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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents upset over 'hasty' Castro changesMountain View Whisman School District staff are looking to scrimp and save to avoid depleting the $198 million Measure G...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2016Last comment by Follow the Money, on Jan 19, 2016 at 2:45 am | 44 comments | 11625 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: School district has road map; what's next?The superintendent, high-level staff and elected board members of the Mountain View Whisman School District have some fairly...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2016Last comment by PACT parent, on Jan 18, 2016 at 12:50 pm | 5 comments | 3684 Views
AROUND TOWN
Split council backs downtown hotel, officesBy a thin margin, the Mountain View City Council agreed on Tuesday to enter formal negotiations with a developer to transform...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by Garrett, on Jan 15, 2016 at 8:21 am | 5 comments | 7978 Views
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Body found on Castro StreetA dead body was discovered in downtown Mountain View late Tuesday morning, according to Mountain View fire officials. Read...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by Muriel Sivyer-Lee, on Jan 14, 2016 at 11:41 am | 9 comments | 9901 Views
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Drought rules still in effectIt's been a rainy start to 2016 for Bay Area residents, but local and state water officials are urging residents to continue...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2016Last comment by Brought back on a penalty, on Jan 14, 2016 at 10:28 am | 7 comments | 6063 Views
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Castro school on lockdown as police search for armed man==B Update:== Mountain View police reported at 2:09 p.m. that the suspect is in custody. Police are looking for an armed...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by NRA Member, on Jan 14, 2016 at 10:04 am | 9 comments | 8306 Views
BOOKS
Undocumented, but not unwrittenA pair of volunteers at the Mountain View Day Worker Center have assembled a compilation of interviews with day laborers...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2016Last comment by Maher, on Jan 12, 2016 at 4:07 pm | 3 comments | 6563 Views
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Outgoing mayor leaves 'em laughingPer Mountain View tradition, the first City Council meeting of the year is a largely ceremonial affair. For the most part,...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2016Last comment by Robert Cox, on Jan 11, 2016 at 5:46 pm | 4 comments | 6401 Views
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Santa Clara County becomes first nationwide to establish office of LGBTQ affairsSanta Clara County has become the first county nationwide to establish an Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2016There are no comments yet. 4534 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Want a cash prize? Create an app for thatMountain View officials launched a contest this week to come up with ideas for a smartphone app to improve the town, with...
Original post made on May. 14, 2015Last comment by BuyGosh, on Jan 11, 2016 at 6:08 am | 3 comments | 4563 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
From seeds to student lunchesThis fall, students can look forward to dining on homegrown carrots, eggplants and tomatillos during lunch. A new program...
Original post made on Jan. 10, 2016Last comment by Mountain View Mom, on Jan 10, 2016 at 8:02 am | 1 comment | 7476 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Trustees, lower the lance and face realityAn open letter from the ==I Voice== to Mountain View Whisman School District board trustees Greg Coladonato and Steve Nelson. Read...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2016Last comment by PACT parent, on Jan 10, 2016 at 4:56 am | 26 comments | 8610 Views
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Council picks Showalter as mayorAsked about the big issues facing Mountain View, the city's new mayor, Pat Showalter, doesn't need to ponder for long. It's...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2016Last comment by @Gladys, on Jan 9, 2016 at 3:48 pm | 23 comments | 7849 Views
OTHER ISSUES
New Celebration Train to make its debut ride on Martin Luther King Jr. DayLast January, the Bay Area's Freedom Train to honor the civil rights legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made its final...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2016Last comment by Jeanne sanders, on Jan 8, 2016 at 4:17 pm | 1 comment | 5579 Views
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Cities press VTA to move on transit woesFiring off a proverbial warning shot, Mountain View and seven other West Valley cities sent a letter recently to the Valley...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2016Last comment by @Intelligent Realist, on Jan 8, 2016 at 11:03 am | 7 comments | 5799 Views
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Power outage caused by traffic collisionRoughly 1,630 utility customers in Mountain View were in the dark Tuesday night after a traffic collision damaged electrical...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2016Last comment by Dori, on Jan 6, 2016 at 4:55 pm | 4 comments | 6604 Views
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Day Worker Center's role more crucial than everThe Mountain View Day Worker Center is like a firewall holding back a wave of social ills, said executive director Maria...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2016Last comment by mn_test347, on Jan 6, 2016 at 4:00 pm | 9 comments | 7492 Views
SPORTS
Local sports fans can nab Super Bowl volunteer jobsOrganizers of the halftime show for Super Bowl 50 taking place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara invited Bay Area sports fans...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2016Last comment by OldMV, on Jan 6, 2016 at 3:30 pm | 4 comments | 6256 Views
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Google housing axed in city's general planCouncil members were not moved Tuesday night by last-minute efforts by the Chamber of Commerce and the mayor to keep housing...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2012Last comment by Common sense, on Jan 6, 2016 at 12:24 pm | 15 comments | 40785 Views
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Peninsula cities call for new Bus Rapid Transit optionsA proposal to create bus-only lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose has hit a political speed bump, with...
Original post made on Oct. 29, 2015Last comment by BRT Buses in service Now, on Jan 6, 2016 at 1:09 am | 18 comments | 7946 Views
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