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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Former school board member wins Brown Act case against Mountain View Whisman School DistrictA Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has sided with a former Mountain View School District trustee who filed a lawsuit...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2021Last comment by Otto Maddox, on Jan 4, 2021 at 5:57 pm | 4 comments | 7894 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schoolsAfter painting a dark forecast for the pandemic earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday offered parents and students...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2021Last comment by Dan Waylonis, on Jan 4, 2021 at 3:42 pm | 1 comment | 6506 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View tech startup Nuro lands state's first autonomous vehicle permitWith a first-of-its kind permit from the DMV, tech company Nuro can now operate its driverless vehicles for commercial purposes...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 30, 2020 at 7:50 pm | 3 comments | 13875 Views
ELECTIONS
Automatic recounts in Los Altos Hills, Mountain View finish with no change in outcomesThe Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters announced Thursday that automatic recounts of close council races last month in...
Original post made on Dec. 24, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 30, 2020 at 3:10 pm | 3 comments | 6510 Views
AROUND TOWN
'Cancel your travel plans': Santa Clara County urges caution during holidays as COVID-19 cases riseAt an emotional press conference Wednesday on the cusp of Christmas Eve, Santa Clara County health leaders begged the public...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 29, 2020 at 7:35 pm | 14 comments | 22361 Views
ELECTIONS
Judy Moss, Mountain View's first female council member, dies at 96Mountain View's first female mayor and council member, Judy Moss, died this month at the age of 96, leaving behind a legacy...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Dec 29, 2020 at 4:21 pm | 1 comment | 7155 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Newsom: Stay-at-home orders likely to be extended past three-week minimum in much of stateStay-at-home orders in multiple regions across the state are likely to remain in effect past the minimum of three weeks as...
Original post made on Dec. 26, 2020Last comment by Victor Bishop, on Dec 27, 2020 at 8:35 pm | 6 comments | 6119 Views
ELECTIONS
San Mateo County Transit District CEO stepping down in AprilJim Hartnett announced that he will leave his post as CEO and general manager of the San Mateo County Transit District, overseeing...
Original post made on Dec. 27, 2020Last comment by Bill, on Dec 27, 2020 at 8:33 pm | 2 comments | 5484 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Police on search for duo in overnight crime spreePalo Alto police detectives are investigating an early Monday morning crime spree after burglars entered two homes, prowled...
Original post made on Dec. 26, 2020There are no comments yet. 8000 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Holiday Fund: CSMA's arts education moves from the classroom to onlineWhen local schools and businesses closed their doors due to COVID-19 in March, the Community School of Music & Arts acted...
Original post made on Dec. 26, 2020Last comment by Kyle, on Dec 26, 2020 at 4:02 pm | 1 comment | 8543 Views
ELECTIONS
Eagle-eyed bird-watchers keep 121-year-old tradition alive despite pandemicEvery year since 1900, birders have braved the winter weather to engage in what's considered to be the longest-running citizen...
Original post made on Dec. 25, 2020Last comment by Toni, on Dec 25, 2020 at 12:23 pm | 1 comment | 5546 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View's COVID-19 cases have nearly doubled in one monthIn some parts of Mountain View, one in 50 people have now contracted COVID-19, hitting a high of cases as the coronavirus...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 24, 2020 at 1:54 pm | 20 comments | 23326 Views
AROUND TOWN
Best of Mountain View: Books Inc. maintains strong bond with its community of 'bookworms'The local bookstore has kept its phone lines and direct message inboxes on social media wide open to stay in touch with its...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2020Last comment by Lana, on Dec 24, 2020 at 11:34 am | 2 comments | 4115 Views
ELECTIONS
Five things to know about California's new US Senator, Alex PadillaGov. Gavin Newsom's chosen successor to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is a tech-minded voting rights booster, a Latino...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Dec 23, 2020 at 2:52 am | 1 comment | 4225 Views
ELECTIONS
Stanford's resident doctors protest exclusion from first round of COVID-19 vaccinationsWhen Stanford Health Care gave the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, most of its resident physicians, many of whom...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2020Last comment by Nurses, support staff, Housekeepers?, on Dec 21, 2020 at 4:36 pm | 2 comments | 4386 Views
ELECTIONS
Rental Housing Committee declines to scale back Mountain View's rent control law amid COVID-19Calling it the wrong time and terrible optics, Mountain View's Rental Housing Committee declined Monday to consider ways...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 19, 2020 at 7:16 pm | 9 comments | 6632 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County supervisors vote to oppose bloated spending plan for BARTSanta Clara County supervisors came out in formal opposition Tuesday to a plan that would pour sales tax money into extending...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2020Last comment by psa188@yahoo.com, on Dec 19, 2020 at 9:26 am | 6 comments | 6584 Views
OTHER ISSUES
As referendum falters, Palo Alto prepares to open Foothills Park to allPalo Alto's exclusive Foothills Park will officially open up to residents from other cities on Thursday after a referendum...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2020Last comment by Riff-raff, on Dec 18, 2020 at 2:19 pm | 5 comments | 7545 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View pours $15M into North Bayshore's first affordable housing projectMountain View city officials are moving briskly to approve an all-affordable housing project -- including units for the homeless...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 18, 2020 at 7:54 am | 9 comments | 13001 Views
OTHER ISSUES
VA Palo Alto begins first COVID-19 vaccinations in Santa Clara County, immunizing staff and at-risk patientsHospital workers and vulnerable patients at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System are among the first people...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 17, 2020 at 3:41 pm | 1 comment | 6311 Views
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