Cupertino, California, is home to 60,000 residents and myriad glass and steel corporate headquarters towering over tree-shrouded residential neighborhoods. Climbing the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountain range, Cupertino is one of the founding cities of Silicon Valley and best known as the headquarters of Apple, Inc. Education, innovation, and collaboration are the city’s hallmarks.
California is in the Western United States. It shares borders with Nevada, Arizona, the Pacific Ocean, Oregon, and Baja California. There are more than 39,500,000 people in about 163,696 square miles, making it the third-largest state. The state capital is Sacramento, and Los Angeles is the most populous city.