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Prometheus to add up to 526 unitsOn Tuesday, Prometheus Real Estate Group got the City Council's stamp of approval for 66 more apartments for its Manzanita...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2014Last comment by Linda Curtis, on Mar 28, 2014 at 2:11 pm | 29 comments | 11400 Views
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Mountain View car driver arrested for DUI Manslaughter in Los AltosOne fatality at 11:15pm last night on Fremont Ave in Los Altos. Both the driver and the deceased are Mountain View residents....
Original post made by resident on Mar. 28, 2014There are no comments yet. 2547 Views
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High school district preparing for Common CoreLocal high school district officials are planning to use about $750,000 from the state to help pay for professional development...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2014Last comment by Helen, on Mar 27, 2014 at 11:16 pm | 2 comments | 6271 Views
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Civility Roundtable on traffic, parkingIn public city planning meetings, there are few issues as consistently contentious as traffic and parking, which will be...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by Linda Curtis, on Mar 27, 2014 at 4:35 pm | 16 comments | 20997 Views
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New home for North County Social Services in MVThe North County Social Services Agency is settling in nicely to its new digs, according to the organization's director. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by Dr. G. DeKaplani , on Mar 26, 2014 at 10:56 pm | 2 comments | 61341 Views
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Suspects escape after burglary in Palo Verde neighborhoodPalo Alto police surrounded a Palo Verde home for five hours after receiving a report of forced entry Monday night but officers...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by Jay Park, on Mar 26, 2014 at 9:10 am | 7 comments | 5973 Views
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'Place-making' expert dazzles council with San Antonio planNationally renowned place-making expert Fred Kent presented his plan to the City Council Tuesday for making a "great place"...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2014Last comment by Miss Marie, on Mar 25, 2014 at 10:15 pm | 2 comments | 4825 Views
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Make-or-break council decision on pod cars tonightTonight City Council members will decide what to do about their longstanding interest in having an automated transit network...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2014Last comment by Garrett, on Mar 25, 2014 at 6:52 pm | 53 comments | 40350 Views
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Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos launch joint dispatch systemAfter two years of planning, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos police departments last week officially rolled out a...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by UC Davis Grad, on Mar 25, 2014 at 4:49 pm | 2 comments | 6014 Views
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Council OKs master plan for Rengstorff ParkA plan to guide the redevelopment of Rengstorff Park was approved by the City Council March 4, and it includes a remodeled...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2014Last comment by John, on Mar 25, 2014 at 11:46 am | 6 comments | 8341 Views
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Open space district purchases secluded INE RanchFor decades, coyotes, hawks and dusky-footed woodrats have roamed the secluded INE Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Few...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2014Last comment by Already Back, on Mar 25, 2014 at 6:16 am | 11 comments | 33247 Views
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Microsoft researcher wins prestigious computing awardLeslie Lamport, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research's Silicon Valley lab in Mountain View, has been awarded the...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2014Last comment by Maher, on Mar 24, 2014 at 10:52 pm | 1 comment | 17780 Views
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Not just another chain restaurantThe verdict on Paul Martin's American Grill, a new chain outpost in Mountain View: uniformly flavorful food, generous portions...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2014Last comment by Max Hauser, on Mar 24, 2014 at 2:29 pm | 5 comments | 28638 Views
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'Google park' now a possibilityWith Google in the midst of a donation-spree that seems timed to counter it becoming a symbol for Bay Area gentrification...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2014Last comment by MV Council Seats Branding, on Mar 23, 2014 at 4:56 pm | 24 comments | 15799 Views
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Place-making' expert dazzles council with San Antonio planNationally renowned place-making expert Fred Kent presented his plan to the City Council Tuesday for making a "great place"...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2014Last comment by Garrett83, on Mar 23, 2014 at 10:20 am | 134 comments | 44632 Views
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Drought affects wildlife on first day of springThe sunny, warm weather may be a pleasure for humans, but it is showing signs of negatively impacting local wildlife, a Midpeninsula...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2014Last comment by UC Davis Grad, on Mar 22, 2014 at 3:45 pm | 8 comments | 6303 Views
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City should plan to redress the jobs-housing imbalanceMountain View, along with other industrial suburbs on the Peninsula, has suffered from a jobs-housing imbalance for decades,...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2014Last comment by Old Ben, on Mar 22, 2014 at 6:35 am | 5 comments | 7309 Views
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Council reverses course on pod car ideaMountain View officials may like the pod car concept, but don't mistake them for angel investors. After several years of...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2014Last comment by CommonSense, on Mar 21, 2014 at 9:41 pm | 1 comment | 9958 Views
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Gas leak reported near Moffett FieldA PG&E gas line was struck by work crews near Moffett Field in Sunnyvale Thursday afternoon causing a gas leak, a PG&E spokeswoman...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2014There are no comments yet. 5483 Views
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SUV hits trees, ties up traffic in police chaseA suspected drunk driver hit multiple parked cars, bounced off of two trees on Shoreline Boulevard, ran a red light and drove...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2014Last comment by chuck mangione, on Mar 21, 2014 at 6:29 am | 6 comments | 7789 Views
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