Town Square
Sort by: Most recent topic/comment Most viewed Most comments
Navigation tip: Clicking on any category label will display all recent posts in that category
OTHER ISSUES
Federal cuts could slash housing programsMountain View City Council members agreed Tuesday night on a plan to spend over $700,000 in federal money to support low-income...
Original post made on May. 4, 2017Last comment by spend Shoreline diversions, on May 4, 2017 at 9:51 am | 2 comments | 4588 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City forfeits $1 million in Airbnb taxesAirbnb and other short-term rental companies have become a fixture of Mountain View. Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2017/04/14/city-forfeits-1-mil...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by mvresident2003, on May 2, 2017 at 11:32 am | 24 comments | 3892 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Los Altos pair ID'd as freeway crash victimsTwo people who died in a crash on Interstate Highway 280 in Menlo Park on Wednesday afternoon have been identified by the...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2017Last comment by Violet, on Apr 30, 2017 at 12:56 am | 4 comments | 10142 Views
OTHER ISSUES
SF, Peninsula officials urge feds to OK Caltrain fundsSan Francisco and Peninsula elected officials on Monday called on the Trump administration to approve federal funding for...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2017Last comment by Steve Ly, on Apr 26, 2017 at 12:08 pm | 3 comments | 4802 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Last-minute change to rental committeeAfter months of evaluating candidates, the Mountain View City Council on Tuesday formally appointed members to its Rental...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2017Last comment by John, on Apr 26, 2017 at 8:07 am | 4 comments | 6287 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Review: 'Gravity'Life is one hell of a ride, as George Clooney's character puts it. So is "Gravity." -P.C. Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2013/10/04/review-gravity...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2017There are no comments yet. 36080 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Facts on hot-button Bay Area issues added to MTC websiteFactual information about hot-button Bay Area topics such as housing affordability, poverty rates and life expectancy is...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2017Last comment by OldMV, on Apr 25, 2017 at 4:15 pm | 4 comments | 3863 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Eshoo goes after Trump on tax-return secrecyPresident Donald Trump's tax returns and his refusal to release them was topic No. 1 for Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, who...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2017Last comment by Trollbots, Anyone?, on Apr 25, 2017 at 4:03 pm | 5 comments | 5532 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Chemical industry targets Mountain View TCE cleanupPresident Donald Trump's promise to bring back jobs by axing regulations is targeting environmental protections on Mountain...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2017Last comment by Wondering , on Apr 25, 2017 at 2:45 pm | 15 comments | 8734 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Judge defers ruling on Trump sanctuary city orderLawyers for Santa Clara County and the city of San Francisco asked a federal judge last Friday to block an executive order...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2017Last comment by Gary, on Apr 25, 2017 at 2:35 pm | 4 comments | 2966 Views
OTHER ISSUES
New lawsuit links Young Jeezy to 2014 shooting deathA second lawsuit is being filed in connection with the murder of Eric Johnson, a 38-year-old music promoter who was fatally...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2017Last comment by Juan, on Apr 24, 2017 at 11:13 pm | 2 comments | 12087 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Missing 13-year-old girl foundA Crittenden Middle School student who was reported missing after school on Wednesday, April 19, was found safe the next...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2017Last comment by Maher, on Apr 21, 2017 at 10:05 pm | 2 comments | 4821 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Police searching for missing 13-year-old girlThe Mountain View Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a Crittenden Middle School student who has...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2017Last comment by cfrink, on Apr 20, 2017 at 10:01 pm | 10 comments | 7515 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A home away from home for patients and familiesAmid a massive construction overhaul of El Camino Hospital's Mountain View campus, hospital officials are considering a small...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2017Last comment by Clarifier, on Apr 20, 2017 at 11:03 am | 5 comments | 4973 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Google boosts ties with Howard UniversityAspiring computer science students from Howard University, a historically black college, will have the opportunity to work...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2017Last comment by hsnpoor, on Apr 20, 2017 at 10:13 am | 2 comments | 3871 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Effort to retire Palo Alto sludge incinerators moves aheadSeeking to shed Palo Alto's status as one of only two California cities that still burn their sludge, the City Council swiftly...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2017Last comment by That's High, on Apr 20, 2017 at 8:52 am | 3 comments | 5591 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Two-alarm fire damages Los Altos homeA fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to a Los Altos home Saturday afternoon, a county fire captain said...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2017There are no comments yet. 6380 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Ponds in Cuesta ParkIn 1974 the sunken areas in Cuesta Park were shallow ponds. Does anyone remember this? When I moved here in 1977 they were...
Original post made by Gerry Ryan on Apr. 16, 2017Last comment by Better in the long run, on Apr 17, 2017 at 1:35 pm | 2 comments | 1979 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City calls for apartment rents to roll backOwners of nearly 15,000 apartments in Mountain View are now obligated to immediately lower their rents to October 2015 rates,...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 14, 2017 at 11:28 am | 38 comments | 10827 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Suspects arrested on stolen vehicle, drug chargesPolice arrested two Oregon residents last week after they were allegedly caught driving a stolen vehicle in Mountain View,...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2017Last comment by Member, on Apr 13, 2017 at 7:23 pm | 1 comment | 3900 Views
Stay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from Mountain View Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.