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AROUND TOWN
School board postpones vote on giving Egan to Bullis Charter SchoolLos Altos School District board members agreed Thursday night to delay the vote on whether to relocate Egan Junior High School...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2019Last comment by DFE, on May 7, 2019 at 2:44 pm | 69 comments | 8432 Views
OTHER ISSUES
EPC opts for less strict constraints on cannabis shopsA Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission meeting ended in disappointment last Wednesday night for some silent protesters...
Original post made on May. 2, 2019Last comment by Rational, on May 7, 2019 at 2:30 pm | 5 comments | 3757 Views
AROUND TOWN
Voice wins for public service, in-depth reporting at California Journalism AwardsThe ==I Mountain View Voice== took top honors for in depth reporting and public service journalism at this year's California...
Original post made on May. 5, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 7, 2019 at 10:48 am | 20 comments | 4935 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD board approves Bullis Charter deal without moving Egan Junior HighTo delayed but hearty applause, the Los Altos School District board of trustees voted 5-0 Monday night to approve an agreement...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2019Last comment by LongResident, on May 7, 2019 at 10:18 am | 48 comments | 9059 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district parts ways with chief budget officerThe Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees voted to part ways with its chief business officer, Robert Clark,...
Original post made on May. 5, 2019Last comment by Annoyed parent, on May 6, 2019 at 7:12 pm | 3 comments | 5399 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Crime brief: man arrested in Cuesta Park home burglaryA 56-year-old transient man was arrested last week after he allegedly burglarized a Cuesta Park home and took a backpack...
Original post made on May. 6, 2019Last comment by BillyBob, on May 6, 2019 at 7:07 pm | 1 comment | 2838 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police take action after downtown smash-and-grab burglariesThe Mountain View Police Department is ramping up its presence in the downtown area after a series of smash-and-grab auto...
Original post made on May. 3, 2019Last comment by They can't steal air, on May 6, 2019 at 9:34 am | 4 comments | 5283 Views
AROUND TOWN
Annual Silicon Valley Open Studios show returns the first three weekends of MayEach spring, the visual artists of Silicon Valley and the Peninsula open their doors and allow the public to peek into their...
Original post made on May. 4, 2019Last comment by California Street reject, on May 4, 2019 at 6:06 pm | 1 comment | 3731 Views
AROUND TOWN
May Day marchers call for housing justice, immigration reformUmbelina Martinez chants "justicia" (justice) during the May Day March at the corner of Castro Street and El Camino Real. Read...
Original post made on May. 2, 2019Last comment by psr, on May 3, 2019 at 10:29 pm | 7 comments | 4537 Views
AROUND TOWN
With new plan, Caltrain prepares for ridership surgeFacing persistent funding challenges, a growing ridership base and a patchwork of plans from Peninsula cities for redesigning...
Original post made on May. 3, 2019Last comment by Totally Wrong, on May 3, 2019 at 5:25 pm | 3 comments | 3982 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Stanford student allegedly paid $6.5 million for admissionThe family who paid the most to get their child into a selective college as part of a national college admissions scandal...
Original post made on May. 2, 2019Last comment by What's the $ tag for Bullis?, on May 3, 2019 at 5:16 pm | 7 comments | 5067 Views
AROUND TOWN
No office projects without housingMountain View city planners are proposing a new strategy that inextricably ties housing construction to any office development...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 2, 2019 at 7:24 pm | 18 comments | 4782 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Widow files wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla over fatal Mountain View crashThe family of a man who died when his Tesla Model X crashed last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the car...
Original post made on May. 1, 2019Last comment by Self-Inflicted, on May 2, 2019 at 3:30 pm | 8 comments | 6192 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Hillsborough couple pleads guilty in college admissions scandalA Hillsborough couple formally entered guilty pleas Wednesday for paying a college preparatory counselor $600,000 to guarantee...
Original post made on May. 1, 2019Last comment by Common sense, on May 2, 2019 at 2:13 pm | 4 comments | 3760 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Donation page set up for Sunnyvale girl injured in alleged hate crimeA GoFundMe donation page has raised over $300,000 for a 13-year-old girl in critical condition after being targeted by a...
Original post made on May. 1, 2019Last comment by A resident, on May 2, 2019 at 12:50 pm | 4 comments | 4134 Views
AROUND TOWN
Trail attack suspect faces kidnapping, assault chargesA 29-year-old man accused of brutally attacking a woman on Stevens Creek Trail in late February is facing four felony charges...
Original post made on May. 1, 2019Last comment by Kathleen, on May 2, 2019 at 8:24 am | 2 comments | 6581 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Facing a rent hike, Peninsula Youth Theatre vows to stay in Mountain ViewPeninsula Youth Theatre is facing a 45% rent increase, so it's launching a fundraising campaign to help it stay in its longtime...
Original post made on May. 1, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 1, 2019 at 9:03 pm | 4 comments | 4058 Views
ELECTIONS
Council aims to bring rent control to mobile home parksResidents of Mountain View's six mobile home parks scored a long-awaited victory at Tuesday's City Council meeting when a...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 1, 2019 at 4:47 pm | 12 comments | 5085 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Seeking sources in favor of more restrictive cannabis lawsI am a reporter writing stories for the Mountain View Voice. I am seeking sources who will go on the record as being in favor...
Original post made by Adam F. Hutton on Apr. 23, 2019Last comment by There's no MV "Movement", on May 1, 2019 at 1:59 pm | 12 comments | 1998 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council backs plans for larger six-story condosAdding more height to the fast-changing San Antonio neighborhood, the Mountain View City Council gave its blessing Tuesday...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2019Last comment by Not a video game, on May 1, 2019 at 1:37 pm | 13 comments | 6265 Views
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