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Bullis signs deal, avoids lockoutTeachers from Bullis Charter School won't be locked out of their classrooms this year, thanks to BCS officials who signed...
Original post made on May. 22, 2014Last comment by Just Say No to Kool-Aide, on May 28, 2014 at 10:01 pm | 134 comments | 14516 Views
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County joins lawsuit against drug firmsSanta Clara County joined a lawsuit filed by Orange County charging major drug firms with deceiving consumers about the dangers...
Original post made on May. 23, 2014Last comment by Made the switch, on May 25, 2014 at 6:48 am | 3 comments | 6581 Views
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Third in a row: Spare the Air alert issued for WednesdayA third consecutive Spare the Air alert has been issued in the Bay Area for Wednesday, air quality officials said Tuesday. Read...
Original post made on May. 19, 2014Last comment by Hmm, on May 19, 2014 at 11:40 am | 2 comments | 4187 Views
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Virgin eyes downtown MV site for hotelBillionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has gone into the hotel business, and his hotel company has set its sights on Mountain...
Original post made on May. 13, 2014Last comment by Hoteller, on May 15, 2014 at 11:37 pm | 29 comments | 10248 Views
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Group weighs referendum on plan for Google's growthOn Tuesday evening, the City Council is expected to discuss a package of housing policies that critics say won't do much...
Original post made on May. 12, 2014Last comment by Garrett , on May 15, 2014 at 6:39 am | 31 comments | 9579 Views
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Second Spare the Air day called for TuesdayA second consecutive Spare the Air day has been issued in the Bay Area for Tuesday because forecasts calling for high temperatures...
Original post made on May. 13, 2014Last comment by Moo, on May 15, 2014 at 3:13 am | 3 comments | 4722 Views
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MV man accused of kidnapping two womenThe Mountain View Police Department took a man into custody after he allegedly kidnapped two women in two separate incidents...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2014Last comment by Maher, on May 9, 2014 at 3:04 pm | 26 comments | 17412 Views
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Walmart unveils big plans for solarAs President Barack Obama made his way to the Mountain View store this morning, Walmart leaders announced plans to double...
Original post made on May. 9, 2014Last comment by OR, on May 9, 2014 at 1:03 pm | 2 comments | 7334 Views
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Much more than a petThida Cornes, a Mountain View commission member with a rare movement disorder was seeking a service dog to help her young...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2014Last comment by Thida Cornes, on May 8, 2014 at 12:15 pm | 2 comments | 44823 Views
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Plans for electrified CaltrainOnce again, it seems that special interests are leading the way into any substantial changes in our society. The Caltrain...
Original post made on May. 5, 2014Last comment by Greg David, on May 5, 2014 at 9:25 pm | 3 comments | 5431 Views
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A call for immigration reform at May Day marchA crowd of residents marched from Rengstorff Park to City Hall on Thursday evening, calling attention to problems created...
Original post made on May. 2, 2014Last comment by @ think, on May 5, 2014 at 1:28 pm | 9 comments | 8948 Views
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A good year for the city budgetWith Mountain View growing at an unprecedented rate, the city budget is projected to have a surplus for years to come, the...
Original post made on May. 1, 2014Last comment by GDM, on May 1, 2014 at 4:09 pm | 3 comments | 6325 Views
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Commission wants to track jobs-housing ratioMountain View's plans to sharply widen the gap between job growth and housing growth, even while in the midst of a housing...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2014Last comment by Konrad M. Sosnow, on Apr 28, 2014 at 2:27 pm | 28 comments | 15727 Views
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Serious impact from climate change unless we act nowThe recent reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adds to the preponderance of evidence that climate...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2014Last comment by Concerned scientist, on Apr 27, 2014 at 1:17 pm | 2 comments | 9126 Views
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Best of Mountain View 2012These are the champions, the restaurants, retailers and professionals who answered the call to compete and came out on top....
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2012Last comment by member, on Apr 24, 2014 at 10:16 pm | 7 comments | 7122 Views
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Supervisors vote to fund North County shelterAn East Palo Alto shelter will open its doors to Palo Alto and other northern Santa Clara County homeless people with help...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2014Last comment by mike f, on Apr 24, 2014 at 3:03 pm | 2 comments | 6416 Views
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Spartan Robotics heads to the finalsThe robotics team at Mountain View High School are headed to the championship after crushing the competition at the Silicon...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2014Last comment by Doug Pearson, on Apr 23, 2014 at 4:58 pm | 1 comment | 6810 Views
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VTA Chops down 135 trees for BRT LANES!!!While most people were busy with last minute tax preparations, the VTA was busy cutting down 135 trees in San Jose to make...
Original post made by Jim Neal on Apr. 16, 2014Last comment by Think again, on Apr 22, 2014 at 12:46 am | 34 comments | 4150 Views
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Council holds off on Shoreline cat banA cat's instinctual urge to chase and kill birds has been with the breed since time immemorial, handed down from their predatory...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2014Last comment by Local cat lover, on Apr 17, 2014 at 2:51 pm | 22 comments | 4958 Views
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VTA Open House DisappointingI attended the VTA's open house Wednesday expecting to hear something that I hadn't heard before regarding the BRT Lanes...
Original post made by Jim Neal on Apr. 11, 2014Last comment by Jim Neal, on Apr 15, 2014 at 3:30 pm | 5 comments | 3881 Views
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