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Final review of employee tax tonightA controversial proposal to tax Mountain View companies based on their employee headcount will be given final consideration...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2018Last comment by YIMBY, on Jun 28, 2018 at 2:04 am | 16 comments | 5204 Views
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Report finds 5K MV homes at risk of collapse in an earthquakeMore than one out of every seven homes in Mountain View may be vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake, a nearly five-fold...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2018Last comment by Wayne, on Jun 25, 2018 at 3:10 pm | 15 comments | 9875 Views
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Menlo Park family helps raise more than $16 million to reunite immigrant familiesAfter seeing a striking photo of a 2-year-old child crying after being separated from her family by border patrol agents,...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2018Last comment by @Cuernavaca, on Jun 25, 2018 at 12:58 pm | 14 comments | 5860 Views
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Home salesA complete listing of home sales on the Midpeninsula. Read the full story here https://mv-voice.com/news/2018/06/14/home-sales...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2018Last comment by YIMBY, on Jun 23, 2018 at 8:05 pm | 3 comments | 2818 Views
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City rejects bid to remove downtown redwoodsA developer's plans for a large house on Sierra Avenue were defeated after dozens of Old Mountain View residents rallied...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2018Last comment by Common sense, on Jun 19, 2018 at 9:20 am | 31 comments | 7441 Views
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Ex-Theranos executives indicted by federal grand juryThe former CEO and COO of embattled blood-testing company Theranos have been indicted by a federal grand jury for an alleged...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2018Last comment by Robyn, on Jun 18, 2018 at 2:22 pm | 2 comments | 4773 Views
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City's growth wins praise from housing advocatesThe annual Affordable Housing Week organized by the nonprofit SV@Home was less crisis and more celebration this year -- and...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 16, 2018 at 6:04 am | 16 comments | 4487 Views
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Overnight closure scheduled on U.S. Highway 101To allow construction work on a pedestrian and bicycle bridge across U.S. Highway 101 in East Palo Alto, Caltrans will close...
Original post made on May. 9, 2018Last comment by Jay, on Jun 14, 2018 at 5:11 am | 3 comments | 5078 Views
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MVLA paid $80k to settle student's rape case claimThe Mountain View-Los Altos High School District paid a $80,000 settlement to the family of a former student who claimed...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2018Last comment by Rossta, on Jun 12, 2018 at 3:47 pm | 7 comments | 10025 Views
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Iconic electronics shop WeirdStuff shuts downA relic of Silicon Valley's early days, the electronics warehouse WeirdStuff is closing up shop for good this week. Read...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2018Last comment by FatVet and DorkBear, on Jun 10, 2018 at 1:05 pm | 16 comments | 11345 Views
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New report: Tesla sped up moments before fatal 101 crashAn early report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Thursday reveals that the Tesla Model X involved...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2018Last comment by Jurasic Park, on Jun 9, 2018 at 9:10 pm | 7 comments | 6853 Views
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Council backs employee tax that would cost Google millionsSomething that might sound like free-market heresy could soon become reality in Mountain View -- taxing employers for creating...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2018Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 9, 2018 at 1:03 pm | 20 comments | 10371 Views
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10 cities and counties announce $60 million partial lead paint settlementTen California cities and counties have announced a $60 million settlement with one of three paint companies on the hook...
Original post made on May. 29, 2018Last comment by Central Coast Lead Inspection Services, on Jun 4, 2018 at 3:38 pm | 2 comments | 5058 Views
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Roommate: alleged hacker said he was paid to attack news siteAlleged Mountain View Voice Online hacker Ross M. Colby told a housemate that he had hacked a news website for pay, according...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 3, 2018 at 12:34 am | 1 comment | 5054 Views
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Rental committee OKs extra 2.6 percent rent hikeMountain View tenants this year could see their rents jump as much as 6.2 percent, based on a series of decisions made Tuesday...
Original post made on May. 24, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 1, 2018 at 12:27 pm | 24 comments | 6690 Views
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North Mountain View Builder Request to Destroy 78 Heritage TreesThe city is inviting comments on the North Mountain View area request by builder Grey Star to remove 78 Heritage Trees. They...
Original post made by Brandy V. on May. 31, 2018There are no comments yet. 1681 Views
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Accused Mountain View Voice hacker allegedly intended economic damageThe 2015 hack of the Mountain View Voice website and parent company Embarcadero Media appeared designed to inflict significant...
Original post made on May. 30, 2018Last comment by Common sense, on May 30, 2018 at 1:00 pm | 4 comments | 4189 Views
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Trial of alleged Mountain View Voice hacker to beginThe jury trial of a San Francisco man accused of executing a damaging hacking attack of MV-Voice.com and four other Embarcadero...
Original post made on May. 28, 2018Last comment by Mike94040, on May 29, 2018 at 3:26 pm | 5 comments | 5326 Views
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Downtown plaza to get a faceliftAlthough well-loved, the Civic Center Plaza could use a spruce-up. For years, the downtown square has been largely vacant,...
Original post made on May. 25, 2018Last comment by Amanda, on May 29, 2018 at 2:21 pm | 12 comments | 8469 Views
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Report: Bay Area air quality among worst in nationThe Bay Area has some of the worst air quality in the nation but numbers have gradually improved over the last few years,...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on May 27, 2018 at 9:42 pm | 19 comments | 7513 Views
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