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City's crime rate dips down in 2016It's almost all sunshine and good news in the Mountain View Police Department's annual crime tally for 2016. Read the full...
Original post made on May. 23, 2017Last comment by @2016?, on May 23, 2017 at 2:49 pm | 3 comments | 4641 Views
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Hangar One restoration to take until 2025Google's pledge to restore and reskin Moffett Field's iconic Hangar One is going to take longer than originally anticipated....
Original post made on May. 19, 2017Last comment by resident, on May 19, 2017 at 11:52 pm | 2 comments | 2855 Views
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North Bayshore a boomtown for cheaper housing — if it gets builtWith the potential to more than double the city's affordable housing stock, Mountain View's goal to transform North Bayshore...
Original post made on May. 19, 2017Last comment by a MV resident, on May 19, 2017 at 10:49 pm | 1 comment | 2799 Views
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New rent control committee gets an earfulAt its first meeting, Mountain View's new Rental Housing Committee dipped its toes into a torrent of controversy surrounding...
Original post made on May. 11, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on May 19, 2017 at 9:45 am | 65 comments | 16555 Views
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Google veers from city's North Bayshore visionA review of the city's North Bayshore precise plan on Tuesday, Nov. 29, left some council members wondering if they were...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2016Last comment by @the_dummisher, on May 18, 2017 at 10:51 pm | 26 comments | 16316 Views
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Community Foundation ramps up support for immigrantsThe Silicon Valley Community Foundation is ramping up grants to nonprofit organizations devoted to advising and ensuring...
Original post made on May. 17, 2017Last comment by Reading Comprehension, on May 17, 2017 at 5:02 pm | 6 comments | 5186 Views
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Man exposes himself to woman with her toddlerA woman and her toddler encountered a naked man who was touching himself in the Palo Alto Baylands Wednesday afternoon, Palo...
Original post made on May. 13, 2017There are no comments yet. 4337 Views
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Pension debt a thorny issue for cityDiving into the city's annual budget last week, Mountain View's elected leaders took a magnifying glass to a $128 million...
Original post made on May. 7, 2017Last comment by Financial Acumen?, on May 12, 2017 at 4:54 pm | 14 comments | 7460 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 May. 10, 2017Last comment by @the_dummisher, on May 11, 2017 at 5:23 pm | 3 comments | 8386 Views
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Robbery at gunpointA Mountain View woman told police last week that she was robbed at gunpoint at a 7-Eleven, but the suspect fled before police...
Original post made on May. 10, 2017Last comment by Steve Old Town, on May 10, 2017 at 8:53 pm | 8 comments | 6066 Views
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Bay Area home sales jump in March, prices near record highThe number of Bay Area homes sold in March hit a five-year high, with the region's media sales price creeping up towards...
Original post made on May. 3, 2017Last comment by It'll happen., on May 8, 2017 at 2:46 pm | 5 comments | 4462 Views
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LinkedIn pitches plan for East Whisman campusThis week, LinkedIn representatives presented new plans for a new East Whisman office campus totaling almost 1.1 million...
Original post made on May. 4, 2017Last comment by Chuck, on May 7, 2017 at 6:01 pm | 4 comments | 9342 Views
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Voters approve Measure BWith a comfortable margin, voters in the Mountain View Whisman School District approved the Measure B parcel tax measure...
Original post made on May. 3, 2017Last comment by Gary, on May 7, 2017 at 1:48 pm | 47 comments | 8977 Views
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A cop on the campus beatFor Mountain View school resource officer Bobby Taylor, being hip is part of the job. Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2017/05/05/a-cop-on-the-campus-beat...
Original post made on May. 5, 2017Last comment by Maher, on May 5, 2017 at 3:38 pm | 1 comment | 5462 Views
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Outrage over Trump brings crowds to Mountain View marchHundreds of people took to the streets of Mountain View on Monday evening to denounce a federal crackdown on undocumented...
Original post made on May. 2, 2017Last comment by Constitutional Conservative, on May 4, 2017 at 8:13 pm | 10 comments | 7419 Views
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Baby-abduction suspect turns himself inA father who allegedly abducted his 4-month-old daughter from a Mountain View hotel last month turned himself in to police...
Original post made on May. 1, 2017Last comment by george, on May 1, 2017 at 9:10 pm | 1 comment | 3915 Views
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RBA's farewell show anything but blueEd Cirimele played at the pre-show jam session before the final concert on held by the Redwood Bluegrass Association on April...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2017Last comment by LovedRBA, on Apr 30, 2017 at 3:25 pm | 8 comments | 5023 Views
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Liquor store altercation leads to arrestPolice arrested a transient man over the weekend after he allegedly tried to leave a liquor store without paying and punched...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2017Last comment by Joe, on Apr 30, 2017 at 10:29 am | 1 comment | 4044 Views
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Decision time for city's future goalsOn a mission to choose the city's big goals for the next two years, the Mountain City Council last week took a messy priority...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2017Last comment by Transportation, on Apr 28, 2017 at 3:26 pm | 1 comment | 3776 Views
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Man arrested after scuffle with security robotA Mountain View resident was arrested last week after he had allegedly knocked over a 300-pound security robot stationed...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2017Last comment by Marc Roddin, on Apr 27, 2017 at 4:53 pm | 10 comments | 8570 Views
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