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El Camino bus-lane trial wins committee's backingA controversial proposal to create dedicated bus lanes along El Camino Real gained a major boost Wednesday when a committee...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2015Last comment by BRT Definition, on Dec 28, 2015 at 10:08 pm | 77 comments | 10421 Views
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Woman arrested during alleged Kohl's robberyPolice arrested a 53-year-old Redwood City woman after she allegedly stole clothes from a Kohl's store, pepper-sprayed store...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2015Last comment by Dennis Feick, on Dec 28, 2015 at 6:50 pm | 2 comments | 5452 Views
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Peninsula gets more than 5 inches of rain -- more to comeA storm system that has brought badly needed rain to parts of the Bay Area since Sunday is on its way out today, but another...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2015Last comment by @True, on Dec 28, 2015 at 6:23 pm | 11 comments | 5655 Views
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March to Washington to fight 'Eve's curse'Stanford Hospital physician Camran Nezhat and a growing contingency of volunteers are organizing a march on Washington D.C....
Original post made on Dec. 27, 2015Last comment by Tricia Peny, on Dec 27, 2015 at 10:20 pm | 2 comments | 9474 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board considers big cuts in school construction plansThe Mountain View Whisman School District must make major cuts to projects on school campuses to get back on budget with...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2015Last comment by Mom, on Dec 27, 2015 at 9:47 am | 25 comments | 7891 Views
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Police seek help in nabbing package thievesMountain View police are asking for help catching two "grinches" who have allegedly been stealing packages left on the doorsteps...
Original post made on Dec. 24, 2015Last comment by pic, on Dec 24, 2015 at 8:57 am | 1 comment | 7359 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustees butt heads over new school parcel taxThe Mountain View Whisman School District is in the midst of drafting a new parcel tax to put on the ballot next year, and...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2015Last comment by Jenny, on Dec 22, 2015 at 7:55 pm | 44 comments | 17213 Views
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Family dispute leads to alleged assault, arrestA 23-year-old Mountain View man was arrested last week after he allegedly attacked a relative during an argument. Read the...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2015Last comment by vkmo, on Dec 22, 2015 at 3:32 pm | 2 comments | 4992 Views
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High-rise apartments win council's praiseDespite some grumblings about being "hosed" on affordable housing rules, the Mountain View City Council gave an otherwise...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2015Last comment by Observation, on Dec 21, 2015 at 3:52 pm | 35 comments | 11633 Views
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Putting faith to the testFor the estimated 250,000 Muslims living in the Bay Area, these are the times when faith is put to the test. Read the...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2015There are no comments yet. 6280 Views
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MV Man arrested after allegedly attack family membersPolice arrested a Mountain View man on charges of attempted murder earlier this month after he allegedly threatened family...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2015Last comment by Scott, on Dec 19, 2015 at 10:59 pm | 6 comments | 6620 Views
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Google set to launch Hangar One cleanupNow in control of the Moffett Federal Airfield, local tech giant Google is set to begin a pilot program to rehabilitate and...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2015Last comment by DC, on Dec 19, 2015 at 7:43 pm | 13 comments | 9740 Views
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All about man's best friendStudents at Mistral Elementary's Beyond The Bell after-school program got a surprise visitor last week, when Rubi, the 6-year-old...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2015Last comment by maher, on Dec 19, 2015 at 2:02 pm | 1 comment | 6642 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bike accidents spike by 480 percentBike and pedestrian accidents soared in the city of Mountain View this summer including several injury accidents reported...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2015Last comment by Bike Messenger, on Dec 18, 2015 at 11:47 pm | 54 comments | 6343 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Santa Clara County moves closer to opening youth inpatient psych unitAfter about six months of staff research and gathering of community input on the utter lack of inpatient psychiatric beds...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2015Last comment by Dana Bunnett, on Dec 18, 2015 at 1:45 pm | 5 comments | 10727 Views
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Downtown hotel developers to unveil proposals Monday nightOn Monday, rival development firms for the first time will present plans for how they would transform a pair of downtown...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2015Last comment by downtown neighbor, on Dec 16, 2015 at 11:40 pm | 7 comments | 6070 Views
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Split board votes to open Slater ElementaryEnding a years-long effort by families in the Whisman and Slater area lobbying for a neighborhood school, the Mountain View...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Dec 16, 2015 at 5:50 pm | 33 comments | 8656 Views
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Rent WatchProject Sentinel answers a question about allowing tenants to have a dog without asking. Project Sentinel provides landlord-tenant...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2015Last comment by Landlord view, on Dec 16, 2015 at 4:40 pm | 6 comments | 9456 Views
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New members for city commissionsThe Mountain View City Council last week picked two new members for the Environmental Planning Commission, the advisory body...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2015Last comment by @OldMV, on Dec 15, 2015 at 5:10 pm | 3 comments | 8927 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Stanford, Menlo Park hospitals penalized over patient safetyStanford Health Care and Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Menlo Park Surgical Hospital will see their Medicare reimbursements...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2015Last comment by PH, on Dec 15, 2015 at 3:46 pm | 2 comments | 4834 Views
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