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Donors throw dream wedding for MV woman with terminal cancerJen Bulik thought she had all the time in the world to plan her dream wedding. Then the 35-year-old Mountain View woman was...
Original post made on Jul. 26, 2013Last comment by denise, on Jul 31, 2013 at 4:44 pm | 7 comments | 18178 Views
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Eshoo votes to defund NSA phone programU.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, voted Wednesday in favor of an amendment to a defense spending bill that would require...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2013Last comment by USA, on Jul 28, 2013 at 4:09 pm | 4 comments | 4567 Views
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A cautionary note on Plan Bay AreaWe hope that Plan Bay Area, the ambitious regional planning document that assigns housing quotas for counties and cities,...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2013Last comment by Lane Mason, on Jul 27, 2013 at 12:07 pm | 1 comment | 4753 Views
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ABAG Bags the Bay AreaI was in Oakland yesterday for the ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) meeting. They were there to vote on a very...
Original post made by Jim Neal on Jul. 19, 2013Last comment by Steve, until recently from Sylvan Park, on Jul 26, 2013 at 2:28 pm | 1 comment | 4670 Views
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Young man's murder leaves family heartbrokenLife was never easy for Ronald "Ronnie" Gomez Mires, an 18-year-old who grew up in a Mountain View foster home. But he was...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2009Last comment by Angelina Monique, on Jul 25, 2013 at 12:29 am | 20 comments | 12861 Views
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Google delays Bay View office project at NASA AmesAfter the City Council refused to approve a shuttle bridge for Google over Stevens Creek, Google has announced the delay...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2013Last comment by Bridges over Stevens Creek, on Jul 24, 2013 at 10:09 pm | 13 comments | 6900 Views
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Summer months treacherous for teen driversFor parents of teens with freshly minted drivers licenses, the good news is that the Fourth of July has passed. The bad news...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2013Last comment by RJ, on Jul 24, 2013 at 4:08 pm | 4 comments | 5439 Views
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Palo Alto man dies in Tahoe plane crashA Palo Alto pilot was killed and his wife was injured after their private plane crashed in a wooded area in South Lake Tahoe...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2013Last comment by Mary, on Jul 23, 2013 at 6:10 pm | 3 comments | 5951 Views
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Inhofe/Climate protest at Google HQ Wed AMPress release: Climate Activists to Protest Outside Google HQ Wednesday, Deliver 50,000 Petition Signatures Telling Google...
Original post made by 350 dot org on Jul. 23, 2013There are no comments yet. 3657 Views
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FBI stages raid on local apartmentWith guns drawn, FBI agents raided an apartment at a Mountain View complex on Monday, July 15, according to local witness...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2013Last comment by Map Quest, on Jul 23, 2013 at 10:00 am | 9 comments | 7529 Views
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Can't compete with free eatsA group of restaurant owners north of Highway 101 say they have been watching their customers disappear as Google expands...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2013Last comment by Laura, on Jul 23, 2013 at 1:34 am | 70 comments | 132533 Views
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Protest over Rose Market's fateOver 80 people gathered in front of the Rose Market on Monday night to protest the possible loss of the small shops at the...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2013Last comment by Ron, on Jul 19, 2013 at 7:07 pm | 4 comments | 4020 Views
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County union supports candidate to oppose sheriff in 2014Unions representing deputies and correctional officers today announced members voted in a "landslide" to endorse a candidate...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2013Last comment by Steve, on Jul 18, 2013 at 3:12 pm | 3 comments | 6097 Views
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Witness leads cops to arrest two prowling suspectsTwo men, who may have been looking for a home to break into, were arrested this morning after a witness called police about...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2013Last comment by @ Mary, on Jul 18, 2013 at 11:33 am | 14 comments | 5021 Views
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Secret money is poisoning our democracyA "Star Trek" parody video, line dance lessons, and presidential hotel suites. These are just some of the outrageous things...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2013Last comment by OneThought, on Jul 16, 2013 at 10:26 pm | 3 comments | 4360 Views
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Airline crash puts hospitals' 'mass casualty plan' to the testWithin minutes of Saturday's crash-landing at San Francisco International Airport of an Asiana Airlines flight carrying 307...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2013Last comment by Mr. Big, on Jul 15, 2013 at 6:58 pm | 1 comment | 7811 Views
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New city property a 'food forest' in the making?It may be hard to imagine walking into a park in the heart of Silicon Valley and being able to eat freely from an abundance...
Original post made on Jun. 28, 2013Last comment by Denise , on Jul 9, 2013 at 8:06 am | 23 comments | 7543 Views
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SFO plane crash kills two, dozens injuredA Boeing 777 aircraft crashed on the runway at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning, killing at least...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2013Last comment by Otto Maddox, on Jul 8, 2013 at 11:05 am | 3 comments | 4658 Views
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Google wants to incorporate wildlife into new office projectThe planners behind Google's first ground-up office development in Silicon Valley want to bring wetland wildlife into the...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2013Last comment by SiliconHouse, on Jul 8, 2013 at 10:26 am | 17 comments | 14695 Views
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Council needs to rethink animal control ordinanceLast year, the City of Mountain View awarded the city's contract for animal services to the Silicon Valley Animal Control...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2013Last comment by Denise, on Jul 3, 2013 at 2:33 pm | 2 comments | 4670 Views
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