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ELECTIONS
City Council hits impasse in rental resolutionThe Mountain View City Council's preferred plan to ameliorate the city's rental crisis was delivered a setback after failing...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2016Last comment by Free Markets, on Apr 15, 2016 at 7:43 am | 3 comments | 3338 Views
OTHER ISSUES
EIR meeting on North Bayshore metamorphosisThe long-term goal to transform the North Bayshore office hub into a dense residential neighborhood was put under the proverbial...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2016Last comment by Doug Pearson, on Apr 14, 2016 at 7:47 pm | 1 comment | 4717 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Supervisors OK study of South Bay's shorelineA joint study approved Tuesday will examine current issues facing the South Bay shoreline and possible future uses, including...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2016Last comment by Will, on Apr 14, 2016 at 4:52 pm | 7 comments | 4852 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View hires new assistant city managerMountain View City Hall has a new No. 2 joining the staff. Audrey Seymour Ramberg, a longtime public servant with 20 years...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2015Last comment by Common sense, on Apr 14, 2016 at 12:48 pm | 8 comments | 12073 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Hammering out a brighter futureStudents at Alta Vista High School gathered around two thick, wooden frames during lunch last week to watch a craftsmanship...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2016Last comment by ivg, on Apr 13, 2016 at 10:26 pm | 2 comments | 6154 Views
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New No Parking Signs on Latham StreetCuriously enough, two new "No Parking for Vehicles over 6' tall" signs were erected on Latham street last week. It's obvious...
Original post made by Kate Ferguson on Apr. 13, 2016Last comment by Just guessing, on Apr 13, 2016 at 6:27 pm | 1 comment | 1988 Views
ELECTIONS
Candidates vie for chance to represent District 24The eight candidates for California Assembly District 24 come from different cities, professions and philosophical positions,...
Original post made on Apr. 8, 2016Last comment by John, on Apr 13, 2016 at 8:42 am | 4 comments | 8898 Views
ELECTIONS
Rent control measure aims for November ballotDisappointed by the City Council's unwillingness to take stronger action, advocates for Mountain View's large tenant population...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2016Last comment by Free Market, on Apr 12, 2016 at 8:03 am | 42 comments | 6431 Views
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Today: City hosts North Bayshore study meetingOn Monday, city planning officials are hosting their first community scoping meeting for an environmental-impact report on...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2016Last comment by MV Resident, on Apr 12, 2016 at 12:33 am | 3 comments | 3677 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Ames scientists working to get Kepler spacecraft back on trackThe Kepler spacecraft, NASA Ames' hugely successful planet-finder, experienced a minor catastrophe last week when engineers...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2016Last comment by Doug Pearson, on Apr 11, 2016 at 8:37 pm | 1 comment | 3877 Views
ELECTIONS
VTA considers complete bus route overhaulIn an effort to increase bus ridership and prepare for an onslaught of commuters from new BART stations in Milpitas and San...
Original post made on Apr. 10, 2016Last comment by AC, on Apr 11, 2016 at 6:21 pm | 14 comments | 8653 Views
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Cornes joins race for City CouncilThida Cornes has moved on from playgrounds and is taking a hard look at Mountain View as a whole. The former Parks and Recreation...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2016Last comment by reader, on Apr 11, 2016 at 5:22 pm | 17 comments | 9766 Views
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NASA Ames sends unusual payload to astronautsCracking open a delivery of resupply cargo on Sunday, the astronauts orbiting Earth at the International Space Station discovered...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2016Last comment by Cosmonaut, on Apr 11, 2016 at 4:12 pm | 2 comments | 4289 Views
ELECTIONS
Editorial: Squandered opportunity is the community's lossWhat will it take for Mountain View's elected officials to fully acknowledge the severity of the crisis that's driving average-...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2016Last comment by Gary, on Apr 10, 2016 at 10:03 pm | 7 comments | 3833 Views
OTHER ISSUES
During Orthodontic treatment…is Fluoride Friend or Foe?Poor Brushing during Orthodontic treatmentThere are many ways you protect your teeth during your treatment with Dr. Oles...
Original post made by OlesDrobocky on Jul. 12, 2012Last comment by Plane Speaker, on Apr 10, 2016 at 9:03 pm | 3 comments | 6362 Views
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Game-day parking rules to continue downtownFears that 49ers' games at the new Levi's Stadium would create a Mountain View parking nightmare turned out to be little...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2015Last comment by DC, on Apr 10, 2016 at 6:00 pm | 16 comments | 6108 Views
ELECTIONS
City Council hits impasse in rental resolutionThe Mountain View City Council's preferred plan to ameliorate the city's rental crisis was delivered a setback after failing...
Original post made on Apr. 8, 2016Last comment by Gary, on Apr 9, 2016 at 11:14 am | 4 comments | 4864 Views
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Mobile home residents brace for battleFor the hundreds of people living at the Santiago Villa mobile home park, the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2016Last comment by Backstabbing politicians, on Apr 9, 2016 at 9:02 am | 12 comments | 13768 Views
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Giants-A's exhibition game to boost traffic, transit useBaseball is about to return to the Bay Area. Even before opening day on Monday, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's...
Original post made on Mar. 31, 2016Last comment by dewas, on Apr 9, 2016 at 5:43 am | 3 comments | 4238 Views
ELECTIONS
Tonight: Second developer pitches San Antonio shopping center plansCompletion remains about a year away for Merlone Geier's ambitious transformation of a section of the San Antonio shopping...
Original post made on Apr. 6, 2016Last comment by DavidR, on Apr 8, 2016 at 2:06 am | 24 comments | 8320 Views
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