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Traffic deaths, injuries topped the news in 2015The Mountain View Police Department faced a tough year in 2015, after six traffic fatalities and a sharp increase in bike...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2015Last comment by timo, on Jan 5, 2016 at 8:07 pm | 16 comments | 7187 Views
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MV Walmart worker speaks out about low wagesNews of President Obama's visit to Mountain View's Walmart Friday prompted an employee of the store to speak up about not...
Original post made on May. 9, 2014Last comment by Wow, on Jan 5, 2016 at 7:32 pm | 49 comments | 12578 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Hidden in plain sight: Human trafficking reaches into Silicon ValleyThroughout the Bay Area and even in wealthy and sophisticated communities such as Palo Alto and Mountain View, people are...
Original post made on May. 8, 2015Last comment by Susan Valletta, on Jan 5, 2016 at 7:30 am | 6 comments | 27335 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New laws taking effect for California drivers in 2016Several new driving laws will come into effect in the new year aimed at improving safety for child passengers, motorists,...
Original post made on Jan. 1, 2016Last comment by Hmm, on Jan 4, 2016 at 4:05 pm | 4 comments | 6406 Views
AROUND TOWN
Two arrested in New Year's Eve brawlTwo bar patrons were arrested in downtown Mountain View on New Year's Eve after they allegedly attacked a security guard...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2016There are no comments yet. 6119 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Year in review: City grapples with affluence and affordabilityIn many ways, Mountain View's situation would seem the envy of pretty much anywhere else: a standard of living among the...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2015Last comment by @Phil, on Jan 3, 2016 at 10:44 pm | 13 comments | 8002 Views
ELECTIONS
Race for Assembly seat draws more aspirantsLongtime Mountain View Councilman Mike Kasperzak's bid to replace Rich Gordon as the 24th District state assemblyman just...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2015Last comment by Common sense, on Jan 3, 2016 at 10:15 am | 4 comments | 5650 Views
AROUND TOWN
Landlords' hidden spending may trigger new election lawResponding to the Voice's story that a landlord advocacy group hid $85,000 in late election spending from voters in November,...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2015Last comment by SRB, on Jan 2, 2016 at 4:28 pm | 14 comments | 8479 Views
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Secret history of MV's Berlin Wall slabTwo large concrete slabs of the Berlin Wall were donated to Mountain View and were put on display outside the library in...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Self Serving, on Jan 2, 2016 at 4:03 pm | 14 comments | 11668 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Schools face widening achievement gap, plan for construction projectsLocal schools in Mountain View made big headlines this year, as school districts search for new ways to narrow the achievement...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2015Last comment by ways to close the achievement gap, on Jan 1, 2016 at 10:15 pm | 7 comments | 6834 Views
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A refuge for domestic violence victimsFor victims of domestic violence in Silicon Valley, it's not easy finding a place to go when fleeing an abusive relationship....
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2015Last comment by fcservices, on Dec 31, 2015 at 6:48 pm | 1 comment | 5251 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Odd smell prompts Google to evacuate buildingGoogle experienced a minor scare Wednesday night after employees at one of its Mountain View buildings reported smelling...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2015Last comment by SmarterThanYou, on Dec 31, 2015 at 3:49 pm | 2 comments | 7558 Views
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Car stuck on tracks delays CaltrainCaltrain passengers were delayed this evening after a vehicle got stuck on the train tracks at Rengstorff Avenue in Mountain...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2015Last comment by Gu Liu, on Dec 30, 2015 at 7:13 pm | 3 comments | 5029 Views
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Two arrested in Monte Carlo fightPolice arrested two women early Sunday after an argument at the Monte Carlo Club in downtown Mountain View erupted into a...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2015Last comment by Security at Club, on Dec 30, 2015 at 5:05 pm | 5 comments | 5713 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shooting was 'unjust,' say parents of man killed by Palo Alto policeThe father of William David Raff, the man fatally shot by Palo Alto police on Christmas night, said his only child had a...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2015Last comment by Greg David, on Dec 29, 2015 at 11:42 pm | 13 comments | 7641 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Caltrain mechanical failure affects Mountain View commuteA southbound Caltrain died on the tracks in Mountain View Monday evening, according to Caltrain officials. Read the full...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2015Last comment by I was on this train, on Dec 29, 2015 at 9:21 pm | 1 comment | 4102 Views
ELECTIONS
Crime brief: woman allegedly groped in laundromatA 19-year-old transient man was arrested after he had allegedly groped a transient woman inside a laundromat in Mountain...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2015Last comment by Donald Trump Voter, on Dec 29, 2015 at 8:49 pm | 1 comment | 5138 Views
AROUND TOWN
The puppet-masters of Mountain ViewThe Kruss family has a love for puppets bordering on the obsessive, and they're hoping to share their passion with the rest...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2015Last comment by Got.Me, on Dec 29, 2015 at 8:29 pm | 1 comment | 6485 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto police shoot, kill person who allegedly wielded knifeA person who police said was armed with a knife and charged at Palo Alto police officers was shot and later died at a local...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2015Last comment by More info (bjd), on Dec 29, 2015 at 7:26 am | 1 comment | 4174 Views
AROUND TOWN
Future of free health care clinic thrown into limboOne of the area's few options for free health care with no strings attached, Mountain View's RotaCare clinic at El Camino...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2015Last comment by Kathy, on Dec 29, 2015 at 2:05 am | 13 comments | 9409 Views
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