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Suspect charged in Mountain View Voice Online hacking caseA 34-year-old San Francisco man was arraigned on April 11 in federal District Court for the Sept. 17, 2015, hacking of Mountain...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by Jim Neal, on Apr 14, 2017 at 1:22 pm | 3 comments | 3064 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City calls for apartment rents to roll backOwners of nearly 15,000 apartments in Mountain View are now obligated to immediately lower their rents to October 2015 rates,...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 14, 2017 at 11:28 am | 38 comments | 10827 Views
AROUND TOWN
Water district walks back homeless housing ideaThe Santa Clara Valley Water District is backing away from a controversial proposal to shelter homeless residents in district-owned...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2017Last comment by Gary , on Apr 14, 2017 at 8:32 am | 1 comment | 5621 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Suspects arrested on stolen vehicle, drug chargesPolice arrested two Oregon residents last week after they were allegedly caught driving a stolen vehicle in Mountain View,...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2017Last comment by Member, on Apr 13, 2017 at 7:23 pm | 1 comment | 3900 Views
ELECTIONS
City Council Refuses To Follow City Charter CSFRAMark Novack sent me an Email based on my questions regarding CSFRA and its date of enforcement, and he stated: “I spoke...
Original post made by The Business Man on Apr. 13, 2017There are no comments yet. 1888 Views
ELECTIONS
Gaps in oversight need to be plugged, school board saysIt's been three months since the Mountain View Whisman School District dropped its ill-fated digital math program, Teach...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2017Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Apr 13, 2017 at 7:34 am | 10 comments | 4403 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District aims to keep neighborhoods intact with new boundariesAfter parents and residents said that changing school attendance boundaries could tear their communities apart, Mountain...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2017Last comment by ST parent, on Apr 13, 2017 at 2:11 am | 22 comments | 9352 Views
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School board agrees to add classes at crowded schoolsAdmitting that it's not a perfect plan, Mountain View Whisman School District officials said they will install portable classrooms...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2017Last comment by Gary, on Apr 12, 2017 at 9:31 pm | 8 comments | 5127 Views
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Federal funding halted for Caltrain electrificationThe $1.96 billion Caltrain electrification project came to screeching halt on Friday, Feb. 17, after it was announced that...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2017Last comment by dc, on Apr 12, 2017 at 4:57 pm | 43 comments | 9257 Views
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Teen arrested on indecent exposure chargesAn 18-year-old Mountain View man was arrested Monday afternoon after he allegedly exposed himself to at least two women,...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by AC, on Apr 12, 2017 at 3:07 pm | 2 comments | 7853 Views
AROUND TOWN
Developers keep giving to council candidates, even after Election DayIn their year-end campaign reports for last year's election, candidates for the Mountain View City Council showed a surprisingly...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2017Last comment by Jim Neal, on Apr 12, 2017 at 2:00 pm | 16 comments | 6753 Views
OTHER ISSUES
New push for city to regulate Airbnb rentalsDavid Haedtler has what might seem like an unfathomable problem — he wants to pay his taxes, but the city of Mountain...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2017Last comment by Tanya, on Apr 12, 2017 at 10:23 am | 6 comments | 4721 Views
OTHER ISSUES
New push for city to regulate Airbnb rentalsLike many other cities, Mountain View has had to play catch-up in crafting new rules for a wave of web-based companies that...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by Juan, on Apr 11, 2017 at 11:19 pm | 4 comments | 5981 Views
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Hope Street house was drug den, police sayPolice arrested two Mountain View residents on Tuesday after a search of their home allegedly revealed the suspects were...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2017Last comment by Common sense, on Apr 11, 2017 at 8:53 pm | 11 comments | 11762 Views
BOOKS
District attorney endorses judge facing recallSanta Clara County Judge Aaron Persky, the embattled judge whose controversial sentencing of former Stanford University student...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by psr, on Apr 11, 2017 at 8:27 pm | 4 comments | 5214 Views
AROUND TOWN
Vote on Inspire MV grantsWith a pot of money ready to be doled out, local tech leaders are asking Mountain View residents to pick for their favorite...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by Kate, on Apr 11, 2017 at 3:18 pm | 4 comments | 4473 Views
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Council favors seven-story housing projectDespite some misgivings about parking and the sheer size of the project, Mountain View City Council members on Tuesday night...
Original post made on Apr. 6, 2017Last comment by park user, on Apr 10, 2017 at 9:18 pm | 33 comments | 9724 Views
ELECTIONS
Measure V lawsuit comes to major milestoneThe lawsuit over Mountain View's Measure V will get its first major courtroom hearing next week, and the stakes are huge...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 10, 2017 at 4:03 pm | 33 comments | 8817 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
El Camino's new cancer center set to open its doorsEl Camino Hospital is just steps away from opening its new cancer center this month. The new center, more than double the...
Original post made on Apr. 10, 2017There are no comments yet. 5111 Views
ELECTIONS
TONIGHT: Sheila Himmel at downtown libraryTonight at 7 p.m., ==I Voice== food writer Sheila Himmel and her daughter Lisa Himmel will talk about and sign their new...
Original post made on Apr. 10, 2017There are no comments yet. 2128 Views
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