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Mountain View API scores are on the riseThe Mountain View-Los Altos High School District's API score -- which ranks California schools based on their students' performance...
Original post made on May. 16, 2010Last comment by Jack Resnick, on May 31, 2010 at 7:25 pm | 3 comments | 6296 Views
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A Stanford engineering degree -- and no jobMountain View resident Chad Bowling, 23, never thought he would fall a victim to the down economy. Read the full story...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2010Last comment by Lorin, on May 30, 2010 at 10:41 pm | 6 comments | 3798 Views
OTHER ISSUES
MerchantCircle pays $900,000 in consumer caseA Mountain View-based Internet social-networking company for small businesses will pay $900,000 in a settlement of a consumer-protection...
Original post made on May. 30, 2010Last comment by Tim Stevens, on May 30, 2010 at 9:27 pm | 1 comment | 4409 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City on property buying spree?The city might purchase property at four different downtown locations, including the historic building on Castro Street which...
Original post made on May. 24, 2010Last comment by Andrew, on May 30, 2010 at 11:44 am | 21 comments | 6514 Views
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Local veteran honored for helping injured vetsDom Garofano, a 40-year Mountain View resident, was honored this week by the Paralyzed Veterans of America for his "longstanding...
Original post made on May. 29, 2010Last comment by Old Soldier, on May 29, 2010 at 6:10 pm | 2 comments | 4113 Views
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Police give up pay raises for a yearWith just a few weeks left to patch a $4.3 million general fund deficit, the city's police have agreed to go without regular...
Original post made on May. 27, 2010Last comment by Sad, on May 29, 2010 at 4:05 pm | 3 comments | 3361 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Kids get a taste of colonial life at Bubb School"Join the navy!" shout two boys clad in cavalier shirts and tri-cornered hats. They stand at the entrance to WilliamsBubb,...
Original post made on May. 28, 2010Last comment by Rick Van Mell, on May 28, 2010 at 5:13 pm | 2 comments | 11044 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman turns down Race to the Top fundsOfficials for the Mountain View Whisman school district decided that they'd rather sit out the Race to the Top. On May 20,...
Original post made on May. 25, 2010Last comment by localmom, on May 28, 2010 at 2:10 pm | 17 comments | 6333 Views
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Reward offered in Mountain View cat shootingThe Palo Alto Humane Society is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot a cat...
Original post made on May. 26, 2010Last comment by catmando, on May 28, 2010 at 11:29 am | 11 comments | 4782 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City digs the trench solutionIf 125-mile-per-hour electric trains are going to whoosh through town as planned by the California High Speed Rail Authority,...
Original post made on May. 27, 2010Last comment by Steve, on May 28, 2010 at 8:16 am | 5 comments | 3454 Views
OTHER ISSUES
State high court hears Google age discrimination caseA former top executive at Google Inc. who claims he was fired because he didn't fit in with the Internet giant's youthful...
Original post made on May. 27, 2010Last comment by Jes' Sayin', on May 27, 2010 at 9:59 pm | 3 comments | 4648 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Angela Lyon named new Stevenson principalLongtime Mountain View educator Angela Lyon has been named the new principal of Stevenson Elementary School in Mountain View. Read...
Original post made on May. 13, 2010Last comment by Monta Loma parent, on May 27, 2010 at 8:40 pm | 6 comments | 5493 Views
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Evandale complex invigoratedThe large, run-down apartment complex at 291 Evandale Ave. may no longer be a headache for neighbors thanks to a City Council-approved...
Original post made on May. 27, 2010Last comment by Mr. DePortum, on May 27, 2010 at 8:20 pm | 1 comment | 3970 Views
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A rewarding bit of doodlingIf you check Google's [http://www.google.com/ homepage] today, May 27, instead of the company's trademark logo, you'll see...
Original post made on May. 27, 2010Last comment by NeHi, on May 27, 2010 at 6:04 pm | 1 comment | 4727 Views
OTHER ISSUES
VTA inches toward faster Mountain View light rail serviceTaking light rail from Mountain View to San Jose could be much faster under plans in the works at the Valley Transportation...
Original post made on May. 26, 2010Last comment by Jack, on May 27, 2010 at 4:03 pm | 7 comments | 5695 Views
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Cops crack down on seatbelt scofflawsThe stakes for driving without a seatbelt are going up. Fines for not wearing your seatbelt are increasing as part of Califonia's...
Original post made on May. 24, 2010Last comment by Jim, on May 26, 2010 at 10:14 pm | 13 comments | 4091 Views
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Council "underwhelmed" by San Antonio Center plansOn Tuesday, half of the City Council was "underwhelmed" by the latest plan to redevelop an important 11 acre piece of San...
Original post made on May. 21, 2010Last comment by Jim, on May 26, 2010 at 10:12 pm | 4 comments | 3503 Views
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Posh Bagel founders arrested on allegations of insurance fraudThe owner and founder of several Bay Area bakeries has been arrested on suspicion of failing to report employee injuries...
Original post made on May. 3, 2010Last comment by insurance quotes, on May 26, 2010 at 2:40 pm | 27 comments | 5359 Views
OTHER ISSUES
State Supreme Court to hear Google age-bias caseAn age discrimination case against Mountain View-based Google will be argued before the California Supreme Court at a hearing...
Original post made on May. 25, 2010Last comment by Leila, on May 26, 2010 at 10:58 am | 2 comments | 4848 Views
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Council supports three-story condos at 333 RengstorffThe City Council gave thumbs up to a high-density condo project last week after a developer spent years improving on a previously...
Original post made on May. 25, 2010Last comment by bill, on May 26, 2010 at 6:36 am | 2 comments | 3186 Views
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