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City lays out battle plan for D.C. tripA delegation of Mountain View City Council members will trek out to the nation's capital for a few days in March for the...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2017Last comment by Love, on Feb 7, 2017 at 6:34 pm | 3 comments | 6609 Views
AROUND TOWN
Water district begins work on McKelvey flood basinIt seemed fitting that the Jan. 20 groundbreaking ceremony for three major flood protection projects in the North County...
Original post made on Jan. 25, 2017Last comment by Safety zone, on Feb 7, 2017 at 2:56 pm | 10 comments | 9138 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Crittenden instructional assistant diesMountain View Whisman School District officials said that longtime staff member Diane Hernandez died unexpectedly Wednesday...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by member, on Feb 7, 2017 at 2:33 pm | 3 comments | 6972 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil rights complaint against high school district over rape caseA former Mountain View-Los Altos High School District student has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2017Last comment by concerned citizen, on Feb 7, 2017 at 2:15 pm | 2 comments | 8007 Views
AROUND TOWN
Long drought ends for countyMonths of wet weather have washed away much of the drought that plagued California over the last four years. Read the full...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2017Last comment by Joe Frisbie, on Feb 7, 2017 at 11:13 am | 12 comments | 6169 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Ex-officer's lawsuit hits roadblockA lawsuit by a fired police officer against the Mountain View Police Department faltered last week after a Santa Clara County...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2017Last comment by confused, on Feb 7, 2017 at 10:46 am | 1 comment | 4938 Views
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PG&E releases list of top 100 riskiest gas pipesAs part of PG&E's efforts to restore public trust in the company following the deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in San...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2017There are no comments yet. 3547 Views
OTHER ISSUES
SF district court mulling U.S. appeal of travel ban orderA federal appeals court in San Francisco is mulling whether to halt a lower court order that blocked President Donald Trump's...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2017Last comment by Alex M, on Feb 6, 2017 at 6:55 pm | 1 comment | 4391 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View Planned Parenthood searching for new homeThe Planned Parenthood Mountain View Health Center soon could be losing its home at the corner of San Antonio Road and California...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by accuracy, on Feb 6, 2017 at 4:54 pm | 6 comments | 7425 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ex-counselor at county science camp to get 18 years in prison for child molestationA former employee of a Santa Clara County science camp pleaded guilty this week to sexually molesting two campers and possessing...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2017Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Feb 6, 2017 at 3:53 pm | 1 comment | 8529 Views
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Couple arrested for alleged opium operationIn what is being called one of the biggest drug busts of its kind in California history, Mountain View police on Friday afternoon...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2017Last comment by PeaceLove, on Feb 6, 2017 at 2:55 pm | 1 comment | 9569 Views
RESTAURANTS
Maxing out your home saleGetting a home ready to sell is like getting dressed for the prom, says Coldwell Banker realtor Tim Kerns. Read the full...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2017There are no comments yet. 4536 Views
OTHER ISSUES
So much more than a soup kitchenTo see how the area served by the Community Services Agency has changed, Tom Myers needs only to peer out his office window....
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2017There are no comments yet. 5870 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students create startupsMiddle-schoolers gathered this weekend to work on new products during Startup Weekend at Crittenden Middle School. Read...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by a mv resident, on Feb 4, 2017 at 8:08 am | 3 comments | 6701 Views
MOVIES
'Scholars' group offers a shot at collegeLos Altos High School graduate Guadalope Garcia says he would not be a student at California State University, East Bay without...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by , on Feb 3, 2017 at 11:10 pm | 1 comment | 4145 Views
AROUND TOWN
Saturday: Talk with legal experts about immigrant rightsThe Mountain View Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 4, will host a pair of legal experts for an educational lecture on immigrant...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by Love, on Feb 3, 2017 at 8:05 pm | 2 comments | 3907 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford student, others sue Trump over immigration banA Yemeni Stanford University freshman and two other California students filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017There are no comments yet. 4921 Views
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County to file lawsuit against President Trump's orderThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday evening to sue President Donald Trump over an executive order...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2017Last comment by NoNeckJoe, on Feb 3, 2017 at 5:04 pm | 23 comments | 8561 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Googlers unite against Trump's travel banFollowing a wave of weekend protests at airports across the U.S., local tech giant Google staged its own political rally...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2017Last comment by MyOpinion, on Feb 3, 2017 at 4:28 pm | 17 comments | 7737 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Palo Altan helps Afghan interpreter get visaQismat Amin, an Afghan interpreter who helped the U.S. Army, has been waiting for years for the U.S. government to grant...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by Joy, on Feb 3, 2017 at 3:50 pm | 2 comments | 4696 Views
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