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Sandy Springs, GA: The city of the futureSandy Springs, GA: The city of the future 4/21/2011 3:52:17 PM by Jo-Lynn Brown Filed under: private sector, public workers,...
Original post made by JUST THINK ABOUT IT on May. 16, 2011Last comment by , on May 16, 2011 at 4:53 pm | 1 comment | 3732 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Teenage girl hits officer with his own batonA teenage girl was punched by her arresting officer Monday after she took the officer's baton and struck him repeatedly with...
Original post made on May. 10, 2011Last comment by The Eye, on May 16, 2011 at 2:51 pm | 17 comments | 5547 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
French After-school Class in Bubb Elementary SchoolEFBA (“Education Française” in the Bay Area, a non-profit organization) is offering French After-school Classes in a...
Original post made by EFBA-Bubb on May. 15, 2011Last comment by Nic, on May 16, 2011 at 12:53 pm | 1 comment | 4842 Views
AROUND TOWN
A worker for a dayWith a 1,500 square-foot backyard, including a small orchard of apricot, nectarine and apple trees, a large vegetable patch,...
Original post made on May. 13, 2011Last comment by Observer, on May 15, 2011 at 8:09 am | 4 comments | 3602 Views
AROUND TOWN
Towed car case costs city $15,000A police traffic stop that left two women and four children on the side of the road, spurring the city to revise its towing...
Original post made on May. 11, 2011Last comment by Mr. Big, on May 15, 2011 at 1:33 am | 41 comments | 6576 Views
AROUND TOWN
Code inspectors reveal illegal, unsafe side of the cityCity code inspectors gave a tour through some of the worst code violations in Mountain View, including storage lockers being...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2011Last comment by "Eleudora", on May 14, 2011 at 9:28 am | 16 comments | 6300 Views
OTHER ISSUES
El Camino Hospital names interim CEOEl Camino Hospital has named an interim CEO to serve in the place of departing CEO Ken Graham until a permanent replacement...
Original post made on May. 12, 2011Last comment by Son_of_LOL, on May 13, 2011 at 8:44 pm | 6 comments | 5309 Views
OTHER ISSUES
MV's Firebird Dance Studio takes flightAt the Firebird Dance Studio in Mountain View on a late Sunday afternoon, men leap across the stage doing a valiant shepherd...
Original post made on May. 13, 2011Last comment by Know-It-All, on May 13, 2011 at 8:36 pm | 1 comment | 7247 Views
OTHER ISSUES
El Camino employees defend GrahamTwo El Camino Hospital employees recently collected more than 250 signatures on a petition calling for Chief Executive Officer...
Original post made on May. 12, 2011Last comment by Digger, on May 13, 2011 at 2:43 pm | 4 comments | 6672 Views
OTHER ISSUES
KMVT executive director announces retirementLocal television station KMVT will soon bid farewell to Executive Director Brian Szabo after six years at the station. Read...
Original post made on May. 12, 2011Last comment by lindaloo, on May 13, 2011 at 10:27 am | 3 comments | 5233 Views
RESTAURANTS
Fast food, Indian-styleI love food that bites back. Not blister-the-lips, scorch-the-tongue, sweat-on-the-brow hot, mind you, but well-spiced fare...
Original post made on May. 13, 2011Last comment by A. Reader, on May 13, 2011 at 4:11 am | 1 comment | 5789 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Report: Strip power from California rail authorityCalifornia's proposed high-speed-rail system is facing potentially crippling threats from looming federal deadlines and weak...
Original post made on May. 10, 2011Last comment by Seer, on May 13, 2011 at 12:24 am | 11 comments | 6322 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Blackberry stolen from car in garageA Blackberry cell phone was stolen from a car parked in the garage of a Mountain View townhouse in the early hours of May...
Original post made on May. 11, 2011Last comment by Heartfulart, on May 12, 2011 at 9:03 pm | 10 comments | 5050 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council: what to do with $30 million from Google?Now that Google has agreed to pay for a $30 million land lease up front, laying off city employees to fix the city's budget...
Original post made on May. 5, 2011Last comment by Diane Dropik, on May 12, 2011 at 4:35 pm | 2 comments | 3565 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Board affirms superintendent choice with unanimous voteThe Menlo Park City School District board unanimously approved a three-year contract Tuesday night that will install Maurice...
Original post made on May. 12, 2011Last comment by concerned, on May 12, 2011 at 4:04 pm | 3 comments | 6446 Views
OTHER ISSUES
'Direct primary care' practice cuts costsA new primary care practice, which promises patients highly affordable care without any of the hassles often associated with...
Original post made on May. 10, 2011Last comment by Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson, on May 12, 2011 at 2:50 pm | 6 comments | 5185 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Will I get in? Can I afford it?Applying to college has always been both exciting and exhausting. In 2011, however, with peers boasting on Facebook, unprecedented...
Original post made on May. 9, 2011Last comment by Proud Slug, on May 12, 2011 at 12:13 pm | 8 comments | 8959 Views
OTHER ISSUES
PG&E finds no leaks in Mountain View gas linePG&E workers found no leaks in 1.5 miles of gas pipeline subjected to eight hours of pressure testing in Mountain View on...
Original post made on May. 10, 2011Last comment by fancydev2010, on May 11, 2011 at 10:10 pm | 4 comments | 4653 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Schools to require new vaccine for pertussisStarting this fall, California public and private schools will require students in grades 7 through 12 to have a booster...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2011Last comment by Parent, on May 11, 2011 at 5:48 pm | 5 comments | 5310 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Bleeding man found lying on apartment stepsPolice found a man bleeding from a "large laceration" on the back of his head, lying down on the steps of an apartment complex...
Original post made on May. 9, 2011Last comment by MTV, on May 11, 2011 at 4:17 pm | 16 comments | 5441 Views
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