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Jury trial for driver in fatal accidentA criminal case is moving forward against Los Altos resident Glenn Kawaguchi, the driver involved in a 2015 accident that...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2017Last comment by Enough, on Apr 25, 2017 at 2:06 pm | 42 comments | 12206 Views
OTHER ISSUES
New lawsuit links Young Jeezy to 2014 shooting deathA second lawsuit is being filed in connection with the murder of Eric Johnson, a 38-year-old music promoter who was fatally...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2017Last comment by Juan, on Apr 24, 2017 at 11:13 pm | 2 comments | 12086 Views
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Rival racquet sports competeIt was the kind of crowd that must have made the Parks and Recreation Commission tread lightly last week -- a fired-up group...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2017Last comment by Bill, on Apr 24, 2017 at 1:34 pm | 30 comments | 5078 Views
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This week's A&E highlightsThis week, Menlowe Ballet performs "Tribute," Theatre Flamenco celebrates 50 years of Spanish music and dance with special...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2017Last comment by , on Apr 23, 2017 at 10:29 am | 1 comment | 2926 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Missing 13-year-old girl foundA Crittenden Middle School student who was reported missing after school on Wednesday, April 19, was found safe the next...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2017Last comment by Maher, on Apr 21, 2017 at 10:05 pm | 2 comments | 4820 Views
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The transit system of tomorrow for traffic jams of todayIt could be gondola cars, automated people-movers or express lanes for self-driving cars -- all ideas are on the table as...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by SRB, on Apr 21, 2017 at 8:41 am | 35 comments | 9501 Views
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Police searching for missing 13-year-old girlThe Mountain View Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a Crittenden Middle School student who has...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2017Last comment by cfrink, on Apr 20, 2017 at 10:01 pm | 10 comments | 7515 Views
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Google buys Sports Page siteGoogle has finished up a sale to buy the site of the Sports Page, the longstanding bar tucked in the middle of North Bayshore's...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by D Man , on Apr 20, 2017 at 3:27 pm | 21 comments | 25664 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVHS girls soccer team wins national honorA historic Central Coast Section championship for the Mountain View High School girls' soccer team just got better. The team,...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2017Last comment by Maher, on Apr 20, 2017 at 12:51 pm | 5 comments | 8694 Views
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Larry's AutoWorks closes down for goodPopular car repair shop Larry's AutoWorks closed down Friday and there are no plans for it to reopen. Owner Larry Moore told...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2017Last comment by MV Neighbor, on Apr 20, 2017 at 11:26 am | 19 comments | 13038 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A home away from home for patients and familiesAmid a massive construction overhaul of El Camino Hospital's Mountain View campus, hospital officials are considering a small...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2017Last comment by Clarifier, on Apr 20, 2017 at 11:03 am | 5 comments | 4972 Views
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Google boosts ties with Howard UniversityAspiring computer science students from Howard University, a historically black college, will have the opportunity to work...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2017Last comment by hsnpoor, on Apr 20, 2017 at 10:13 am | 2 comments | 3870 Views
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Effort to retire Palo Alto sludge incinerators moves aheadSeeking to shed Palo Alto's status as one of only two California cities that still burn their sludge, the City Council swiftly...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2017Last comment by That's High, on Apr 20, 2017 at 8:52 am | 3 comments | 5590 Views
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Rescue Wing airlifts injured fishermanIn a risky mission, Moffett Field's 129th Rescue Wing yesterday completed a complex rescue operation to airlift a seriously...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2017Last comment by Martin Omander, on Apr 19, 2017 at 3:14 pm | 2 comments | 4353 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Hogwarts and allWere we to ask a Magic-8 Ball if we should expect greatness of the new movie set in J.K. Rowling's wizarding world, "Fantastic...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2017There are no comments yet. 4801 Views
ELECTIONS
Judge defers ruling on Trump sanctuary city orderLawyers for Santa Clara County and the city of San Francisco asked a federal judge Friday to block an executive order by...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2017Last comment by Sanctuary, on Apr 18, 2017 at 3:51 pm | 20 comments | 4467 Views
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Computing pioneer Robert Taylor dies at 85Robert W. Taylor, 85, a Woodside resident for 34 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2017There are no comments yet. 4860 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Two-alarm fire damages Los Altos homeA fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to a Los Altos home Saturday afternoon, a county fire captain said...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2017There are no comments yet. 6380 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Ponds in Cuesta ParkIn 1974 the sunken areas in Cuesta Park were shallow ponds. Does anyone remember this? When I moved here in 1977 they were...
Original post made by Gerry Ryan on Apr. 16, 2017Last comment by Better in the long run, on Apr 17, 2017 at 1:35 pm | 2 comments | 1979 Views
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Federal judge to consider injunction on sanctuary cities orderA San Francisco federal court judge Friday morning will consider San Francisco and Santa Clara counties' requests to halt...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by Alex M., on Apr 14, 2017 at 10:45 pm | 5 comments | 3865 Views
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