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AROUND TOWN
Mountain View balances budget, but stands to lose millions if shelter orders are extendedThe city of Mountain View is projecting a balanced budget this year despite facing the same big losses in tax revenue that...
Original post made on May. 13, 2020Last comment by SRB, on May 14, 2020 at 1:54 pm | 4 comments | 7308 Views
AROUND TOWN
Facing financial trouble, Mountain View's downtown businesses turn to delivery botsA new workforce will soon be ferrying goods between downtown businesses and residents in Mountain View during the county's...
Original post made on May. 11, 2020Last comment by Covid-Kid, on May 13, 2020 at 7:35 am | 13 comments | 28243 Views
AROUND TOWN
Facebook emergency grant aids local journalists during COVID-19 crisisEmbarcadero Media has received a $100,000 emergency grant to sustain its work during the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to...
Original post made on May. 12, 2020Last comment by Bruce Karney, on May 12, 2020 at 4:11 pm | 1 comment | 3232 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Redwood City man arrested in connection with Los Altos slayingA Redwood City man has been arrested in connection with a homicide in Los Altos a week ago, police said Monday. Read the...
Original post made on May. 12, 2020Last comment by , on May 12, 2020 at 3:07 pm | 1 comment | 6986 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Coroner's Office identifies motorcyclist killed in Mountain View crashA 56-year-old San Jose man was killed Thursday night (May 7) after crashing his motorcycle on Highway 237 in Mountain View,...
Original post made on May. 10, 2020Last comment by Monica Coulter-Warren, on May 12, 2020 at 9:59 am | 4 comments | 12131 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Obituaries: Mary Jo MilksThis week in obituaries, read about the life of Mary Jo Milks, a Mountain View resident who spent her retirement years volunteering...
Original post made on May. 11, 2020Last comment by Ellen Wheeler, on May 11, 2020 at 2:25 pm | 1 comment | 3289 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'I didn't get to say goodbye': Graduating seniors grapple with unexpected ending to their high school careersLocal seniors have expressed disappointment and acceptance over how the coronavirus has upended their final chapter of high...
Original post made on May. 11, 2020Last comment by Reader, on May 11, 2020 at 9:23 am | 2 comments | 7993 Views
OTHER ISSUES
'Keep Parks Safe' -- Authorities plead with visitors to follow social distancing rules or face closuresAcross the Bay Area, parks and open spaces, including all San Mateo County parks, have been shut down to slow the spread...
Original post made on Mar. 28, 2020Last comment by The Registrant, on May 11, 2020 at 6:28 am | 47 comments | 16969 Views
AROUND TOWN
Demand for food assistance is soaring. Here's how state, regional and local agencies are stepping up.Across the Peninsula, the need for food support has skyrocketed as unemployment balloons and economic insecurity deepens....
Original post made on May. 7, 2020Last comment by safe housing?, on May 10, 2020 at 2:42 pm | 2 comments | 4325 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Local leaders ask: Where are the COVID-19 tests?Santa Clara County needs to be able to test roughly 4,000 people per day for COVID-19 before the stay-at-home order can be...
Original post made on May. 8, 2020Last comment by Gary, on May 10, 2020 at 1:39 pm | 4 comments | 6005 Views
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Los Altos: Reward offered in connection with slaying of gardenerA $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible...
Original post made on May. 8, 2020Last comment by night walkjng hippie , on May 9, 2020 at 5:01 pm | 6 comments | 6548 Views
AROUND TOWN
A public safety salute for El Camino's nurses and hospital staffCop cars, motorcycles and fire trucks lined the parking lot outside El Camino Hospital on Wednesday as local police and firefighters...
Original post made on May. 7, 2020Last comment by Even More Ridiculous, on May 9, 2020 at 4:53 pm | 9 comments | 6644 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View's rent relief program grows to $2.6 million, surpassing other Bay Area citiesThe city of Mountain View has now committed just over $2.6 million in funding to help struggling renters pay for housing...
Original post made on May. 7, 2020Last comment by Thinker, on May 9, 2020 at 9:00 am | 9 comments | 11083 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View City Council approves 463-unit housing project in East WhismanThe Mountain View City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a seven-story housing project in the city's East...
Original post made on May. 6, 2020Last comment by DC, on May 8, 2020 at 2:59 pm | 22 comments | 13025 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board approves pay bump for teachers despite cloudy financial futureMountain View Whisman School District teachers will be getting a 3% pay raise this year, regardless of how the new coronavirus...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2020Last comment by District watcher, on May 8, 2020 at 1:10 pm | 14 comments | 10498 Views
ELECTIONS
School board member Jose Gutierrez enters November council raceMountain View Whisman School District board member Jose Gutierrez announced this week his intent to run for a seat on the...
Original post made on May. 6, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on May 8, 2020 at 12:44 pm | 31 comments | 8170 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fatal crash involving motorcycle reported in Mountain ViewThe California Highway Patrol is reporting a fatal crash involving a motorcycle that occurred Thursday night (May 7) on state...
Original post made on May. 8, 2020Last comment by @resident, on May 8, 2020 at 11:00 am | 2 comments | 5921 Views
AROUND TOWN
Los Altos: Police investigating fatal shooting in backyard of home MondayLos Altos police are investigating a fatal shooting in the backyard of a home in Los Altos on Monday morning (May 4). Read...
Original post made on May. 5, 2020Last comment by resident, on May 8, 2020 at 9:37 am | 2 comments | 7658 Views
MOVIES
Pet transport company offers rare, no-contact service to Midpeninsula during a crucial timeJeanne Salem, founder of pet transport company, 360 Pet Cab, has partnered with a handful of local animal hospitals to help...
Original post made on May. 7, 2020Last comment by Clerk, on May 7, 2020 at 9:35 am | 1 comment | 4470 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A lesson from history: How the yellow fever epidemic changed societyStanford University historian Kathryn Olivarius is seeing parallels between the 19th-century outbreaks of the deadly yellow...
Original post made on May. 6, 2020Last comment by ronewolf, on May 6, 2020 at 4:40 pm | 1 comment | 5734 Views
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