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De Anza College

The community college on Stevens Creek Boulevard, opened in 1967 on the site of the Baldwins’ Beaulieu winery.

De Anza College, named for the explorer Juan Bautista de Anza, opened in 1967 on a 112-acre site that had been the Baldwins’ Beaulieu winery. Their mansion, Le Petit Trianon, is now the California History Center.

The campus has the Euphrat Museum of Art, the Fujitsu Planetarium, the Kirsch Center and the Cheeseman Environmental Study Area, and its students run a flea market on the first Saturday of every month. Its mascot since 2020 is the Mountain Lion.

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Who is De Anza College named after?

Juan Bautista de Anza, whose 1776 expedition camped at the arroyo of San Joseph Cupertino.

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