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Sal Khan, teacher to the worldCan a hedge-fund guy find fame, fortune and fulfillment as a social entrepreneur? Meet Salman Khan of Mountain View, an MIT-trained...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2011Last comment by Charles Lai, on Jul 21, 2011 at 4:25 pm | 8 comments | 10309 Views
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Parents fed up with school district's wait listMore than 170 would-be elementary and middle school students have been placed on the Mountain View Whisman School District's...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2011Last comment by Elaine, on Jul 21, 2011 at 6:20 am | 35 comments | 10465 Views
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'Human directionals' becoming more commonSign-spinning advertisements, also known as "human directionals," are frequent sights on street corners throughout the Midpeninsula....
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2010Last comment by Lorie, on Jul 19, 2011 at 5:05 pm | 8 comments | 6892 Views
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Foothill officials lament 'missed opportunity' on CubberleyAs Foothill College prepares for an eventual exit from Palo Alto, college officials expressed regret they could not reach...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2011Last comment by greycat, on Jul 17, 2011 at 6:31 pm | 7 comments | 6199 Views
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MV Whisman district finances looking rosierThe Mountain View Whisman School District anticipates having more money next school year than it had in 2010-11, thanks to...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2011Last comment by jane, on Jul 15, 2011 at 3:34 pm | 2 comments | 1871 Views
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Fun on the FourthWith the approach of the Fourth of July comes an opportunity to reflect: on what liberty means, on what a nation is, the...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2011Last comment by L, on Jul 15, 2011 at 10:49 am | 3 comments | 5729 Views
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Voice launches community membership campaignThe Voice has launched a campaign to secure a healthy future for local journalism by asking readers to begin paying for a...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2011Last comment by Where will the money go?, on Jul 15, 2011 at 9:45 am | 22 comments | 4715 Views
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AT&T pushes for lots of small 4G antennasTo feed the city's data hungry smart-phone users, the case was presented to the City Council Tuesday for installing a network...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2011Last comment by maguro_01, on Jul 15, 2011 at 2:25 am | 13 comments | 8965 Views
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Cities to study big trail extensionWith Sunnyvale and Los Altos finally stepping up to extend the Stevens Creek Trail closer to the Stevens Creek reservoir,...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2011Last comment by sooner the better, on Jul 13, 2011 at 1:58 pm | 16 comments | 4910 Views
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Man robs woman of necklaceA woman was robbed of her gold necklace on the evening of July 7 in the 2000 block of Latham Street, police said. Read...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2011Last comment by Jenn, on Jul 13, 2011 at 12:58 pm | 23 comments | 4820 Views
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Couple return home to burglary in progressA Mountain View couple came home in the middle of a burglary Sunday afternoon, police said. About $4,000 in jewelry, electronics...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2011Last comment by Ron, on Jul 13, 2011 at 10:18 am | 10 comments | 4880 Views
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Pulitzer Prize winner from MV outs his illegal statusJose Vargas, former Mountain View High school student and top American journalist, has outed himself as an undocumented immigrant...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2011Last comment by Hardin, on Jul 13, 2011 at 9:58 am | 84 comments | 8455 Views
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Cha-cha-chattingCheryl Burke discusses her new book and experiences as a professional dancer on the TV show "Dancing with the Stars" during...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2011Last comment by Mr. Rogers, on Jul 12, 2011 at 10:20 pm | 2 comments | 4198 Views
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Cities to study big trail extensionWith Sunnyvale and Los Altos finally stepping up to extend the Stevens Creek Trail closer to the Stevens Creek reservoir,...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2011Last comment by Rossta, on Jul 12, 2011 at 1:52 pm | 3 comments | 3464 Views
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Have shovel, will playMax Zetlitz of Norway gets into his work at Rengstorff Park's soggy sand-play area on July 5. The 3-year-old didn't seem...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2011Last comment by Ed, on Jul 12, 2011 at 6:32 am | 2 comments | 3942 Views
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Apartment on Latham Street burglarizedJewelry was stolen when an apartment in the 1900 block of Latham Street was burglarized sometime between 8 a.m. and 2:30...
Original post made on Nov. 9, 2010Last comment by willow, on Jul 11, 2011 at 3:27 pm | 3 comments | 4890 Views
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Google takes a lashing over bridge ideaCity council members acted as the protective parents of the Stevens Creek trail Tuesday as Google pitched a plan for a pair...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2011Last comment by eric, on Jul 9, 2011 at 9:30 pm | 43 comments | 11145 Views
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Guest opinion: My hometown hero, Jose VargasIt's here. It's finally here, I thought to myself. Wall posts bombarded the Facebook profile with "thank yous" for his bravery...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2011Last comment by Anonymous, on Jul 9, 2011 at 1:22 pm | 67 comments | 31906 Views
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Tonight: Council set for final vote on Mayfield projectThe City Council may finally approve the large, 250-unit housing project at 100 Mayfield Avenue this evening, though concerns...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2011Last comment by gc, on Jul 9, 2011 at 10:17 am | 2 comments | 4317 Views
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Caltrain to mount cameras on front of trainsVideo cameras mounted on the fronts of locomotives could be installed by Caltrain in August, pending a clarification of how...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2011Last comment by tommygee54, on Jul 8, 2011 at 4:03 pm | 3 comments | 4523 Views
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