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AROUND TOWN
Google gives $800,000 for downtown WiFiPlans for a citywide fiber-optic network may be on hiatus, but Google is looking into other ways to grow internet access...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Jan 5, 2017 at 6:54 pm | 5 comments | 10603 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View's motto: build, baby, buildIn the long-term, City Council members across the board have indicated Mountain View should be able to build its way out...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2016Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Jan 5, 2017 at 1:25 pm | 70 comments | 9845 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Campbell man identified in fatal Mountain View crashThe Santa Clara County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash as 28-year-old Cory Elsner...
Original post made on Jan. 2, 2017Last comment by D Man., on Jan 4, 2017 at 2:45 pm | 2 comments | 8649 Views
ELECTIONS
Landlords take Measure V to courtTwo days from being enacted, Mountain View's voter-approved rent-control law, Measure V, is being challenged and potentially...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2016Last comment by The Business Man, on Jan 3, 2017 at 1:39 pm | 110 comments | 16654 Views
AROUND TOWN
This week's A&E highlightsMore than 30 of Palo Alto resident Karen White’s vividly colorful landscape and floral oil paintings are on exhibit at...
Original post made on Jan. 2, 2017Last comment by David Rogers, on Jan 2, 2017 at 9:46 am | 1 comment | 3560 Views
AROUND TOWN
City withholds details on rent control committee applicantsAs Mountain View's extensive new rent-control law goes into effect, the City Council faces a big decision: Who should be...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2016Last comment by Seriously B-man, on Jan 1, 2017 at 4:54 pm | 23 comments | 8547 Views
AROUND TOWN
Sunnyvale blocks homeless shelter at MoffettThe years-long search for a place to put a homeless shelter in the northern end of Santa Clara County just got a little bit...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2016Last comment by karen, on Jan 1, 2017 at 12:06 pm | 11 comments | 14411 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Study reveals promising results for airbag bike 'helmets'Stanford University researchers are eyeing new bike helmet technology: an airbag "helmet," in which variable sensors are...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2016Last comment by Um..., on Dec 31, 2016 at 6:52 pm | 1 comment | 5006 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A second chance at higher educationIt may sound too good to be true, but a Mountain View-based education company is giving anyone who lives or works in Mountain...
Original post made on Dec. 26, 2016Last comment by De Anza College adjunct professor, on Dec 31, 2016 at 4:56 pm | 5 comments | 16035 Views
AROUND TOWN
Measure V put on holdOn the eve of its implementation last week, the voter-approved charter amendment hit a brick wall after the California Apartment...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2016Last comment by The Business Man, on Dec 31, 2016 at 4:05 pm | 48 comments | 7966 Views
AROUND TOWN
Nurturing tomorrow's musicians and artistsIt sounds hard to believe, but a drab concrete building at Mountain View's edge is home to what might be called the lifeline...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2016Last comment by Drab?, on Dec 30, 2016 at 11:22 am | 1 comment | 5235 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City Council drops outdoor pot banMountain View broke away from a county-wide crackdown on backyard marijuana growers Tuesday night, after City Council members...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2016Last comment by Thank You Neil, on Dec 29, 2016 at 1:36 pm | 13 comments | 8251 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Food bank faces deep drop in donationsSilicon Valley's local food bank is sounding the alarm this holiday season after donations from residents in the South Bay...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2016Last comment by Friendly Neighbor, on Dec 29, 2016 at 10:31 am | 4 comments | 10303 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents react to new school attendance boundariesMore than 150 families went to school Monday night to weigh in on new attendance boundaries designed to balance enrollment...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2016Last comment by Cfrink, on Dec 29, 2016 at 2:02 am | 47 comments | 10992 Views
ELECTIONS
Guest opinion: Mayor's message of peace on Earth and good willAs 2016 comes to a close and we surround ourselves with friends and family, I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone...
Original post made on Dec. 27, 2016Last comment by George, on Dec 28, 2016 at 5:26 pm | 5 comments | 5884 Views
ELECTIONS
Editorial: City's refusal to release applications wrongheadedThe city's voters spoke last month, in essence telling the City Council that it wasn't doing enough to protect renters from...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2016Last comment by reader, on Dec 28, 2016 at 3:14 pm | 17 comments | 4616 Views
AROUND TOWN
Caltrain collision leaves one dead in Palo AltoA man in his 60s died on Friday night after a train on the Caltrain right of way struck his vehicle at Charleston Road in...
Original post made on Dec. 24, 2016Last comment by so sad, on Dec 27, 2016 at 2:43 pm | 3 comments | 8186 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Home Front: Christmas Tree Lane, cooking classChristmas Tree Lane, crocheting class and Chinese New Year cooking -- a round-up of local home and garden news and events....
Original post made on Dec. 25, 2016There are no comments yet. 4483 Views
BOOKS
Stopping the flight of the bumblebeeLandscape designer Juanita Salisbury is determined to start a movement in Palo Alto that would help bring back bee-friendly...
Original post made on Dec. 25, 2016There are no comments yet. 4421 Views
OTHER ISSUES
County pitches in to solve city's homelessnessThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a contract last week that launches a new partnership with the city of...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2016Last comment by mvresident2002, on Dec 24, 2016 at 6:47 pm | 11 comments | 7379 Views
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