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Stabbing at Rengstorff ParkA young person is recovering after an apparent stabbing in Mountain View Saturday night, according to police. Read the...
Original post made on Jul. 4, 2016Last comment by Mountain View Advocate, on Jul 11, 2016 at 4:41 pm | 21 comments | 8525 Views
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Police seek public's help in finding missing womanMountain View police are asking for help Sunday night locating a woman last seen in the morning driving to church in an...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2016Last comment by Me, on Jul 11, 2016 at 3:13 pm | 3 comments | 6129 Views
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City signals support for LinkedIn's colossal projectPerhaps the biggest and most complicated development on the horizon for Mountain View, LinkedIn's proposal for a new 10-building...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2015Last comment by John, on Jul 11, 2016 at 8:13 am | 25 comments | 11954 Views
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Monte Carlo looks to grow the partyMountain View's Latin nightclub Monte Carlo wants to raise the roof on its city-issued use permit. Read the full story...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2015Last comment by EZ E, on Jul 10, 2016 at 9:24 pm | 43 comments | 9758 Views
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Highway 101 to get two carpool lanesWork has begun to create double carpool lanes on the 3.2-mile stretch of Highway 101 between Highway 85 in Mountain View...
Original post made on May. 1, 2012Last comment by Resident, on Jul 10, 2016 at 9:08 am | 13 comments | 7876 Views
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Three arrested in downtown brawlMountain View police arrested three men allegedly involved in a fight in downtown Mountain View early Sunday morning. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2016Last comment by Resident, on Jul 9, 2016 at 1:37 pm | 2 comments | 5484 Views
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Turner-trial judge criticized for bias in assault caseAnother local sexual-assault case has become the latest battleground in the continued debate over whether the judge who presided...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2016Last comment by PeterCao111, on Jul 8, 2016 at 3:53 pm | 1 comment | 5857 Views
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Tenant advocates submit rent-control measureDisappointed by the City Council's unwillingness to take stronger action, advocates for Mountain View's large tenant population...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2016Last comment by Sandy, on Jul 8, 2016 at 9:46 am | 7 comments | 8591 Views
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Retired judges address efforts to remove Brock Turner judge in letterA letter released Wednesday by a group of retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judges speaks out against efforts to...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2016Last comment by PeterCao111, on Jul 8, 2016 at 1:55 am | 2 comments | 5408 Views
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VTA scales back toll lane plansA controversial plan to construct toll lanes in the Highway 85 median could be abandoned, after city leaders made clear that...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2016Last comment by Darin, on Jul 7, 2016 at 3:47 pm | 28 comments | 8165 Views
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Mayor pitches plan for alternate rent control measureIn a challenge to Mountain View's citizen-backed initiative to curb rising rents, city officials could draft a second ballot...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2016Last comment by Thomas Jefferson, on Jul 7, 2016 at 3:22 pm | 18 comments | 9376 Views
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Tuesday: Council to discuss renter mediation programAfter more than six months of preparation, the Mountain View City Council on Tuesday could take action on skyrocketing rents....
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2016Last comment by @John, on Jul 7, 2016 at 1:29 am | 25 comments | 6340 Views
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Supervisors allot $3 million to North County shelterLooking to help house hundreds of North County's homeless residents during the winter months, the Santa Clara County Board...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2016Last comment by The homeless are part of our communties, on Jul 6, 2016 at 12:22 pm | 3 comments | 6206 Views
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Oakland man arrested in Google arson casesFederal and local law enforcement officials have arrested an Oakland man for allegedly committing a string of recent arson...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2016Last comment by AC, on Jul 6, 2016 at 11:30 am | 6 comments | 7080 Views
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Council approves big new office park in North BayshoreRoughly one year ago, Mountain View's City Council dealt Google a surprise setback by giving the tech giant only one-seventh...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2016Last comment by Increase housing prices, on Jul 5, 2016 at 8:58 pm | 7 comments | 7588 Views
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Planning Commissioner Matichak joins council raceMountain's View November City Council election just got more competitive: this week Planning Commissioner Lisa Matichak filed...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2016Last comment by Max Hauser, on Jul 5, 2016 at 6:02 pm | 34 comments | 7265 Views
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Fun on the Fourth of JulyCelebrate the Declaration of Independence on Monday, July 4, with feasting, fireworks, parades and more. How will you spend...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2016Last comment by @SanJoseOrShoreline, on Jul 4, 2016 at 1:29 pm | 2 comments | 9155 Views
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Two-alarm fire damages Sylvan Park homeOne person was sent to the hospital after a two-alarm fire burned through the garage of a home in the Sylvan Park neighborhood...
Original post made on May. 16, 2016Last comment by SteveD, on Jul 3, 2016 at 9:13 pm | 3 comments | 6576 Views
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Hospital budgets for big expansion plansEl Camino Hospital staff are budgeting for a lucrative year next fiscal year, calling for cost-cutting measures and another...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2016Last comment by San Jose, on Jul 3, 2016 at 9:31 am | 6 comments | 6427 Views
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City Council approves El Camino's expansion plansDespite worries that traffic along Grant Road will go from bad to worse in the coming years, Mountain View City Council members...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2016Last comment by One who cares, on Jul 1, 2016 at 12:04 pm | 14 comments | 11623 Views
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