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Plans to raze apartments spur outcryA growing number of apartment owners are looking to redevelop their properties into for-sale housing. But the project face...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2018Last comment by Interested, on Aug 20, 2018 at 11:55 pm | 34 comments | 14124 Views
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Lots of Love gets off to a slow startLocal churches are beginning to take in homeless people under a long-awaited "safe parking" plan, but the initiative still...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2018Last comment by SRB, on Aug 17, 2018 at 1:18 pm | 20 comments | 11393 Views
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Remembering Silicon Valley's crucibleOn Wednesday, the Computer History Museum will commemorate the former site of the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2018Last comment by SRB, on Aug 17, 2018 at 11:49 am | 11 comments | 9442 Views
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Staging 'Sonata'Hidden in a Midpeninsula industrial-park office, the living room of three middle-aged Indian women is brought to life. It's...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2018Last comment by Jes' Sayin', on Aug 16, 2018 at 11:02 pm | 1 comment | 3761 Views
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Bay Area home prices too high for 4 in 5 potential buyersPotential homebuyers trying to break into the Bay Area real estate market without a high-paying tech job or financial help...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2018Last comment by @mike rose, on Aug 14, 2018 at 5:26 pm | 8 comments | 4884 Views
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Sen. Feinstein celebrates South Bay flood protection grantU.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein visited Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge Friday morning to kick off a $177 million project...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2018Last comment by Amber Kerr, on Aug 14, 2018 at 1:24 pm | 3 comments | 5131 Views
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Justices reject Brock Turner's appealAn appellate court affirmed on Wednesday the conviction of former Stanford University student Brock Turner, who was controversially...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2018Last comment by Whataboutism?, on Aug 9, 2018 at 10:13 pm | 3 comments | 4102 Views
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Editorial: Racial profiling in our own backyardFrom "BBQ Becky" at Lake Merritt to a Starbucks employee in Philadelphia, accounts of police being called on black people...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2018Last comment by Bill H, on Aug 9, 2018 at 7:44 am | 16 comments | 6905 Views
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School board considers high school field lightsTaking on a thorny issue proven to rile up neighbors, Mountain View-Los Altos School District board members are scheduled...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2018Last comment by Alex, on Aug 4, 2018 at 12:12 am | 17 comments | 6531 Views
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City seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by police chiefMountain View has asked a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2018Last comment by Robyn, on Aug 2, 2018 at 6:04 pm | 2 comments | 4573 Views
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Court upholds injunction protecting Santa Clara County from sanctuary cities orderA federal appeals court Wednesday upheld an injunction protecting San Francisco and Santa Clara County from a presidential...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2018Last comment by Ok, on Aug 2, 2018 at 3:27 pm | 4 comments | 3902 Views
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State Democrats support repeal of Costa-Hawkins' rent control constraintsThe California Democratic Party on Sunday voted overwhelmingly to endorse Proposition 10, the statewide Affordable Housing...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on Aug 1, 2018 at 12:22 pm | 199 comments | 15211 Views
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CSA draws record crowd to backpack giveawayMore than 550 children from low-income families received free backpacks and school supplies at an annual giveaway organized...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2018Last comment by AllYouCanEat, on Aug 1, 2018 at 10:10 am | 1 comment | 4107 Views
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Woman arrested for attempted child abductionA masked woman suspected of trying to abduct a toddler in the Old Mountain View neighborhood was arrested early Thursday...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2018Last comment by Maggie, on Jul 30, 2018 at 10:34 pm | 23 comments | 6249 Views
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Teens recognized for Eagle Scout achievementThree teens from Boy Scout Troop 33 and eight from Troop 30 -- both based in Los Altos -- recently achieved the Eagle Scout...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2018Last comment by Karen, on Jul 30, 2018 at 2:29 pm | 1 comment | 3639 Views
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City reject rent hikes for Del Medio ManorA petition to raise rents on dozens of apartments at the Del Medio Manor in Mountain View was denied this week by a city...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2018Last comment by @Fedup, on Jul 23, 2018 at 9:23 pm | 26 comments | 9822 Views
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Drones set to patrol at Shoreline music festivalMountain View police will be on the lookout for crime from a different vantage point this Saturday, using security drones...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2018Last comment by DRONES, on Jul 23, 2018 at 9:46 am | 37 comments | 10942 Views
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El Camino drops ER doctor over patient mistreatmentEl Camino Hospital has removed an emergency room physician working at its Los Gatos campus after a video surfaced showing...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018Last comment by Code_Gray, on Jul 21, 2018 at 5:00 pm | 6 comments | 11641 Views
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MV tax proposal leans heavily on big businessMountain View's business fees currently charge basically the same fees for companies of any size, whether its Milk Pail...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2018Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jul 21, 2018 at 9:52 am | 3 comments | 5144 Views
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Mountain View shows off its techThe Mountain View Civic Center Plaza was transformed into an extravaganza of robots, self-driving cars and other gizmos for...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2018Last comment by DC, on Jul 20, 2018 at 2:11 pm | 6 comments | 5675 Views
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