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At long last, a winner in City Council raceIn the final vote results announced Wednesday night, Alison Hicks won the undecided City Council seat with a narrow but significant...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2018Last comment by Polomom, on Dec 7, 2018 at 8:50 am | 10 comments | 8630 Views
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Man arrested after assaulting female postal workerA 69-year-old Mountain View man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly assaulted a mail carrier, choking her and knocking...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2018Last comment by Was it..., on Dec 7, 2018 at 5:06 am | 10 comments | 8292 Views
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Weekend car burglary spree outside Century 16Mountain View police detectives are investigating a smash-and-grab spree outside of the Century Cinema 16 movie theaters...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2018Last comment by LoLo, on Dec 7, 2018 at 5:02 am | 23 comments | 13386 Views
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City could slow down minimum wage increasesThree years ago, Mountain View was in the vanguard of Silicon Valley cities boosting their minimum wage to balance out the...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2018Last comment by YIMBY, on Dec 6, 2018 at 4:43 pm | 26 comments | 9004 Views
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Crime brief: bicyclist hurt in hit-and-runMountain View police arrested a driver over the weekend after reports that he struck a homeless man riding a bicycle on Shoreline...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2018Last comment by schu, on Dec 6, 2018 at 3:11 pm | 2 comments | 4531 Views
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Rash of vehicle thefts near Mountain View High SchoolSixteen thefts on Friday stemmed from unlocked vehicles in the areas of Mountain View and Los Altos, police reported Monday. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2018Last comment by Cog, on Dec 6, 2018 at 10:04 am | 7 comments | 6136 Views
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City slowly searches for a safe-parking spotCreating safe parking lots around Mountain View has been the favored option to address the growing number of people living...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2018Last comment by mv_resident, on Dec 5, 2018 at 8:27 pm | 49 comments | 9981 Views
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Facebook's international drama has its day in county courtA years-old lawsuit in San Mateo County has made international headlines in recent days after a the founder of a company...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2018Last comment by William Hitchens, on Dec 5, 2018 at 5:06 pm | 1 comment | 3568 Views
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The Voice celebrates 25 years of covering Mountain ViewTwenty-five years ago, ==I Voice== founders Kate Wakerly and Carol Torgrimson teamed up to bring Mountain View its own independent...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2018Last comment by Fuzzy warm hats, on Dec 4, 2018 at 9:21 am | 11 comments | 6698 Views
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Google buys North Bayshore office park for $1 billionGoogle's blitz of land-buying is moving ahead full steam -- the company bought a 51-acre North Bayshore office park for a...
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2018Last comment by Google = Trigger, on Dec 3, 2018 at 5:30 am | 13 comments | 9694 Views
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Los Altos planning commissioner arrested for Tesla DUIThe chair of the Los Altos Planning Commission, Alexander Samek, was arrested in Palo Alto early Friday morning after police...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2018Last comment by Wirebender, on Dec 2, 2018 at 10:35 pm | 18 comments | 25564 Views
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Pop-up artisan market opens FridayA three-week artisan holiday market that debuted last year will be returning this week to downtown Mountain View, kicking...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2018Last comment by Grumpy Minority, on Nov 30, 2018 at 10:36 am | 2 comments | 6200 Views
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Google building evacuated after suspicious package foundA suspicious package found at a Google building this afternoon (Nov. 27) has been deemed safe, according to the Mountain...
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2018Last comment by Emboldened, on Nov 29, 2018 at 2:02 pm | 3 comments | 4079 Views
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New mini-parks approved by cityAt its Nov. 13 meeting, the City Council approved plans for two new mini-parks: Wyandotte Park, located at 2254 Wyandotte...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2018Last comment by @SC Parent, on Nov 29, 2018 at 8:24 am | 2 comments | 5902 Views
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Letters to the editor: Nov. 23, 2018This week, letters to the editor about bikes on Caltrain, the 10th school site proposal at San Antonio shopping center and...
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2018Last comment by @psr, on Nov 28, 2018 at 7:34 pm | 2 comments | 4985 Views
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Sister of Stanford grad's alleged killer faces him after 45 yearsFacing her beloved sibling's alleged killer for the first time on Monday, the sister of Stanford University homicide victim...
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2018Last comment by Maher, on Nov 28, 2018 at 3:39 pm | 3 comments | 4841 Views
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Council goes big on housing for Terra BellaMountain View City Council members agreed Tuesday night that the industrial Terra Bella region of Mountain View is ripe for...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2018Last comment by Speak to them, on Nov 28, 2018 at 1:57 pm | 40 comments | 10748 Views
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Peninsula's Task Force 3 returns after Camp FireAfter a weeklong search for the victims of the Camp Fire, California Task Force 3 has been demobilized and returned to the...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2018Last comment by Maher, on Nov 28, 2018 at 10:47 am | 1 comment | 3480 Views
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City Council election: Hicks regains lead as vote tally nears endAlison Hicks has regained the lead for the undecided City Council seat, overtaking incumbent Pat Showalter in the latest...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2018Last comment by somewhatsane, on Nov 27, 2018 at 11:07 pm | 29 comments | 6625 Views
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More storms to hit Bay Area this weekA series of storms will impact Northern California and the Bay Area for the second straight week with heavy rain and winds...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2018Last comment by tommygee54, on Nov 26, 2018 at 2:43 pm | 1 comment | 3422 Views
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