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Ahead of construction, Berkeley Space Center seeks to be a hub for aerospace startups at NASA Research ParkLooking to spur innovative ideas and technologies, U.C. Berkeley is taking steps to incubate a fleet of aerospace startups...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2024Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 19, 2024 at 10:22 am | 1 comment | 3083 Views
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Program to offer 50% discounted fares to lower-income Bay Area residentsOfficials are encouraging lower-income Bay Area residents to apply for a pilot program that offers 50% discounted fares on...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2024Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 8, 2024 at 1:50 pm | 1 comment | 2335 Views
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Community Briefs: Holiday closures, new minimum wage and high COVID levelsThis week in Community Briefs, find out how the New Year's Day holiday will impact public services; the new Mountain View...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2024Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 3, 2024 at 5:39 pm | 1 comment | 3453 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View Whisman's board picks its leaders after disagreements over processIt took the school board less than five minutes and no discussion at a Dec. 7 meeting to pick its leaders for the coming...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 28, 2023 at 9:35 am | 3 comments | 5225 Views
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Salaries, benefits increase as school superintendents become harder to findBay Area superintendents Donald Austin of Palo Alto Unified and Michael Gallagher at Sunnyvale School District, who earn...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 28, 2023 at 9:23 am | 1 comment | 2938 Views
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Hearing set to decide if Redwood City teen accused of fatal street racing crash will be tried as an adultOne of two people accused of killing a San Carlos couple following a street race in Redwood City last fall will return to...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 14, 2023 at 6:46 pm | 1 comment | 4546 Views
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California faces big challenges to implement new math guidelinesAfter a contentious road to approve a new set of statewide guidelines on teaching students math, California officials must...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2023Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Dec 4, 2023 at 12:34 pm | 2 comments | 3679 Views
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Mountain View Whisman board poised to pick Conley as president, Chiang as VPA majority of Mountain View Whisman's school board expressed support at a recent meeting for electing Devon Conley as its...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 1, 2023 at 1:51 pm | 1 comment | 3619 Views
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Boosting student success after pandemic should be a team effort, panel saysTwo years after California schools reopened their classrooms to in-person instruction following the Covid-19 pandemic, students...
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Nov 29, 2023 at 3:29 pm | 1 comment | 3443 Views
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Mountain View police arrest former Theuerkauf Elementary teacher for alleged sexual misconductA former elementary school teacher at Theuerkauf Elementary School was arrested on Monday by Mountain View police for allegedly...
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Nov 29, 2023 at 2:36 pm | 1 comment | 4983 Views
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Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schoolsPushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy...
Original post made on Nov. 21, 2023Last comment by redhawk524, on Nov 21, 2023 at 9:08 pm | 1 comment | 4025 Views
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Proposal to rotate Mountain View Whisman school board leaders fails to garner majority supportThe Mountain View Whisman school board rejected a proposal this week to lock in the way it elects its officers, opting instead...
Original post made on Nov. 3, 2023Last comment by SRB, on Nov 3, 2023 at 6:42 pm | 2 comments | 4121 Views
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Los Altos School District looks to renew, expand parcel tax on special ballot next weekThe Los Altos School District is asking voters to approve renewing and growing an existing parcel tax levy in a Nov. 7 special...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2023Last comment by LongResident, on Nov 2, 2023 at 3:58 pm | 2 comments | 4109 Views
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A shelter dividedAs the Palo Alto City Council prepares to ink a new and more costly long-term contract with the nonprofit Pets In Need to...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2023There are no comments yet. 2540 Views
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Student journalist and former advisor threaten lawsuit over 'de facto censorship' at Mountain View HighThe former advisor of Mountain View High School's student newspaper and one of the student editors-in-chief are threatening...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2023Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Oct 28, 2023 at 1:03 pm | 5 comments | 5961 Views
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Mountain View Whisman teachers and staff to get 4% one-time bonusMountain View Whisman School District teachers and staff will get a 4% salary bonus next month, which the school board unanimously...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 26, 2023 at 5:46 am | 2 comments | 5050 Views
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UC Berkeley plans to build $2 billion research center at NASA’s Moffett FieldAs part of a joint venture with the University of California at Berkeley and real estate developer SKS Partners, NASA is...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 23, 2023 at 9:51 am | 8 comments | 6270 Views
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Newsom approves 'Melanie's Law' requiring fentanyl safety plans in California schoolsMiddle and high school students across California will be protected by a new law requiring life-saving prevention and response...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 18, 2023 at 5:32 pm | 1 comment | 4770 Views
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California districts won't be able to suspend students for 'willful defiance' next school yearBy July of next year, it will be illegal for public schools in California to suspend students for low-level behavior issues...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2023Last comment by sarahdox, on Oct 17, 2023 at 9:26 pm | 3 comments | 5492 Views
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Mountain View agrees to extend Shoreline tax agreement with schools, but long-term deal remains unresolvedMountain View City Council members unanimously approved extending a deal that shares property tax revenue from the Shoreline...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 14, 2023 at 11:29 am | 3 comments | 3712 Views
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