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SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD to send out 45 pink slipsForty-five employees in the Los Altos School District will be let go this spring as the district tries to deal with over...
Original post made on Mar. 5, 2009Last comment by Barack, on Sep 25, 2009 at 2:25 pm | 7 comments | 5927 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Last Namesake of Lawson's Grocery DiesThank you for your article on the passing of my father, Don Lawson. I felt like you captured the fact that he was a man of...
Original post made by Beth Lawson-Hyland on Sep. 24, 2009There are no comments yet. 4237 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'No Child' law finally catches up with local schoolsSchools in Mountain View have cause to both celebrate academic achievement and take action for improvement after the release...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2009Last comment by James, on Sep 24, 2009 at 4:03 pm | 3 comments | 4476 Views
AROUND TOWN
CSA honors this year's 'Hometown Heroes'Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills community members joined together last Friday morning to honor the Community...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2009Last comment by CSA, on Sep 24, 2009 at 3:43 pm | 2 comments | 4917 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'No Child' law finally catches up with schoolsSchools in Mountain View have cause to both celebrate academic achievement and take action for improvement after the release...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2009Last comment by Monita, on Sep 23, 2009 at 4:52 pm | 16 comments | 6016 Views
AROUND TOWN
City official explains bad odorThere have been a number of complaints about a mysterious rotten egg smell all over town, which turns out to be the smell...
Original post made on Sep. 17, 2009Last comment by Ed, on Sep 23, 2009 at 8:32 am | 8 comments | 11984 Views
AROUND TOWN
City holds last of General Plan meetingsThe final neighborhood meeting this year for the city's General Plan update had 45 residents and business owners seriously...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2009Last comment by Jeff C, on Sep 22, 2009 at 2:44 pm | 1 comment | 4240 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police: Roommate attacked with wooden swordPolice say a 79-year-old man was assaulted by his 26-year-old roommate wielding a traditional Japanese wooden sword. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2009Last comment by Jason Harden, on Sep 22, 2009 at 11:58 am | 3 comments | 4553 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Letters to the Editor<B>Cuesta Park plan true to public input Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=5454 posted...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009Last comment by Don Frances, on Sep 21, 2009 at 6:25 pm | 12 comments | 4197 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Interplast receives $50,000 grantTwo hundred impoverished children will undergo reconstructive surgeries next year thanks to a $50,000 grant to Interplast,...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2009Last comment by Diana, on Sep 21, 2009 at 5:19 pm | 2 comments | 4383 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Police find marijuana in suspect's dreadlocksA traffic stop by Palo Alto police for an expired vehicle registration led to the multi-felony arrest of a Mountain View...
Original post made on Sep. 17, 2009Last comment by NW Resident, on Sep 21, 2009 at 9:28 am | 9 comments | 5629 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Suit claims Target dumped hazardous wasteA lawsuit was filed against Target Corporation on Monday by the California Attorney General and 19 district attorneys, including...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2009Last comment by cynic, on Sep 20, 2009 at 11:26 pm | 5 comments | 5643 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Varied policies on president's school speechAs controversy over President Barack Obama's address to students last week flared up across the country, administrators in...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009Last comment by SG, on Sep 20, 2009 at 9:47 pm | 12 comments | 5752 Views
AROUND TOWN
City considers bold new transit systemSomeday in Mountain View's not-too-distant future, driverless electric vehicles could whisk passengers between the downtown...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2009Last comment by Dickster, on Sep 20, 2009 at 5:51 pm | 1 comment | 3248 Views
OTHER ISSUES
High speed rail 'teach-in' SaturdayThe city of Palo Alto will host a six-hour workshop on the California High Speed Rail project on Saturday designed to teach...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2009Last comment by Mike Laursen, on Sep 19, 2009 at 10:39 pm | 2 comments | 4610 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Fate of Hangar One now rests with White HouseUnable to resolve their differences over how to pay for the restoration of historic Hangar One at Moffett Field, the Navy...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2009Last comment by Aviator, on Sep 19, 2009 at 12:49 pm | 8 comments | 6480 Views
AROUND TOWN
Smiling faces at 38th Art & Wine FestivalMichelle Buretz has her caricature drawn by artist John Pearson at the Art & Wine Festival in downtown Mountain View on Sunday,...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2009Last comment by Anna, on Sep 19, 2009 at 9:59 am | 3 comments | 4516 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Expo offers glimpse at future of transportationA local company imagines a day when computer-controlled electric vehicles will become the default mode of public transportation,...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2009Last comment by Dickster, on Sep 18, 2009 at 10:46 pm | 11 comments | 14540 Views
AROUND TOWN
The greywater solutionFacing an ongoing drought in California, the state government has passed an emergency bill to make it feasible for Californians...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2009Last comment by Sarah, on Sep 17, 2009 at 9:56 pm | 2 comments | 6384 Views
AROUND TOWN
Why is there a low-tide smell in the air latelyIs it wafting from low-tide at Shoreline? Or is it a problem with sewers and creeks? What happened to the clean fresh night...
Original post made by Roan on Sep. 16, 2009There are no comments yet. 3583 Views
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