The college moved to its present location in the Fruitdale neighborhood of West San Jose in the same year.

[3] In 1999, 2004 and 2010, voters within the San José-Evergreen Community College District passed bond measures to re-build the campus and provide modern technology and facilities for the students, which resulted in the construction of buildings like César E. Chávez Library, the Science Complex, Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center, and the SJCC Student Center.

[5][6] The center includes a fine arts gallery and a theatre/performance space, alongside classrooms for relevant departments.

[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] KJCC began in 1978, then in fall 1994, radio classes were cancelled due to budget cuts, and has since been operated by campus clubs.

Alumni Millard Hampton and Andre Phillips both won Olympic gold medals, with coaching assistance from Bobby Poynter who was a part of San Jose State University's "Speed City" track team, and was also their coach and teacher at Silver Creek High School (California).

The throwing facilities, in particular, were home to gold medalist Mac Wilkins, Al Feuerbach and John Powell.