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ELECTIONS
Local Democratic Party urges 'no' vote on Measure DWith early voting in the March primary election just two weeks away, the Santa Clara County Democratic Party is recommending...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2020Last comment by Supporting Our Kids, on Feb 18, 2020 at 5:08 pm | 12 comments | 4971 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police: Man arrested in Mountain View after dragging woman from her homePolice arrested a man who allegedly burst into a San Antonio neighborhood home Monday night and tried to drag a woman by...
Original post made on Feb. 18, 2020Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Feb 18, 2020 at 3:29 pm | 5 comments | 6701 Views
ELECTIONS
City Council agrees, in theory, to extend rent control to Mountain View mobile home parksThe Mountain View City Council took early steps Tuesday to begin drafting a law that would extend the city's rent control...
Original post made on Jan. 30, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 18, 2020 at 1:19 pm | 22 comments | 13617 Views
ELECTIONS
Measure D: In reshaping rent control, council members ask for community's trustRent control, one of Mountain View's most divisive issues, is back on the ballot March 3. For the first time since 2016,...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 18, 2020 at 1:14 pm | 42 comments | 4633 Views
ELECTIONS
$259M Measure T bond seeks to solve short-term school needsVoters in the Mountain View Whisman School District are being asked to pass a new bond measure that would tackle the short-term...
Original post made on Feb. 18, 2020Last comment by Robert, on Feb 18, 2020 at 11:52 am | 1 comment | 1960 Views
ELECTIONS
State Senate candidate faces allegations she violated 'non-coordination' rule with real estate political-action committeeA complaint has been filed with the California Fair Political Practices Commission against state Senate candidate Annie Oliva,...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 16, 2020 at 11:16 am | 14 comments | 5504 Views
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: No on Measure D, the City Council's rent control rewriteAs the adage goes, trust has to be earned. So voters must ask themselves, on the prickly subject of rent control, has the...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 16, 2020 at 10:54 am | 12 comments | 10473 Views
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New documents show man killed in fiery Tesla crash reported problems with Autopilot systemA Tesla driver who died after striking a highway median in Mountain View reportedly complained of problems Autopilot problems...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2020Last comment by Resident , on Feb 15, 2020 at 3:19 pm | 7 comments | 6921 Views
ELECTIONS
Brownrigg for state SenateThere couldn't be a better example of why legislative term limits is a good thing than the quality of the candidates competing...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Feb 15, 2020 at 4:08 am | 3 comments | 2573 Views
ELECTIONS
Income inequality reaches a 'historic high' in Silicon Valley, new report showsDespite a hot economy and a slight dip in home prices, 2019 was a year of reckoning for Silicon Valley's high-tech giants,...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 14, 2020 at 9:20 pm | 6 comments | 9353 Views
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Using DNA evidence, Mountain View police arrest man in 2004 sexual assault caseA New Mexico man was arrested and extradited to California this week after DNA evidence connected him to a 2004 sexual assault...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2020Last comment by resident, on Feb 14, 2020 at 2:32 pm | 1 comment | 5311 Views
ELECTIONS
Country's biggest apartment owners group joins campaign for Measure DA landlord group that's long been opposed to rent control is actively campaigning in favor of a Mountain View measure to...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 14, 2020 at 1:01 pm | 33 comments | 13135 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View to pay $350K in settlement over forced sexual assault exam of 5-year-oldA Mountain View couple that sued the city after their young daughter was forced to undergo an invasive sexual assault exam...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2020Last comment by Otto Maddox, on Feb 14, 2020 at 12:35 pm | 10 comments | 8699 Views
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'It feels really, really free': After 14 days in coronavirus quarantine, mother and daughter return home to Palo AltoA Palo Alto mother and daughter returned home Tuesday after spending weeks at the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2020Last comment by Nobel prize, on Feb 13, 2020 at 9:27 am | 2 comments | 4741 Views
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Ames wind tunnels put NASA's new moonshot to the testAmerica's latest bid to send astronauts into space has researchers at NASA Ames hard at work, trying to figure out how to...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2020Last comment by Its not what you think, on Feb 12, 2020 at 2:27 pm | 1 comment | 6690 Views
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People trapped in elevators after utility fire knocks out power, sparks grass fires in Mountain ViewA transformer attached to a utility pole caught fire in Mountain View on Tuesday afternoon, causing several small grass...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2020Last comment by PG&E Rep, on Feb 12, 2020 at 2:23 pm | 2 comments | 5000 Views
ELECTIONS
Killing them softly: Santa Clara County to ensure immature mosquitoes never grow upSanta Clara County will unleash an eco-friendly larvicide on mosquitoes in the Palo Alto Baylands on Wednesday. Read the...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2020Last comment by home of registered user, on Feb 12, 2020 at 6:28 am | 4 comments | 4365 Views
ELECTIONS
Candidates for state Senate to square off at Feb. 5 debateSeven candidates for California Senate District 13 will go head-to-head in a debate on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Palo Alto...
Original post made on Jan. 29, 2020Last comment by W Butkus, on Feb 12, 2020 at 5:20 am | 4 comments | 8031 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD polls: Put Bullis Charter School in Mountain ViewFinding a home for Bullis Charter School has been a contentious issue that has split Los Altos School District residents...
Original post made on Jan. 30, 2020Last comment by not a bad idea, on Feb 11, 2020 at 7:19 pm | 74 comments | 10447 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Oil tax? Wealth tax? Prop. 13 reform? Senate candidates debate how to pay for new programs for state's youngest residentsCandidates for the 13th Senate district on Sunday weighed in on how to fund improved outcomes for the state's 3 million kids...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2020Last comment by Robyn, on Feb 11, 2020 at 2:37 pm | 1 comment | 5643 Views
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