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Google self-driving car blamed for crash with busFor the first time, one of Google's self-driving vehicles appears responsible for causing an accident in Mountain View. The...
Original post made on Feb. 29, 2016Last comment by PA Resident, on Mar 3, 2016 at 10:46 am | 23 comments | 8155 Views
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Eshoo backs Apple's resistance to FBI iPhone accessA ranking member of the U.S. Congressional Communications and Technology Subcommittee said she supports tech company Apple's...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2016Last comment by @Gary, on Mar 2, 2016 at 1:15 pm | 4 comments | 1910 Views
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Living in the shadowsIt was barely 6 a.m. on Dec. 2, when Guillermo Zavala walked out the front door of his Mountain View apartment and straight...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2016Last comment by Mike, on Mar 2, 2016 at 7:19 am | 31 comments | 7919 Views
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Fight leaves one man injured, another jailedA fight between two men on Friday night, Feb. 26, in Palo Alto left one man seriously injured and landed another in jail,...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2016Last comment by ugh., on Mar 1, 2016 at 2:52 pm | 1 comment | 4645 Views
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Google car v bus - first read about it on BBCI wonder why the BBC is ahead of US media on this one? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35692845?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebo...
Original post made by BBC reader on Feb. 29, 2016Last comment by Snark Repellent, on Feb 29, 2016 at 4:59 pm | 3 comments | 1991 Views
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City eyes Castro road dietTaking up the idea of a road diet, Mountain View officials are considering a slate of street changes that would trade car...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2016Last comment by This Plan Needs More Work, on Feb 29, 2016 at 10:10 am | 18 comments | 7185 Views
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City eyes Castro road dietTaking up the idea of a road diet, Mountain View officials are considering a slate of street changes that would trade car...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2016Last comment by Resident, on Feb 28, 2016 at 10:11 pm | 6 comments | 6070 Views
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Council lends support to county homeless initiativesMountain View City Council members agreed to two resolutions Tuesday night declaring homelessness a "crisis," and vowing...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2016Last comment by dennis, on Feb 28, 2016 at 10:04 pm | 4 comments | 1953 Views
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Meeting planned to discuss transit stationMountain View's long-term plans to redesign and upgrade the downtown transit station will be the big topic at a Feb. 25 community...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2016Last comment by Duh, on Feb 28, 2016 at 2:05 pm | 18 comments | 5871 Views
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Silicon Valley transportation is abominable.As a visitor to your town needing to find bus and train information to get around I must say it is abominable. Bus stops...
Original post made by Visitor on Feb. 27, 2016Last comment by resident, on Feb 28, 2016 at 9:41 am | 5 comments | 2198 Views
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Online schools offer education by proxyHundreds of kids in the Bay Area are staying home for school this year. Online, "virtual" charter schools are making headway...
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2014Last comment by Jack Redford, on Feb 26, 2016 at 9:45 am | 6 comments | 11395 Views
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Conflagration consumes classic carA rare classic car caught fire and burned to a crisp on Tuesday afternoon in a parking lot at the San Antonio shopping center....
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2016Last comment by Mark Noack, on Feb 25, 2016 at 10:57 am | 20 comments | 11130 Views
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NASA Ames unveils 'green aviation'In what they are calling a revolution for aviation, NASA Ames engineers say they are on the cusp of developing streamlined...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2016Last comment by Kitty Hawk, on Feb 22, 2016 at 9:14 pm | 3 comments | 9002 Views
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Report: High-speed rail to launch in Silicon ValleyCalifornia's high-speed rail system would make its debut in the Bay Area, with bullet trains whisking passengers between...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2016Last comment by Gary, on Feb 22, 2016 at 7:41 pm | 8 comments | 5137 Views
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Council puts pod cars back in the mixTaking the initiative, Mountain View is hitting the accelerator on a goal to create a cutting-edge transit system that would...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2016Last comment by Shonuff66, on Feb 22, 2016 at 10:49 am | 20 comments | 6254 Views
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School district poised to use controversial bond issuanceThe Mountain View Whisman School District is moving forward with an aggressive school construction schedule, and school officials...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2016Last comment by CABs are WRONG, on Feb 21, 2016 at 6:43 am | 1 comment | 3251 Views
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City eyes new ideas for North Bayshore housingA long-term vision to introduce a residential community into the North Bayshore office park gained new focus as city officials...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2016Last comment by reside, on Feb 18, 2016 at 9:00 pm | 23 comments | 9019 Views
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President Obama asks Congress for $125M for Caltrain electrificationPresident Barack Obama has asked Congress for $125 million in the fiscal 2017 budget for the electrification of Caltrain,...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2016Last comment by ElectrifyCaltrainButScrapHSR, on Feb 18, 2016 at 12:47 pm | 17 comments | 5566 Views
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MV approves ceding properties to Los AltosTo hear Stephen Friedman describe it, his neighborhood of Jardin Drive is like Mountain View's version of the Bermuda Triangle....
Original post made on Jan. 29, 2016Last comment by Gary , on Feb 18, 2016 at 3:55 am | 11 comments | 7828 Views
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Man sought in gun-brandishing road-rage incidentPalo Alto police are seeking a man allegedly who brandished a handgun at a woman during a road-rage incident on Thursday,...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2016Last comment by LiberalGuns, on Feb 16, 2016 at 11:51 pm | 21 comments | 7018 Views
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