SUNNYVALE

city, Santa Clara county, California, U.S. It lies at the southern end of San Francisco Bay, near San Jose. Settled in 1850, it was known as Murphy's Station (later as Encinal) but was renamed Sunnyvale at its incorporation in 1912 and developed as a fruit-processing centre. The city's economic base shifted, however, when the U.S. Navy dirigible base, built nearby in the 1930s, and the expansion of the Joshua Hendy Iron Works (later Westinghouse Electric) in 1942 contributed to a developing industrial pattern, which now includes electronics and the manufacture of guided missiles. Pop. (1992 est.) 121,588.