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Mountain View City Council says it can meet state housing targets and then someMountain View’s proposed Housing Element forecasts that the city will not only meet its state-mandated housing quota, but...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2022Last comment by LongResident, on Jun 21, 2022 at 6:57 pm | 4 comments | 4383 Views
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Oakland man arrested for alleged attack of Mountain View bar security guardAn Oakland man was arrested June 18 after more than a month of searching by police after he allegedly attacked a security...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2022Last comment by Tom, on Jun 21, 2022 at 4:32 pm | 1 comment | 3498 Views
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Hate symbol or Buddhist emblem? Hidden Villa cancels summer camps for 1,000 kids after staffers resign over swastika tilesHidden Villa canceled all of its summer camp sessions due to the “abrupt departure” of camp staff members upset over...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2022Last comment by MyOpinion, on Jun 21, 2022 at 1:32 am | 20 comments | 8369 Views
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Environmental impact report released for SF to SJ section of high-speed railThe environmental impact report for the San Francisco to San Jose section of California's high-speed rail finds the preferred...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2022Last comment by SallyVP, on Jun 20, 2022 at 3:07 pm | 1 comment | 3087 Views
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Landlords up in arms over potential changes to Mountain View's rent control regulationsLandlords came out in full force to Mountain View's Rental Housing Committee meeting last week to protest what they call...
Original post made on May. 31, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Jun 16, 2022 at 9:31 pm | 24 comments | 12987 Views
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California legislators want to help you buy a house with down payment, 'shared equity'California legislators propose a $1-billion-a-year down payment program for first-time buyers, given the high cost of housing...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2022Last comment by JustAWorkingStiff, on Jun 16, 2022 at 3:59 pm | 1 comment | 2560 Views
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City council supports allocating all ARPA funds in next budget cycleMountain View has nearly $8 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds available to allocate in the city’s next annual...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2022Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 15, 2022 at 4:48 pm | 1 comment | 3419 Views
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Mountain View March for Our Lives brings generations together to protest gun violenceUrging local and national governments to pass national gun-control laws while braving the 90 degree heat, around 200 protesters...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2022Last comment by , on Jun 13, 2022 at 2:16 pm | 1 comment | 4866 Views
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Mountain View City Council expected to extend safe parking programThe Mountain View City Council is poised to extend the city’s safe parking programs for another year at its upcoming meeting,...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Jun 11, 2022 at 10:02 pm | 4 comments | 4217 Views
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Voice publisher announces retirement after four decades at the helmMountain View Voice Publisher Bill Johnson will retire later this year, he announced to his employees last week. Johnson...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2022Last comment by Judith Lhamaon, on Jun 11, 2022 at 12:47 pm | 2 comments | 3051 Views
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Living in a pod? New concept in affordable shared housing emerges in Palo AltoIts name has the cachet of a trendy Brooklyn home, but Brownstone Shared Housing has brought a new housing concept that is...
Original post made on May. 4, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Jun 8, 2022 at 1:29 am | 8 comments | 5727 Views
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Mountain View Voice honored in California Journalism AwardsThe Voice took home five honors in the California News Publishers Association's 2021 California Journalism Awards. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Jun 6, 2022 at 9:30 pm | 1 comment | 3196 Views
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Palo Alto Art Center celebrates 50 years as city's cultural hubThe Palo Alto Art Center will mark its 50th anniversary with a party on May 15. Ahead of the celebration, the Weekly spoke...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022There are no comments yet. 3278 Views
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Stanford Jazz Festival announces 50th anniversary lineupTickets go on sale April 22 for the Stanford Jazz Festival's 50th anniversary season, featuring Bobby McFerrin, Eliane Elias,...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022There are no comments yet. 3174 Views
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What a Woodside cookbook author learned from road-tripping across CaliforniaErin Gleeson's newest book, "The Forest Feast Road Trip," coincidentally arrives at a time when the pandemic has popularized...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022There are no comments yet. 4470 Views
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From KQED to caregiver for mom in the MidpeninsulaAt a time when some people think about retiring, Dave Iverson, nearing 60 with a recent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease,...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2022There are no comments yet. 2982 Views
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Mountain View approves fees on housing already considered too costly to buildPaying for infrastructure is expensive, and Mountain View is going to need a lot of cash to build out new areas of the city...
Original post made on May. 25, 2022Last comment by LongResident, on May 31, 2022 at 10:49 pm | 25 comments | 8487 Views
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Firearm incidents cost Santa Clara County $72M each yearMost people are aware of the human toll of gun violence, but a new report in Santa Clara County is revealing its staggering...
Original post made on May. 27, 2022Last comment by Rossta, on May 29, 2022 at 12:21 pm | 2 comments | 3640 Views
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With Mountain View's parking ban tied up in court, a construction project is pushing inhabited RVs off of Crisanto AvenueA portion of Crisanto Avenue has been cleared of parked vehicles to make way for construction at Rengstorff Park, forcing...
Original post made on May. 23, 2022Last comment by LongResident, on May 26, 2022 at 5:11 pm | 14 comments | 8622 Views
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Mountain View looks to replace safe parking site with high-density affordable housingA former Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) parking lot currently serving homeless residents in Mountain View could soon...
Original post made on May. 13, 2022Last comment by Randy Guelph, on May 20, 2022 at 11:31 pm | 33 comments | 7972 Views
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