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What's a fair rent increase in Mountain View?It was a painful slog for Mountain View's Rental Housing Committee on Monday night as they waded into the delicate issues...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 25, 2017 at 2:49 pm | 12 comments | 10155 Views
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Run for Zimbabwe, fix the plumbingThis year, it's all about the plumbing. The annual Run for Zimbabwe Orphans, an exuberant fundraiser that combines cross-country...
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2016Last comment by CheatHacker, on Jun 24, 2017 at 10:48 am | 8 comments | 6754 Views
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Bridge School Benefit concert canceledCiting personal reasons, Neil and Pegi Young announced this week they were calling off the Bridge School Benefit Concert...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2017Last comment by Neighbor, on Jun 23, 2017 at 4:08 pm | 6 comments | 6561 Views
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Former Army housing site eyed for North Bayshore schoolLike manna from heaven, a school campus-sized site may have opened up in North Bayshore to serve the thousands of new households...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2017Last comment by Wow, on Jun 23, 2017 at 9:20 am | 10 comments | 6792 Views
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Pumar sentenced to one year in jailMatthew Pumar, the driver who hit and killed a Mountain View man last summer, was sentenced to one year in county jail and...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2013Last comment by Bill Wares Niece, on Jun 21, 2017 at 11:26 pm | 25 comments | 19177 Views
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Chez TJ, Tied House team up for mixed-use projectThe owner of Chez TJ, the city's high-end restaurant serving gourmet tasting dinners from inside a historic Victorian house...
Original post made on May. 4, 2017Last comment by Jeff T, on Jun 21, 2017 at 10:50 am | 17 comments | 13353 Views
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Record heat at Moffett Field on SundayHigh temperatures in nine San Francisco Bay Area locations were new records for Sunday's date, including at Moffett Field,...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2017Last comment by Uhg!, on Jun 19, 2017 at 3:56 pm | 2 comments | 4517 Views
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Guest opinion: Fighting floods begins now with stream maintenanceEvery summer since 2001, the Santa Clara Valley Water District has undertaken a five-month-long effort to maintain and improve...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2017Last comment by dot dot dot, on Jun 19, 2017 at 1:54 pm | 3 comments | 2630 Views
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NASA seeks coders for ultimate challengeFor a programmer, this is a challenge equivalent to climbing Mount Everest. Officials at the NASA Ames Research Center announced...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2017Last comment by , on Jun 17, 2017 at 12:39 am | 2 comments | 2560 Views
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Affordable housing for vets breaks groundOn Monday, Mountain View dignitaries gathered for a groundbreaking for the $33 million Eagle Park Apartments at 1701 El Camino...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2017Last comment by MV Resident, on Jun 15, 2017 at 3:38 pm | 2 comments | 5534 Views
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Los Gatos woman arrested in punching attackA Los Gatos woman was arrested last week on battery charges after she allegedly attacked a woman without provocation, repeatedly...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2017Last comment by Sad, on Jun 15, 2017 at 2:58 pm | 2 comments | 9930 Views
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Money down the drainA Mountain View resident is lobbying for a refund after learning the city had been double-charging her sewer bill for the...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2017Last comment by Mark Noack, on Jun 15, 2017 at 2:07 pm | 25 comments | 7651 Views
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All-clear given at courthouse, clinic following bomb threatAbout 60 people were evacuated from two buildings on Tuesday morning after a bomb threat at the Palo Alto Courthouse, a Santa...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2017Last comment by Maher, on Jun 14, 2017 at 7:30 pm | 1 comment | 3700 Views
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Tuesday: Council weighs moving or tearing down Chez TJ, Tied House buildingsOn Tuesday night, the Mountain View City Council is set to discuss what to do with two historic Villa Street restaurants...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2017Last comment by ZDee, on Jun 14, 2017 at 4:28 pm | 24 comments | 8424 Views
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City tries to unravel tangle of demands on transit hubMountain View leaders intend to pursue a dramatic upgrade of the downtown transit center over the next five years -- if they...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2017Last comment by Jim Neal, on Jun 13, 2017 at 9:42 am | 16 comments | 7773 Views
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City debuts new Stevens Creek trail detourOn Friday morning, city leaders and bike enthusiasts gathered at the Stevens Creek Trail to formally open a new detour around...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2017Last comment by Hmm, on Jun 12, 2017 at 2:04 pm | 5 comments | 5695 Views
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Man arrested for alleged intent to kill doctorsA 58-year-old Central Valley man was arrested last week after driving from his home in Visalia to the Bay Area with the alleged...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2017Last comment by Observer, on Jun 11, 2017 at 8:25 am | 13 comments | 4850 Views
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Fresh & Easy space to reopen as new SafewayA shuttered Monte Loma neighborhood supermarket formerly occupied by a Fresh & Easy grocery chain will be reopened as Mountain...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2016Last comment by Rick, on Jun 8, 2017 at 5:48 pm | 42 comments | 20174 Views
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Eight arrests at Dead and Company concertMountain View police made a total of eight drug- and alcohol-related arrests in and around Shoreline Amphitheatre over the...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2017Last comment by LorenR, on Jun 8, 2017 at 10:04 am | 10 comments | 39991 Views
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German school preps for scaled-back expansionThe German International School of Silicon Valley (GISSV) has plans to add much-needed classroom space for its middle school...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2017Last comment by Neighbr jayne, on Jun 7, 2017 at 11:09 pm | 4 comments | 5369 Views
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