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Voice wins 'General Excellence' at California Journalism AwardsThe Mountain View Voice won the top award for print journalism at this year's California Journalism Awards, held in Sonoma...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2018Last comment by Joseph, on May 1, 2018 at 5:23 pm | 7 comments | 10189 Views
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Taking aim at gun violenceOfficials in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties are taking it upon themselves to study the root causes of gun violence and...
Original post made on May. 1, 2018Last comment by Maher, on May 1, 2018 at 2:57 pm | 1 comment | 7998 Views
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Housing senate bill fails in committeeA controversial state senate bill that aimed to increase housing near public transit throughout the state will not move forward...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2018Last comment by LOL, on Apr 30, 2018 at 6:08 pm | 29 comments | 3651 Views
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Commuters urged to protect air quality during smog seasonAs it gets warmer outside, Bay Area Air quality officials are urging commuters to limit driving and find other ways of traveling...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2018Last comment by William Hitchens, on Apr 30, 2018 at 4:02 pm | 2 comments | 3258 Views
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SVCF facing calls for new leadershipThe Silicon Valley Community Foundation is reeling from a crisis of leadership following allegations last week that the organization...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2018Last comment by RetiredSVguy, on Apr 28, 2018 at 4:32 pm | 6 comments | 8088 Views
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Letters to the editor: April 27, 2018This week, letters about rent control, the Judge Persky recall, an armed kidnapping downtown, missing front license plates...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 28, 2018 at 3:57 pm | 13 comments | 4344 Views
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County officials discuss sexual assault kit processingSanta Clara County officials and employees who work closely with sexual assault survivors held a news conference at Santa...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2018Last comment by Jennifer, on Apr 28, 2018 at 10:21 am | 4 comments | 2960 Views
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Council embraces 447-unit East Whisman housing projectMountain View City Council members rolled out the welcome mat for the first of many high-density housing projects expected...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2018Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Apr 27, 2018 at 11:47 am | 44 comments | 10374 Views
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Letters to the editor<B>False pretenses Read the full story here https://mv-voice.com/print/story/2018/04/27/letters-to-the-editor posted Friday,...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2018Last comment by PeterCaoCorn, on Apr 27, 2018 at 10:23 am | 2 comments | 2502 Views
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Man beaten unconscious at night clubTwo men were arrested early Monday morning after they allegedly punched and kicked a Sunnyvale resident unconscious in downtown...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2018Last comment by Citizen84, on Apr 26, 2018 at 7:10 pm | 6 comments | 7550 Views
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County approves $375K for health centerIn the face of a staffing shortage, MayView Community Health Center will receive emergency funding from Santa Clara County,...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2018Last comment by YIMBY, on Apr 25, 2018 at 6:23 pm | 4 comments | 4876 Views
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Authority funds Mountain View bay restorationRestoring Mountain View's shoreline will be one of the first projects funded by a $500 million Bay Area bond package approved...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2018Last comment by Alex L, on Apr 24, 2018 at 3:27 pm | 3 comments | 4366 Views
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Power outage affects more than 1,200 PG&E customersAnother power line is down in Mountain View and 150 PG&E customers are still without power after damaged electric equipment...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2018Last comment by kgirl, on Apr 24, 2018 at 2:25 pm | 1 comment | 4645 Views
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City projects to be studied under 'human rights lens'Mountain View officials will begin looking at the human rights impacts of various city projects -- but there's still some...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2018Last comment by Mt. View Neighbor, on Apr 24, 2018 at 6:26 am | 6 comments | 4676 Views
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Letters to the editor: April 20, 2018This week, letters about the Measure E bond, rent control, Caltrain, the Judge Persky recall and a local association. Read...
Original post made on Apr. 22, 2018Last comment by Not reform - sneaky repeal, on Apr 22, 2018 at 10:47 pm | 7 comments | 4338 Views
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Getting to the heart of IslamFor hundreds of residents, Monday night was a crash course in the world's second-most popular religion. Read the full...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2018Last comment by Ilpalazzo, on Apr 21, 2018 at 8:57 am | 3 comments | 6681 Views
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Inmates at county jails participate in hunger strikeThe tradition of one hunger strike a year in Santa Clara County jails since 2016 continues, as the majority of inmates have...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2018Last comment by AllYouCanEat, on Apr 21, 2018 at 1:54 am | 4 comments | 3992 Views
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Waymo applies to start driverless testing in MVGoogle offshoot Waymo filed an application on Friday morning to begin testing its self-driving cars without humans sitting...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2018Last comment by Grumpy, on Apr 19, 2018 at 10:15 am | 17 comments | 7324 Views
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Caltrain to board bicyclists first in five-week pilot programCaltrain bicyclists will be allowed first access to bike cars beginning this week in a five-week pilot program to improve...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2018Last comment by resident, on Apr 17, 2018 at 3:45 pm | 2 comments | 3639 Views
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Silicon Valley Rising holds rally at Google HQThe community group Silicon Valley Rising held a rally at Google's headquarters in Mountain View Thursday morning to list...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2018Last comment by ResidentSince1982, on Apr 17, 2018 at 1:21 pm | 34 comments | 5114 Views
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