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OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County to assess health of Asian residentsThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday, May 10, a new health assessment of the county's Asian residents...
Original post made on May. 12, 2016Last comment by vkmo, on May 12, 2016 at 5:09 pm | 1 comment | 3848 Views
ELECTIONS
Strong fundraising boosts Marc Berman, Vicki Veenker in state Assembly racePalo Alto Councilman Marc Berman raised $104,481 in the latest reporting period for his bid to succeed Rich Gordon in the...
Original post made on May. 2, 2016Last comment by SRB, on May 12, 2016 at 5:07 pm | 5 comments | 6219 Views
OTHER ISSUES
County officials eye housing tax measureIn an ongoing effort to shore up affordable housing throughout the South Bay, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors...
Original post made on May. 5, 2016Last comment by @wake up people, on May 11, 2016 at 7:08 pm | 25 comments | 7241 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Police seek Los Altos burglary suspectPolice are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect caught on camera burglarizing a Los Altos home partially under...
Original post made on May. 11, 2016There are no comments yet. 5095 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Housing crisis forces CSA to shift gearsFor decades, the Community Services Agency of Mountain View and Los Altos has served as the safety net for residents in need....
Original post made on May. 10, 2016Last comment by the_punnisher, on May 11, 2016 at 3:44 pm | 1 comment | 7254 Views
ELECTIONS
Much-criticized mediation program wins council approvalIn a 4-3 vote, the Mountain View City Council gave the final nod to an ordinance creating a mandatory-mediation program to...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2016Last comment by Maher, on May 10, 2016 at 3:34 pm | 56 comments | 11766 Views
ELECTIONS
High-speed rail team makes whistle stop in MVWith a fresh new business plan in hand, officials with the California High Speed Rail Authority updated Mountain View leaders...
Original post made on May. 6, 2016Last comment by Brown's Biggest Boondoggle, on May 9, 2016 at 11:45 pm | 11 comments | 15404 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Tenants' group launches outreach campaignTenants' advocates are launching a new outreach campaign this weekend as part of an effort to get a rent-stabilization measure...
Original post made on Apr. 22, 2016Last comment by sfcanative, on May 9, 2016 at 12:32 pm | 58 comments | 8719 Views
AROUND TOWN
Judge: Rail authority's funding plan violated lawThe California High-Speed Rail Authority violated state law and "abused its discretion" in proceeding with the controversial...
Original post made on Aug. 17, 2013Last comment by Jim Neal, on May 9, 2016 at 8:14 am | 14 comments | 13183 Views
ELECTIONS
Presidential contest comes to Mountain ViewIn a prelude to the upcoming California primary, the state Democratic Party held its own mini-elections in Mountain View...
Original post made on May. 2, 2016Last comment by NO SHOW (alter), on May 8, 2016 at 5:39 pm | 10 comments | 6969 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City sniffs out food-composting programMountain View homeowners could soon be prodded to compost more of their food scraps under a new waste-management program...
Original post made on May. 4, 2016Last comment by Rodger, on May 8, 2016 at 11:03 am | 27 comments | 7885 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Big pay raise for high school5% raise? What are other local school districts offering? $141k to work 10 months a year? This seems obscene...
Original post made by Member on May. 8, 2016There are no comments yet. 1946 Views
OTHER ISSUES
More seniors becoming homeless in Santa Clara CountyThe faces of Santa Clara County's homeless residents are getting older, as more seniors are unable to afford the region's...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2016Last comment by Alice Schaffer Smith, on May 6, 2016 at 6:51 pm | 14 comments | 7015 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV-Whisman teacher negotiations stalledRepresentatives from the Mountain View Educators Association (MVEA) are calling contract negotiations "dead in the water"...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2016Last comment by not misinformed or inaccurate, on May 5, 2016 at 12:37 pm | 24 comments | 7440 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos Hills man arrested on charges of molesting boy, possessing child pornA 54-year-old man accused of molesting a boy for about eight years was arrested in Los Altos Hills last week, a Santa Clara...
Original post made on May. 4, 2016Last comment by Uh, Wow, on May 5, 2016 at 10:12 am | 6 comments | 6684 Views
AROUND TOWN
Google Fiber project seeks City Council's OKCould Google finally bring its acclaimed super-speed internet service to its hometown? After years of discussion, the company...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2016Last comment by AppleCider, on May 4, 2016 at 4:02 pm | 36 comments | 9898 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Voice wins for 'General Excellence' at statewide journalism competitionThe Mountain View Voice won the top award for print journalism at the California Newspaper Publishers Association [http://epublish.multiad.com/CNPA_BNC_2015/...
Original post made on May. 2, 2016Last comment by not so Old Steve, on May 4, 2016 at 1:08 pm | 2 comments | 5938 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bye-bye for BookBuyers in Mountain ViewIt was a somber event that Friday night as BookBuyers opened its doors to begin liquidating its inventory of more than 300,000...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2016Last comment by Mark Spellman, on May 3, 2016 at 11:14 am | 4 comments | 6449 Views
MOVIES
century16/moviesA list of current movies at Century 16....
Original post made by ray peterson on May. 2, 2016There are no comments yet. 2373 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Surf Air: New flight path will avoid MidpeninsulaSurf Air representatives say they have identified an alternative flight path that would put their planes, and the noise of...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2016Last comment by MV Resident, on May 1, 2016 at 9:58 pm | 5 comments | 6158 Views
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