North Valley & Berryessa - San Jose, California

The Berryessa District in San Jose, California is located in the northeast portion of the city, between Coyote Creek and the Diablo Range foothills. Coyote Creek is a river that flows through the Santa Clara Valley. Although its name has "creek" in it, Coyote Creek is actually a large river comparable in size to the Guadalupe River. As Coyote Creek forms the eastern boundary of downtown San Jose, it winds its way into North San Jose.

The neighborhood borders Milpitas along Landess Avenue to the north and the Alum Rock neighborhood of East San Jose along Mabury Road to the south.

In the late 1800s, Berryessa was a small farming community well-known across California for its high-quality fruit. Hostetter Road, Capitol Avenue, Piedmont Road, and Lundy Avenue were formerly surrounded by apricot and prune orchards. The J. F. Flickinger Fruit Packing Company, one of the largest fruit packing companies in the Santa Clara Valley, was located around present-day Hostetter Road. In the 1960s and 1970s, however, the orchards were developed into suburban residential neighborhoods and businesses. Tiny remnants of these lands remain today, including the Orlando Farm on Capitol Expressway and the Mattos' apricot orchard off Piedmont Road.

Berryessa's demographics are very similar to that of Milpitas. The neighborhood is a middle-class suburban neighborhood consisting primarily of detached single-family homes. Schools in Berryessa include Piedmont Hills High School, Piedmont Middle School, Sierramont Middle School, and Morrill Middle School.