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AROUND TOWN
City, unions agree to cut $1.5M in pay raisesNew contracts with two of its major unions are expected to save the city $1.5 million over the next two years, though an...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2009Last comment by Dave Williams, on Jul 17, 2009 at 2:14 pm | 8 comments | 6562 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Summer camps see shrinking enrollmentFor the last 18 years, Jeff Gamble's summer camps have filled up on the first day of registration in February, months before...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2009Last comment by Para, on Jul 17, 2009 at 9:41 am | 1 comment | 4453 Views
OTHER ISSUES
El Camino settles on $618 million budgetInvesting heavily in the recently acquired Los Gatos hospital, El Camino Hospital board members have approved a $618 million...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2009Last comment by Resident, on Jul 17, 2009 at 1:27 am | 2 comments | 4898 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto's JJ&F threatens move to Mtn ViewAn owner of Palo Alto's beloved JJ&F grocery store told the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night that unless they move...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2009Last comment by Ron Seward, on Jul 16, 2009 at 5:50 pm | 17 comments | 6505 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Whisman trustees contemplate magnet modelAs elementary school trustees talked this week about what they want the district to look like within the next decade, some...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2009Last comment by a voter, on Jul 16, 2009 at 4:57 pm | 6 comments | 5102 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVHS graduate gets $20K medical scholarshipThe Palo Alto Medical Foundation has given Eduardo Bent, a recent Mountain View High School graduate who wants to become...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2009Last comment by kanan krishnan, on Jul 15, 2009 at 11:54 pm | 2 comments | 6321 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Accused soccer coach pleads not guiltyPedro Carbajal, the Mountain View soccer coach who was arrested last February on charges of molesting two girls, pleaded...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2009Last comment by concerned citizen, on Jul 15, 2009 at 3:10 pm | 10 comments | 6032 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Navy's plan for Hangar One slammedFrustration with the Navy's plan to leave Moffett Field's iconic Hangar One as a bare skeletal frame reached a boiling point...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2009Last comment by Katherine, on Jul 15, 2009 at 2:43 pm | 9 comments | 6247 Views
ELECTIONS
Gov hopeful Campbell: State needs gas taxRepublican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Campbell on Thursday called for budget cuts and a temporary gas tax to close California's...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2009Last comment by USA, on Jul 15, 2009 at 11:32 am | 22 comments | 8524 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Study: Bay Area bears weight of obesityRampant obesity is costing Bay Area businesses and taxpayers more than $9 billion a year, according to a new study from a...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2009Last comment by Mike Laursen, on Jul 14, 2009 at 11:00 pm | 3 comments | 5479 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Train Depot set to become a wine barIt took seven years, but the City Council has finally found a use for downtown's replica 1888 Train Depot after picking a...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2009Last comment by RICK JARA, on Jul 14, 2009 at 4:00 pm | 43 comments | 9116 Views
OTHER ISSUES
El Camino Los Gatos sees its first patientEarl Farabaugh and his family did not know El Camino Los Gatos Hospital had reopened when they drove by on Sunday. But the...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2009Last comment by Varsity Park/Blossom Valley, on Jul 14, 2009 at 3:57 pm | 1 comment | 5462 Views
AROUND TOWN
Grand plans for San AntonioThe 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. 10, 2009Last comment by J. Ravanelli, on Jul 13, 2009 at 2:46 pm | 12 comments | 4063 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Local agencies dodge state IOUsDespite concerns that state-issued IOUs would hurt already struggling schools and community agencies, locally many of these...
Original post made on Jul. 10, 2009Last comment by Will Joseph, on Jul 10, 2009 at 11:15 pm | 1 comment | 4121 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fireworks show returns to ShorelineAll over the Peninsula, cities will be celebrating the Fourth of July with fireworks, parades and other events though the...
Original post made on Jul. 4, 2009Last comment by sue, on Jul 10, 2009 at 9:05 am | 11 comments | 7603 Views
AROUND TOWN
El Camino Hospitals now smoke-free zonesEl Camino Hospitals — there are two of them now, one in Mountain View and one in Los Gatos — have officially...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2009Last comment by Old Ben, on Jul 9, 2009 at 11:37 pm | 5 comments | 4774 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New principal selected for PACTThe Mountain View Whisman School District has selected the first principal to run PACT — the popular parent participation...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2009Last comment by Huff Parent, on Jul 9, 2009 at 9:16 pm | 42 comments | 7287 Views
AROUND TOWN
No-Name Neighborhood Zones in Mountain View?I've lived and owned a house in Mountain View for four and a half years now, and every year that the Voice puts out the...
Original post made by Margaret on Jun. 29, 2009Last comment by eric, on Jul 9, 2009 at 12:44 pm | 6 comments | 4227 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local debaters bring home national honorsFour local high school students and a coach returned this month from a national speech and debate competition with medals,...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2009Last comment by MVHS parent, on Jul 9, 2009 at 9:09 am | 2 comments | 5178 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Developers interested in NASA Research ParkFour major real estate developers have expressed interest in developing a nearly three million-square-foot research park...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2009Last comment by eric, on Jul 8, 2009 at 10:13 pm | 5 comments | 6640 Views
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