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Coast Guard suspends search for students swept out to seaAfter 22 hours, the United States Coast Guard has suspended the search for two college students who were swept out to sea...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2016Last comment by Steve, on Jan 21, 2016 at 8:09 am | 2 comments | 4958 Views
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City hires firm to handle housing violationsMountain View is committing $57,000 to hire a team of contractors to handle hundreds of recently discovered building violations...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2016Last comment by mn_test347, on Jan 20, 2016 at 2:04 pm | 6 comments | 5168 Views
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RotaCare clinic reopensThe Mountain View RotaCare clinic is once again seeing patients, but the nonprofit free clinic remains in limbo as to whether...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2016Last comment by True American, on Jan 20, 2016 at 10:38 am | 9 comments | 5829 Views
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Joe Simitian: Why VTA should abandon El Camino Bus Rapid Transit projectBelow is a link to an an op-ed that piece Supervisor Simitian wrote for the San Jose Mercury News on this topic which ran...
Original post made by No Way to the VTA on Jan. 12, 2016Last comment by Joe Simitian Supporter, on Jan 19, 2016 at 11:22 am | 27 comments | 2707 Views
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Rising rents present new threat for Hacker DojoHacker Dojo, Mountain View's one-of-a-kind laboratory for start-ups and makers, could soon be in need of a new home. For...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2015Last comment by Kevin SMESV.org, on Jan 19, 2016 at 10:14 am | 5 comments | 8668 Views
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Split council backs downtown hotel, officesBy a thin margin, the Mountain View City Council agreed on Tuesday to enter formal negotiations with a developer to transform...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by Garrett, on Jan 15, 2016 at 8:21 am | 5 comments | 7979 Views
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Body found on Castro StreetA dead body was discovered in downtown Mountain View late Tuesday morning, according to Mountain View fire officials. Read...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by Muriel Sivyer-Lee, on Jan 14, 2016 at 11:41 am | 9 comments | 9902 Views
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Drought rules still in effectIt's been a rainy start to 2016 for Bay Area residents, but local and state water officials are urging residents to continue...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2016Last comment by Brought back on a penalty, on Jan 14, 2016 at 10:28 am | 7 comments | 6064 Views
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Castro school on lockdown as police search for armed man==B Update:== Mountain View police reported at 2:09 p.m. that the suspect is in custody. Police are looking for an armed...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by NRA Member, on Jan 14, 2016 at 10:04 am | 9 comments | 8307 Views
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Outgoing mayor leaves 'em laughingPer Mountain View tradition, the first City Council meeting of the year is a largely ceremonial affair. For the most part,...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2016Last comment by Robert Cox, on Jan 11, 2016 at 5:46 pm | 4 comments | 6402 Views
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Santa Clara County becomes first nationwide to establish office of LGBTQ affairsSanta Clara County has become the first county nationwide to establish an Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2016There are no comments yet. 4535 Views
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Council picks Showalter as mayorAsked about the big issues facing Mountain View, the city's new mayor, Pat Showalter, doesn't need to ponder for long. It's...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2016Last comment by @Gladys, on Jan 9, 2016 at 3:48 pm | 23 comments | 7850 Views
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Cities press VTA to move on transit woesFiring off a proverbial warning shot, Mountain View and seven other West Valley cities sent a letter recently to the Valley...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2016Last comment by @Intelligent Realist, on Jan 8, 2016 at 11:03 am | 7 comments | 5800 Views
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Power outage caused by traffic collisionRoughly 1,630 utility customers in Mountain View were in the dark Tuesday night after a traffic collision damaged electrical...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2016Last comment by Dori, on Jan 6, 2016 at 4:55 pm | 4 comments | 6605 Views
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Day Worker Center's role more crucial than everThe Mountain View Day Worker Center is like a firewall holding back a wave of social ills, said executive director Maria...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2016Last comment by mn_test347, on Jan 6, 2016 at 4:00 pm | 9 comments | 7494 Views
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Google housing axed in city's general planCouncil members were not moved Tuesday night by last-minute efforts by the Chamber of Commerce and the mayor to keep housing...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2012Last comment by Common sense, on Jan 6, 2016 at 12:24 pm | 15 comments | 40786 Views
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Peninsula cities call for new Bus Rapid Transit optionsA proposal to create bus-only lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose has hit a political speed bump, with...
Original post made on Oct. 29, 2015Last comment by BRT Buses in service Now, on Jan 6, 2016 at 1:09 am | 18 comments | 7947 Views
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Traffic deaths, injuries topped the news in 2015The Mountain View Police Department faced a tough year in 2015, after six traffic fatalities and a sharp increase in bike...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2015Last comment by timo, on Jan 5, 2016 at 8:07 pm | 16 comments | 7188 Views
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MV Walmart worker speaks out about low wagesNews of President Obama's visit to Mountain View's Walmart Friday prompted an employee of the store to speak up about not...
Original post made on May. 9, 2014Last comment by Wow, on Jan 5, 2016 at 7:32 pm | 49 comments | 12579 Views
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Two arrested in New Year's Eve brawlTwo bar patrons were arrested in downtown Mountain View on New Year's Eve after they allegedly attacked a security guard...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2016There are no comments yet. 6120 Views
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