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City council supports allocating all ARPA funds in next budget cycleMountain View has nearly $8 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds available to allocate in the city’s next annual...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2022Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 15, 2022 at 4:48 pm | 1 comment | 3420 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Bay Area Toll Authority to seek over $180M in unpaid bridge tolls, late feesThe Bay Area Toll Authority will try to collect more than $180 million in unpaid bridge tolls, which breaks down to about...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2022Last comment by Bernie Brightman, on Jun 14, 2022 at 10:41 pm | 2 comments | 2773 Views
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Mountain View March for Our Lives brings generations together to protest gun violenceUrging local and national governments to pass national gun-control laws while braving the 90 degree heat, around 200 protesters...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2022Last comment by , on Jun 13, 2022 at 2:16 pm | 1 comment | 4867 Views
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Mountain View City Council expected to extend safe parking programThe Mountain View City Council is poised to extend the city’s safe parking programs for another year at its upcoming meeting,...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Jun 11, 2022 at 10:02 pm | 4 comments | 4218 Views
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Voice publisher announces retirement after four decades at the helmMountain View Voice Publisher Bill Johnson will retire later this year, he announced to his employees last week. Johnson...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2022Last comment by Judith Lhamaon, on Jun 11, 2022 at 12:47 pm | 2 comments | 3052 Views
OTHER ISSUES
PG&E warns of possible outages, urges preparation for Friday heatPG&E is encouraging customers around the Bay Area to prepare for excessive heat on Friday that could contribute to power...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2022Last comment by , on Jun 9, 2022 at 2:29 pm | 1 comment | 3417 Views
ELECTIONS
With unofficial majority lead, District Attorney Jeff Rosen poised for reelectionSanta Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen took a commanding early lead on election night over his challengers, with...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2022Last comment by TomR, on Jun 9, 2022 at 11:13 am | 1 comment | 2648 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Letter carrier uninjured in incident involving gel ball pellet gunThe latest TikTok trend gave a letter carrier a fright Monday afternoon in Mountain View when a teenager shot him with a...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2022Last comment by Johnny Yuma, on Jun 8, 2022 at 9:39 am | 2 comments | 4141 Views
AROUND TOWN
Living in a pod? New concept in affordable shared housing emerges in Palo AltoIts name has the cachet of a trendy Brooklyn home, but Brownstone Shared Housing has brought a new housing concept that is...
Original post made on May. 4, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Jun 8, 2022 at 1:29 am | 8 comments | 5728 Views
ELECTIONS
Editorial: Our election recommendationsThe editorial board offers its recommendations in the races for Congressional District 16 and Santa Clara County sheriff,...
Original post made on May. 12, 2022Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Jun 7, 2022 at 7:17 pm | 24 comments | 12189 Views
ELECTIONS
Mountain View Mayor Lucas Ramirez will run for reelection to City CouncilIf reelected this November, Mountain View Mayor Lucas Ramirez said he is eager to get to work on issues that were pushed...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2022Last comment by tgGus, on Jun 6, 2022 at 11:56 pm | 6 comments | 6260 Views
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Mountain View Voice honored in California Journalism AwardsThe Voice took home five honors in the California News Publishers Association's 2021 California Journalism Awards. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Jun 6, 2022 at 9:30 pm | 1 comment | 3196 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
In town hall, local Congress members talk about gun violence preventionIn honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Rep. Anna Eshoo held a virtual town hall Friday with Rep. Mike Thompson...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022Last comment by , on Jun 6, 2022 at 3:37 pm | 1 comment | 2922 Views
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Palo Alto Art Center celebrates 50 years as city's cultural hubThe Palo Alto Art Center will mark its 50th anniversary with a party on May 15. Ahead of the celebration, the Weekly spoke...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022There are no comments yet. 3279 Views
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Stanford Jazz Festival announces 50th anniversary lineupTickets go on sale April 22 for the Stanford Jazz Festival's 50th anniversary season, featuring Bobby McFerrin, Eliane Elias,...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022There are no comments yet. 3175 Views
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What a Woodside cookbook author learned from road-tripping across CaliforniaErin Gleeson's newest book, "The Forest Feast Road Trip," coincidentally arrives at a time when the pandemic has popularized...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2022There are no comments yet. 4471 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How Newsom would close the achievement gap in California schoolsGov. Gavin Newsom advocates "completely reimagining" California's schools to equalize academic outcomes, but will it work? Read...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2022Last comment by TomR, on Jun 4, 2022 at 8:05 am | 4 comments | 3061 Views
AROUND TOWN
From KQED to caregiver for mom in the MidpeninsulaAt a time when some people think about retiring, Dave Iverson, nearing 60 with a recent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease,...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2022There are no comments yet. 2983 Views
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Mountain View approves fees on housing already considered too costly to buildPaying for infrastructure is expensive, and Mountain View is going to need a lot of cash to build out new areas of the city...
Original post made on May. 25, 2022Last comment by LongResident, on May 31, 2022 at 10:49 pm | 25 comments | 8488 Views
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Firearm incidents cost Santa Clara County $72M each yearMost people are aware of the human toll of gun violence, but a new report in Santa Clara County is revealing its staggering...
Original post made on May. 27, 2022Last comment by Rossta, on May 29, 2022 at 12:21 pm | 2 comments | 3641 Views
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