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AROUND TOWN
Council may seek voters' OK of pay raiseWith major concerns looming that only the city's relatively wealthy residents can afford to be on the City Council, council...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2014Last comment by beachmaster, on Sep 5, 2014 at 10:52 pm | 26 comments | 40742 Views
AROUND TOWN
How big is need for LASD bond?The $150 million bond measure proposed by the Los Altos School District faces sharp criticism as it heads to the November...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2014Last comment by Dread Pirate Roberts, on Sep 5, 2014 at 10:11 pm | 159 comments | 14684 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVLA shows strides in closing achievement gapTest scores and grades are improving across the board for minority students, according to a report from the Mountain View-Los...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2014Last comment by Julie Stone Lopez, on Sep 5, 2014 at 8:32 pm | 1 comment | 5091 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Child abuse alleged against preschool teacherA special investigative unit within the Mountain View Police Department is looking into child abuse allegations at a local...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2013Last comment by Curious, on Sep 5, 2014 at 6:29 pm | 8 comments | 8065 Views
AROUND TOWN
NASA Ames to open campus to publicAs it celebrates its 75th year, NASA Ames Research Center is holding a rare open house event on Saturday, Oct. 18, allowing...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2014Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Sep 5, 2014 at 2:29 pm | 6 comments | 10758 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View's Art & Wine festival this weekendCelebrating its 43rd year, the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival returns to Castro Street this weekend, bringing live music,...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2014Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Sep 5, 2014 at 11:02 am | 2 comments | 5907 Views
ELECTIONS
School board candidate Palmer stands by careful planningIt's an exciting time for the Mountain View Whisman School District. School funding is coming back, bond measure construction...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2014Last comment by District Teacher, on Sep 4, 2014 at 9:12 pm | 4 comments | 10641 Views
AROUND TOWN
Crime briefs: Walmart theft, McDonald's disturbance and woman gropedA man with prior conviction gets caught stealing again, a disturbance at McDonald's ends in an arrest, and a woman at the...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2014There are no comments yet. 6434 Views
AROUND TOWN
Tonight: council candidate forum on housing and transportationThe public will have a number of opportunities to learn about the views of Mountain View's City Council candidates in coming...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2014Last comment by greedy-growth-MV, on Sep 4, 2014 at 2:13 pm | 23 comments | 9750 Views
OTHER ISSUES
2.9 earthquake hits LaderaA magnitude 2.9 earthquake hit Ladera along the San Andreas Fault Wednesday evening around 8:24 p.m., according to the U.S....
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2014Last comment by Cupertino Gossip, on Sep 4, 2014 at 10:53 am | 3 comments | 5578 Views
OTHER ISSUES
District to hire temporary water-conservation enforcersThe Santa Clara Valley Water District board of directors last night unanimously approved the hiring of up to 10 temporary...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2014Last comment by recycled, on Sep 3, 2014 at 9:41 pm | 36 comments | 12088 Views
ELECTIONS
Council Race: Keep This Under Your Hat!!!This year's Council race appears to be marked by a deafening silence. Outside of one Candidate, the media does not appear...
Original post made by Jim Neal on Sep. 3, 2014Last comment by Jason, on Sep 3, 2014 at 6:16 pm | 1 comment | 2388 Views
AROUND TOWN
A stitch in time at the libraryAmid the books and computers at the Mountain View library, the quiet hum of sewing machines can be heard on Saturday mornings,...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2014Last comment by Alice, on Sep 3, 2014 at 2:21 pm | 1 comment | 8274 Views
ELECTIONS
Election a change of pace for MVLASchool board elections are getting a lot of attention this year. Another last-minute candidate joined the race for a spot...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2014Last comment by M Dickerson, on Sep 3, 2014 at 10:09 am | 3 comments | 7177 Views
ELECTIONS
Council candidate Unangst's ballot designation challengedA Mountain View City Council candidate is going to have to change his ballot designation after being challenged over his...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2014Last comment by USA, on Sep 2, 2014 at 7:10 pm | 19 comments | 8463 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bike Share marks first anniversary with discounts, freebiesBay Area Bike Share is celebrating its first anniversary by extending special offers to its members this week. Read the...
Original post made on Aug. 27, 2014Last comment by Steve, on Sep 2, 2014 at 3:50 pm | 14 comments | 7448 Views
OTHER ISSUES
6.0 earthquake rattles Bay AreaA 6.0 earthquake that centered near South Napa shook Bay Area residents in their beds early Sunday morning. U.S. Geological...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2014Last comment by Must agree, on Sep 2, 2014 at 2:08 pm | 19 comments | 10501 Views
AROUND TOWN
Power outage hits Mountain View, againA power outage in Mountain View this morning affected thousands of PG&E customers, turning traffic lights all along El Camino...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2014Last comment by No Animal Outages!, on Sep 2, 2014 at 6:54 am | 27 comments | 11218 Views
ELECTIONS
Council race: phone survey raises questionsMountain View voters are being surveyed about how they might vote in the November City Council election, prompting questions...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2014Last comment by Fidel, on Sep 1, 2014 at 10:05 pm | 26 comments | 5311 Views
AROUND TOWN
County to resurface sections of ArastraderoSeveral sections of Arastradero Road near Palo Alto will be refurbished in the next month as part of a Santa Clara County...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2014Last comment by UC Davis Grad , on Sep 1, 2014 at 2:26 pm | 3 comments | 11404 Views
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