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School district to offer low-cost preschoolCalling it a blessing for Mountain View families, Mountain View Whisman School District board members gave resounding praise...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2017Last comment by Been there, on Apr 25, 2017 at 4:03 pm | 8 comments | 8683 Views
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Filling the housing market's holeMountain View's roll-out of new housing has a gaping hole. New residential development is essentially nonexistent for moderate-income...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2017Last comment by RMV, on Apr 25, 2017 at 3:55 pm | 92 comments | 9986 Views
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Jury trial for driver in fatal accidentA criminal case is moving forward against Los Altos resident Glenn Kawaguchi, the driver involved in a 2015 accident that...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2017Last comment by Enough, on Apr 25, 2017 at 2:06 pm | 42 comments | 12207 Views
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Rival racquet sports competeIt was the kind of crowd that must have made the Parks and Recreation Commission tread lightly last week -- a fired-up group...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2017Last comment by Bill, on Apr 24, 2017 at 1:34 pm | 30 comments | 5079 Views
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This week's A&E highlightsThis week, Menlowe Ballet performs "Tribute," Theatre Flamenco celebrates 50 years of Spanish music and dance with special...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2017Last comment by , on Apr 23, 2017 at 10:29 am | 1 comment | 2927 Views
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The transit system of tomorrow for traffic jams of todayIt could be gondola cars, automated people-movers or express lanes for self-driving cars -- all ideas are on the table as...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by SRB, on Apr 21, 2017 at 8:41 am | 35 comments | 9502 Views
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Google buys Sports Page siteGoogle has finished up a sale to buy the site of the Sports Page, the longstanding bar tucked in the middle of North Bayshore's...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by D Man , on Apr 20, 2017 at 3:27 pm | 21 comments | 25665 Views
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Larry's AutoWorks closes down for goodPopular car repair shop Larry's AutoWorks closed down Friday and there are no plans for it to reopen. Owner Larry Moore told...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2017Last comment by MV Neighbor, on Apr 20, 2017 at 11:26 am | 19 comments | 13039 Views
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Rescue Wing airlifts injured fishermanIn a risky mission, Moffett Field's 129th Rescue Wing yesterday completed a complex rescue operation to airlift a seriously...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2017Last comment by Martin Omander, on Apr 19, 2017 at 3:14 pm | 2 comments | 4354 Views
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Computing pioneer Robert Taylor dies at 85Robert W. Taylor, 85, a Woodside resident for 34 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2017There are no comments yet. 4861 Views
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Federal judge to consider injunction on sanctuary cities orderA San Francisco federal court judge Friday morning will consider San Francisco and Santa Clara counties' requests to halt...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by Alex M., on Apr 14, 2017 at 10:45 pm | 5 comments | 3866 Views
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Suspect charged in Mountain View Voice Online hacking caseA 34-year-old San Francisco man was arraigned on April 11 in federal District Court for the Sept. 17, 2015, hacking of Mountain...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by Jim Neal, on Apr 14, 2017 at 1:22 pm | 3 comments | 3065 Views
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Water district walks back homeless housing ideaThe Santa Clara Valley Water District is backing away from a controversial proposal to shelter homeless residents in district-owned...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2017Last comment by Gary , on Apr 14, 2017 at 8:32 am | 1 comment | 5622 Views
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School board agrees to add classes at crowded schoolsAdmitting that it's not a perfect plan, Mountain View Whisman School District officials said they will install portable classrooms...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2017Last comment by Gary, on Apr 12, 2017 at 9:31 pm | 8 comments | 5128 Views
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Federal funding halted for Caltrain electrificationThe $1.96 billion Caltrain electrification project came to screeching halt on Friday, Feb. 17, after it was announced that...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2017Last comment by dc, on Apr 12, 2017 at 4:57 pm | 43 comments | 9258 Views
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Teen arrested on indecent exposure chargesAn 18-year-old Mountain View man was arrested Monday afternoon after he allegedly exposed himself to at least two women,...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by AC, on Apr 12, 2017 at 3:07 pm | 2 comments | 7854 Views
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Developers keep giving to council candidates, even after Election DayIn their year-end campaign reports for last year's election, candidates for the Mountain View City Council showed a surprisingly...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2017Last comment by Jim Neal, on Apr 12, 2017 at 2:00 pm | 16 comments | 6754 Views
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Hope Street house was drug den, police sayPolice arrested two Mountain View residents on Tuesday after a search of their home allegedly revealed the suspects were...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2017Last comment by Common sense, on Apr 11, 2017 at 8:53 pm | 11 comments | 11763 Views
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Vote on Inspire MV grantsWith a pot of money ready to be doled out, local tech leaders are asking Mountain View residents to pick for their favorite...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by Kate, on Apr 11, 2017 at 3:18 pm | 4 comments | 4474 Views
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Council favors seven-story housing projectDespite some misgivings about parking and the sheer size of the project, Mountain View City Council members on Tuesday night...
Original post made on Apr. 6, 2017Last comment by park user, on Apr 10, 2017 at 9:18 pm | 33 comments | 9725 Views
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