Town Square
Sort by: Most recent topic/comment Most viewed Most comments
Navigation tip: Clicking on any category label will display all recent posts in that category
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: Sound approach on 'human rights city' issueThe City Council is taking an "easy does it" approach to deciding on whether Mountain View should become an official "human...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2015Last comment by Steve, on Jul 25, 2015 at 8:34 am | 27 comments | 5349 Views
BOOKS
Crittenden to hold special education fairA free education resource fair for parents of students with special needs — from the mildly dyslexic to the severely autistic...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2015There are no comments yet. 4561 Views
BOOKS
Schools win Google tech education grantsTwo of Google's 25 winners for this year's Home, Sweet Home initiative are Castro and Theuerkauf schools. The grant allows...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2015There are no comments yet. 4453 Views
AROUND TOWN
electric scooters on the Stevens Creek TrailThe city has posted signs along the Stevens Creek Trail saying that electric scooters will be allowed on the trail starting...
Original post made by parent on Jul. 23, 2015Last comment by Common sense, on Jul 24, 2015 at 10:07 am | 3 comments | 2536 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bicyclist dies following car crashThe Palo Alto man who suffered critical injuries earlier this month after he was struck by a vehicle in Mountain View died...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2015Last comment by mommy, on Jul 24, 2015 at 8:00 am | 1 comment | 3884 Views
OTHER ISSUES
DeLeon, get out of my face!Last week's edition of the Mountain View Voice contained ELEVEN full-page advertisements for DeLeon Realty. We get the message,...
Original post made by reader on Jul. 22, 2015Last comment by Another reader, on Jul 23, 2015 at 4:54 pm | 1 comment | 2090 Views
AROUND TOWN
Unique frozen treatShaved snow is not ice cream, and it's not shaved ice. The Taiwanese frozen dessert, xue hua bing, resembles paper-thin ribbons...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2014Last comment by Dennis Feick, on Jul 23, 2015 at 4:29 pm | 2 comments | 12731 Views
AROUND TOWN
Kepler mission spots new Earth-like planetA planet being hailed as a possible "Earth 2.0" has been discovered by the NASA Kepler exploration mission. Read the full...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2015Last comment by konrad M. Sosnow, on Jul 23, 2015 at 2:18 pm | 1 comment | 4982 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
change.org petition for youth mental health bedsSanta Clara County does not have one inpatient mental health bed for our children and adolescents. I would be so grateful...
Original post made by Sarah1000 on Jul. 23, 2015There are no comments yet. 2003 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Flooded with red tapeA torrential downpour is a welcome sight in the midst of drought, as long as it does not result in your living room resembling...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2015Last comment by elie, on Jul 22, 2015 at 6:38 pm | 2 comments | 5119 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A gym for Silicon Valley's heavy hittersSilicon Valley may feel like the fighting ring for the tech titans, but a new franchise is hitting on the belief that old-fashioned...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2015Last comment by Mark Noac, on Jul 22, 2015 at 3:44 pm | 2 comments | 8985 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn High shut down following Facebook threatGunn High School was shut down Thursday afternoon after a student reported a "threatening" Facebook post to police, Superintendent...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2015Last comment by PA Resident, on Jul 20, 2015 at 4:33 pm | 1 comment | 6290 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Dispute over human rights measure in Mountain ViewWhen it comes to basic human rights, there's surely some fundamentals that most can agree on. For instance: Everyone has...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2015Last comment by Jim Neal, on Jul 20, 2015 at 3:49 pm | 6 comments | 4204 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pedestrian injured in vehicle collisionAn 85-year-old pedestrian suffered major injuries after he was struck by a vehicle Thursday in Mountain View. Read the full...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2015Last comment by Old Ben, on Jul 19, 2015 at 5:42 pm | 12 comments | 8326 Views
MOVIES
New Batkid film has local origin storyOn Nov. 15, 2013, 5-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott had his wish come true for one day, he got to don a costume and...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2015Last comment by Lydia Sherrill, on Jul 17, 2015 at 5:20 pm | 1 comment | 6073 Views
OTHER ISSUES
State study finds texting while driving is on the riseIn a worrying trend, more California drivers are using their cell phones while driving this year than last, according to...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2015Last comment by True, on Jul 17, 2015 at 2:38 pm | 5 comments | 4471 Views
AROUND TOWN
Computers stolen from Khan AcademyKhan Academy employees arrived to work in Mountain View on Monday morning to find that the free online academy was the victim...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2014Last comment by Lili, on Jul 17, 2015 at 10:35 am | 13 comments | 23215 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bicyclist dies following San Antonio car crashThe 63-year-old Palo Alto man who suffered critical injuries late last week after he was struck by a vehicle in Mountain...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2015Last comment by NW Resident, on Jul 17, 2015 at 10:27 am | 3 comments | 7358 Views
RESTAURANTS
Sing for your supperRestaurant row is now more ubiquitous to the Bay Area than auto row, and few are more prominent than Castro Street in Mountain...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2015Last comment by Max Hauser, on Jul 17, 2015 at 10:07 am | 1 comment | 3935 Views
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: A positive step toward transparencyMembers of the Mountain View Whisman school district board did the right thing last week in scheduling a public discussion...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2015Last comment by the_punnisher, on Jul 17, 2015 at 1:57 am | 24 comments | 5312 Views
Stay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from Mountain View Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.
