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Court dates set for Measure V hearingAs expected, the California Apartment Association last week filed papers seeking a preliminary injunction against Measure...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 23, 2017 at 12:35 pm | 14 comments | 6951 Views
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County urges Supreme Court to rule on certain protections for detained immigrantsTwenty U.S. cities and counties led by Santa Clara County have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that immigrants held...
Original post made on Feb. 20, 2017Last comment by Nikki, on Feb 22, 2017 at 1:11 pm | 10 comments | 4330 Views
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Driver dies after crashing into CHP vehicle on I-280A driver died at a hospital Sunday evening after crashing a car into a California Highway Patrol vehicle that was assisting...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2017Last comment by Bill, on Feb 22, 2017 at 12:06 pm | 1 comment | 6182 Views
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Tensions flare over water district's homeless housing ideaResidents gave the Santa Clara Valley Water District a fiery and frustrated response Wednesday night to a proposal that would...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2017Last comment by Gary, on Feb 22, 2017 at 12:03 am | 33 comments | 8738 Views
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Rumors of immigration raids reach 'boiling point'While leading the charge against the new administration's immigration policies, the Bay Area's immigrant advocates are finding...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2017Last comment by Love, on Feb 17, 2017 at 5:05 pm | 12 comments | 8902 Views
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Community leaders pledge to resist immigration crackdownPledging a united front to protect migrants, local policymakers, school officials and law enforcement on Saturday issued...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2017Last comment by @Observer, on Feb 17, 2017 at 3:38 pm | 6 comments | 4976 Views
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City settles with contractorThe Mountain View City Council on Tuesday agreed to accept a $194,000 settlement from a contractor for errors stemming from...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2017Last comment by Observer, on Feb 16, 2017 at 6:35 am | 1 comment | 4554 Views
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'Meteor' sighted over Bay Area sky was a missile test launchA bright light traveling across the dark sky Tuesday morning was one of two missile tests conducted by the U.S. Navy over...
Original post made on Feb. 15, 2017Last comment by No Name, on Feb 15, 2017 at 2:33 pm | 2 comments | 5577 Views
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Meeting to discuss Waverly Park homeless housingThe Santa Clara Valley Water District is holding a community meeting in Mountain View on Wednesday to solicit feedback on...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2017Last comment by MyOpinion, on Feb 14, 2017 at 10:59 pm | 10 comments | 6878 Views
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Hundreds gather at pro-refugee rallyWaving signs and carrying photos of their immigrant ancestors, a crowd of demonstrators gathered in Mountain View at noon...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2017Last comment by Hope, on Feb 14, 2017 at 6:58 pm | 7 comments | 9043 Views
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Monday: Community meeting on new VTA bus planThe Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will be holding a community meeting in Mountain View on Monday at 6...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2017Last comment by Book lover, on Feb 14, 2017 at 8:25 am | 19 comments | 6989 Views
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Palo Alto man arrested after attack at MV auto parts storeA Palo Alto man was arrested Sunday afternoon after a dust-up at an O'Reilly Auto Parts in Mountain View, where he allegedly...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2017Last comment by Elaine, on Feb 13, 2017 at 1:48 pm | 2 comments | 6690 Views
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Judge dismisses ex-cop's lawsuit against cityA Santa Clara County Superior Court judge this week shot down a former police officer's suit alleging the Mountain View Police...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2017Last comment by nite walkinghippie, on Feb 12, 2017 at 11:34 am | 4 comments | 5653 Views
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Review: 'When the Game Stands Tall'In a sense, "When the Game Stands Tall" the Hollywood-ization of De La Salle High School's legendary Spartans football team...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2017There are no comments yet. 10687 Views
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Robbed blindIn his book "Leviathan," English philosopher Thomas Hobbes infamously described a human life in the anarchic state of nature...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2017There are no comments yet. 4785 Views
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'Weak links' in city's affordable housing programSubsidized affordable housing might not be quite the panacea for the Bay Area's housing crunch that some of its supporters...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 11, 2017 at 8:08 pm | 6 comments | 6297 Views
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Making local schools into safe havensThe Mountain View Whisman School District has joined a growing contingent of districts throughout Santa Clara County that...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2017Last comment by Hope, on Feb 11, 2017 at 8:49 am | 28 comments | 7478 Views
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Police lawsuit claims department quotasA lawsuit filed by a fired Mountain View police officer alleges that department officials embraced statistics-based law enforcement,...
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2017Last comment by We the people , on Feb 10, 2017 at 9:10 pm | 23 comments | 11138 Views
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Afghan interpreter finally on safe groundThe four-year journey of Qismat Amin to reach U.S. soil finally ended on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 8, after Department...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2017Last comment by @stop it, on Feb 9, 2017 at 4:13 pm | 6 comments | 4486 Views
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Parcel tax heads to votersThe Mountain View Whisman School District is seeking to pass a $191 parcel this spring, designed to hold education funding...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by ST parent, on Feb 8, 2017 at 11:50 pm | 25 comments | 7475 Views
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