camera, which is why no photos of the Premier’s visit exist.
I <3 Ol’ School Milpitas!
For those who grew up in, went to school in, spent time in, or love somebody from Milpitas. Please keep ALL posts about memories of people and events from Milpitas.
History of Milpitas: the 1900s
On January 26, 1954, Milpitas residents incorporated as a city that included the recently built Ford Auto Assembly plant.
Sunnyhills United Methodist Church History 1957-1982
Sunnyhills United Methodist Church was officially dedicated in January of 1959. Sunnyhills has been blessed with excellent and varied styles of leadership.
3 Fat Chicks on a Diet
Weight loss support site offering extensive forums, chats, lowfat recipes, food reviews, fast food nutrition, health and fitness information.
Emily Bites
Lightened up comfort food. New Weight Watchers Freestyle Program.
Exercise 4 Weightloss
Use this site as your guide for eating healthy, losing weight and getting fit and healthy. Has Weight Watchers information and restaurant menu points.
Hungry Girl
I love food because food is delicious. My mantra, as many of my friends know, is “I’m hungry!” Because I obsess over food, I learn about it, read about it, research it, dream about it. Nothing gives me a thrill like discovering a new low cal snack or assembling a no fat pizza!
Nutrio
Changing to a healthy, fit, nutritious lifestyle and how to do it.
Software
Weight Loss Software & Calculators
Online calculators, software for your Mac, Palm or Windows system, and Excel spreadsheets for planning and recording.
Good nutrition is one way to reduce your risk of developing heart disease and stroke. But in times of Covid-19, being stuck in the house, it is easy to forget to eat less and move more.
You might be snacking on cookies rather than something more nutritious. Try cherry tomatoes or grapes for a healthful snack. Break kale into chip-sized pieces, toss with some olive oil, and spread on a cookie sheet. If you are ok with salt, sprinkle some on. Bake at 400° for 4 minutes. Voila! Healthful chips, and they taste better than you’d expect for kale.
Find some exercise videos on YouTube. You can search on terms very specific to your needs. Bookmark the ones you like the best.
Anita’s Tried & True Lowfat Recipes
Anita has personally tried each and every recipe posted on this site. Most of these recipes are low-fat containing less than thirty percent calories from fat.
Cooking Light
My favorite low-fat recipe magzine, I devour the recipes each month, but turn to the website to try to retrieve past favorites.
Delicious Decisions from the American Heart Association
Good nutrition is one way to reduce your risk of developing heart disease and stroke. Making these healthy but tasty dishes at home can help you control your cholesterol levels, blood pressure or diabetes. We’ve created these recipes to help you prepare meals that not only taste great, but are good for you.
Diabetic Gourmet Recipe Files
The recipes provided include nutritional information and diabetic exchanges. Not all recipes are appropriate for all people. Please make sure a recipe is appropriate for your meal plan and pay careful attention to serving sizes.
Eating Well
Healthy recipes by the meal, week or month.
How To Extract the Most Nutrients From Your Food
Before you get overwhelmed, take heart in that there are a handful of simple steps you can take in the kitchen to boost your foods’ health potential—without sacrificing flavor. Here’s a roundup of the methods you need to know: science-proven secrets that make already good-for-you ingredients even better and more likely to pass along their flat-belly benefits.
Origins of Milpitas water and where it goes later: creek maps, waste water, urban runoff, water quality.
Save Water Milpitas
Water is a precious resource and is an important necessity for our health, the sustainability of the environment, and for the livelihood of our businesses. Check here for rebates for high efficiency toilets and washing machines, and for free shower heads and aerators for faucets.
You can water your yard THREE days per week, between the hours of 6:00 p.m through 9:00 a.m.
If your street address is an odd number, you can water your yard on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.
If your street address is an even number, you can water your yard on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday.
No watering on Wednesdays.
Remember, always make sure your watering doesn’t waste water and only waters your landscaping.
To Learn More about Water Conservation or To Report Violations
Call 408-586-2666
The City purchases and distributes water from Valley Water treatment plants, as well as from San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). Before making its way to your tap, your drinking water is treated and tested to ensure its safety. Valley Waterand SFPUC are ensuring the water supplied to the City is of the highest possible quality meeting or exceeding all federal and state drinking water standards.
Don’t Take Water For Granted
Amina Ahmad, a sixth-grader at Marshall Pomeroy Elementary School, was a winner in the Bay Area Water Users Association Water Awareness Poster Contest. Her poster is featured in the association’s 2001 calendar.
Hot Lines
City of Milpitas Water Conservation
and Urban Runoff Hotline: 408-586-2666
City of San Jose Distribution Hotline: 800-426-4791
Water rates effective July 1, 2020.
Sewer rates effective July 1, 2020.
Our Watershed
Watersheds are nature’s way of dividing up the landscape. A watershed is the land area that catches rain or other runoff and drains to specific wetlands, streams, rivers, and reservoirs. Runoff from every home or business ultimately makes its way to a creek or channel. That’s why everyone somehow contributes to flooding even if it happens miles away. Creeks and street water in Milpitas flow into the Coyote Creek and then into the San Francisco Bay.
Adopt A Creek
This program offers citizen participation in creek cleaning projects within Santa Clara County. Helping with this program is a great way for schools, community organizations and private companies to demonstrate their concern about the environment. Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Calaveras Dam Time Lapse (2012-2018)
Time Lapse of the Calaveras Dam from April 2012 – September 2018 captured by EarthCam.
Moving Mountains at Calaveras Dam Replacement
Coyote Watershed Fast Facts
The county’s largest watershed, it extends from the urbanized valley floor upward to the vast natural areas of the Mt. Hamilton range. Coyote Creek, its main waterway, is the longest creek in the county. Resources for teachers and students.
Fixing Anderson Dam is a priority for Valley Water
In 2019, Valley Water produced a draft of a video depicting a worst-case scenario should a filled-to-capacity Anderson Dam fail in the event of a major earthquake. Valley Water embarks on Anderson Dam project after years of unexpected delays. The original plan –– to add buttressing and materials up and downstream to reinforce the dam –– would take roughly three years and come with a $250 million price tag. But in 2016, that number grew after the district conducted geotechnical borings of the surrounding soil and found evidence of seismic activity in two nearby fault lines previously thought to be inactive.
Flood Watch Tool
Introduction on how to use the flood watch tool for those living in flood zones near our creeks. Most important to those living near Penitencia Ck at Machado Ave. or working near Coyote Creek and 237.
My Hazards of Santa Clara County
Map showing areas of Milpitas and other Silicon Valley areas which have in the past been flooded. Many flood control systems have been installed, but if you are considering buying a home in these areas, do a thorough check first. Also shows earthquake zones.
Hetch Hetchy Photos
From before the dam was built. This group would like to restore the valley.
The California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) Curriculum
Teachers may access all of the EEI Curriculum online for free, and until the end of this school year students may access form-fillable workbooks and other materials directly from our website. Feel free to reach out to us at eei@calrecycle.ca.gov if you need support with your digital instruction and we’ll do our best to assist you.
Penitencia Water Treatment Plant
This plant typically serves an area from Milpitas in the north to Aborn Road in the south, supplying safe drinking water to 270,000 residential and commercial users.
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
This project will result in large-scale restoration of wetlands from the San Mateo Bridge to southern edge of San Francisco Bay.
Water Quality
Water Quality Report: Consumer Confidence Report
The City of Milpitas is pleased to provide our customers with pertinent information about the quality of our drinking water. This annual water quality report tells you where our water comes from, what our tests show about it, and what is in it.
City of Milpitas Water Quality Report 2021
As mandated by law, each year, on or before July 1, the City of Milpitas is required to provide all of its water customers a copy of the CCR. The CCR provides water quality information and compares the quality of your water to established Federal and State drinking water standards. We encourage you to view this report as it provides information about the source and quality of the drinking water delivered to you.
In an effort to be better stewards of the environment, the City is no longer distributing paper copies of the CCR. The reports will instead be made available online. If you wish to obtain a paper copy of the 2021 CCR, you may pick one up from the Milpitas City Hall building located at 455 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035. For any questions you may have, please contact us through our email at: MilpitasCCR@milpitas.gov.
Water & Sewer Bills
Automatic Payment Service
You can pay your water and waste services bill online; however, it takes 6-8 weeks to process your request. You can set this up in a day or so with your bank’s online service, but the City’s service is free.
Mail in Your Water Bill
Effective July 1, 2021, please us the new P.O. Bos address below to mail in your City of Milpitas/Sewer utility payments: City of Milpitas
P.O. Box 102710
Pasadena, CA 91189-2710
–yes, you read that right, Pasadena.
Water conservation in the home
Are you concerned about high water bills and would like to use less water? Want a rebate for installing low water usage toilet or washing machine?
Water Systems
The San Francisco PUC, which draws its water from the Hetch-Hetchy system in the Sierra, serves 2.4 million people in San Francisco and 33 communities stretching from Milpitas and San Jose to Daly City and the water district in southern Alameda County.
City of Milpitas Water Maintenance Services
Maintenance Services provides for the routine and emergency operation, maintenance, and repair of the City’s water, sewer, and storm systems and facilities.
City of Milpitas Water Supply Map
Map helps you determine whether you get Hetch Hetchy water (the best tasting), or SVPUC water (still great water!).
Water and Sewer Master Plans
The City of Milpitas is approaching buildout, and open spaces are being converted to domestic and irrigation type uses, changing diurnal flow patterns and water needs. In addition, redevelopment of older industrial/commercial areas to high density residential is being considered as part of the Midtown Specific Plan.
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Parts of Milpitas are supplied with water from SCVWD. Watershed and flood control district primarily. Those in the quadrant west of 880 and south of 237 get water through SCVWD.
S.F. Public Utilities Commission
Provides Milpitas with Hetch Hetchy water. (Note to newcomers: Hetch Hetchy water is considered the finest!)
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Water System
Milpitas gets most of its drinking water through the San Francisco PUC. The Hetch Hetchy Project supplies water and power to the City of San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area communities, and regulates stream flow in the Upper Tuolumne River, Cherry Creek, and Eleanor Creek.
Where Your Water Comes From
Groundwater and local surface water is the county’s original source of water supply. Local rainfall and runoff flows into reservoirs for storage and blending with imported water. The water is released into creeks and ponds to augment natural percolation and maintain groundwater levels. Some of the local surface water is processed at drinking water treatment plants. The treated water is sold to local water retailers such as San Jose Water Company, who use their own distribution systems to serve customers. Water pumped from the groundwater aquifer through wells is used by private well owners, farmers, and water retailers.
Milpitas Waste Water Treatment
San Jose / Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
The San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant is one of the largest advanced wastewater treatment facilities in California. It treats and cleans the wastewater of over 1,500,000 people that live and work in the 300-square mile area encompassing San Jose, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Monte Sereno.
San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Video Tour
This is an interesting and educational facility to visit. It is pertinent for general science students, biology students, and chemistry students.
Urban Runoff & Pollution Prevention
City of Milpitas Consumer Confidence Report issued June 2015
Last year, as in years past, your tap water met all USEPA and State drinking water health stan- dards. The City of Milpitas vigilantly safeguards its water supplies and once again, we are proud to report that our system had no health related water quality standard violations in 2014.
Managing Urban Runoff
To protect surface water and ground water quality, urban development and household activities must be guided by plans that limit runoff and reduce pollutant loadings. EPA.
Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
The Program’s mission is to assist in the protection of beneficial uses of receiving waters by preventing pollutants generated from activities in urban service areas from entering runoff to the maximum extent practicable.
Feng Cha Teahouse Facebook. “The location was spacious and full of tables. The staff were friendly and helpful as I ordered my drinks. There was as a line, so while I waited, I had time to snap pictures.” 489 E Calaveras Blvd. 669-263-6350
New Tung Kee Noodle
Yelp Reviews. I’m an absolute fan and will continue being a loyal patron but be advised that the customer service isn’t great. They are quick to get you seated, have orders taken, you eat, & then get out. The turn over rate here is lightning fast in order to get the next party seated. From management’s standpoint: more patrons seen means more money in the registers. Try not to take it personally. 481 E Calaveras Blvd. (408) 263-8288
iHop
Long-standing chain serving a wide variety of pancakes & other American breakfast & diner fare. Only place in Milpitas open quite late most nights, and overnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Not in the Town Center, but just outside it near Hillview entrance. 765 E Calaveras Blvd. (408) 942-8887
Giorgio’s Italian Food & Pizzeria
Ideal for the entire family or that special date night Giorgio’s Italian Food & Pizzeria is the pizza “mecca” of the South Bay. Restaurant patrons can watch our cooks “hand toss” the pizza dough and prepare entire meals from our open kitchen. 643 E Calaveras Blvd. (408) 942-1292
Mexican
El Torito’s
Make Wednesday nights, family night. Kids 12 and under can enjoy one kid’s meal for $1 every Wednesday, per adult entrée purchased. Available all day in the dining room. 477 E Calaveras Blvd. (408) 946-8012
Sandwiches, Soups and Salads, and Chicken Wings
Chick-fil-A
FYI: the billionaire owner of Chick-fil-A, who promised to stop donating to anti-LGBT, is participating in a dark money operation fighting to keep the Equality Act from passing. Because of this, Go Milpitas does not want to appear to advertise it.
Red Lobster
Known for their fresh lobstar and other seafood dishes, and cheddar biscuits. We have always been committed to sustainability, and spent decades building personal relationships with suppliers. 503 E Calaveras Blvd. (408) 942-0781
