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AROUND TOWN
A Festival of Fall ArtsFall is here, and as all art lovers know, that means a fresh new arts season is upon us. In the following pages, you'll find...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2014Last comment by randy albin, on Sep 12, 2014 at 1:41 pm | 1 comment | 7856 Views
AROUND TOWN
Crime briefs: man arrested at Shoreline and phone robbery at nightclubMan arrested after causing a disturbance at Keith Urban concert and couple arrested for phone theft and battery. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2014Last comment by Real talk , on Sep 12, 2014 at 1:34 pm | 9 comments | 6461 Views
AROUND TOWN
Public input favors boosting city's minimum wageResidents and local businesses are largely in favor of an increase to Mountain View's minimum wage, according to input gathered...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2014Last comment by Bubba, on Sep 12, 2014 at 11:14 am | 1 comment | 3125 Views
AROUND TOWN
No Story on the Child attacked by a Mtn lioon?Really surprised by the lack of any mention of the recent mtn lion attack on the 6 yr old boy. Not local enough?...
Original post made by Not worth reporting? on Sep. 9, 2014Last comment by Wildlife Biologist, on Sep 12, 2014 at 10:14 am | 15 comments | 2211 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVWSD new middle school re-construction photosThe First Phase of the Middle Schools construction has 'more than 9/10' finished and our Program Manager - Greystone West,...
Original post made by Steven Nelson on Sep. 12, 2014There are no comments yet. 2359 Views
OTHER ISSUES
$1 million Palo Alto Prize seeks to 'cure' agingA newly established Silicon Valley-based prize to "hack the code of life and cure aging" was launched yesterday, Sept. 9. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2014Last comment by Study old people, on Sep 11, 2014 at 5:57 pm | 3 comments | 5049 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Jobs-housing activists to rally before Tuesday's City Council meeting"No housing? No plan!" is expected to be the battle cry at a rally to be held before Tuesday's City Council study session...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2014Last comment by Lilly, on Sep 10, 2014 at 12:48 pm | 16 comments | 7354 Views
ELECTIONS
Teachers hold school board candidate forumThe District Teachers Association for the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District is holding a forum on Tuesday, Sept....
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2014Last comment by BD, on Sep 10, 2014 at 9:23 am | 2 comments | 4857 Views
AROUND TOWN
EPA honors Lenny SiegelThe Environmental Protection Agency is honoring Mountain View's Lenny Siegel as its "Superfund Citizen of the Year" for his...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2011Last comment by concerned citizen, on Sep 9, 2014 at 11:54 pm | 11 comments | 11431 Views
AROUND TOWN
Community activist to run for City CouncilLongtime community activist Lenny Siegel, who spearheaded the new group Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View, has announced...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2014Last comment by Evan Kroske, on Sep 9, 2014 at 7:39 pm | 52 comments | 18040 Views
AROUND TOWN
Former Assemblyman Ira Ruskin dies from brain tumorLongtime former state Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, who represented Palo Alto for six years, died on July 3, according to his family....
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2014Last comment by Stanley Kuperstein, on Sep 9, 2014 at 4:49 pm | 6 comments | 8984 Views
AROUND TOWN
Foundation launches website to connect legal volunteers, immigrantsIn anticipation of an eventual federal overhaul of the nation's immigration laws and a growing immigrant population in Silicon...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2014There are no comments yet. 4366 Views
AROUND TOWN
The sun and McMoon'sThe scrappy bunch of students, entrepreneurs and former NASA scientists who work out of "McMoon's" -- an abandoned McDonald's...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2014Last comment by Lorenzo Burti, on Sep 9, 2014 at 2:18 pm | 2 comments | 13034 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Stanford Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross at odds over new dealDespite active negotiations over the weekend, a Sunday evening expiration date for the current contract between Stanford...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2014Last comment by Celia Bella, on Sep 8, 2014 at 11:01 pm | 3 comments | 6406 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Letters to the Editor<B>How did we get into this mess? Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2014/04/25/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2014Last comment by Wayne Jebian, on Sep 8, 2014 at 10:15 pm | 1 comment | 3831 Views
AROUND TOWN
Rengstorff and Central - traffic lights flashing redThese lights were flashing red this afternoon. There was one man with a flag who seemed to only act if the Caltrain gates...
Original post made by Driver on Sep. 8, 2014There are no comments yet. 2076 Views
AROUND TOWN
Google partners with NASA to develop unmanned aircraftIs it a bird, a plane, a UFO? According to a new agreement between Google and NASA, unmanned flying objects of all sorts...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2014Last comment by Jo, on Sep 8, 2014 at 1:31 pm | 2 comments | 11076 Views
AROUND TOWN
City seeks minimum wage commentsThe Mountain View City Council has opened an online forum asking residents for input on the city proposal that would raise...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2014Last comment by Neighbor, on Sep 6, 2014 at 10:08 pm | 52 comments | 16236 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View 'fogged' for mosquitoes carrying virusAreas of Mountain View were sprayed on Aug. 19 with a mosquito-control pesticide in an attempt to curb the spread of the...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2014Last comment by Heathy Alter.ativesToPesticides.com, on Sep 6, 2014 at 9:55 pm | 1 comment | 6485 Views
ELECTIONS
Housing, transportation are top issues for council candidatesIn a crowded City Council race, Mountain View's nine candidates are already busy introducing themselves and their platforms...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2014Last comment by Garrett , on Sep 6, 2014 at 11:14 am | 36 comments | 17353 Views
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