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The animal control ordinance that nearly got awayIt was the animal control ordinance that nearly got away -- and caused some finger-pointing over why thousands of cat and...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2013Last comment by Steve, on Jun 24, 2013 at 8:33 am | 9 comments | 4520 Views
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MV property taxes on the riseAlmost a quarter of Santa Clara County's property owners are set for a jump in their property tax bills, thanks to this year's...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2013Last comment by Mark, on Jun 23, 2013 at 8:40 pm | 35 comments | 9730 Views
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Techie charged with Silicon Valley burglariesAn information-technology consultant has been charged with a string of Silicon Valley office burglaries that shut down business...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2013Last comment by mvsuws, on Jun 20, 2013 at 9:46 pm | 4 comments | 4670 Views
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Another good year for El Camino HospitalEl Camino Hospital's financial officials anticipate the local healthcare organization will rake in about $78 million in profits...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2013Last comment by Observers, on Jun 20, 2013 at 4:28 pm | 3 comments | 5609 Views
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KMVT elects six new board membersMountain View's community access station's board of directors elected six new board members. Val Carpenter, George Cohn,...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2013Last comment by Greg David, on Jun 18, 2013 at 5:19 pm | 2 comments | 5799 Views
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Police release sketch of attempted burglary suspectMountain View police have released a composite sketch of a man whom they believe attempted to break into a home on the 900...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2013Last comment by Experienced, on Jun 18, 2013 at 10:06 am | 11 comments | 6502 Views
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Four residential burglaries in three daysResidential burglaries continue to be a problem in Mountain View, with four burglaries and one attempted break-in over a...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2013Last comment by MVResident67, on Jun 18, 2013 at 7:54 am | 21 comments | 7170 Views
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Council hesitant to boost library fundingIn city budget discussions on Tuesday, the City Council supported adding $50,000 to next year's library budget for new books,...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2013Last comment by Otto Maddox, on Jun 17, 2013 at 1:24 pm | 16 comments | 15638 Views
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Council OKs 21 homesA largely vacant 1.4-acre lot at 137 Easy St. may soon be home to a development of row houses after the council unanimously...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2013Last comment by Ada Resi, on Jun 17, 2013 at 12:27 pm | 5 comments | 5316 Views
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World Music Day to bring downtown road closuresMuch of downtown Palo Alto will be closed to traffic on Sunday, June 16, to make room for World Music day, which runs from...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2013Last comment by Mr. Nice, on Jun 16, 2013 at 10:15 pm | 1 comment | 4310 Views
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The day the video store diedNostalgia lines the shelves in Videoscope, Mountain View's last video rental store. The sentiment overwhelms upon entering...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2013Last comment by k teleki, on Jun 15, 2013 at 12:58 am | 4 comments | 8556 Views
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Free International Cafe Community Cooking ClassLearn and Sample new Recipes Alongside your Neighbors Join us for a free 'International Cafe' Cooking Class! We hope...
Original post made by Pauline de Lange on Jun. 14, 2013Last comment by Pauline de Lange, on Jun 14, 2013 at 3:51 pm | 2 comments | 3759 Views
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Review: Wild, wacky and wonderfulColman Domingo, playwright and actor for TheatreWorks' latest show, is a bit of a native son, having done a fair amount of...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2013Last comment by randy albin, on Jun 14, 2013 at 11:32 am | 1 comment | 5064 Views
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You got a license for that cat, Mister?For the first time, the city of Mountain View is poised to require that pet cats be licensed. The City Council voted Tuesday...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2013Last comment by OldtimerMV, on Jun 13, 2013 at 10:23 pm | 101 comments | 22086 Views
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Roundtable group takes on school shooting fearsIt hasn't happened here, but community members met last week to discuss the possibility of a school shooting in Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2013Last comment by The only thing we need to fear is fear itself, on Jun 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm | 16 comments | 10262 Views
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Witness' report leads to arrest in bike theftPolice arrested a San Jose man for allegedly stealing a bicycle at the Mountain View Caltrain station after a witness alerted...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2013Last comment by Eric, on Jun 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm | 12 comments | 5179 Views
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Thursday: Obama to visit MidpeninsulaPresident Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the Palo Alto home of Vinod and Neeru Khosla at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6,...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2013Last comment by Old Steve, on Jun 10, 2013 at 5:20 pm | 17 comments | 6047 Views
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Blind date robbers strike a third timeFor the third time in just over a week, a man was robbed after being lured to the 600 block of Tyrella Avenue believing he...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2013Last comment by dummydude, on Jun 10, 2013 at 3:11 pm | 6 comments | 6285 Views
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Indecent exposure arrest on Easy StreetA man was arrested for indecent exposure, after a Mountain View man reported seeing him pleasuring himself in a car, in plain...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Jun 9, 2013 at 9:05 am | 5 comments | 4378 Views
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Celebrating a 'second chance'Alta Vista High School isn't anything like most continuation schools, according to Principal Bill Pierce. And AVHS' graduation...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2013Last comment by Jennifer Gaumond, on Jun 8, 2013 at 7:11 am | 2 comments | 8528 Views
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