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MV won't join suit against Hwy. 85 express lanesA coalition of South Bay cities is taking the Valley Transportation Authority to court over a controversial plan to expand...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by alex, on Oct 26, 2015 at 9:22 pm | 21 comments | 9000 Views
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Dangerous city streets could get squeezedIn a meeting centered on traffic, the Mountain View City Council on Tuesday night signaled support for a series of road-safety...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2015Last comment by screw the majority, on Oct 26, 2015 at 12:50 pm | 79 comments | 10512 Views
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Sunday morning SFO Air traffic over Mountain ViewI keep hearing jets over my neighborhood. I tracked them on the Flightracker app. All of them had already flown over SFO...
Original post made by Local on Oct. 18, 2015Last comment by TT, on Oct 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | 8 comments | 2383 Views
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Grand opera on an intimate scaleSixty years after it was founded, Palo Alto's West Bay Opera continues to thrive, attracting major international talent and...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2015Last comment by Rick, on Oct 23, 2015 at 8:48 pm | 1 comment | 5079 Views
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A kinder, gentler PG&E approach to tree removalOfficials with PG&E plan to begin a new round of outreach to Mountain View homeowners as they seek to clear trees and other...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2015Last comment by SRB, on Oct 21, 2015 at 7:56 am | 4 comments | 6589 Views
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Local entrepreneur is Chamber's new CEOThe Mountain View Chamber of Commerce has found its new president and CEO in Tony Siress, a business executive who has started...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2015Last comment by M, on Oct 21, 2015 at 7:17 am | 2 comments | 7235 Views
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Mountain View bike advocates win top honorsWhen it comes to creating a bike-friendly city, you might say that Mountain View is pedaling to the head of the peloton....
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2015Last comment by Minority rules, on Oct 20, 2015 at 5:33 pm | 12 comments | 7197 Views
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Council faces tough decisions on rent control requestsPressure is mounting to address Mountain View's rising rents, with city officials facing a delicate balancing act as they...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2015Last comment by Small Property Owner, on Oct 19, 2015 at 3:52 pm | 70 comments | 12275 Views
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Water polo player from MV diesA water polo player died over the weekend just days after he was unable to come out of a pool while practicing with his teammates...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2015Last comment by 3PAC, on Oct 19, 2015 at 2:42 pm | 1 comment | 6157 Views
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Home fix-up sets off legal quagmireDid Mountain View city staff nearly stumble into a civil lawsuit by offering some friendly advice? Did a longstanding Mountain...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2015Last comment by long time resident, on Oct 19, 2015 at 2:31 pm | 5 comments | 4481 Views
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Mastering the music businessStanford graduate student Audrey Proulx is using her education in computer science to support her dream of becoming a pop-star. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2015Last comment by Janice, on Oct 18, 2015 at 12:48 pm | 1 comment | 2166 Views
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Civil rights group drops complaint against MVLATwo groups claiming that the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District had a discriminatory math placement policy have...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2015Last comment by Interested Observer , on Oct 16, 2015 at 1:07 am | 4 comments | 7622 Views
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Man arrested for fireworks possessionPolice arrested a 20-year-old Mountain View man last week after he was pulled over and allegedly found to have a firework,...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2015Last comment by ellespeth, on Oct 15, 2015 at 12:54 am | 5 comments | 5447 Views
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Water conservation beats the summer heatDuring the hot summer months, water usage is generally higher, but new data from the Santa Clara Valley Water District shows...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2015Last comment by @Matt, on Oct 14, 2015 at 5:27 pm | 11 comments | 5331 Views
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Don't fear the flamesNormally, the sight of a flaming plane is cause for alarm, but at Moffett Field last week, there was no need to worry. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2015Last comment by ellespeth, on Oct 13, 2015 at 3:44 am | 1 comment | 6223 Views
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Sushi galoreTwo-year-old Odori Sushi and Teppanyaki specializes in super fresh, glistening slabs of fish. Read the full story here...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2015There are no comments yet. 5728 Views
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Council picks Encinitas developer for downtown hotelMountain View's City Council on Tuesday picked a developer to build a downtown hotel that would replace a pair of public...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2015Last comment by David, on Oct 9, 2015 at 1:40 pm | 15 comments | 7679 Views
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El Camino bus-only lanes get boost from new studyWith a final decision just a few months away, a controversial proposal to bring dedicated bus lanes to El Camino Real inched...
Original post made on Sep. 23, 2015Last comment by Bus Rider, on Oct 8, 2015 at 6:22 pm | 280 comments | 15669 Views
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Saving Hangar OneThe southern doors of Hangar One at Moffett Field were completely stripped of siding as of Tuesday. Read the full story...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2011Last comment by Bruce, on Oct 7, 2015 at 10:24 pm | 22 comments | 7146 Views
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Drug arrests at weekend rave are down but still highThe Beyond Wonderland festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre brought two days of electronic music, pyrotechnics, fireworks and...
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2015Last comment by Jim Neal, on Oct 7, 2015 at 8:51 pm | 10 comments | 6852 Views
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