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Tuesday: new plan for high-speed rail to be unveiled in MVA possible new business plan for California's high-speed rail project is set to be revealed Tuesday evening in Mountain View...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2012Last comment by Maria, on Mar 14, 2012 at 12:21 pm | 10 comments | 4686 Views
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$40K stolen in apartment burglaryMore than $40,000 in cash was stolen from an apartment in the 1800 block of Ednamary Way on March 9, police said. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2012Last comment by sEaN, on Mar 12, 2012 at 8:17 pm | 7 comments | 4216 Views
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Four train tracks may still be ahead for MVPart of the growing popularity of a "blended system" for high-speed rail and Caltrain is that Palo Alto and other cities...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2012Last comment by Maria, on Mar 12, 2012 at 2:40 pm | 4 comments | 1614 Views
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Tough road for undocumented teensFor undocumented students at Mountain View High School, nothing has changed in the years since Jose Antonio Vargas hesitantly...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2012Last comment by Mcbutters, on Mar 12, 2012 at 9:34 am | 7 comments | 4219 Views
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City Working Overtime to Annoy Its ResidentsHow do you like to spend your Sunday? Do you always go out or do you sometimes like to just relax quietly at home from your...
Original post made by Quiet Please on Mar. 11, 2012There are no comments yet. 2887 Views
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Council interested in property swap for office projectLast week the City Council gave city staff the green light to begin negotiating a city property swap that will allow a developer...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2012Last comment by Mr. Nice, on Mar 10, 2012 at 3:57 pm | 10 comments | 4970 Views
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Bluetooth headsets stolen from Sprint storeA box of Bluetooth headsets were stolen from a Mountain View Sprint store just after 6 a.m. on March 8, police said. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2012Last comment by , on Mar 10, 2012 at 3:52 pm | 1 comment | 4347 Views
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Survey says parcel tax would failVoters would not pass a parcel tax to replace Mountain View's lost affordable housing revenues, according to a new survey...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2012Last comment by AAA, on Mar 10, 2012 at 10:15 am | 12 comments | 5093 Views
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Wednesday, March 7[http://www.theatreworks.org/shows/1112-season/nowcircathen ==B Theater:== 'Now Circa Then'] TheatreWorks' new comedy play,...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2012Last comment by randy albin, on Mar 8, 2012 at 12:41 pm | 1 comment | 4317 Views
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Free tax help today at MV libraryFree bilingual assistance with filing taxes is available today, March 7, from 2-7 p.m. at the Mountain View Library, 585...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2012There are no comments yet. 5060 Views
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Armed robbers take jewelry from shopTwo men robbed a Mountain View jewelry store at gunpoint in the morning, Feb. 28, police said. Read the full story here...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2012Last comment by Spare the rod, spoil the child, on Mar 7, 2012 at 7:43 pm | 20 comments | 5183 Views
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Council balks at $100,000 shuttle studyWould Mountain View residents really use a city-run shuttle service? On Tuesday evening, Mountain View City Council members...
Original post made on Feb. 29, 2012Last comment by gcoladon, on Mar 7, 2012 at 5:23 pm | 13 comments | 3543 Views
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Feature story: A romance in black and whiteEighty-year-old Henry Ford sat in the dining room of his Palo Alto home and recalled the day he met Rochelle, his wife of...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2012Last comment by allheritage, on Mar 7, 2012 at 2:11 pm | 10 comments | 5342 Views
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One household's eye-opening energy auditA pair of detectives went to work in a Mountain View home this week, probing for the secrets behind its energy bill. The...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2012Last comment by Dear Jack,, on Mar 6, 2012 at 1:22 pm | 7 comments | 30371 Views
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Taqueria La Bamba burglarizedAround $3,500 to $4,000 was stolen from Taqueria La Bamba in a burglary in the early hours of Feb. 28, police said. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2012Last comment by Observer, on Mar 5, 2012 at 2:52 pm | 19 comments | 6467 Views
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Man killed on train tracks Feb. 23 is identifiedA man who was fatally struck by a train in Palo Alto on Feb. 23 has been identified as Wentao He, 23, of Mountain View, the...
Original post made on Mar. 4, 2012Last comment by MeNewsman, on Mar 4, 2012 at 10:41 am | 1 comment | 4636 Views
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Fire guts apartments on Dana StreetFirefighters battled a four-alarm structure fire in Mountain View Monday afternoon that damaged 26 apartments. Read...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2012Last comment by NW Resident, on Mar 1, 2012 at 4:18 pm | 5 comments | 6224 Views
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Fire guts Dana Garden apartmentsIn only a couple of hours, about 50 people found themselves homeless following a four-alarm fire that engulfed the second...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2012Last comment by margaret, on Mar 1, 2012 at 10:31 am | 1 comment | 4634 Views
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Teens may have accidentally thwarted burglaryA teenage girl and her younger brother may have inadvertently thwarted a burglary simply by being home when their apartment...
Original post made on Feb. 27, 2012There are no comments yet. 4417 Views
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Cheerleaders seek funds for trip to nationalsThe Los Altos High School cheerleaders are holding an e-waste recycling event on Saturday, March 3 to raise money so the...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2012Last comment by Jo, on Feb 27, 2012 at 1:34 pm | 6 comments | 4583 Views
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