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ELECTIONS
Worker Center submits plans for new buildingThe Day Worker Center of Mountain View has submitted plans to the city for a remodel of its new headquarters at 113 Escuela...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2008Last comment by EFMohammedMartinez, on Dec 2, 2008 at 7:37 pm | 10 comments | 7079 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Classroom lamentWho are the students in an "average classroom" in California? Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=4672...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2008Last comment by Randall Flagg, on Dec 2, 2008 at 7:16 pm | 3 comments | 5136 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Left Behind: The future of NCLBDespite a six-year effort to overhaul education at the state and federal levels, the country is still "in trouble" educationally,...
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2008Last comment by Peter Herbert, on Dec 2, 2008 at 8:42 am | 4 comments | 6213 Views
AROUND TOWN
New 99 Ranch to open on Grant RoadAn entirely different kind of supermarket is set to take up residence where the old Nob Hill used to be at the newly renovated...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2008Last comment by JNN, on Dec 1, 2008 at 8:03 pm | 3 comments | 5731 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council approves vision for the city's futureAfter months of workshops where some 800 residents shared their hopes and dreams of how their city should grow, a planning...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2008Last comment by , on Dec 1, 2008 at 6:50 pm | 1 comment | 5607 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Spanish-language signs defacedElementary school district officials are angry over the act of a vandal or vandals who stole some of the district's Spanish-language...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2008Last comment by EFMohammedMartinez, on Nov 30, 2008 at 9:40 pm | 87 comments | 11764 Views
AROUND TOWN
Home sales buck downward trendWhile the median price of a home has decreased in Mountain View over the last year, the number of home sales has gone up. Read...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2008Last comment by Mrs. Kline, on Nov 30, 2008 at 4:54 pm | 8 comments | 2779 Views
AROUND TOWN
Anyone know why there is a power outage in Waverly ParkIt started about 12:30pm and 2 hours later we are still without power....
Original post made by Dark Wave on Nov. 25, 2008Last comment by GSB, on Nov 25, 2008 at 2:30 pm | 1 comment | 4592 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Schools' improvements lag with financial helpEvery year, Latino, English language learners, and low-income students are tested in local schools, and every year they fall...
Original post made on Nov. 21, 2008Last comment by John, on Nov 25, 2008 at 12:58 pm | 4 comments | 7070 Views
AROUND TOWN
Condo project fails, leaving eyesore behindApparently unable to get a bank loan, the owner of an aging apartment building at 291 Evandale Ave. has given up on a plan...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2008Last comment by Hitchman, on Nov 22, 2008 at 5:06 pm | 2 comments | 5335 Views
ELECTIONS
Surprise turnaround for BART measureBART proponents and opponents have been on the edge of their seats over the last few weeks, watching to see whether Measure...
Original post made on Nov. 21, 2008Last comment by Bart Only-Taker, on Nov 21, 2008 at 7:42 pm | 1 comment | 6453 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Even if they overturn prop 8People are going to hate homosexuals. This is just another example of how minorities will have equal rights but in the end...
Original post made by your mom on Nov. 19, 2008Last comment by Randall Flagg, on Nov 21, 2008 at 2:15 pm | 1 comment | 4536 Views
ELECTIONS
Locally, voters go with status quoWhile local residents joined the millions of voters last week who resoundingly said "yes" to Barack Obama's message of change,...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2008Last comment by county board watcher, on Nov 21, 2008 at 10:39 am | 2 comments | 5813 Views
RESTAURANTS
Take a pass on Chilean sea bassLate last July, I opened the <I>Voice</I></B> to find a picture of a moist, flaky, delicious-looking chunk of fish atop a...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2008Last comment by kristin flrorence devine, on Nov 20, 2008 at 11:46 pm | 1 comment | 6555 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tracking gangs through MySpaceMarco Garcia, at-risk-intervention supervisor at Graham Middle School, uses MySpace to find out what his students may not...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2008Last comment by Jonathan Hilliard, on Nov 20, 2008 at 5:56 am | 5 comments | 7570 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View man arrested in triple murderSanta Clara police arrested a laid off technology company employee Saturday who returned to the business Friday afternoon...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2008Last comment by FamilyMan, on Nov 18, 2008 at 3:25 pm | 1 comment | 6283 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Clean laundry, good karmaLaundromats, on the surface, may appear to be uninteresting places. But not to Jamil Shaikh. Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=1005...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2008Last comment by Elizabeth Sarmiento, on Nov 18, 2008 at 9:09 am | 7 comments | 8607 Views
AROUND TOWN
Housing Development- Grant Rd. and CovingtonWhat is the status of the housing development proposed at Grant Rd. and Covington (former site of Pumpkin and Christmas Tree...
Original post made by Long Time MV Resident on Nov. 17, 2008Last comment by Daniel DeBolt, on Nov 17, 2008 at 4:01 pm | 1 comment | 4689 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
LEFT BEHIND: Schools caught in testing bind<I>Editor's Note: Six years ago Congress enacted No Child Left Behind, which sets ever-increasing standards for public school...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2008Last comment by Happy parent of former public school students, on Nov 17, 2008 at 9:55 am | 13 comments | 5676 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Parks commish: History museum is too tallAfter reviewing the latest plan for the open space known as the Cuesta Annex last Wednesday, the Parks and Recreation Commission...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2008Last comment by Mike Laursen, on Nov 16, 2008 at 10:13 pm | 2 comments | 5803 Views
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