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Grand plans for San Antonio shopping centerThe developer in contract to buy 16 acres of the San Antonio shopping center released conceptual plans on Tuesday that promise...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2009Last comment by jdm, on Feb 4, 2010 at 1:05 pm | 63 comments | 14831 Views
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Prometheus: Lower density proposal won't workCiting new real estate market realities, the developer of a housing project that would replace Minton's Lumber and Supply...
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2010Last comment by Mike R, on Feb 4, 2010 at 12:03 pm | 15 comments | 18248 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Educators show enthusiasm for charter schoolsCharter schools, sometimes a thorn in the side of public school districts, received a pat on the back from none other than...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2010Last comment by MV parent, on Feb 4, 2010 at 12:07 am | 4 comments | 5895 Views
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Feds accuse Lozano's of bilking workersA local car wash has been cheating workers out of their pay on slow business days, the U.S. Department of Labor reported...
Original post made on Apr. 3, 2009Last comment by Jeanine, on Feb 3, 2010 at 8:59 am | 29 comments | 13570 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Navy renews vow to skin Hangar OneCongresswoman Anna Eshoo said Tuesday that a serious plan for reusing Hangar One must be in place if Congress is likely to...
Original post made on Jan. 26, 2010Last comment by Jane B, on Feb 3, 2010 at 1:19 am | 7 comments | 6890 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Obama's budget boosts NASA AmesThe announcement of President Obama's new direction for space exploration has caused rancor in other parts of the country,...
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2010Last comment by ARC contractor, on Feb 3, 2010 at 12:33 am | 2 comments | 7955 Views
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Missing Menlo girl is back safe, police reportJennifer Blair, the Menlo Park teenager who had been missing for more than three weeks, has been found and is home with her...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2010Last comment by Jess, on Feb 2, 2010 at 12:15 pm | 6 comments | 4128 Views
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Police: Would-be burglars tried to run down copPolice say a group of men tried to run over a police officer in their getaway car after attempting to steal liquor from a...
Original post made on Jan. 26, 2010Last comment by Disgusted, on Feb 2, 2010 at 10:51 am | 17 comments | 5227 Views
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City retirees collect pensions, return to workThe cost of city employee pensions has long been a subject of controversy, and that debate was given new life recently after...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2010Last comment by jimmy, on Feb 2, 2010 at 5:06 am | 54 comments | 12750 Views
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Report: Minton's project would decrease trafficDespite downtown neighborhood complaints to the contrary, the 213 apartments proposed to take the place of Minton's Lumber...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2010Last comment by Political Insider, on Feb 1, 2010 at 8:45 pm | 42 comments | 25445 Views
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NCP engineering Launches U.S. Corporation and Establishes Headquarters in San Francisco Bay AreaNCP engineering, VPN and remote access provider, today announced its incorporation as a U.S.- registered business, headquartered...
Original post made by Nicole Miscioscia on Feb. 1, 2010There are no comments yet. 4581 Views
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Simitian: State school budget not reality-basedThis year's state budget for education is the "least reality-based proposal" state Sen. Joe Simitian has seen from the governor...
Original post made on Jan. 26, 2010Last comment by Parent, on Feb 1, 2010 at 10:25 am | 5 comments | 3738 Views
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Armed robbers hit another Mountain View storeA 7-Eleven on California Street is the latest target in a recent string of robberies in Mountain View that police suspect...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2010Last comment by Parent, on Jan 31, 2010 at 9:47 pm | 22 comments | 5358 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Train victim ID'd as recent Gunn High gradA young man who stepped in front of a commuter train near West Meadow Drive in Palo Alto late Friday night has been identified...
Original post made on Jan. 25, 2010Last comment by Elder Farrell M. Smith, Director, Oakland Temple Visitors' Center, on Jan 30, 2010 at 8:35 am | 3 comments | 4512 Views
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Obama plan gives high speed rail $2.25 billionU.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood joined Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer in Washington Thursday to announce...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2010Last comment by Andrew, on Jan 30, 2010 at 1:37 am | 5 comments | 4754 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustees cut back autism workers' hoursAfter two months of union negotiations, trustees of the Mountain View Whisman School District last week voted 3-2 to reduce...
Original post made on Jan. 25, 2010Last comment by Nan Recker, on Jan 29, 2010 at 10:59 am | 4 comments | 5603 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council gets early start on this year's budgetIt's only January, but the City Council and interested residents spent nearly five hours in a public meeting Tuesday night...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2010Last comment by missy, on Jan 29, 2010 at 7:28 am | 2 comments | 4177 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Stolen car crashes in Los Altos, driver fleesAn unidentified driver fled after crashing a stolen car into a tree in a residential Los Altos neighborhood early Sunday...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2010Last comment by anonymous resident, on Jan 28, 2010 at 9:37 pm | 2 comments | 4677 Views
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Local transient attacked with scissorsA dispute between two homeless men living in the Old Ron's Farmhouse building on El Camino Real turned violent when one attacked...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2010Last comment by Clayton, on Jan 28, 2010 at 9:32 pm | 5 comments | 5291 Views
AROUND TOWN
Origin of "Minton's project would decrease traffic" perceptionHere is the specific language in the recent independent Draft MND report predicting that a proposed redevelopment of the...
Original post made by Max Hauser on Jan. 28, 2010There are no comments yet. 5261 Views
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