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Santa Clara County brings nonprofit aboard for teacher housing project in Palo AltoA proposed affordable-housing project in Palo Alto exclusively for teachers gained momentum on Tuesday when the Santa Clara...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2019Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Aug 15, 2019 at 4:51 pm | 2 comments | 4810 Views
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Stanford Blood Center sounds the call for donationsStanford Blood Center is in urgent need of blood donations due to a critically low inventory of blood products resulting...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by Stanford Blood Center, on Aug 15, 2019 at 9:34 am | 2 comments | 3211 Views
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Ace Hardware to take over vacant Orchard Supply siteA mothballed building once occupied by Orchard Supply Hardware is set to be revived under a new home-improvement chain. On...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by PA Resident, on Aug 14, 2019 at 6:58 pm | 2 comments | 2180 Views
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Santa Clara County, SF sue Trump administration over 'public charge' restrictions on immigrantsSanta Clara County and the city of San Francisco sued the administration of President Donald Trump in federal court Tuesday...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by psr, on Aug 14, 2019 at 5:17 pm | 13 comments | 3050 Views
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New York Times special feature Sunday is on the importance of local papers like the MV VoiceThe New York Times special feature Sunday is on the importance of local papers like the MV Voice for the well being of the...
Original post made by Christopher Chiang on Aug. 4, 2019Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Aug 14, 2019 at 10:48 am | 1 comment | 1257 Views
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Thursday: Meeting for Mountain View residents to discuss city's drone useMountain View city officials are considering deploying unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, for use by its police, fire...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2019Last comment by Gary, on Aug 14, 2019 at 7:45 am | 5 comments | 3842 Views
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Backyard barbecue blamed for Los Altos Hills house fireThe residents of a Los Altos Hills home have been displaced after fire spread from a backyard barbecue to a garage and into...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2019There are no comments yet. 3611 Views
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Permits for new homes sink in Santa Clara CountyThe number of permits for new homes fell across California and most of the Bay Area during the first half of 2019, despite...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Aug 11, 2019 at 11:19 am | 9 comments | 8620 Views
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Religious leaders, community members hold vigil to protest treatment of migrants in detentionA little before noon, a small crowd starts to gather at El Camino Real and Page Mill Road. They're a jumbled group of community...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2019Last comment by homes, on Aug 11, 2019 at 7:29 am | 24 comments | 3391 Views
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'Village People' prepare to close up shopVillage Stationers, a family-owned stationery store with locations in Menlo Park and Los Altos, will be closing its doors...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019Last comment by Max Hauser, on Aug 9, 2019 at 9:27 am | 5 comments | 4524 Views
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City launches new registry to rein in AirbnbAfter years of consideration, Mountain View officials are finally ready to begin regulating the fast-growing cottage industry...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019Last comment by Polomom, on Aug 9, 2019 at 8:33 am | 17 comments | 12072 Views
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Free tuition and textbooks: A new promise for eligible Foothill College studentsFoothill College has expanded its Foothill College Promise, a program that offers two years of free tuition and textbooks...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2019Last comment by , on Aug 8, 2019 at 6:30 am | 8 comments | 6974 Views
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Ace Hardware to take over vacant Orchard Supply siteA building once occupied by Orchard Supply Hardware is set to be revived. On Tuesday, Ace Hardware announced it would take...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2019Last comment by Jennifer02, on Aug 8, 2019 at 6:02 am | 21 comments | 21229 Views
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Crime brief: Man attacks employee at Pitbull concert at Shoreline AmphitheatreA San Jose man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly hit an employee at Shoreline Amphitheatre multiple times...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2019There are no comments yet. 5318 Views
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No easy fix for Rancho San Antonio's crowded parking lotsRancho San Antonio is the Peninsula's most popular open space reserve, but limited parking is making it a pain to get there...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2019Last comment by They paved paradise and put up a parking lot, on Aug 7, 2019 at 9:57 am | 35 comments | 12107 Views
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New rules could force hospitals to publish prices negotiated with insurersFederal regulators want to give patients a clearer picture of what they will spend during a hospital visit, with a more accurate...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2019Last comment by DC, on Aug 4, 2019 at 8:09 pm | 6 comments | 4152 Views
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UC Berkeley plans huge satellite campus at Moffett FieldNASA Ames and the University of California at Berkeley are spearheading plans for a sprawling new education and research...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2019Last comment by SRB, on Aug 2, 2019 at 1:07 pm | 6 comments | 16895 Views
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Los Altos charity seeks bigger role in Mountain ViewIts name notwithstanding, the Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) is looking to make some headway into Mountain View. Read...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2019Last comment by MV Resident, on Aug 1, 2019 at 9:43 pm | 2 comments | 4868 Views
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California steers toward a future of self-driving carsCalifornia is laying the groundwork for the next, slightly scary, phase in its push toward zero-emission transportation:...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2019Last comment by Ok, on Aug 1, 2019 at 8:34 am | 4 comments | 3974 Views
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CorrectionThe July 12 item in A&E briefs on Cage the Elephant spelled band member Brad Shultz's last name incorrectly. Read the...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2019There are no comments yet. 2036 Views
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