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Peninsula Bike Party Facebook History TourPeninsula Bike Party is a monthly night-time urban social bike ride that meets every 4th Friday of the month. It's free and...
Original post made by Andrew Boone on Jan. 25, 2012There are no comments yet. 3617 Views
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VIDEO: Voices Around Town: How do you feel about SOPA?What are your feelings on the Stop Online Piracy Act? Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5198...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2012Last comment by Gene Cavanaugh, on Jan 24, 2012 at 8:01 pm | 1 comment | 4615 Views
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UPDATE: No gunman found after 2.5-hour searchAfter an "exhaustive search" police have stopped looking for a man with a rifle reportedly seen near the intersection of...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2012Last comment by gloria, on Jan 24, 2012 at 8:01 pm | 11 comments | 5289 Views
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No fear of drought, for nowThough rain has been scarce over the past few months, Mountain View residents have little reason to fear drought at this...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2012Last comment by Trish, on Jan 21, 2012 at 6:36 am | 4 comments | 4583 Views
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El Camino bus lanes nixed by council, againThe City Council spent two and half hours discussing a plan for dedicated bus rapid transit lanes on El Camino Real on Tuesday,...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2012Last comment by Angela Hey, on Jan 20, 2012 at 4:28 pm | 3 comments | 2271 Views
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Council member wowed by ride in Google's fighter jetCity Council members in Google's hometown may be paid only $500 a month by the city, but Mountain View council member John...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2012Last comment by Bruno, on Jan 20, 2012 at 3:22 pm | 30 comments | 7660 Views
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Weekend, Jan. 21 & 22[http://rba.org/ ==B Music:== The Special Consensus] The Chicago-area bluegrass band The Special Consensus will play a concert...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2012Last comment by randy albin, on Jan 20, 2012 at 1:53 pm | 1 comment | 4392 Views
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World War II vet's heroism honored, 66 years laterIt was Carl Clark's jacket that the U.S. secretary of the Navy pinned the commendation medal on, but Mr. Clark told the hundreds...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2012Last comment by oscar, on Jan 19, 2012 at 8:48 pm | 4 comments | 4766 Views
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Artful framingHellen Hsieh of Mountain View prepares to hang artwork by members of Abilities United at Cafe Zoe in Menlo Park. Hsieh was...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2012Last comment by Abilities United, on Jan 18, 2012 at 11:48 am | 1 comment | 8335 Views
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Police chase ends in Mountain ViewA 23-year-old East Palo Alto man faces an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon charge after allegedly ramming a Palo Alto police...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2012Last comment by Joe, on Jan 17, 2012 at 6:07 pm | 1 comment | 4507 Views
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Pizza deliveryman robbed at gunpointA pizza deliveryman was robbed after dropping off a pizza at an apartment in the 2000 block of California Street on Jan....
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2012Last comment by The Eye, on Jan 17, 2012 at 5:44 pm | 3 comments | 3794 Views
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Jewelry, camera stolen in apartment burglaryJewelry and a camera were reported stolen when an apartment in the 1800 block of Higdon Avenue was burglarized on Jan. 13,...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2012Last comment by , on Jan 16, 2012 at 9:50 pm | 1 comment | 4479 Views
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Fresh & BusyThe new Fresh & Easy grocery store at Rengstorff Avenue and Middlefield Road drew a huge crowd to its opening on Wednesday...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2012Last comment by Palo Altan, on Jan 16, 2012 at 2:55 pm | 7 comments | 4532 Views
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Downed high-voltage lines cause fire near trailer parkResidents of a Mountain View mobile home park near Moffett Field were roused last night by a series of small "explosions,"...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2012Last comment by Mr. Big, on Jan 16, 2012 at 12:36 am | 6 comments | 5363 Views
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Steve Jobs called Mountain View home as a childA childhood friend of Steve Jobs recalls that Silicon Valley's quintessential entrepreneur was partly a product of Mountain...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2011Last comment by Debby F., on Jan 15, 2012 at 7:55 pm | 15 comments | 33244 Views
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Face-biting suspect may just be cheek-pincherPolice now say that the woman suspected of biting two children on the face yesterday may have only pinched their cheeks. Read...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2012Last comment by Sara, on Jan 15, 2012 at 10:38 am | 19 comments | 5513 Views
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Police in armed standoff with 'mentally ill' manNo shots were fired in an armed standoff with a 63-year-old transient man who claimed he had a gun, Mountain View police...
Original post made on Jan. 9, 2012Last comment by James, on Jan 13, 2012 at 8:27 am | 6 comments | 4276 Views
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Council kills request for detailed meeting minutesPlanning commissioners upset about the city ending its practice of keeping a written record of meeting discussions didn't...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2012Last comment by Common Sense, on Jan 12, 2012 at 5:58 pm | 1 comment | 3266 Views
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Local woman to pay medical bills with $1 million lottery prizeMountain View resident Emily Leach had the good fortune to wake up from a tumor-induced coma two years ago, and on Friday...
Original post made on Jan. 10, 2012Last comment by Shelley B, on Jan 11, 2012 at 11:15 pm | 15 comments | 6346 Views
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Police say masseur assaulted sleeping customerPolice have arrested a man practicing massage in Mountain View for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman who fell asleep...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2012Last comment by Old Ben, on Jan 9, 2012 at 12:10 pm | 8 comments | 5502 Views
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