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AROUND TOWN
City putting $6.3M toward 62 new affordable housing unitsMountain View City Council members agreed Tuesday night to set aside over $6.3 million to expand the Shorebreeze Apartment...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2016Last comment by JM, on Sep 20, 2016 at 10:02 pm | 15 comments | 10757 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Palo Alto's Keeble & Shuchat Photography to close in OctoberFacing a changing industry and declining profits, one of the Bay Area's last major brick-and-mortar camera stores, Palo Alto's...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016Last comment by Thomas, on Sep 20, 2016 at 3:21 pm | 14 comments | 10397 Views
AROUND TOWN
Overturned big-rig accident sends one to hospitalA big-rig that overturned on Interstate Highway 280 near Los Altos Hills Monday afternoon sent one person to a hospital,...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2016Last comment by Probably74, on Sep 20, 2016 at 2:35 pm | 1 comment | 4771 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Supervisors OK five-year homeless shelter planThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a five-year program that will provide 360 more homeless shelter...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2016Last comment by Shelter Supporter, on Sep 20, 2016 at 8:06 am | 7 comments | 4436 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
More MV students enrolled in higher mathSchool districts across the state are minimizing the role of parent advocacy in determining what classes students get placed...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Sep 20, 2016 at 7:46 am | 1 comment | 6567 Views
AROUND TOWN
High schools face looming classroom shortageLast week, officials with the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District considered just about every place they could plop...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Sep 19, 2016 at 11:10 am | 13 comments | 7775 Views
ELECTIONS
Letters to the editor'Smart machines' and humanity's future Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2016/09/16/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016Last comment by Plane Speaker, on Sep 19, 2016 at 11:03 am | 6 comments | 3149 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Caregivers protest low wages at MV rehab clinicCaregivers began picketing a Mountain View rehab clinic on Thursday morning over complaints they were receiving meager pay...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2016Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Sep 18, 2016 at 9:27 pm | 13 comments | 5734 Views
ELECTIONS
Former landlord says renters need protectionSeveral opinion pieces and letters in the recent past have focused on the travails of landlords with an emphasis on the horrors...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016Last comment by Scarlet, on Sep 18, 2016 at 4:01 pm | 2 comments | 3122 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Guest Opinion: Our housing crisis calls for regional cooperationThe housing crisis in our communities is both an economic challenge and a threat to sustainability. It is defined by the...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2016Last comment by Doug Pearson, on Sep 17, 2016 at 1:30 pm | 20 comments | 7141 Views
AROUND TOWN
City Council holds back on mobile home rulesMobile home park residents concerned about rising rents and dwindling home values are going to have to wait until after the...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2016Last comment by @george drysdale, on Sep 17, 2016 at 11:17 am | 11 comments | 7780 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View's night shiftEvery week, K9 Officer Dorene Hansen hits the streets of Mountain View around the time that everyone else is headed to bed....
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016Last comment by PH, on Sep 16, 2016 at 9:02 pm | 6 comments | 8111 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council backs Shoreline bus lane projectThe Mountain View City Council agreed Tuesday night to move forward on plans to radically change Shoreline Boulevard as it...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2016Last comment by DC, on Sep 16, 2016 at 7:42 pm | 36 comments | 10014 Views
OTHER ISSUES
More MV students enrolled in higher mathSchool districts across the state are minimizing the role of parent advocacy in determining what classes students get placed...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2016There are no comments yet. 3862 Views
AROUND TOWN
Vandal smashes Sanders fan's carThe charged politics of the upcoming election are taking a toll on Mountain View City Council candidate Ken "Kacey" Carpenter...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2016Last comment by Wally , on Sep 15, 2016 at 5:29 pm | 9 comments | 7417 Views
AROUND TOWN
Spike in mail thefts strikes The CrossingsResidents in The Crossings neighborhood have kept a vigilant eye on their mailboxes over the last few months, and for good...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2016Last comment by MVhomeowner, on Sep 15, 2016 at 5:44 am | 28 comments | 17486 Views
ELECTIONS
Letters to the editor<B>Castro Street's 'Vaso' worth celebrating Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2016/09/09/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2016Last comment by Ken Horowitz, on Sep 14, 2016 at 12:28 pm | 1 comment | 3444 Views
AROUND TOWN
Anyone can post and "like" their own commentsJust to be clear, this is not a validated forum. Anyone in the world, or on another planet, can post, and "like" their own,...
Original post made by Crossings commenter on Sep. 14, 2016Last comment by Sour Grapes, on Sep 14, 2016 at 7:23 am | 1 comment | 1829 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council agrees to pursue housing in East WhismanOne of Mountain View's office-heavy jobs centers could be an epicenter of new housing, after City Council members Tuesday...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2016Last comment by Me, on Sep 13, 2016 at 4:37 pm | 13 comments | 10271 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Drizzle to result in wet roadways, drivers cautionedDrivers throughout the Bay Area are being cautioned to drive carefully because moderate to heavy drizzle forecast for this...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2016Last comment by Me, on Sep 13, 2016 at 8:16 am | 2 comments | 4889 Views
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