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SPORTS
City prepares for Super Bowl scrumMountain View officials on Tuesday laid out a set of basic preparations for handling the crush of visitors expected to stream...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2015Last comment by Kathleen, on Nov 19, 2015 at 5:14 pm | 11 comments | 8180 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Few students expected, despite city's housing growthIn the Mountain View Whisman School District, nothing has been more of a political football this year than enrollment projections....
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2015Last comment by Old Steve, on Nov 19, 2015 at 8:24 am | 39 comments | 9149 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council OKs raises for key city staffAt the tail-end of Tuesday's meeting, the Mountain View City Council signed off on a 6-percent salary increase for the city...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2015Last comment by Rebecca F, on Nov 19, 2015 at 8:14 am | 14 comments | 6161 Views
AROUND TOWN
City looks for new transit to avoid crowded roadsWhether it might be a monorail, magnetic pod cars or even gondolas, Mountain View leaders say there needs to be a better...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2015Last comment by SRB, on Nov 19, 2015 at 7:07 am | 20 comments | 6720 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Come to a Holiday Faire!Waldorf School of the Peninsula presents our Annual Holiday Faire! Saturday, December 5th from 10 am to 4 pm 11311 Mora...
Original post made by Waldorf School of the Peninsula on Nov. 18, 2015There are no comments yet. 2002 Views
MOVIES
The importance of being well-dressedTheatreWorks artistic director Robert Kelley huddles with designers in the costume shop, peering at purple swatches of wool...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2015There are no comments yet. 9721 Views
OTHER ISSUES
New fields offer room to playAfter 11 years of studies, planning and construction, Mountain View is set to open the new Shoreline Athletic Fields next...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2015Last comment by Ornithologically speaking, on Nov 17, 2015 at 5:24 pm | 11 comments | 8742 Views
AROUND TOWN
Podcar proponents tout futuristic transit visionMass transit is ripe for a revolution, but a new wave of speedy and specialized systems to move people still faces high hurdles...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2015Last comment by Steve, on Nov 17, 2015 at 5:11 pm | 16 comments | 10074 Views
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Cops pull over driverless carPerhaps it was bound to happen eventually - Google's autonomous car program got its first run-in with the law on Thursday...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2015Last comment by PA Resident, on Nov 16, 2015 at 9:43 pm | 33 comments | 8885 Views
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New monument honors Mountain View veteransMountain View city officials will be unveiling a new monument next week to honor local military veterans who defended the...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2015Last comment by Greg David, on Nov 16, 2015 at 6:13 pm | 10 comments | 5931 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Traffic nightmare due to huge accident on 101 late Saturday eveningWe drove the Shoreline on ramp to 101 sb Saturday evening and there appeared to be a huge accident. Many emergency vehicles...
Original post made by PA Resident on Nov. 15, 2015Last comment by PA Resident, on Nov 16, 2015 at 11:49 am | 1 comment | 1941 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Caltrain delays after Sunnyvale crash damages crossing gateA two-car collision damaged a Caltrain crossing gate in Sunnyvale and has disrupted service this afternoon, a transit agency...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2015Last comment by AC, on Nov 14, 2015 at 8:49 pm | 7 comments | 6011 Views
AROUND TOWN
Two lanes on Alma Street in Palo Alto closed after crew hits water lineOne northbound lane and one southbound lane of Alma Street in Palo Alto is shut down this morning after a contractor hit...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2015Last comment by Jes' Sayin', on Nov 14, 2015 at 12:58 am | 1 comment | 4325 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Science and math shine at 2016 Breakthrough Prize awardsIt's not often you get to see actor B. J. Novak, tech investor Yuri Milner and former CIA director David Patraeus together....
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2015Last comment by Ingrid Oakley-Girvan, on Nov 13, 2015 at 4:41 pm | 1 comment | 7345 Views
AROUND TOWN
Self-driving cars: safer, but more crash-prone, study saysAutonomous vehicles may be better drivers than their human counterparts, but they seem to get in car crashes more frequently,...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2015Last comment by Slow lane, on Nov 13, 2015 at 3:47 pm | 15 comments | 9977 Views
AROUND TOWN
Eshoo's bills aim to lower volume on aircraft noiseResponding to an upswell of concern from local residents about increasing airplane noise, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo on Nov. 6...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2015Last comment by PH, on Nov 13, 2015 at 3:24 pm | 8 comments | 5528 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board OKs $43M plan for Castro SchoolLast Thursday marked a victory for parents and school staff at the shared Castro and Mistral elementary schools' campus....
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2015Last comment by John, on Nov 13, 2015 at 7:54 am | 1 comment | 3438 Views
ELECTIONS
Guest opinion: Rent-increase mediation law could helpEven though six of seven members of the Mountain View City Council were screened and endorsed by landlord groups using fictitious...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2015Last comment by Gary Wesley, on Nov 13, 2015 at 1:57 am | 1 comment | 3373 Views
AROUND TOWN
Walmart shoe thief soughtPolice are seeking the public's help in finding a suspect who escaped Walmart security over the weekend after he put on a...
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2015Last comment by Plane Speaker, on Nov 13, 2015 at 1:37 am | 4 comments | 5800 Views
AROUND TOWN
Firefighters want to see vintage rig restoredAfter Mountain View lost several buildings to fires in the 1920s, the city took delivery of what was said to be the best...
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2014Last comment by Greg David, on Nov 12, 2015 at 6:14 pm | 15 comments | 28994 Views
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