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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Fifth candidate, Manny Velasco, joins race for Mountain View Whisman school boardA longtime Mountain View Whisman School District employee is joining the race for the school board this November, vowing...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2020Last comment by Sonia Mann, on Oct 13, 2020 at 10:07 pm | 4 comments | 11214 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos district's youngest students return to schools, testing safety protocolsAll nine of the Los Altos School District's campuses sprang to life this week, with a small number of kindergarten and first...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2020Last comment by Christopher Chiang, on Oct 13, 2020 at 5:41 pm | 2 comments | 9895 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Students protest in Palo Alto over supervisor's vote on sex assault policy studyA group of high school students on Sunday protested outside the home of a county supervisor, angry that he recently voted...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 13, 2020 at 10:22 am | 3 comments | 5975 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County struggles to breathe life into mental health services for ex-inmatesSanta Clara County supervisors are vowing to save a critically underfunded mental health program that often is a last resort...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2020Last comment by Frank Johnson, on Oct 13, 2020 at 10:19 am | 1 comment | 7345 Views
BOOKS
College coronavirus testing varies by system, campusWith sometimes competing public health guidelines coming from the CDC and state and local sources, colleges and universities...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2020Last comment by RalphJStinson, on Oct 12, 2020 at 2:18 am | 1 comment | 4479 Views
ELECTIONS
Lenny Siegel: Striving to solve economic inequalityIn running to serve another term on the Mountain View City Council, Lenny Siegel said he believes there is so much more at...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Oct 11, 2020 at 10:24 am | 4 comments | 7162 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Redwood forests could take years to recover from CZU Complex firesIt took 37 days to contain the CZU Lightning Complex fire in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, but the recovery process...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2020Last comment by Jeff, on Oct 9, 2020 at 11:46 pm | 1 comment | 8499 Views
AROUND TOWN
Election 2020: Nine compete for the Mountain View City CouncilThe city of Mountain View is poised for a leadership shake-up this November, empowering voters to guide the city's major...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Oct 9, 2020 at 9:26 pm | 13 comments | 24982 Views
ELECTIONS
NO on measure RRMy ballot recently arrived, and I see that Caltrain wants more of our money despite increased working from home. There have...
Original post made by Bill Hough on Oct. 9, 2020There are no comments yet. 1068 Views
ELECTIONS
FPPC declines to investigate council candidates mentioned in citizen's election flyerState officials declined to investigate a complaint by the California Apartment Association alleging that four Mountain View...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2020Last comment by Yonatan, on Oct 8, 2020 at 8:25 pm | 3 comments | 6363 Views
ELECTIONS
Guest opinion: Leveling the ground: Yes on Proposition 15In a guest opinion, Menlo Park resident Karen Grove writes about why she supports Proposition 15, the Schools & Communities...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2020Last comment by GPS, on Oct 8, 2020 at 11:15 am | 9 comments | 8159 Views
MOVIES
Travel agency: The 23rd United Nations Association Film Festival takes you around the world, via the internetEven in a global pandemic, the United Nations Association Film Festival endures, presenting entirely online this year a program...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2020Last comment by ishaloveblr, on Oct 8, 2020 at 4:30 am | 1 comment | 9952 Views
ELECTIONS
California Apartment Association files complaint over renter-focused flyers in Mountain View City Council raceThe California Apartment Association has filed a complaint alleging that Mountain View resident Gary Wesley illegally coordinated...
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Oct 7, 2020 at 10:24 pm | 30 comments | 12043 Views
ELECTIONS
Mountain View is expanding its safe parking program as hundreds of vehicle dwellers remain on city streetsThe city of Mountain View is currently home to one-third of all the safe parking spaces in Santa Clara County, but that's...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Oct 7, 2020 at 9:47 pm | 72 comments | 21327 Views
ELECTIONS
Props to you, Californians: A preview of what's on your November ballotCalifornia voters will directly decide the fate of 12 ballot propositions on their November ballot -- from taxes to rent...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2020Last comment by Brian, on Oct 7, 2020 at 12:57 pm | 5 comments | 7164 Views
ELECTIONS
Election roundup: Endorsements roll in for Mountain View City Council and local school boardsWith less than two months to go before Election Day, several local and regional groups are weighing in with endorsements...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2020Last comment by MyOpinion, on Oct 7, 2020 at 11:45 am | 22 comments | 12627 Views
MOVIES
This teen-led startup will turn your backyard into a movie theaterWith seed money from a cousin, two Woodside High School students have launched a startup with COVID-19 safety in mind called...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Oct 4, 2020 at 9:43 pm | 1 comment | 3078 Views
AROUND TOWN
It's mating season for the hairy tarantulas in the Santa Cruz MountainsAlong trails and in fields in the Bay Area, dozens of the arachnids seek out mates in the late afternoon and through the...
Original post made on Oct. 3, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Oct 4, 2020 at 9:25 pm | 6 comments | 10345 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pac-12 athletics are back, but not yet at StanfordAlthough the Pac-12 Conference will allow college athletics to resume in November, sports remain on hold at Stanford under...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2020Last comment by Trump tests positive, on Oct 2, 2020 at 12:04 am | 3 comments | 5212 Views
ELECTIONS
Red flag warning, Spare the Air alerts extended due to hot weatherThe National Weather Service extended and expanded its red flag warning Thursday due to fire concerns in the Bay Area as...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2020Last comment by Trump tests positive, on Oct 1, 2020 at 11:59 pm | 1 comment | 5081 Views
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