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Downtown district is out of businessThe California Supreme Court shut down Mountain View's Downtown Revitalization Authority last week along with 400 or so other...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2012Last comment by Rodger, on Jan 7, 2012 at 5:42 pm | 16 comments | 5506 Views
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Abe-Koga drops bid for county supervisorOn Thursday, Mountain View City Council member Margaret Abe-Koga announced that she is ending her campaign for Santa Clara...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2012Last comment by Political Insider, on Jan 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm | 6 comments | 5787 Views
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Filling bellies, and stockings at CSAHoliday shopping can be stressful -- long lines and messy merchandise often take the fun away from gift-giving. But the families...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2012Last comment by Stephan, on Jan 6, 2012 at 9:27 pm | 4 comments | 4941 Views
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Google execs offer to save Hangar One"Why doesn't Google pay for it?" has been the sort of comment often made by those frustrated by the years-long struggle to...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2011Last comment by Tinker Bell, on Jan 5, 2012 at 1:42 pm | 33 comments | 34652 Views
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Will City Council give Mora Drive businesses more time to move?In a quiet corner of Silicon Valley you can find an original Heidelberg press, a marvel from the heyday of mechanical engineering,...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2011Last comment by Garrett, on Jan 3, 2012 at 1:16 pm | 13 comments | 4885 Views
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Officer identified in police car accidentThe Mountain View Police Department has identified the officer that was involved in a traffic accident on Dec. 28. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2011Last comment by Glad I Wasn't There, on Dec 30, 2011 at 4:13 pm | 12 comments | 5693 Views
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TV and computer taken from burgled homeA television and a computer were taken when a home in the 900 block of Farley Street was burglarized, police said. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2011Last comment by The Eye, on Dec 30, 2011 at 10:45 am | 4 comments | 4110 Views
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Police car crash on E. Middlefield near Whisman Wed. nightAnyone know what has been going on? Looks like a car chase maybe. Many police cars around and eastbound Middlefield blocked...
Original post made by Jes\\\' Sayin\\\' on Dec. 28, 2011Last comment by Jes' Sayin', on Dec 28, 2011 at 11:13 pm | 2 comments | 3089 Views
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Police release sketch of burglary suspectPolice have released a sketch of a suspect in a Dec. 8 burglary, and are asking for the public's help in solving the case. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2011Last comment by , on Dec 28, 2011 at 4:11 pm | 5 comments | 4879 Views
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NASA report: New Hangar One skin cheaper than demolitionCongress take note: a new NASA report says that demolishing Moffett Field icon Hangar One is more costly than replacing its...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2011Last comment by Bill Hough, on Dec 24, 2011 at 11:04 am | 7 comments | 4741 Views
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Police release sketch of burglary suspectMountain View police have released a sketch of the man they believe burglarized the home of an elderly Mountain View woman...
Original post made on Dec. 24, 2011Last comment by , on Dec 24, 2011 at 7:50 am | 9 comments | 3926 Views
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Burglar breaks into garage while family sleepsSome costume jewelry was taken out of the garage of a home in the 2300 block of Jane Lane during a burglary, which police...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2011Last comment by mtnview, on Dec 23, 2011 at 4:03 pm | 14 comments | 4392 Views
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Marshals, helicopter hunt man in Mountain ViewOfficers from the Mountain View and Menlo Park police departments and a helicopter crew assisted United States marshals in...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2011Last comment by Thom, on Dec 22, 2011 at 3:47 pm | 20 comments | 5038 Views
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'Self-healing' proponent to speak in Mountain ViewAfter a series of unsuccessful surgeries during his childhood failed to fix his severe cataracts, doctors told Meir Schneider...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2011Last comment by robert, on Dec 22, 2011 at 3:33 pm | 4 comments | 11548 Views
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Dittmer's begins remodeling new locationDittmer Bubert, founder of the longtime Mountain View butcher shop and deli Dittmer's Gourmet Meats and Wurst-Haus, has started...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2011Last comment by Editor, on Dec 20, 2011 at 6:16 pm | 5 comments | 5937 Views
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Police release sketch of burglary suspectMountain View police have released a sketch of the man they believe burglarized the home of an elderly Mountain View woman...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2011Last comment by Thom, on Dec 20, 2011 at 2:16 pm | 7 comments | 3715 Views
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Flood of development proposals get council supportThe demolition underway at San Antonio Shopping center may soon extend to California Street, thanks to a property acquisition...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2011Last comment by Garrett, on Dec 20, 2011 at 12:17 pm | 8 comments | 5020 Views
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Update: NASA sitting on offer to save Hangar OneCongresswoman Anna Eshoo is among those wondering why NASA headquarters is not responding to a proposal from Google's founders...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2011Last comment by Doug Pearson, on Dec 19, 2011 at 9:26 pm | 9 comments | 10786 Views
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City may hire more staff to handle Google's growthIllustrating just how much Google plans to grow in future years, the City Council is set to vote Tuesday night on whether...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2011Last comment by Thom, on Dec 19, 2011 at 4:35 pm | 4 comments | 4413 Views
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City to hire staff to handle Google's growthIllustrating just how much Google plans to grow in future years, the City Council voted Tuesday night to take $255,000 up...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2011Last comment by funny, on Dec 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm | 7 comments | 4646 Views
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