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Study reveals promising results for airbag bike 'helmets'Stanford University researchers are eyeing new bike helmet technology: an airbag "helmet," in which variable sensors are...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2016Last comment by Um..., on Dec 31, 2016 at 6:52 pm | 1 comment | 5005 Views
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City Council drops outdoor pot banMountain View broke away from a county-wide crackdown on backyard marijuana growers Tuesday night, after City Council members...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2016Last comment by Thank You Neil, on Dec 29, 2016 at 1:36 pm | 13 comments | 8250 Views
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Food bank faces deep drop in donationsSilicon Valley's local food bank is sounding the alarm this holiday season after donations from residents in the South Bay...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2016Last comment by Friendly Neighbor, on Dec 29, 2016 at 10:31 am | 4 comments | 10302 Views
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County pitches in to solve city's homelessnessThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a contract last week that launches a new partnership with the city of...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2016Last comment by mvresident2002, on Dec 24, 2016 at 6:47 pm | 11 comments | 7378 Views
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Stanford Children's Health to launch new 'critical' youth mental health servicesStanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’'s Hospital will be addressing in 2017 what they describe as "immediate...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2016Last comment by Sarah1000, on Dec 21, 2016 at 6:46 am | 2 comments | 9260 Views
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Community forum to air post-election angstEmotions are bubbling over following November's election, and Mountain View's Human Relations Commission last week dipped...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2016Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Dec 17, 2016 at 3:32 pm | 40 comments | 51284 Views
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MTC partners with Waze to ease Bay Area trafficThe agency responsible for helping plan and finance the Bay Area's transportation systems is teaming up with a tech company...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2016Last comment by Commuter, on Dec 17, 2016 at 10:44 am | 2 comments | 4945 Views
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Making earthquake upgrades easierMountain View could become more earthquake-ready, after the city's Environmental Planning Commission voted unanimously last...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2016Last comment by homeownwe, on Dec 16, 2016 at 5:46 pm | 6 comments | 8585 Views
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MV woman arrested for attacking relative with knifeA Mountain View woman was attacked with a knife and suffered cuts to her face during a fight inside a home on the 1800 block...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2016Last comment by Retired Man, on Dec 15, 2016 at 12:58 pm | 8 comments | 5142 Views
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Two sickened by noxious fumes at StarbucksThree employees at a Mountain View Starbucks reported feeling sick and short of breath early Tuesday after noxious fumes...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2016Last comment by Brian, on Dec 15, 2016 at 5:21 am | 2 comments | 6272 Views
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A School and a Park in San Antonio!How can we solve two longstanding community problems at once? The Los Altos School District has been in a long search for...
Original post made by Nancy Morimoto on Dec. 6, 2016Last comment by *Neighborhood* school, on Dec 13, 2016 at 10:02 pm | 21 comments | 4343 Views
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Google rebrands self-driving car divisionGoogle's ubiquitous self-driving cars zipping around Mountain View are going in a new direction with a new name and logo....
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2016Last comment by Jerry, on Dec 13, 2016 at 6:47 pm | 2 comments | 4869 Views
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Heritage Park celebrates grand openingSet to open this weekend, Mountain View newest community park will give visitors a glimpse of the city's history as a farm...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 11, 2016 at 8:06 am | 3 comments | 9738 Views
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Bad-tasting water due to Hetch Hetchy water reductionsLocal cities' residents who have been complaining about nasty-tasting water coming from their taps can blame it on water...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2016Last comment by Bill Michel, on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:30 am | 11 comments | 8336 Views
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Worries over dwindling burrowing owl populationOne among many inhabitants struggling to cope in a changing landscape, Mountain View's fragile burrowing owl population appears...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2016Last comment by Xa, on Dec 8, 2016 at 10:35 pm | 10 comments | 9379 Views
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MayView clinic picks up where RotaCare left offIt's been seven months since El Camino Hospital closed the doors on Mountain View's RotaCare clinic, but patients in need...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 8, 2016 at 11:24 am | 1 comment | 7239 Views
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Breakthrough Prize honors local science pioneers at MoffettIt was a constellation of stars, science and Silicon Valley luminaries at the Nasa Ames Research Park on Sunday for the annual...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2016Last comment by DC, on Dec 6, 2016 at 9:42 am | 5 comments | 8749 Views
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Escaped Palo Alto inmate nabbedA woman suspected of helping one of two inmates, including a Palo Alto man, who escaped from the Santa Clara County Main...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2016Last comment by True, on Dec 5, 2016 at 7:18 pm | 4 comments | 4827 Views
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Federal grant aims to boost Valley's traffic-reduction effortsAn effort by Palo Alto, Mountain View and neighboring cities to get drivers to instead use trains, buses and other modes...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2016Last comment by The Business Man, on Dec 4, 2016 at 9:35 pm | 3 comments | 5606 Views
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A respite from the coldMore than a hundred homeless people in the northern end of Santa Clara County now have a warm, reliable place to sleep each...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2016Last comment by maria_yap@yahoo.com, on Dec 4, 2016 at 4:57 pm | 3 comments | 8695 Views
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