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OTHER ISSUES
Minimal parking for North BayshoreMaking some hefty assumptions about a carless city of tomorrow, the Mountain View City Council on Tuesday laid down an optimistic...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2017Last comment by Jeremy Hoffman, on May 18, 2017 at 11:18 am | 41 comments | 7855 Views
ELECTIONS
Los Altos nonprofit awards $60,000The Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) has donated over $1.7 million to Los Altos community organizations since its founding...
Original post made on May. 17, 2017Last comment by @William Hitchens, on May 17, 2017 at 5:42 pm | 4 comments | 4148 Views
AROUND TOWN
Community Foundation ramps up support for immigrantsThe Silicon Valley Community Foundation is ramping up grants to nonprofit organizations devoted to advising and ensuring...
Original post made on May. 17, 2017Last comment by Reading Comprehension, on May 17, 2017 at 5:02 pm | 6 comments | 5185 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Flashes from the Past - Like Memories of MV, but old productsThe what do you recall from Mountain View's past thread is great and it got me thinking of when I used to live in Mountain...
Original post made by CrescentParkAnon on May. 17, 2017There are no comments yet. 2436 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Navy seeks to disband Moffett Field RABThe Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) -- the lone watchdog panel that monitors pollution and the restoration...
Original post made on May. 12, 2017Last comment by Cockroach, on May 17, 2017 at 8:16 am | 18 comments | 29232 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A march down memory laneOne of the area's under-appreciated gems, the Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum reopened after being closed for...
Original post made on May. 16, 2017Last comment by Kelly McCoy-Prael, on May 16, 2017 at 11:47 am | 3 comments | 6060 Views
ELECTIONS
School district weighs $2.7M plan to close achievement gapEach year, the Mountain View Whisman School District faces a mountain of a challenge: helping close to 1,300 students succeed...
Original post made on May. 12, 2017Last comment by Christopher Chiang, on May 14, 2017 at 5:38 pm | 19 comments | 6012 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man exposes himself to woman with her toddlerA woman and her toddler encountered a naked man who was touching himself in the Palo Alto Baylands Wednesday afternoon, Palo...
Original post made on May. 13, 2017There are no comments yet. 4336 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pension debt a thorny issue for cityDiving into the city's annual budget last week, Mountain View's elected leaders took a magnifying glass to a $128 million...
Original post made on May. 7, 2017Last comment by Financial Acumen?, on May 12, 2017 at 4:54 pm | 14 comments | 7459 Views
OTHER ISSUES
The joys of home schoolingOn a typical weekday, Jonathan Luxton, 11, sleeps in late, eats breakfast at 11:30, plays on the computer at noon, writes...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2007Last comment by HomeSchooler, on May 12, 2017 at 9:48 am | 4 comments | 9316 Views
AROUND TOWN
NASA seeks coders for ultimate challengeFor a programmer, this is a challenge equivalent to climbing Mount Everest. Officials at the NASA Ames Research Center announced...
Original post made on May. 10, 2017Last comment by @the_dummisher, on May 11, 2017 at 5:23 pm | 3 comments | 8385 Views
ELECTIONS
Fundraiser for local schools kicks offTwo local education foundations are teaming up to encourage residents to donate to local elementary and middle schools in...
Original post made on May. 10, 2017Last comment by LASD Taxpayer, on May 11, 2017 at 6:37 am | 6 comments | 4938 Views
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CAA drops lawsuit against rent controlThe California Apartment Association has announced it is dropping its legal challenges to rent control measures in Mountain...
Original post made on May. 7, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on May 11, 2017 at 12:08 am | 32 comments | 10881 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Decision time on schools for North WhismanAfter toiling away on new school attendance boundaries for close to three years, the Mountain View Whisman School District...
Original post made on May. 5, 2017Last comment by Cleave Frink, on May 10, 2017 at 9:27 pm | 9 comments | 6091 Views
AROUND TOWN
Robbery at gunpointA Mountain View woman told police last week that she was robbed at gunpoint at a 7-Eleven, but the suspect fled before police...
Original post made on May. 10, 2017Last comment by Steve Old Town, on May 10, 2017 at 8:53 pm | 8 comments | 6065 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Man arrested for punching cop, choking womanPolice arrested a Stockton man in Old Mountain View last week following reports that he allegedly tried to strangle a woman,...
Original post made on May. 10, 2017Last comment by MyOpinion, on May 10, 2017 at 4:30 pm | 4 comments | 5031 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A kitchen for Hope's CornerFor over five years, a church in downtown Mountain View has been dishing out free meals to hundreds of residents who would...
Original post made on May. 9, 2017Last comment by Really?, on May 9, 2017 at 11:28 pm | 3 comments | 6937 Views
ELECTIONS
Bay Area representatives react to 'Trumpcare'Elected officials throughout the Bay Area reacted with criticism and dismay to the U.S. House of Representatives' narrow...
Original post made on May. 6, 2017Last comment by @Monta Loma, on May 9, 2017 at 4:42 pm | 10 comments | 4618 Views
OTHER ISSUES
County Sheriff warns of impostors making phone callsSheriff's officials in Santa Clara County are warning residents about a phone scam involving fake sheriff's deputies. Read...
Original post made on May. 8, 2017Last comment by Otto Maddox, on May 9, 2017 at 3:40 pm | 6 comments | 7546 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Man arrested for shots fired in Mountain ViewAn East Bay man was arrested Sunday in connection with a shooting that occurred the night before in Mountain View. Read...
Original post made on May. 9, 2017There are no comments yet. 4928 Views
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