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What this resource covers

San Jose off the clock is a focused consumer guide for adults in San Jose and the South Bay. The publication covers local culture and maintains practical reference tools.

Monthly data refresh

The refresh process checks primary references for the publication’s tools. The Terpene Explorer also fetches molecular formula and molecular weight from identified PubChem records. New data is validated before replacing the last successful values. An unavailable or unexpectedly changed source produces a review flag, not a fabricated update.

Brand histories, aroma descriptions and consumer guides are editorially reviewed separately. Their review dates do not change merely because a source was fetched. No live product stock, strain-specific terpene percentage, license certification or driver location is inferred.

Data	Latest check	Date
Raw Garden official reference reachable	Successful	2026-09-23
Kiva Confections official reference	Needs review; last good data retained	2026-09-23
Camino official reference	Needs review; last good data retained	2026-09-23
WYLD official reference	Needs review; last good data retained	2026-09-23
PAX official reference reachable	Successful	2026-09-23
Jeeter official reference reachable	Successful	2026-09-23
Connected official reference	Needs review; last good data retained	2026-09-23
Alien Labs official reference	Needs review; last good data retained	2026-09-23

Primary references

How to interpret the tool

Brand comparison uses documented formats and geographic context. Aroma filtering uses clearly labeled sensory vocabulary. The lab converter calculates only from the values you enter. The cost planner uses only your entered amounts; it never calculates a legal tax determination or guarantees eligibility.

Shareable results and editorial categories

The shortlist uses documented product formats in editorial order, with no paid ranking. Scent signatures use any-match aroma tags and reflect preferences only. Delivery cards record browser-entered assumptions. Downloaded cards are snapshots, and links reopen editable inputs using the currently published source data. Quiz answers and glossary entries are editorial learning material, reviewed with the guides.

Photography & trademarks

Downtown San Jose photograph by Mo; botanical photograph by Matthew Sichkaruk; citrus and herbs by Serhii Kalyn, used under the Unsplash License. Brand marks identify the subjects of editorial profiles; their owners are not represented as sponsors.

San Jose photography

San Pedro Square entrance on North San Pedro Street in San Jose. Photo: Siddharth Patil. CC0 1.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Rose beds in San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. Photo: Oren Rozen. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Circle of Palms and the San Jose Museum of Art in downtown San Jose. Photo: GualdimG. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Jackson Street in San Jose Japantown. Photo: Mark Yasuda. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San Jose City Hall exterior on a clear day. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San Jose City Hall tower and plaza. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Downtown San Jose skyline view. Photo: NBC Bay Area. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San Jose City Hall, photographed in 2009.. Photo: HarshLight / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San Jose City Hall rotunda at night during the 2006 Zero One festival.. Photo: mark sebastian / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Santa Clara County Government Center in San Jose.. Photo: Coolcaesar at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Plaza de César Chávez in downtown San Jose. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
United States Capitol west front. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Historic Bank of Italy Building in downtown San Jose; illustrative banking context.. Photo: Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Medical-marijuana dispensary sign in Los Angeles; illustrative medical-cannabis context.. Photo: Original uncropped image from Laurie Avocado / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Veterans Affairs facility in the Edenvale district of San Jose, photographed in 2013.. Photo: Cristiano Tomás / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San Jose State University marching band percussionist. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Music in the Park promotional art for a downtown San Jose cannabis-culture concert weekend. Photo: Music in the Park San Jose. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Concert performers associated with downtown Music in the Park programming. Photo: Music in the Park San Jose. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Metro Silicon Valley banner for 420 in the Park at Plaza de César Chávez. Photo: Metro Silicon Valley. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Plaza de César Chávez fountain with The Tech Museum behind it; archival San Jose photograph.. Photo: Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San José Public Library at Silicon Valley Pride in 2021; community event photograph.. Photo: San José Public Library / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Police vehicle with emergency lights illuminated on a city street. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, user Abbedabb (Swedish police car; illustrative public-safety photo). Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Historic Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse in San Jose; civic context, not the location of a reported raid.. Photo: Will Buckner / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Smartphone screen displaying colorful social media application icons. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:Social Media App Icons On The Screen of A Smartphone.jpg. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Assorted plastic food packaging piled together. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:Plastic Packaging for Food.jpg. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Plaza de César Chávez in downtown San Jose.. Photo: GualdimG / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
VTA light-rail train at Penitencia Creek station in San Jose. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:VTA light rail san jose penitencia creek station.jpg. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Open parking area beside industrial buildings. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:Industrial Wasteland As Parking Lots.jpg. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Clean office cubicle with desk, computer, and partitions. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:CleancubicleSouth20050109.jpg. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Stanford Memorial Church facade and mosaic under blue sky. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:Stanford Memorial Church May 2011 HDR 1.jpg (South Bay landmark; illustrative). Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San Jose California skyline with hills in the distance. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:San Jose California Skyline.jpg. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
KQED building at 50 West San Fernando Street in San Jose; local journalism context.. Photo: Will Buckner / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
A dried cannabis flower bud; illustrative photograph, with no claim about its licensing, testing or potency.. Photo: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (released by creator). Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Purple Lotus promotional event imagery from the San Jose dispensary website. Photo: Purple Lotus Patient Center, cdn.sanity.io image hosted via plpcsanjose.com. Rights held by the credited source. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Roy’s Station storefront in San Jose Japantown. Photo: Roy’s Station. Rights held by Roy’s Station. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Purple Lotus dispensary exterior in San Jose. Photo: Purple Lotus. Rights held by Purple Lotus. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
San Pedro Square entrance on North San Pedro Street in San Jose. Photo: Siddharth Patil. CC0 1.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Circle of Palms and the San Jose Museum of Art in downtown San Jose. Photo: GualdimG. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.
Neon Jose Theater and Improv signs in downtown San Jose at night. Photo: Visit San Jose. Rights held by Visit San Jose. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped in the page layout. Adapted images remain under the stated license.

Local context: Visit San Jose: Downtown, Japantown, SoFA District, and Municipal Rose Garden.

The homepage hero is commissioned illustrative artwork, not documentary photography of a San Jose location, a particular cultivar, or a retailer product.

Corrections

If a current official source differs from this guide, rely on that source for your decision. For an order or product question, contact the retailer directly. Source links make it possible to check the exact reference without relying on an unexplained score.