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HSR station: where will it fit?A rough outline of what a high-speed rail station would look like in downtown Mountain View is starting to take shape, and...
Original post made on Aug. 5, 2010Last comment by Uncle Choo Choo, on Aug 12, 2010 at 2:02 am | 5 comments | 3488 Views
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Rail Authority drops tunnel, trench optionsDeep tunnels and covered trenches have been dropped as alternatives for the Mountain View and Midpeninsula portion of the...
Original post made on Aug. 5, 2010Last comment by Robert McGinn, on Aug 11, 2010 at 3:35 pm | 21 comments | 4743 Views
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Leadership Mountain View is accepting applications for the Class of 2011The application deadline to apply for Leadership Mountain View has been extended to Monday, August 16, 2010. In its 20+...
Original post made by Leadership Mountain View on Aug. 11, 2010There are no comments yet. 3093 Views
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'Following' foodVince Guasch, who runs The Louisiana Territory, a Mountain View-based food truck, says social networks, such as Facebook...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2010Last comment by Michael Montaño, on Aug 10, 2010 at 9:17 pm | 6 comments | 6698 Views
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Sunnyvale boots Buddy's, pot club lands in San JoseThe pot club forced to close by the city of Mountain View last month met a similar fate rather quickly in Sunnyvale and is...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2010Last comment by USA, on Aug 9, 2010 at 11:22 pm | 12 comments | 5347 Views
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Downtown march celebrates Proposition 8 rulingGay rights advocates gathered at the Mountain View Caltrain station this evening to celebrate the decision delivered by a...
Original post made on Aug. 5, 2010Last comment by Russ, on Aug 9, 2010 at 7:47 pm | 26 comments | 5597 Views
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No place like demolished homeLoretta Pangrac is still looking for a new home after hers was demolished in November by a city concerned that her roof was...
Original post made on Aug. 5, 2010Last comment by Whatever, on Aug 7, 2010 at 2:23 pm | 4 comments | 4104 Views
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Google-Verizon deal raises Congresswoman Eshoo's eyebrowsNews about a potentially game-changing deal between Mountain View's Google and Verizon has caught the attention of local...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2010Last comment by dfb, on Aug 6, 2010 at 5:42 pm | 4 comments | 5111 Views
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City examining site of fatal accidentTrees, swaying lightly in the cool breeze, line the sidewalk and median strip of California Street at its intersection with...
Original post made on Jul. 28, 2010Last comment by NeHi, on Aug 5, 2010 at 9:31 pm | 43 comments | 7224 Views
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Almost doneConstruction worker Jose Oriana sorts through leftover drywall inside the city's new day worker center at 113 Escuela Ave....
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2010Last comment by Thom, on Aug 4, 2010 at 4:19 pm | 17 comments | 4934 Views
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More than 100 video games swipedA Playstation 3, more than 100 video games and an Acer laptop computer were stolen from a Mountain View apartment sometime...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2010Last comment by John the Man, on Aug 3, 2010 at 5:11 pm | 4 comments | 3835 Views
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Museum adds 'beautiful' MacPaint code to collectionThe source code for MacPaint -- the seminal Apple computer illustration program, which helped change the way people thought...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2010Last comment by Steve Schramm, on Aug 3, 2010 at 2:51 pm | 1 comment | 4240 Views
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Developer threatens lawsuit against cityThe city of Mountain View is bracing for a lawsuit from developer John Mozart after his lawyers sent a letter in October...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2009Last comment by Jared, on Aug 2, 2010 at 2:51 pm | 18 comments | 7945 Views
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A vision emerges for the city's futureThe residents who filled the City Council chambers Saturday morning for the most part did not oppose plans for taller buildings,...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2010Last comment by Political Insider, on Aug 2, 2010 at 12:08 am | 17 comments | 4232 Views
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Moffett guards nearly killed by 'gate runner'NASA has confirmed that a driver moving at high speed plowed through Moffett Field's main gate last Friday night, nearly...
Original post made on Oct. 20, 2009Last comment by MoonGuy, on Aug 1, 2010 at 2:32 pm | 14 comments | 3904 Views
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City approves $14 million for new trail crossingsThe City Council approved highway over-crossings for the Stevens Creek and Permanente Creek trails on Tuesday. Read the...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2010Last comment by Tom, on Jul 31, 2010 at 12:09 pm | 2 comments | 3609 Views
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Teachers 're-energize' in the real worldNext year, when Marisa DaSilva's students ask her, in exasperation, how they will ==I ever== use the things she is teaching...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2010Last comment by Tom, on Jul 31, 2010 at 12:03 pm | 1 comment | 4144 Views
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80-year-old killed in hit and run accidentAn 80-year-old Mountain View man is dead and a Saratoga woman is in custody after a hit-and-run accident on Monday evening,...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2010Last comment by Tom, on Jul 31, 2010 at 12:00 pm | 40 comments | 6762 Views
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Burglars nab safes from two businessesPolice are investigating two burglaries at the Best Bite and India Fresh restaurants in Mountain View. Read the full story...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2010Last comment by mark, on Jul 31, 2010 at 7:20 am | 4 comments | 3838 Views
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Council agrees, employees are overpaidA recent Civil Grand Jury report that slams local cities for overcompensating their employees was largely met with agreement...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2010Last comment by curious, on Jul 30, 2010 at 10:08 pm | 2 comments | 3336 Views
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