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El Camino buys land for new San Jose hospitalThe El Camino Hospital Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to buy nearly 16 acres of land in South San Jose, with the...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2016Last comment by mps1998, on Jan 22, 2016 at 6:18 pm | 11 comments | 25212 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos district to ask for $193 parcel taxRead the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/01/19/los-altos-district-to-ask-for-193-parcel-tax posted Tuesday,...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2016Last comment by @Ron Haley, on Jan 22, 2016 at 4:52 pm | 7 comments | 5556 Views
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Walgreens to close Mountain View storeThe drug-store chain Walgreens is planning to close down one of its Mountain View locations later this month. On Jan. 28,...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2016Last comment by Darin, on Jan 22, 2016 at 3:44 pm | 21 comments | 17795 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Woman arrested in hammer attackA 40-year-old Mountain View woman was arrested last week after she allegedly attacked a neighbor with a hammer. Read the...
Original post made on Jan. 22, 2016Last comment by KC_Hammer, on Jan 22, 2016 at 2:20 pm | 2 comments | 5883 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Luring kids back to hot lunchSchool officials in Mountain View have been pushing for what they call "21st century learning" in the classroom for years....
Original post made on May. 16, 2015Last comment by J, on Jan 22, 2016 at 1:56 pm | 2 comments | 4390 Views
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Water district CEO resignsThe Santa Clara Valley Water District announced Thursday night that CEO Beau Goldie would be stepping down, effective Jan....
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2016Last comment by @ george, on Jan 22, 2016 at 11:32 am | 5 comments | 5449 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Special ed resource fair on FridayThe Learning Challenges Resource Fair, an annual event with the goal of linking families with special education and mental...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2016Last comment by Sarah1000, on Jan 22, 2016 at 7:13 am | 2 comments | 4155 Views
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Exit fees trip up plans to ditch PG&EMountain View leaders last week enthusiastically signaled they would join a new alternative energy utility that promises...
Original post made on Jan. 22, 2016Last comment by Mike, on Jan 22, 2016 at 7:11 am | 1 comment | 3552 Views
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Exit fees plague nascent power utilitiesMountain View leaders last week enthusiastically signaled they would join a new alternative energy utility that promises...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2016Last comment by Rossta, on Jan 21, 2016 at 11:04 am | 10 comments | 7315 Views
RESTAURANTS
Fired upMy new favorite pizza in the whole world is the carbonara at Vesta in downtown Redwood City. What could have been a dense,...
Original post made on Jan. 21, 2016Last comment by yum!, on Jan 21, 2016 at 11:03 am | 1 comment | 6322 Views
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Coast Guard suspends search for students swept out to seaAfter 22 hours, the United States Coast Guard has suspended the search for two college students who were swept out to sea...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2016Last comment by Steve, on Jan 21, 2016 at 8:09 am | 2 comments | 4957 Views
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Two women sought in bank fraudPolice are searching for two women who allegedly used fraudulent checks to scam people into withdrawing money from their...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2016Last comment by I may have a lead, on Jan 20, 2016 at 5:13 pm | 5 comments | 6105 Views
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Bay Area: storm causes flooding, delays, outagesRain and wind flooded roadways, delayed BART service and caused power outages throughout the Bay Area Tuesday morning. Read...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2016Last comment by vkmo, on Jan 20, 2016 at 2:40 pm | 1 comment | 4525 Views
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City hires firm to handle housing violationsMountain View is committing $57,000 to hire a team of contractors to handle hundreds of recently discovered building violations...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2016Last comment by mn_test347, on Jan 20, 2016 at 2:04 pm | 6 comments | 5167 Views
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RotaCare clinic reopensThe Mountain View RotaCare clinic is once again seeing patients, but the nonprofit free clinic remains in limbo as to whether...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2016Last comment by True American, on Jan 20, 2016 at 10:38 am | 9 comments | 5828 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board still split on parcel taxThe Mountain View Whisman School District is just weeks away from the deadline to put a parcel tax measure on the May mail-in...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2016Last comment by No New Taxes, on Jan 19, 2016 at 4:33 pm | 25 comments | 6790 Views
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Joe Simitian: Why VTA should abandon El Camino Bus Rapid Transit projectBelow is a link to an an op-ed that piece Supervisor Simitian wrote for the San Jose Mercury News on this topic which ran...
Original post made by No Way to the VTA on Jan. 12, 2016Last comment by Joe Simitian Supporter, on Jan 19, 2016 at 11:22 am | 27 comments | 2706 Views
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New South Bay 'clean energy' utility gains tractionA proposal to create a new South Bay power utility could become a reality in the coming days as a string of cities, including...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2016Last comment by Rooftop Solar (bjd), on Jan 19, 2016 at 10:19 am | 6 comments | 5341 Views
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Rising rents present new threat for Hacker DojoHacker Dojo, Mountain View's one-of-a-kind laboratory for start-ups and makers, could soon be in need of a new home. For...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2015Last comment by Kevin SMESV.org, on Jan 19, 2016 at 10:14 am | 5 comments | 8667 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board critiqued in scathing district auditMountain View Whisman School District officials plan to take a long, hard look at their own performance, following the release...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2016Last comment by @ Otto Maddox, on Jan 19, 2016 at 9:44 am | 41 comments | 10899 Views
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