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Guest opinion: Displacement of city's residents an epidemic in our midstWhat do you call a mass displacement of longtime residents forced out of their community? An exodus? A social tragedy? An...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2016Last comment by Jim Neal, on Oct 13, 2016 at 2:12 pm | 11 comments | 3756 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council approves $200K for new homeless programsFollowing months of studying the growing number of people living in their cars, the Mountain View City Council on Tuesday...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2016Last comment by local, on Oct 12, 2016 at 11:07 pm | 21 comments | 8166 Views
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Major fixes needed for high school buildingsMountain View and Los Altos high schools may look radically different in the coming years as the Mountain View-Los Altos...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2016Last comment by Cognitive Dissonance, on Oct 12, 2016 at 7:25 pm | 4 comments | 5633 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No charges filed against Stanford student arrested for rapeThe Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office will not file charges against a male Stanford University graduate student...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2016Last comment by BigD, on Oct 12, 2016 at 3:10 pm | 2 comments | 5879 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Suspicious item on Foothill campus found to be harmlessAn administration building at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills was briefly evacuated today because of a suspicious item...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2016Last comment by FoothillCC, on Oct 12, 2016 at 2:56 pm | 2 comments | 4797 Views
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Police investigating suspicious item on Foothill College campusPolice are investigating a suspicious item found in a Foothill College bathroom in Los Altos Hills this afternoon, a school...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2016Last comment by update, on Oct 12, 2016 at 9:17 am | 4 comments | 4341 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Three MVHS teens arrested over social media threatsPolice arrested three Mountain View High School students Monday after they allegedly made threats against students and staff...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2016Last comment by DMarcotte, on Oct 12, 2016 at 8:36 am | 18 comments | 11907 Views
ELECTIONS
****SECOND LARGEST RENT DECREASE IN US - SAN JOSE METRO AREA AT -12%****https://s3.amazonaws.com/renter-blog-assets/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/06155250/ABODO_National_September_Graphic.jpg...
Original post made by lenny on Oct. 8, 2016Last comment by In the End, on Oct 12, 2016 at 12:38 am | 22 comments | 2399 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Wong takes big lead in Foothill-De Anza fundraisingCupertino City Councilman Gilbert Wong has raised the most cash out of the six candidates vying for a seat on Foothill-De...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2016Last comment by Ms. Sarcasm, on Oct 11, 2016 at 9:33 pm | 4 comments | 4897 Views
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Lopsided campaign spending for LASD parcel taxCampaign spending on Measure GG, a $223 parcel tax on property owners within the Los Altos School District, shows that proponents...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2016Last comment by Fair School Taxes, on Oct 11, 2016 at 2:52 pm | 13 comments | 5405 Views
RESTAURANTS
Korean classicsIf your knowledge of Korean food starts and ends at kimchi, then Song Pa in Mountain View offers an easy introduction; if...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2016Last comment by Max Hauser, on Oct 11, 2016 at 10:49 am | 3 comments | 6865 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bay Area rain predicted for Thursday, FridayOfficials with the National Weather Service are predicting rain toward the end of the week in the Bay Area. Read the full...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2016Last comment by Abigail , on Oct 11, 2016 at 8:31 am | 7 comments | 4380 Views
AROUND TOWN
Two concert-goers arrested at ShorelinePolice arrested two people on battery charges after both allegedly attacked concert-goers and Shoreline Amphitheatre staff...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2016Last comment by Public Online Resource, on Oct 8, 2016 at 5:11 pm | 16 comments | 6323 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local school boards weigh in on state measuresAs the November election approaches, schools district officials in Mountain View have started to throw their support behind...
Original post made on Oct. 3, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 8, 2016 at 9:14 am | 7 comments | 5773 Views
ELECTIONS
Big turnover for Mountain View Whisman school boardFour candidates will be facing off this November for seats on the Mountain View Whisman School District's board of trustees,...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2016Last comment by Monta Loma mom , on Oct 7, 2016 at 12:45 pm | 21 comments | 12243 Views
RESTAURANTS
Review: A winning blendMountain View must have done something right. The city now houses half a dozen excellent, reasonably priced Japanese restaurants,...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2016Last comment by Jenny Huang, on Oct 7, 2016 at 11:15 am | 1 comment | 16485 Views
ELECTIONS
Council candidates' fundraising hits city's spending limitAs the final push begins for the Nov. 8 election, Mountain View's eight City Council candidates have amassed sizable war...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2016Last comment by Kacey Carpenter, on Oct 7, 2016 at 10:18 am | 5 comments | 6300 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Increased water use statewide could lead to mandatory restrictionsA recent dramatic drop in water conservation statewide could lead to a renewal of state-imposed mandatory water restrictions,...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2016Last comment by Bill Michel, on Oct 6, 2016 at 9:42 pm | 6 comments | 4242 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council opts to leave holes in Measure WIn a setback for Measure W, the Mountain View City Council's alternative to rent-control, council members voted narrowly...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2016Last comment by Council Watcher, on Oct 6, 2016 at 4:04 pm | 21 comments | 6863 Views
AROUND TOWN
Woman arrested in library vandalism caseA San Francisco woman was arrested in Mountain View after she allegedly broke a security gate at the Mountain View Public...
Original post made on Oct. 3, 2016Last comment by Wally , on Oct 5, 2016 at 11:07 pm | 12 comments | 6945 Views
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