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Obituary<B>Michael Harris Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2014/09/12/obituary posted Friday, September...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2014Last comment by Heidi, on Sep 12, 2014 at 7:02 pm | 1 comment | 3627 Views
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A Festival of Fall ArtsFall is here, and as all art lovers know, that means a fresh new arts season is upon us. In the following pages, you'll find...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2014Last comment by randy albin, on Sep 12, 2014 at 1:41 pm | 1 comment | 7857 Views
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Crime briefs: man arrested at Shoreline and phone robbery at nightclubMan arrested after causing a disturbance at Keith Urban concert and couple arrested for phone theft and battery. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2014Last comment by Real talk , on Sep 12, 2014 at 1:34 pm | 9 comments | 6462 Views
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Public input favors boosting city's minimum wageResidents and local businesses are largely in favor of an increase to Mountain View's minimum wage, according to input gathered...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2014Last comment by Bubba, on Sep 12, 2014 at 11:14 am | 1 comment | 3126 Views
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No Story on the Child attacked by a Mtn lioon?Really surprised by the lack of any mention of the recent mtn lion attack on the 6 yr old boy. Not local enough?...
Original post made by Not worth reporting? on Sep. 9, 2014Last comment by Wildlife Biologist, on Sep 12, 2014 at 10:14 am | 15 comments | 2211 Views
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EPA honors Lenny SiegelThe Environmental Protection Agency is honoring Mountain View's Lenny Siegel as its "Superfund Citizen of the Year" for his...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2011Last comment by concerned citizen, on Sep 9, 2014 at 11:54 pm | 11 comments | 11432 Views
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Community activist to run for City CouncilLongtime community activist Lenny Siegel, who spearheaded the new group Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View, has announced...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2014Last comment by Evan Kroske, on Sep 9, 2014 at 7:39 pm | 52 comments | 18041 Views
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Former Assemblyman Ira Ruskin dies from brain tumorLongtime former state Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, who represented Palo Alto for six years, died on July 3, according to his family....
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2014Last comment by Stanley Kuperstein, on Sep 9, 2014 at 4:49 pm | 6 comments | 8984 Views
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Foundation launches website to connect legal volunteers, immigrantsIn anticipation of an eventual federal overhaul of the nation's immigration laws and a growing immigrant population in Silicon...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2014There are no comments yet. 4367 Views
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The sun and McMoon'sThe scrappy bunch of students, entrepreneurs and former NASA scientists who work out of "McMoon's" -- an abandoned McDonald's...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2014Last comment by Lorenzo Burti, on Sep 9, 2014 at 2:18 pm | 2 comments | 13035 Views
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Rengstorff and Central - traffic lights flashing redThese lights were flashing red this afternoon. There was one man with a flag who seemed to only act if the Caltrain gates...
Original post made by Driver on Sep. 8, 2014There are no comments yet. 2077 Views
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Google partners with NASA to develop unmanned aircraftIs it a bird, a plane, a UFO? According to a new agreement between Google and NASA, unmanned flying objects of all sorts...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2014Last comment by Jo, on Sep 8, 2014 at 1:31 pm | 2 comments | 11077 Views
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City seeks minimum wage commentsThe Mountain View City Council has opened an online forum asking residents for input on the city proposal that would raise...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2014Last comment by Neighbor, on Sep 6, 2014 at 10:08 pm | 52 comments | 16238 Views
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Council may seek voters' OK of pay raiseWith major concerns looming that only the city's relatively wealthy residents can afford to be on the City Council, council...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2014Last comment by beachmaster, on Sep 5, 2014 at 10:52 pm | 26 comments | 40743 Views
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How big is need for LASD bond?The $150 million bond measure proposed by the Los Altos School District faces sharp criticism as it heads to the November...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2014Last comment by Dread Pirate Roberts, on Sep 5, 2014 at 10:11 pm | 159 comments | 14685 Views
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NASA Ames to open campus to publicAs it celebrates its 75th year, NASA Ames Research Center is holding a rare open house event on Saturday, Oct. 18, allowing...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2014Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Sep 5, 2014 at 2:29 pm | 6 comments | 10759 Views
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Mountain View's Art & Wine festival this weekendCelebrating its 43rd year, the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival returns to Castro Street this weekend, bringing live music,...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2014Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Sep 5, 2014 at 11:02 am | 2 comments | 5908 Views
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Crime briefs: Walmart theft, McDonald's disturbance and woman gropedA man with prior conviction gets caught stealing again, a disturbance at McDonald's ends in an arrest, and a woman at the...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2014There are no comments yet. 6435 Views
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Tonight: council candidate forum on housing and transportationThe public will have a number of opportunities to learn about the views of Mountain View's City Council candidates in coming...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2014Last comment by greedy-growth-MV, on Sep 4, 2014 at 2:13 pm | 23 comments | 9752 Views
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A stitch in time at the libraryAmid the books and computers at the Mountain View library, the quiet hum of sewing machines can be heard on Saturday mornings,...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2014Last comment by Alice, on Sep 3, 2014 at 2:21 pm | 1 comment | 8275 Views
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