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City socks it to solar usersA new report by the Sierra Club ranks Mountain View among the most expensive Bay Area cities for businesses that want to...
Original post made on May. 1, 2009Last comment by Mr. Ngo, on Mar 8, 2013 at 12:01 pm | 3 comments | 5202 Views
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Bay Area has most "mega commuters" in nationBay Area residents are more than four times more likely to be "mega commuters," according to a new report by the U.S. Census...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2013Last comment by kristine, on Mar 7, 2013 at 3:43 pm | 6 comments | 5017 Views
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High-speed rail hits speedbump in its Caltrain partnershipWhat was billed as a historic occasion for the California High-Speed Rail Authority and its Bay Area partners ended on an...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2013Last comment by Ted Crocker, on Mar 7, 2013 at 8:35 am | 9 comments | 6505 Views
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Pedestrian struck by car dies at hospitalMountain View police are seeking witnesses to a fatal accident last night on Phyllis Avenue. Read the full story here...
Original post made on Mar. 5, 2013Last comment by Phyllis Neighbor, on Mar 5, 2013 at 10:47 pm | 15 comments | 6181 Views
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Teens name center "The View"Teens on the city's Youth Advisory Committee got their way on Tuesday when the City Council voted to approve their favored...
Original post made on Mar. 5, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Mar 5, 2013 at 7:16 pm | 3 comments | 5707 Views
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Toxics put pregnant Googlers at risk, expert saysThe elevated levels of toxic TCE vapors recently found in Google offices on Whisman Road and elsewhere should be a concern...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2013Last comment by Sharon, on Mar 4, 2013 at 2:19 pm | 6 comments | 9630 Views
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NASA accused of favoritism at MoffettFour years after the surprise news that Google executives were allowed to base their private planes at Moffett Federal Airfield,...
Original post made on Jan. 27, 2011Last comment by HAL, on Mar 4, 2013 at 12:00 pm | 11 comments | 4340 Views
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High-speed rail wins legal battleAn effort by Peninsula cities to stop California's high-speed-rail project came to a screeching halt Thursday when a Sacramento...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2013Last comment by Old Ben, on Mar 4, 2013 at 11:54 am | 10 comments | 4901 Views
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County Supervisor Shirakawa resignsSanta Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa today announced his resignation after he was charged with a dozen felony and...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2013Last comment by Slann, on Mar 1, 2013 at 7:49 pm | 6 comments | 5330 Views
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Affordable housing project helps some, hurts othersThe city's below market rate housing program took a strange turn Tuesday night with the approval of an affordable housing...
Original post made on Feb. 27, 2013Last comment by tex, on Mar 1, 2013 at 4:20 pm | 21 comments | 7959 Views
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Measure M may be deadMeasure M, the voter-approved local initiative that would limit executive pay at El Camino Hospital, looks as if it will...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2013Last comment by Nick V, on Mar 1, 2013 at 3:03 pm | 5 comments | 7482 Views
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Local school is a 'hidden gem'Though it is often discounted as one of the lowest performing local schools, Castro Elementary School is a "hidden gem" in...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2012Last comment by saw-it-through-know-better-now, on Mar 1, 2013 at 10:09 am | 8 comments | 5246 Views
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Caltrain electrification meeting set for tonightCaltrain's voyage toward electrification of its Peninsula corridor will make a stop at Palo Alto tonight, where officials...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2013Last comment by kman, on Feb 28, 2013 at 3:08 pm | 1 comment | 6220 Views
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Woman attacks her supervisor at laundryA woman was arrested last week for allegedly bashing another woman's head into a washing machine repeatedly, according to...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Feb 27, 2013 at 4:22 pm | 4 comments | 4070 Views
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The Voice celebrates 20 yearsWhen Carol Torgrimson and Kate Wakerly came up with a plan to start what was originally called "The Voice of Mountain View"...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by Great Auntie, on Feb 27, 2013 at 2:39 pm | 13 comments | 4636 Views
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Caltrans OKs Clark Avenue stoplightDespite outcry from residents who said it would increase traffic on their streets, Caltrans has decided to move forward with...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2013Last comment by kman, on Feb 25, 2013 at 4:22 pm | 6 comments | 7669 Views
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Hundreds of guns collected at East Palo Alto buybackIt took less than three hours Saturday, Feb. 23, to collect 355 firearms at a three-city gun buyback event in East Palo Alto,...
Original post made on Feb. 25, 2013Last comment by Jose, on Feb 25, 2013 at 3:27 pm | 2 comments | 4511 Views
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EPA to step up outreach on TCE dangerAfter the ==I Voice== discovered a number of residents on Evandale Avenue had no knowledge of newly discovered toxins creeping...
Original post made on Feb. 25, 2013Last comment by Steve Apelman, on Feb 25, 2013 at 12:05 pm | 1 comment | 8325 Views
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Fake weddings a 'success'Supporters of Mountain View High School's Queer-Straight Alliance have responded in force to objections raised by a handful...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by flat-earth-is-flat, on Feb 22, 2013 at 6:55 pm | 15 comments | 4446 Views
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Nonprofit including Zuckerberg, Brin gives $33 million in prizesA group of executives that includes local names such as Mark Zuckerberg, Sergei Brin and Anne Wojcicki awarded $33 million...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Feb 21, 2013 at 7:58 pm | 5 comments | 5316 Views
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