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OTHER ISSUES
A School and a Park in San Antonio!How can we solve two longstanding community problems at once? The Los Altos School District has been in a long search for...
Original post made by Nancy Morimoto on Dec. 6, 2016Last comment by *Neighborhood* school, on Dec 13, 2016 at 10:02 pm | 21 comments | 4344 Views
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Google rebrands self-driving car divisionGoogle's ubiquitous self-driving cars zipping around Mountain View are going in a new direction with a new name and logo....
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2016Last comment by Jerry, on Dec 13, 2016 at 6:47 pm | 2 comments | 4870 Views
AROUND TOWN
No easy fix to the affordability crisisA coalition of elected leaders from all nine Bay Area counties agreed to an ambitious new vision for regional growth in the...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2016Last comment by george drysdale, on Dec 13, 2016 at 12:54 pm | 8 comments | 6552 Views
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Council can't pass up tempting gatekeeper projectsIn what has become a Mountain View holiday-season tradition, developers and property owners made a pilgrimage to City Hall...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2016Last comment by ivg, on Dec 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm | 12 comments | 12067 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Heritage Park celebrates grand openingSet to open this weekend, Mountain View newest community park will give visitors a glimpse of the city's history as a farm...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 11, 2016 at 8:06 am | 3 comments | 9739 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Bad-tasting water due to Hetch Hetchy water reductionsLocal cities' residents who have been complaining about nasty-tasting water coming from their taps can blame it on water...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2016Last comment by Bill Michel, on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:30 am | 11 comments | 8337 Views
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Student: Stanford offered settlement for sexual-assault caseA former Stanford University student whose 2014 sexual-assault case spurred campus protests and national media attention...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2016Last comment by @AllYouCanEat, on Dec 9, 2016 at 9:44 am | 2 comments | 5498 Views
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The ambassador of 'Arabology'Tune into KZSU 90.1 (Stanford University's radio station) and you'll hear hip-hop, electronica, folk songs, indie pop, rock...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2016Last comment by Ramzi Salti, on Dec 9, 2016 at 12:24 am | 1 comment | 4384 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Worries over dwindling burrowing owl populationOne among many inhabitants struggling to cope in a changing landscape, Mountain View's fragile burrowing owl population appears...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2016Last comment by Xa, on Dec 8, 2016 at 10:35 pm | 10 comments | 9380 Views
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Signs of the seasonSnow, elves, carolers and candy canes -- it must be December in downtown Mountain View. Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/12/07/signs-of-the-season...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2016Last comment by @Happy Holidays, on Dec 8, 2016 at 12:35 pm | 9 comments | 4074 Views
OTHER ISSUES
MayView clinic picks up where RotaCare left offIt's been seven months since El Camino Hospital closed the doors on Mountain View's RotaCare clinic, but patients in need...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 8, 2016 at 11:24 am | 1 comment | 7240 Views
ELECTIONS
Ramirez, Cox tapped for planning commission seatsLucas Ramirez, who was edged out of a City Council seat in the November election, was selected as the likely pick for an...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2016Last comment by David, on Dec 8, 2016 at 7:35 am | 5 comments | 6498 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Breakthrough Prize honors local science pioneers at MoffettIt was a constellation of stars, science and Silicon Valley luminaries at the Nasa Ames Research Park on Sunday for the annual...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2016Last comment by DC, on Dec 6, 2016 at 9:42 am | 5 comments | 8750 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Escaped Palo Alto inmate nabbedA woman suspected of helping one of two inmates, including a Palo Alto man, who escaped from the Santa Clara County Main...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2016Last comment by True, on Dec 5, 2016 at 7:18 pm | 4 comments | 4828 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New school boundaries on the horizonIt's a touchy subject that's bound to affect property values and leave some people disappointed, but the Mountain View Whisman...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2016Last comment by Mt. View Neighbor, on Dec 5, 2016 at 6:17 pm | 33 comments | 20457 Views
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Cleanup gear malfunctions at Moffett FieldIn a squabble between Moffett Field's federal agencies, NASA officials are complaining that a U.S. Navy treatment system...
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2016Last comment by Water curious, on Dec 5, 2016 at 4:53 pm | 12 comments | 10154 Views
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Federal grant aims to boost Valley's traffic-reduction effortsAn effort by Palo Alto, Mountain View and neighboring cities to get drivers to instead use trains, buses and other modes...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2016Last comment by The Business Man, on Dec 4, 2016 at 9:35 pm | 3 comments | 5607 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A respite from the coldMore than a hundred homeless people in the northern end of Santa Clara County now have a warm, reliable place to sleep each...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2016Last comment by maria_yap@yahoo.com, on Dec 4, 2016 at 4:57 pm | 3 comments | 8696 Views
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Trump deportation plan sends South Bay leaders searching for optionsDonald Trump's election has created a cloud of uncertainty for the nation's estimated 11.4 million undocumented immigrants....
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2016Last comment by Jim Neal, on Dec 3, 2016 at 2:40 pm | 9 comments | 22737 Views
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Three men sought in CVS robberyPolice are looking for three men who allegedly stole over $1,000 in items from a CVS pharmacy in Mountain View last week,...
Original post made on Dec. 2, 2016There are no comments yet. 6050 Views
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