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OTHER ISSUES
Foothill Expressway blocked by fallen treeA fallen tree was removed after blocking a major thoroughfare in Los Altos for about an hour this morning, police said. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2015Last comment by Well..., on Oct 7, 2015 at 2:34 pm | 2 comments | 5387 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Housing issues top city's October agendaFollowing a crush of complaints from local renters, Mountain View leaders are scheduling an ambitious series of meetings...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2015Last comment by Gary, on Oct 7, 2015 at 11:18 am | 26 comments | 8973 Views
AROUND TOWN
Finance program for efficiency upgrades expands to Mountain ViewThe City Council recently voted to make the HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program available to local residents....
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2015Last comment by Beware, on Oct 6, 2015 at 9:32 pm | 3 comments | 6121 Views
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MV Chamber announces interim CEOIn a changing of the guard, the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce has appointed longtime board member Julie Hart Conde as...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2015Last comment by Eric, on Oct 6, 2015 at 2:59 pm | 1 comment | 5506 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Report: Silicon Valley incomes continue upsurgeSilicon Valley's median household income rose to $98,500 from 2013 to 2014, the Joint Venture Silicon Valley's Institute...
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2015Last comment by @@resident, on Oct 6, 2015 at 11:44 am | 6 comments | 5618 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Rival developers offer options for downtown hotelCompeting development firms delivered two distinct visions on Monday for a luxury hotel in the heart of downtown Mountain...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2015Last comment by @resident of ML, on Oct 5, 2015 at 3:00 pm | 16 comments | 9419 Views
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LinkedIn campus plans win praiseLinkedIn's transformative plans for a new North Bayshore campus received a round of accolades from Mountain View officials...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2015Last comment by AC, on Oct 4, 2015 at 7:44 pm | 9 comments | 9545 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board throws support behind preschool expansionPreschool has been lauded by education advocates as an essential part of early childhood development, and important tool...
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2015Last comment by More data, on Oct 3, 2015 at 5:08 pm | 5 comments | 5432 Views
ELECTIONS
Letters to the editor<B>Renewable-energy effort gains force Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2015/10/02/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2015Last comment by Cherie Walkowiak, on Oct 2, 2015 at 6:00 pm | 2 comments | 4078 Views
BOOKS
NASA celebrates "The Martian" releasePlenty of movies have chronicled space exploration, but never before has a film generated quite so much excitement at NASA...
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2015Last comment by Ken, on Oct 2, 2015 at 4:46 pm | 1 comment | 7206 Views
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When science meets science fictionWhen it comes to pondering the universe beyond Earth, the number of questions that come to mind might seem, well, astronomical....
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2015Last comment by Hmm, on Oct 2, 2015 at 3:31 pm | 1 comment | 6919 Views
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Huff named Blue Ribbon SchoolMountain View's own Huff Elementary School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School this week, one of only two schools...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2015Last comment by Wow!, on Oct 2, 2015 at 11:38 am | 9 comments | 5484 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Woman's car attacked by hammer-wielding manPolice arrested a 57-year-old Mountain View man last week after he allegedly approached a woman in her vehicle and began...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2015Last comment by Scott, on Oct 2, 2015 at 11:36 am | 6 comments | 6157 Views
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Office planned for downtown church propertyIn a bid to balance its bottom line, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church of Mountain View is planning to lease out its Castro...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2015Last comment by Church property for commercial use should be taxed, on Oct 2, 2015 at 11:23 am | 13 comments | 10364 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis pulls ahead with top test scoresFor many charter schools in Santa Clara County, the results of the first Common Core-aligned standardized tests were a wake-up...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2015Last comment by Another View, on Oct 1, 2015 at 4:22 pm | 4 comments | 8155 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Suspect in fatal stabbing arrested in Mountain ViewA 35-year-old man was arrested in a fatal stabbing during a teen's birthday celebration in unincorporated Morgan Hill over...
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2015Last comment by Sage, on Oct 1, 2015 at 10:56 am | 3 comments | 2391 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students' poor test scores prompt call for actionThere are no two ways about it. School administrators and board members at the Mountain View Whisman School District agreed...
Original post made on Sep. 25, 2015Last comment by @Otto Maddox, on Sep 30, 2015 at 8:45 pm | 52 comments | 12194 Views
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New track and field in the works for Crittenden Middle SchoolThe city's middle schools may soon have some parity when it comes to playing field quality, after City Council members supported...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2013Last comment by John Kostka, on Sep 30, 2015 at 3:29 pm | 10 comments | 20191 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustee upset over school board agendasThe normally mundane and uncontroversial process of setting items for future agendas in the Mountain View Whisman School...
Original post made on Sep. 25, 2015Last comment by Internet Referee, on Sep 30, 2015 at 1:32 pm | 18 comments | 4324 Views
OTHER ISSUES
New affordable housing comes with big price tagA city committee gave initial support Tuesday for contributing $5.8 million toward building 60 units of affordable housing...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2015Last comment by Amy, on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:48 am | 15 comments | 7725 Views
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