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RESTAURANTS
County supervisors approve temporary caps on food delivery service feesSanta Clara County and the South Bay's largest city, San Jose, both approved caps on food delivery service fees Tuesday in...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 16, 2020 at 7:03 pm | 2 comments | 6677 Views
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Santa Clara County Supervisors OK $1M to provide free period products for the most vulnerable residentsSanta Clara County is partnering with community groups to distribute $1 million worth of feminine hygiene products through...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2020Last comment by Tim MacKenzie, on Dec 16, 2020 at 2:31 pm | 1 comment | 3689 Views
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Letters to the editor: RV ban, presidential electionLetters to the editor on Mountain View's RV ban and the presidential election. Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2020/12/13/letters-to-the-editor-rv-ban-pres...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 15, 2020 at 12:07 pm | 6 comments | 5467 Views
ELECTIONS
Mountain View City Council reapproves RV ban, with enforcement set to begin in AprilCalling it a clear mandate from voters, the Mountain View City Council voted 7-0 Wednesday morning to reinstate its RV parking...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2020Last comment by Prepare for Riots?, on Dec 13, 2020 at 8:55 pm | 23 comments | 14536 Views
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Federal regulators, over 40 states sue Facebook over anticompetitive practicesMenlo Park-based Facebook is being sued by the Federal Trade Commission and multiple states for alleged monopoly practices,...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2020Last comment by Ted, on Dec 13, 2020 at 12:03 am | 3 comments | 3454 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Legislators increase pressure to open schools as most stay closed this fallA group of state Assembly members has co-authored a bill that would require schools to at least partially physically reopen...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 12, 2020 at 11:08 pm | 3 comments | 4184 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Facebook to invest $150M for affordable housing in Bay AreaFacebook announced today that it will be dedicating $150 million to affordable housing for the Bay Area's low-income residents....
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 11, 2020 at 3:54 am | 4 comments | 3788 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County set to receive nearly 57K COVID-19 vaccine doses starting next weekThe first COVID-19 vaccine doses will soon land in Santa Clara County, with 17,550 doses from Pfizer Inc. set to arrive Dec....
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 10, 2020 at 6:51 pm | 1 comment | 6270 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Virus outbreaks unavoidable as school campuses reopen, experts warnAs schools inch closer to reopening campuses in some parts of California, medical experts are warning that the spread of...
Original post made on Oct. 26, 2020Last comment by Luke Jefferies, on Dec 9, 2020 at 8:32 pm | 2 comments | 8006 Views
RESTAURANTS
California's daily COVID-19 case average has more than doubled in two weeksCalifornia's average number of new coronavirus cases per day has more than doubled over the last two weeks, one of the state's...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 9, 2020 at 7:55 pm | 2 comments | 4980 Views
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Santa Clara County readies for COVID-19 vaccines amid precipitous ICU bed capacity ratesSanta Clara County could receive the first 17,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc. as soon as Dec. 15 once the...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 9, 2020 at 10:32 am | 2 comments | 5955 Views
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Mountain View man pleads guilty to rape, forcing teen into prostitution, following human trafficking investigationA man accused of trafficking Guatemalan immigrants into the country and forcing them into servitude took a plea deal last...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2020Last comment by Tal Shaya, on Dec 9, 2020 at 5:17 am | 2 comments | 10067 Views
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Santa Clara County restaurants brace for outdoor dining ban starting this SundayBay Area officials' Friday announcement that they will expedite the state's new stay-at-home order means that Santa Clara...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 9, 2020 at 4:46 am | 19 comments | 9417 Views
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Lawmakers weigh moratorium extension as eviction cliff loomsWith California's eviction moratorium set to expire in less than 60 days and 2 million people at risk of losing their rental...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Dec 8, 2020 at 6:54 pm | 1 comment | 3529 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Palo Alto Medical Foundation fined for failing to comply with COVID-19 testing orderMore than $40,000 in fines were issued to several private health systems, including three Palo Alto Medical Foundation centers,...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 8, 2020 at 1:25 pm | 4 comments | 16007 Views
ELECTIONS
Tight Mountain View City Council race is headed for a recountThe Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has finished tallying votes for the November 2020 election, which brought out...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 8, 2020 at 1:15 pm | 3 comments | 7526 Views
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Proposed office project in Mountain View's San Antonio center met with criticismA proposed seven-story office building on the site of the former Milk Pail Market in Mountain View could soon cap off a yearslong...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2020Last comment by Jeremy Hoffman, on Dec 6, 2020 at 7:47 am | 5 comments | 10007 Views
ELECTIONS
The 2020 vintage: How Peninsula wineries are struggling — and innovating — during the pandemicLocal wineries are still grappling with the losses brought on by the pandemic while thinking creatively about how to draw...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2020Last comment by Dan Waylonis, on Dec 5, 2020 at 10:21 am | 1 comment | 9886 Views
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Mountain View high grad is the Bay Area's first female Eagle ScoutIn February 2019, Boy Scouts of America, after 110 years of boys-only programming, for the first time in the organization's...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2020Last comment by BOY SCOUT BANKRUPTCY, on Dec 4, 2020 at 8:02 pm | 2 comments | 6093 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Residents launch referendum petition to keep ban on nonresidents at Foothills ParkPalo Alto's recent decision to expand access to Foothills Park by welcoming nonresidents to the exclusive nature preserve...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2020Last comment by LongResident, on Dec 4, 2020 at 2:43 pm | 9 comments | 5255 Views
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