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Ames' flying robot and airline traffic projects in spotlightIn a tour of NASA Ames on Monday, NASA chief Charles Bolden stopped to listen to engineers discuss several projects that...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2014Last comment by Max Hauser, on Mar 20, 2014 at 4:57 pm | 1 comment | 19082 Views
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Man gets beaten up, arrested for drunkennessPolice arrested a man on suspicion of being drunk in public in the parking lot behind a Castro Street bar, about an hour...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2014Last comment by Old Ben, on Mar 20, 2014 at 9:42 am | 9 comments | 5853 Views
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Council quiet on North Bayshore housingMountain View City Council members are paving the way for a boom in office development, but they have been oddly silent on...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2014Last comment by Moffett Resident, on Mar 19, 2014 at 10:40 pm | 12 comments | 27753 Views
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Major Caltrain delays as dispatching system failsCaltrain is experiencing major system-wide delays this morning following a failure in its computerized dispatching system,...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2014Last comment by Easy Commute, on Mar 19, 2014 at 2:32 pm | 4 comments | 5473 Views
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'Confusion' surrounding online education policy at MVHSRecent statements by Mountain View High School's principal questioning the value of online courses have highlighted tensions...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2014Last comment by vkmo, on Mar 19, 2014 at 12:37 pm | 4 comments | 6010 Views
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San Antonio Center Precise Plan Calls for Shared ParkingI am sure that those of you who regularly attend and/or watch City Council meetings are asking yourselves "What do you mean...
Original post made by Jim Neal on Mar. 19, 2014There are no comments yet. 4408 Views
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Fire closes Burger King on El CaminoNo one was hurt when the Burger King near Grant Road on El Camino Real caught fire Thursday, an official from the Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2013Last comment by Hmmmmm, on Mar 19, 2014 at 2:25 am | 9 comments | 9863 Views
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Police say arson caused 2-alarm fireArson is suspected to be the cause of the of the two-alarm fire that broke out early Sunday morning on Fordham Way. The home...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2014Last comment by Mr DePorto, on Mar 18, 2014 at 2:14 pm | 2 comments | 5806 Views
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Homeless man sentenced for counterfeitingA federal court judge has sentenced a Gulf War veteran and drug addict who apparently lived in Mountain View to 30 months...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2009Last comment by SteelPanther, on Mar 17, 2014 at 10:13 pm | 4 comments | 5165 Views
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Google donates $50K to restore Immigrant HouseAs Google looks to improve its image locally, the search giant's latest gift to the city will help with the restoration of...
Original post made on Mar. 11, 2014Last comment by Wenyleela, on Mar 16, 2014 at 3:10 pm | 6 comments | 6504 Views
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Can Jumbotron, fountains make a 'great place?'Can a 1-acre space designed by famous "Great Place" creator Fred Kent add badly needed charisma to San Antonio Center, which...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2014Last comment by Garrett, on Mar 16, 2014 at 10:49 am | 2 comments | 4338 Views
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Crime briefs: Jewelry stolen, peeping TomBurglars reportedly got away with jewelry from a home on Sylan Avenue, while a resident of the Americana Apartments reported...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2014There are no comments yet. 4774 Views
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'Czar' proposed for bike-ped issuesCity Manager Dan Rich said Tuesday that interest among council members and residents in bicycle and pedestrian issues has...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2014Last comment by Ha, OK then, on Mar 14, 2014 at 11:27 am | 33 comments | 14949 Views
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Google Bicyclists and HelmetsEach year 19000 US bicyclists are killed or injured. A majority of deaths are from injuries to the head.. 70 % of...
Original post made by Monika on Mar. 11, 2014Last comment by On Track, on Mar 14, 2014 at 9:32 am | 10 comments | 2373 Views
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Medicare a big money-loser for El CaminoEl Camino Hospital is losing much more money from low Medicare reimbursements than similar hospitals in the Central Valley...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2014Last comment by Amelia, on Mar 14, 2014 at 7:56 am | 1 comment | 6313 Views
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What adequate Google housing could look likeIf you've ever wondered what it might look like if there was enough housing in Mountain View for all of the city's Google...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2014Last comment by Pat, on Mar 13, 2014 at 8:36 pm | 31 comments | 15840 Views
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Protesters await Israel PM's arrival in Mountain ViewProtesters awaited the arrival of Gov. Jerry Brown and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Computer History...
Original post made on Mar. 5, 2014Last comment by chris_j, on Mar 13, 2014 at 7:48 pm | 24 comments | 6521 Views
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Stop the Stop Light TrapIf any of you have driven through the intersection of Castro St and Central Expressway lately, you may have noticed some...
Original post made by Greg David on Mar. 13, 2014There are no comments yet. 2267 Views
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Ex-symphony head charged with embezzlementThe former executive director of the Peninsula Symphony Association has been accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands...
Original post made on Mar. 5, 2014Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Mar 13, 2014 at 1:39 pm | 6 comments | 10328 Views
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KMVT now on Roku, Apple TVMountain View's community access television station is no longer just for those who subscribe to Comcast's cable service. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 11, 2014Last comment by Dan, on Mar 11, 2014 at 2:09 pm | 2 comments | 6404 Views
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