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Council lukewarm to major bus upgrade on El Camino RealCity Council members were hesitant to embrace a VTA proposal Tuesday that would bring dedicated bus lanes to El Camino Real...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2011Last comment by Political Insider, on Jul 1, 2011 at 3:37 pm | 30 comments | 7871 Views
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MV's Pulitzer Prize winner outs his immigration statusJose Antonio Vargas, former Mountain View High School student and Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, has outed himself...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2011Last comment by Julio Garcia, on Jun 30, 2011 at 9:43 pm | 1 comment | 4100 Views
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Builders flood city with proposals, two deniedLocal real estate development appears to be back in full swing, as a parade of developers came before the City Council Tuesday...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2011Last comment by Political Insider, on Jun 30, 2011 at 8:40 pm | 5 comments | 5331 Views
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City becoming a Google (company) townCould Mountain View become a victim of its own success? Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=6978...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2011Last comment by Tony, on Jun 30, 2011 at 9:50 am | 1 comment | 3975 Views
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Inks criticizes pay deal with new city managerAt Tuesday's City Council meeting, council member John Inks criticized the $240,000 salary the council approved for new city...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2011Last comment by Tony, on Jun 30, 2011 at 9:47 am | 13 comments | 6177 Views
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City passes budget, but waits on union dealThe 2011-12 city budget was passed unanimously with little fanfare Tuesday night, although consequential job cuts may be...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2011Last comment by Tony, on Jun 30, 2011 at 9:41 am | 12 comments | 5202 Views
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Five-story offices could replace housing planned for Evelyn AvenueAs the demand for office space fills up nearly every available location in downtown Mountain View, residential developer...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2011Last comment by Mike, on Jun 28, 2011 at 11:31 pm | 17 comments | 5680 Views
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NASA Ames pays tribute to Barry Blumberg, tamer of Hep BOn Tuesday NASA Ames Research center will pay tribute to the man who identified the Hepatitus B virus and developed the vaccine...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2011Last comment by , on Jun 23, 2011 at 7:29 pm | 1 comment | 5524 Views
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New districts would shift power on PeninsulaA state-senate redistricting proposal, released by the nonpartisan California Citizens Redistricting Commission, would move...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2011Last comment by Martin Omander, on Jun 22, 2011 at 1:43 pm | 2 comments | 5609 Views
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Today is first Spare the Air day of summerThe first Spare the Air day of the season has been called for today (Tuesday, June 21) throughout the Bay Area, an air district...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2011Last comment by jupiterk, on Jun 21, 2011 at 3:24 pm | 1 comment | 4438 Views
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Huge day care center closesThree hundred low-cost child-care slots disappeared last week when the owners of the 37-year-old Peninsula Day Care Center...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2011Last comment by Political Insider, on Jun 21, 2011 at 2:24 pm | 13 comments | 8064 Views
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El Camino defends bookkeepingEl Camino Hospital officially responded today to a Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report, which criticized the health...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2011Last comment by Member, on Jun 18, 2011 at 12:58 pm | 4 comments | 4945 Views
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Caltrain rethinks relationship with high-speed railA recent decision to start California's high-speed-rail line in Central Valley has prompted Caltrain to reconsider its two-year-old...
Original post made on May. 18, 2011Last comment by Oleg, on Jun 16, 2011 at 11:43 am | 15 comments | 6463 Views
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MV residents hit with $80 county library feePalo Alto and Mountain View residents who make use of the county's vast library collection available in Los Altos libraries...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2011Last comment by ago, on Jun 13, 2011 at 9:30 pm | 2 comments | 3216 Views
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City budget relatively painless this yearIf the city's unions can agree this week to trim compensation hikes next year by $500,000 it appears that the city will enjoy...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2011Last comment by Martin Omander, on Jun 12, 2011 at 10:15 pm | 2 comments | 5302 Views
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Eshoo gets feds to cork loud TV adsIt seems that Democrats and Republicans in Washington D.C. can agree on at least one thing these days: advertisers need to...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2010Last comment by k, on Jun 10, 2011 at 10:59 am | 11 comments | 5800 Views
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City budget relatively painless this yearIf the city's unions can agree this week to trim compensation hikes next year by $500,000 it appears that the city will enjoy...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2011Last comment by Observer, on Jun 10, 2011 at 6:54 am | 2 comments | 3836 Views
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Simitian sponsors bill backed by charter schoolsState Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has introduced legislation -- favored by charter school interests –- that would...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2011Last comment by Charter Fan, on Jun 8, 2011 at 7:25 pm | 5 comments | 5072 Views
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Palo Alto approves Stanford Hospital expansionStanford University Medical Center's four-year quest to get Palo Alto's permission for a massive expansion of its hospital...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2011Last comment by tommygee54, on Jun 8, 2011 at 6:10 pm | 4 comments | 5044 Views
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El Camino steps up fight against deadly diseaseA difficult-to-pronounce disease commonly found in nursing homes and hospitals is a growing problem, according to a Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2011Last comment by Mary, on Jun 8, 2011 at 3:29 pm | 2 comments | 10415 Views
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