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Palo Alto's Keeble & Shuchat Photography to close in OctoberFacing a changing industry and declining profits, one of the Bay Area's last major brick-and-mortar camera stores, Palo Alto's...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016Last comment by Thomas, on Sep 20, 2016 at 3:21 pm | 14 comments | 10398 Views
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Supervisors OK five-year homeless shelter planThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a five-year program that will provide 360 more homeless shelter...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2016Last comment by Shelter Supporter, on Sep 20, 2016 at 8:06 am | 7 comments | 4437 Views
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Caregivers protest low wages at MV rehab clinicCaregivers began picketing a Mountain View rehab clinic on Thursday morning over complaints they were receiving meager pay...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2016Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Sep 18, 2016 at 9:27 pm | 13 comments | 5735 Views
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Guest Opinion: Our housing crisis calls for regional cooperationThe housing crisis in our communities is both an economic challenge and a threat to sustainability. It is defined by the...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2016Last comment by Doug Pearson, on Sep 17, 2016 at 1:30 pm | 20 comments | 7142 Views
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More MV students enrolled in higher mathSchool districts across the state are minimizing the role of parent advocacy in determining what classes students get placed...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016There are no comments yet. 3863 Views
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Drizzle to result in wet roadways, drivers cautionedDrivers throughout the Bay Area are being cautioned to drive carefully because moderate to heavy drizzle forecast for this...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2016Last comment by Me, on Sep 13, 2016 at 8:16 am | 2 comments | 4890 Views
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Spike in mail thefts strikes The CrossingsResidents in The Crossings neighborhood have kept a vigilant eye on their mailboxes over the last few months, and for good...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2016Last comment by Disappointed , on Sep 11, 2016 at 7:03 pm | 8 comments | 7828 Views
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Nurses picket over negotiation impasseMore than 100 nurses hit the streets this morning to protest poor working conditions at El Camino Hospital, after hospital...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2016Last comment by Sam C. CCRN, CEN., on Sep 11, 2016 at 4:20 am | 16 comments | 17871 Views
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Arson suspect arrested after Glass Slipper firePalo Alto police on Tuesday night arrested an East Palo Alto man suspected of starting a fire that extensively damaged a...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2016There are no comments yet. 5752 Views
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City sniffs out food-composting programMountain View homeowners could soon be prodded to compost more of their food scraps under a new waste-management program...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2016Last comment by @mvresident2003, on Sep 5, 2016 at 1:10 pm | 8 comments | 3382 Views
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Man in ceiling of vacant building arrestedMountain View police arrested a 34-year-old man over the weekend after he was allegedly found hanging out in the ceiling...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2016Last comment by Really?, on Sep 1, 2016 at 3:51 pm | 1 comment | 7465 Views
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Fatal crash blocking Foothill ExpresswayA fatal crash has blocked a portion of Foothill Expressway in Los Altos this afternoon, police said. Read the full...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2016Last comment by MV Woman, on Aug 29, 2016 at 2:49 pm | 2 comments | 8108 Views
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Letter to the editor<B>Development issues worth the ink Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2016/08/12/letter-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Aug. 25, 2016Last comment by Wagging the what?, on Aug 29, 2016 at 7:52 am | 4 comments | 3147 Views
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Brock Turner judge to no longer hear criminal casesThree months after Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky's controversial sentencing of former Stanford University student...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2016Last comment by @MV Woman, on Aug 27, 2016 at 3:36 pm | 8 comments | 5205 Views
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Farewell to Bumble Bee Health FoodsJohn and Karen Farrell run a two-person crew at Mountain View's Bumble Bee Health Foods store, fielding questions about probiotics...
Original post made on Nov. 9, 2015Last comment by Linda Curtis, on Aug 27, 2016 at 12:21 pm | 17 comments | 9626 Views
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Traffic accident data tough to get from police departmentLast year, Mountain View saw a spike in traffic fatalities, with six people losing their lives in crosswalks, major intersections...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2016Last comment by Otto Maddox, on Aug 22, 2016 at 2:10 pm | 16 comments | 10726 Views
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Council backs plan to close Castro Street at train tracksIn a decision with big impacts for the city's scenic downtown, the Mountain View City Council backed plans to close Castro...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2016Last comment by Castro foodie, on Aug 19, 2016 at 4:33 pm | 11 comments | 4724 Views
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Jackhammer thrown in fight between roommatesPolice arrested a Mountain View resident over the weekend after he allegedly got into fights with his female roommate, including...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2016Last comment by I-Got-mine, on Aug 18, 2016 at 6:42 pm | 2 comments | 8273 Views
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Strike over, Superior Court clerks tackle backlogSanta Clara County Superior Court workers returned to their jobs Monday after an eight-day strike that ended when their...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2016Last comment by True, on Aug 16, 2016 at 7:49 pm | 2 comments | 4358 Views
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Report urges big increase in preschool, child care accessWhen it comes to education, the first five years of a child's life are in many ways the most important. But for most families...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2016Last comment by JW, on Aug 9, 2016 at 8:52 am | 5 comments | 9398 Views
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