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National group targets local Day Worker CenterEscuela Avenue residents have called in a legal group from Washington, D.C. to "protect" the neighborhood from a proposed...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2009Last comment by Mr. Church, on Apr 30, 2009 at 4:46 pm | 82 comments | 15545 Views
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Scientology center draws downtown protestA strange standoff between the Church of Scientology and a group calling itself "Anonymous" played out during a downtown...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2008Last comment by Andrew L. Freedman, on Apr 29, 2009 at 3:26 pm | 108 comments | 30107 Views
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Palo Alto votes to ban foam take-out containersPolystyrene containers, those foamy boxes commonly used to store Chinese take-out or to save a sandwich for the road, will...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2009Last comment by smart growther, on Apr 29, 2009 at 11:33 am | 4 comments | 6409 Views
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Bay Area health officials monitoring swine fluHealth officials across the Bay Area say they are actively monitoring the spread of swine flu in the U.S., though no cases...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2009Last comment by Robin, on Apr 28, 2009 at 3:13 pm | 1 comment | 5049 Views
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Curb enthusiasm in Rex Manor areaThe City Council unanimously made an exception to the rules Tuesday, allowing the Rex Manor neighborhood to keep its much-loved...
Original post made on Apr. 22, 2009Last comment by RMT of Rex Manor, on Apr 25, 2009 at 1:47 pm | 6 comments | 5528 Views
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Housing report: City is 'jobs rich'Every seven years, Mountain View residents have a chance to significantly change the direction of the city's housing policies,...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2009Last comment by GDM, on Apr 24, 2009 at 3:33 pm | 5 comments | 6123 Views
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Letters to the Editor<B>Looks like council was asleep at the budget wheel Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=5060...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2009Last comment by oldschgrl, on Apr 24, 2009 at 12:34 pm | 2 comments | 4484 Views
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Curb enthusiasmThe City Council unanimously made an exception to the rules Tuesday, allowing the Rex Manor neighborhood to keep its much-loved...
Original post made on Apr. 22, 2009Last comment by RMT of Rex Manor, on Apr 22, 2009 at 9:40 pm | 3 comments | 4282 Views
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MV police help Sunnyvale make two arrestsMountain View and Sunnyvale police took two armed suspects into custody last week after the men allegedly robbed two Sunnyvale...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2009Last comment by USA, on Apr 22, 2009 at 5:32 pm | 8 comments | 5362 Views
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City employees may be asked to take pay cutMountain View officials are in talks with the city's labor groups about ways to ease the impact of a projected $6 million...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2009Last comment by outatowner, on Apr 22, 2009 at 5:24 pm | 47 comments | 9236 Views
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Curbing seasonal allergiesSneezing, a stuffy or runny nose and itchy eyes are the uncomfortable signs that allergy season is underway. Hay fever, also...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2009Last comment by Angela Hey, on Apr 20, 2009 at 9:53 pm | 1 comment | 4255 Views
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Council moves ahead with major projectsBudget problems notwithstanding, the City Council supported moving forward with many of its infrastructure plans during a...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2009Last comment by Dude, on Apr 19, 2009 at 1:08 pm | 6 comments | 5743 Views
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The Naysayer?From Mercury News' "The Phantom": NAYSAYER: Since joining the Mountain View City Council in January, Council Member John...
Original post made by GSB on Apr. 12, 2009Last comment by Mike Laursen, on Apr 18, 2009 at 1:48 pm | 5 comments | 5429 Views
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Auto burglars find apartments to be good hunting groundsAuto burglaries are "absolutely" on the rise in Mountain View, police say, especially in the garages of apartment complexes....
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2009Last comment by Sean, on Apr 15, 2009 at 11:06 am | 4 comments | 5633 Views
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Conviction reinstated in 1976 murder caseThe California Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the first-degree murder conviction of a Sunnyvale man in the strangling...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2009Last comment by whiskey, on Apr 14, 2009 at 2:16 pm | 1 comment | 6082 Views
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Developer found for Shoreline hotelAfter Google bowed out of negotiations last year to develop a hotel next to its headquarters, several other developers came...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2009Last comment by Avid MV Reader, on Apr 13, 2009 at 2:21 pm | 2 comments | 6305 Views
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El Camino sheds light on Los Gatos dealIt will cost El Camino Hospital about $32 million to operate Community Hospital of Los Gatos for 18 months, in addition to...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2009Last comment by Robert, on Apr 8, 2009 at 11:15 am | 11 comments | 7220 Views
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Parents up in arms over 'abusive' teacherMountain View parents say they are fed up with a fourth grade teacher at Huff Elementary School who they claim is not being...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2009Last comment by another brick in the wall, on Apr 5, 2009 at 10:26 am | 25 comments | 6009 Views
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Google shows off 'extraordinary' building plansAs if conquering the Internet weren't enough, Google has a new wonder in the works: a space-age structure that could be the...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2008Last comment by Frank, on Apr 2, 2009 at 10:24 am | 17 comments | 16672 Views
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Police: Brittany Brown lied about disappearanceBrittany Brown, the young Mountain View resident who made headlines last year when she disappeared for four days after going...
Original post made on Mar. 31, 2009Last comment by Franky, on Apr 1, 2009 at 10:45 am | 10 comments | 7865 Views
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