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The high price of affordable housingIn some ways, it was a perfect deal, but a 71-unit affordable housing project still faced a skeptical audience at a Mountain...
Original post made on May. 2, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 17, 2019 at 8:40 pm | 20 comments | 9749 Views
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Report: Santa Clara County sees big surge in homeless populationNew data released by Santa Clara County shows that homelessness is a rapidly growing problem, with thousands of additional...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 17, 2019 at 8:00 pm | 10 comments | 7351 Views
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Council boosts housing loans for city staffersFor more than a decade, Mountain View has offered loans to help its rank-and-file workers pay for buying a home, but the...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Pat on the Stevens Creek Trail, on May 17, 2019 at 6:14 pm | 1 comment | 4422 Views
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Local teacher eliminated on 'Jeopardy!'Mountain View resident Trevor Crowell fell short on Monday's episode of "Jeopardy!" Teachers Tournament, where incorrect...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by Further Sympathetic, on May 16, 2019 at 1:50 pm | 3 comments | 4922 Views
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Council holds firm on East Whisman office-to-housing ratioThe Mountain View City Council agreed Tuesday night that zoning for 4,900 housing units in East Whisman has to be more than...
Original post made on May. 8, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 15, 2019 at 7:11 pm | 16 comments | 5195 Views
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Google touts $5M in Bay Trail upgradesGoogle and South Bay city officials celebrated the latest milestone in an expensive, decadeslong effort to link 500 miles...
Original post made on May. 13, 2019Last comment by Steve, on May 15, 2019 at 9:10 am | 5 comments | 7601 Views
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Mobile home residents file appealDespite a setback, Mountain View's mobile home residents are pressing forward with their demand to be included under the...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by RonTT, on May 11, 2019 at 5:37 pm | 7 comments | 2519 Views
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Google touts $5M in Bay Trail upgradesGoogle and South Bay city officials celebrated the latest milestone in an expensive, decadeslong effort to link 500 miles...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by Carol Moholt, on May 11, 2019 at 6:27 am | 2 comments | 3065 Views
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Man indicted for February robbery at Meriwest Credit Union in Mountain ViewAn Oakland man was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco Tuesday on charges of committing five bank robberies...
Original post made on May. 9, 2019Last comment by Randy Guelph, on May 10, 2019 at 11:17 am | 3 comments | 4565 Views
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Local nonprofits win grantsThe Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) announced it has awarded $80,000 in grants to 18 nonprofit organizations in Mountain...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by Margriet DeLange, on May 10, 2019 at 8:49 am | 1 comment | 3541 Views
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City's $95 million infrastructure project list sets recordA series of projects to improve traffic near Mountain View's North Bayshore tech hub is pushing the city's infrastructure...
Original post made on May. 6, 2019Last comment by Brian, on May 7, 2019 at 5:37 pm | 3 comments | 5087 Views
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School board postpones vote on giving Egan to Bullis Charter SchoolLos Altos School District board members agreed Thursday night to delay the vote on whether to relocate Egan Junior High School...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2019Last comment by DFE, on May 7, 2019 at 2:44 pm | 69 comments | 8433 Views
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Voice wins for public service, in-depth reporting at California Journalism AwardsThe ==I Mountain View Voice== took top honors for in depth reporting and public service journalism at this year's California...
Original post made on May. 5, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 7, 2019 at 10:48 am | 20 comments | 4935 Views
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Police take action after downtown smash-and-grab burglariesThe Mountain View Police Department is ramping up its presence in the downtown area after a series of smash-and-grab auto...
Original post made on May. 3, 2019Last comment by They can't steal air, on May 6, 2019 at 9:34 am | 4 comments | 5284 Views
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Annual Silicon Valley Open Studios show returns the first three weekends of MayEach spring, the visual artists of Silicon Valley and the Peninsula open their doors and allow the public to peek into their...
Original post made on May. 4, 2019Last comment by California Street reject, on May 4, 2019 at 6:06 pm | 1 comment | 3732 Views
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May Day marchers call for housing justice, immigration reformUmbelina Martinez chants "justicia" (justice) during the May Day March at the corner of Castro Street and El Camino Real. Read...
Original post made on May. 2, 2019Last comment by psr, on May 3, 2019 at 10:29 pm | 7 comments | 4538 Views
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With new plan, Caltrain prepares for ridership surgeFacing persistent funding challenges, a growing ridership base and a patchwork of plans from Peninsula cities for redesigning...
Original post made on May. 3, 2019Last comment by Totally Wrong, on May 3, 2019 at 5:25 pm | 3 comments | 3983 Views
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No office projects without housingMountain View city planners are proposing a new strategy that inextricably ties housing construction to any office development...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 2, 2019 at 7:24 pm | 18 comments | 4783 Views
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Trail attack suspect faces kidnapping, assault chargesA 29-year-old man accused of brutally attacking a woman on Stevens Creek Trail in late February is facing four felony charges...
Original post made on May. 1, 2019Last comment by Kathleen, on May 2, 2019 at 8:24 am | 2 comments | 6582 Views
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Santa Clara County launches phone number for in-person support during mental health crisesSanta Clara County residents suffering mental health emergencies can now call for direct help through the Mobile Crisis Response...
Original post made on May. 1, 2019There are no comments yet. 3584 Views
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