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AROUND TOWN
P.E. credit for marching band?Everyone seems to agree that marching up and down a football field while banging on drums or playing the horn is hard work....
Original post made on May. 16, 2013Last comment by Marching band, on Mar 4, 2016 at 9:24 am | 36 comments | 88742 Views
ELECTIONS
Editorial: Don't ignore public transit for short-term highway fixCity Councilman John McAlister, Cupertino council member Rod Sinks, and other elected officials in the county are voices...
Original post made on Mar. 4, 2016Last comment by PA Resident, on Mar 4, 2016 at 8:10 am | 2 comments | 5109 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bay Area newspaper chain announces major consolidationThe parent company of San Jose Mercury News, the Daily News, the Oakland Tribune and more than two dozen community newspapers...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2016Last comment by george, on Mar 3, 2016 at 5:24 pm | 5 comments | 4814 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Federal judge clarifies order regarding release of student recordsAfter California parents were recently notified that their children's records might be released as part of a federal lawsuit...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2016Last comment by Increduloous, on Mar 3, 2016 at 4:52 pm | 4 comments | 4767 Views
AROUND TOWN
Time to tax big businesses?Looking to solve the area's worst traffic problems, a coalition of North County city leaders are floating an audacious tax...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2016Last comment by bjd, on Mar 3, 2016 at 3:21 pm | 30 comments | 8022 Views
AROUND TOWN
Google self-driving car blamed for crash with busFor the first time, one of Google's self-driving vehicles appears responsible for causing an accident in Mountain View. The...
Original post made on Feb. 29, 2016Last comment by PA Resident, on Mar 3, 2016 at 10:46 am | 23 comments | 8154 Views
AROUND TOWN
Eshoo backs Apple's resistance to FBI iPhone accessA ranking member of the U.S. Congressional Communications and Technology Subcommittee said she supports tech company Apple's...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2016Last comment by @Gary, on Mar 2, 2016 at 1:15 pm | 4 comments | 1908 Views
AROUND TOWN
Living in the shadowsIt was barely 6 a.m. on Dec. 2, when Guillermo Zavala walked out the front door of his Mountain View apartment and straight...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2016Last comment by Mike, on Mar 2, 2016 at 7:19 am | 31 comments | 7918 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City wins grant for water meter upgradesMountain View is being awarded a $50,000 grant to test out new water readers that would allow households to instantly check...
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2016Last comment by Waterlogged, on Mar 1, 2016 at 9:28 pm | 13 comments | 6982 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mini-park deal reveals SFPUC policy problemsOfficials with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are pledging to re-examine their real estate policies in light...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2016Last comment by Legal Concerns, on Mar 1, 2016 at 4:33 pm | 9 comments | 5713 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fight leaves one man injured, another jailedA fight between two men on Friday night, Feb. 26, in Palo Alto left one man seriously injured and landed another in jail,...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2016Last comment by ugh., on Mar 1, 2016 at 2:52 pm | 1 comment | 4644 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Obama nominates federal judge Lucy Koh to U.S. appeals courtU.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of San Jose was nominated by President Obama today to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Original post made on Feb. 29, 2016Last comment by @ron, on Mar 1, 2016 at 10:55 am | 2 comments | 3972 Views
AROUND TOWN
Google car v bus - first read about it on BBCI wonder why the BBC is ahead of US media on this one? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35692845?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebo...
Original post made by BBC reader on Feb. 29, 2016Last comment by Snark Repellent, on Feb 29, 2016 at 4:59 pm | 3 comments | 1990 Views
AROUND TOWN
City eyes Castro road dietTaking up the idea of a road diet, Mountain View officials are considering a slate of street changes that would trade car...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2016Last comment by This Plan Needs More Work, on Feb 29, 2016 at 10:10 am | 18 comments | 7184 Views
AROUND TOWN
City eyes Castro road dietTaking up the idea of a road diet, Mountain View officials are considering a slate of street changes that would trade car...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2016Last comment by Resident, on Feb 28, 2016 at 10:11 pm | 6 comments | 6069 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council lends support to county homeless initiativesMountain View City Council members agreed to two resolutions Tuesday night declaring homelessness a "crisis," and vowing...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2016Last comment by dennis, on Feb 28, 2016 at 10:04 pm | 4 comments | 1952 Views
BOOKS
Laundry room fire displaces one residentMountain View fire crews quickly extinguished a fire Saturday afternoon in a home on Gladys Avenue. Read the full story...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2016Last comment by Reader, on Feb 28, 2016 at 5:51 pm | 2 comments | 4988 Views
BOOKS
Crime briefs<B>Party goes bad for MV men Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2013/08/09/crime-briefs posted...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2016Last comment by arny, on Feb 28, 2016 at 2:59 pm | 1 comment | 5655 Views
AROUND TOWN
Meeting planned to discuss transit stationMountain View's long-term plans to redesign and upgrade the downtown transit station will be the big topic at a Feb. 25 community...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2016Last comment by Duh, on Feb 28, 2016 at 2:05 pm | 18 comments | 5870 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district poised to use controversial bond issuanceThe Mountain View Whisman School District is moving forward with an aggressive school construction schedule, and school officials...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2016Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Feb 28, 2016 at 12:05 pm | 10 comments | 5595 Views
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