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Man arrested in Vallejo kidnapping suspected in Palo Alto caseMatthew Daniel Muller, the man who was recently arrested in the bizarre kidnapping of a Vallejo woman, is a suspect in a...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2015Last comment by Patience, on Jul 16, 2015 at 1:23 pm | 6 comments | 5782 Views
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1,000 new homes get nod from councilSometimes it's an honor just to get nominated. Case in point: Last week, the Mountain View City Council gave the nod to three...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2015Last comment by Concrete Jungle and Parks, on Jul 16, 2015 at 10:17 am | 28 comments | 9367 Views
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MV to study South Bay clean-energy alternativeIn a bid to cut energy costs as well as greenhouse gases, Mountain View officials are powering forward with a small band...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2015Last comment by Len Abrams, on Jul 14, 2015 at 4:51 pm | 4 comments | 6623 Views
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Should we try a new approach to housing affordability?Mountain View and neighboring cities are having a housing crisis. People are being forced out of the area because they can...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2015Last comment by DoNoHarm, on Jul 14, 2015 at 9:34 am | 2 comments | 3316 Views
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Top planet hunter retires from NASA AmesNASA Ames Research Center lost one of its brightest stars last week with the retirement of William Borucki, a research scientist...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2015Last comment by former Lick Obs staff, on Jul 11, 2015 at 10:33 am | 1 comment | 5521 Views
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Teachers get raises, with no raised voicesLast year's bitter standoff between administrators and the teachers union over salaries didn't materialize during negotiations...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2015Last comment by Last Word, on Jul 11, 2015 at 12:59 am | 11 comments | 7215 Views
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Experts: Rising sea level needs to be top prioritySea levels are already rising along the San Francisco Bay and local creeks, and officials can't waste time in finding a fix,...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2015Last comment by @Sheephead, on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:16 pm | 12 comments | 6878 Views
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San Jose woman arrested on kidnapping chargesA 33-year-old San Jose woman was arrested last week in Mountain View after she allegedly got into someone's car and demanded...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2015Last comment by Sparty, on Jun 26, 2015 at 7:00 pm | 2 comments | 5984 Views
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Mountain View slashes water use in MayWorsening drought conditions and greater pressure from the state of California may finally be having an impact on water use...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2015Last comment by Verde Verdad, on Jun 26, 2015 at 4:23 pm | 11 comments | 6122 Views
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Proposed El Camino bus lanes won't workI oppose the recent vote of the City Council to endorse the plan for dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real (ECR) and am calling...
Original post made on May. 15, 2015Last comment by action now, on Jun 26, 2015 at 2:16 pm | 101 comments | 8467 Views
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Police searching for fraud suspectsPolice are searching for two suspects who stole a wallet from a shopping cart and went on a spending spree totaling $10,000...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2015Last comment by Brad, on Jun 19, 2015 at 5:00 pm | 5 comments | 4842 Views
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State high court upholds right of cities to require affordable housing in new developmentsThe California Supreme Court unanimously ruled in San Francisco on Monday that cities have the right to require developers...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2015Last comment by Maher, on Jun 17, 2015 at 2:36 pm | 2 comments | 5696 Views
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Council OKs Rengstorff community center designAfter years of delays and scaled-back plans to improve Mountain View's community center at Rengstorff Park, the City Council...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2015Last comment by Joanne, on Jun 15, 2015 at 7:24 pm | 18 comments | 9892 Views
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Santa Clara County supervisors approve study on youth psych bedsSanta Clara County has not had an acute-care, inpatient psychiatric unit for youth for more than 20 years, but the Board...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2015Last comment by Sarah1000, on Jun 14, 2015 at 10:28 pm | 5 comments | 7400 Views
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Google closing down blue-collar bastion in North BayshoreThe days are numbered for an eclectic little community of tradesmen, start-ups and a community theater operating out of industrial...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by Skeptic Who Knows How To Read Between The Lines, on Jun 14, 2015 at 5:52 pm | 5 comments | 21384 Views
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Fired police officer files suit against cityA former Mountain View policeman last week filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that his supervisors illegally fired...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2015Last comment by Jane, on Jun 11, 2015 at 9:55 am | 17 comments | 9174 Views
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Fixing a critical leak in the STEM pipelineSilicon Valley tech companies have come under fire in recent months for the dearth of minority employees in their workforce....
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2015Last comment by Common sense, on Jun 8, 2015 at 12:40 pm | 1 comment | 4155 Views
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New NASA Ames director shoots for the starsHe started as a college intern in 1984 and now Eugene Tu has the top job at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 8, 2015 at 8:36 am | 1 comment | 9441 Views
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Letters - Boost in Local Air Traffic (eKTf3Page 19 June 5/2015)Many thanks to Michael Hulfactor for his letter explaining the increase in air traffic over Mountain View and neighboring...
Original post made by L. Brown on Jun. 6, 2015There are no comments yet. 2152 Views
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Governor orders mandatory reduction in water-useGov. Jerry Brown today issued an executive order for statewide mandatory water use reductions, the first-ever order in California's...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2015Last comment by eric, on Jun 5, 2015 at 10:54 am | 30 comments | 7786 Views
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