Cupertino - breakfast and children's parade in the morning, Blackberry farm re-opening in the afternoon and then bring a picnic to creekside park and wait for the fireworks.
San Jose - Watch the Annual Rose, White and Blue Parade during the day, then go to San Jose Giants game and watch the fireworks at end of game, or just watch the fireworks for free outside the stadium.
Gilroy - shopping at outlet center, lunch at Independence day BBQ, and watch fireworks at 9:15pm.
Half Moon Bay - watch the parade at noon, spend the afternoon on the beach and watch the fireworks .
Palo Alto, Mountain View - enjoy chill cook off during the summer festival then head to shoreline for Fireworks Spectacular with the San Francisco Symphony.
Redwood City - 7:30am-10pm, Parade, Festival and Fireworks
Foster City - 8am-9:30pm, parade, music, dog show & fireworks
Fremont - watch parade in the morning, and spend the afternoon the old-fashioned way at Ardenwood.
Pleasanton, Livermore - enjoy a concert in Pleasanton downtown, then join the celebration in Livermore.
Berkeley - big party at Berkeley marina from noon-10pm
Oakland, Alameda - witness the second longest Independence Day parade in the nation, then head over to Jack London Square for Fireworks
San Francisco - check out the Fillmore Jazz Festival in the morning, enjoy afternoon entertainment either at Aquatic park or Pier 39, watch fireworks at waterfront.

• "Sounds of the Row" - Santana Row, Thursday, 7/2, Miena Yoo (contemporary compositions)
• Summer Jazz Concert Series - Stanford Shopping Center, 7/2, Gritty Driving Salsa
• Central Park Music Series - San Mateo, 7/2, California Cowboys (Country)
• Summer Concert Series - Campbell, 7/2, The Swing Solution (17 piece big band)
• Music in the Park - San Jose, 7/2, The Tubes (classic rock)
• Summer Concert at Memorial Park - Cupertino, 7/2, Toot Sweet Jazz Band ( Traditional New Orleans style jazz)
• FREE Movie "Apollo 13" - Redwood City, 7/2
  
• "FREE concert in the park", Pleasanton, Friday, 7/3, BURTON & COMPANY, Jazzy Rhythm & Blues..
• Music in the Square - Redwood City, Friday, 7/3, City Rocks
• Jazz & Blues by the Bay - Sausalito, Friday, 7/3, Hurricane Sam & The Hotshots
• "Children's Theatre in the Park", Mountain View, 7/2, THUMBELINA
• Vasona Vibrations - Los Gatos, Sat, 7/4, Calaveras
• Stern Grove Festival - San Francisco, Sunday, 7/5, SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY / Inouye Jazz
• Concerts in the park - Belmont, 7/5, 'STOMPY JONES' - Jumpin' Jazz and Swing

• Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival - Downtown Los Altos, 7/11-7/12
• Jazz at Filoli - Woodside, 7/12
• FREE: Early Bird Jazz at Stanford Jazz Festival - designed for kids, Stanford, 7/11-7/12
• Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival - Palo Alto, 7/11-7/12
• FREE Jazz & Beyond Series , Sunnyvale, 7/11 evening
• FREE Music at the Grove - Newark, 7/12
• FREE admission to Tech Museum - San Jose, 7/12
• San Jose Obon Festival - Japantown, San Jose, 7/11-7/12
• Redwood City Target Family Days - Redwood City, East Indian Theme, 7/12

Fruits picked directly from where they were growing are so fresh, so yummy, and are most likely cheaper than what you get at Farmer's Market. The best thing is that kids really love picking fruits themselves.

June is great time to visit Brentwood - try apricots, berries, peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots, and other produce available.

If you are closer to Watsonville, right now is great for picking strawberries, olallieberries, boysenberries, and other kinds of berries. Gizdich Ranch is a great place for picking berries, taste berry pies and take home berry jams.