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Gov. Newsom: PG&E should repay customers affected by public safety power shutoffAfter last week's Public Safety Power Shutoff by PG&E that left more than 700,000 customers without power, Gov. Gavin Newsom...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by psr, on Oct 15, 2019 at 4:29 pm | 1 comment | 2941 Views
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Not guilty plea in 'home invasion' staged to evict tenantsA Mountain View landlord has pleaded not guilty to charges that she and her accomplices staged a home invasion against her...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2019There are no comments yet. 4286 Views
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Mountain View City Council urges Google to help with homelessnessTo help address Mountain View's rising homelessness, Google officials are willing to cut the city a generous check. But donating...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2019Last comment by Jake, on Oct 10, 2019 at 9:53 pm | 12 comments | 8670 Views
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Santa Clara County declares emergency over PG&E power shutoffSanta Clara County has declared a state of emergency Wednesday because of PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff, which was set...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2019Last comment by From Here, on Oct 10, 2019 at 9:19 pm | 4 comments | 6420 Views
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PG&E plans power outages starting Wednesday; Los Altos, Los Altos Hills may be affectedPG&E plans to pre-emptively shutdown power due to dangerous weather conditions starting Wednesday, and although the agency...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2019Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Oct 10, 2019 at 2:02 pm | 14 comments | 19178 Views
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PG&E working to restore website amid massive power shutoffWith PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff underway Wednesday morning, for the second straight day the utility's website is...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2019Last comment by M, on Oct 9, 2019 at 8:51 pm | 3 comments | 3433 Views
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Cost for flood basins balloons to $84MThe price of providing flood protection to thousands of people living along Permanente Creek in Mountain View and Los Altos...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2019Last comment by Steve Syracuse, on Oct 9, 2019 at 7:03 am | 6 comments | 6206 Views
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Bay Area employment expected to expand even moreNon-farm employment is expected to grow through the end of the year in most regions of the Bay Area, according to a forecast...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Oct 8, 2019 at 11:20 am | 10 comments | 3790 Views
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Driver faces murder charges in hit-and-run at Rancho San Antonio parkThe Santa Clara woman who allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian at Rancho San Antonio last week is accused of intentionally...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2019Last comment by Murder vs manslaughter, on Oct 7, 2019 at 8:21 pm | 3 comments | 11355 Views
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For public notices, Mountain View turns to obscure newspaperTo fulfill their duty to publicize news on city meetings and laws, Mountain View officials for years have run public notices...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2019Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Oct 7, 2019 at 3:15 pm | 24 comments | 9400 Views
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Santa Clara County: Health care workers walk out, join striking county employeesHundreds of Santa Clara County health care workers walked off the job Thursday morning to join other county workers who...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2019Last comment by God bless America, on Oct 5, 2019 at 10:26 am | 2 comments | 2950 Views
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CSA Mountain View-Los Altos gets new Google grant to help local homelessGoogle's nonprofit arm announced it will give $150,000 to the Community Services Agency of Mountain View and Los Altos to...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2019Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Oct 2, 2019 at 4:48 pm | 3 comments | 4503 Views
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Council seeks stricter citywide gun control measuresFollowing a spate of mass shootings this year, Mountain View City Council members are interested in passing stricter gun-control...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2019Last comment by home of registered user, on Oct 2, 2019 at 1:07 pm | 24 comments | 4540 Views
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Letters to the editor: MV building department, climate change, CaltrainLetters to the editor from the Sept. 20 issue focused on climate change, the Mountain View building department and Caltrain. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2019Last comment by Ale, on Oct 1, 2019 at 9:43 pm | 5 comments | 3883 Views
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Federal rule change could leave thousands of county residents without foodThree million Americans could lose access to federal food assistance programs under new rules proposed by the Trump administration,...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2019Last comment by Tracy Weatherby, on Sep 20, 2019 at 11:17 pm | 3 comments | 4384 Views
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NASA women's leadership summit hosts Pelosi, EshooIt was a mix of corporate executives and political heavyweights, global thought leaders and scientific stars. And by no coincidence,...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2019Last comment by This girl, on Sep 13, 2019 at 2:25 pm | 11 comments | 4689 Views
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$450K in seized assets from opium bust going to Mountain View policeThe Mountain View Police Department is receiving $450,000 for its part in a 2017 drug bust on a opium operation that was...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2019Last comment by Dan Waylonis, on Sep 12, 2019 at 3:45 pm | 12 comments | 7103 Views
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Mountain View council swiftly approves drone policy for city staff useThe Mountain View City Council was quick to embrace a new policy Tuesday allowing city employees to use drones, saying the...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2019Last comment by V. Putin, on Sep 8, 2019 at 11:48 am | 5 comments | 6368 Views
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San Jose police arrest 10 residents for burglaries in a dozen citiesSan Jose police this week arrested 10 San Jose residents in connection with commercial burglaries in more than a dozen Bay...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2019Last comment by Diana O, on Sep 5, 2019 at 6:25 am | 5 comments | 3752 Views
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Santa Clara County, San Francisco seek injunction blocking public charge ruleSanta Clara County and San Francisco have asked a federal judge for a preliminary injunction blocking a "public charge" rule...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by European immigrant', on Aug 30, 2019 at 7:06 am | 3 comments | 3249 Views
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