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AROUND TOWN
Rotacare clinic a "godsend"Even with Obamacare expanding health insurance to many who otherwise could not afford it, the director of the RotaCare free...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2013Last comment by Angie, on Dec 17, 2013 at 5:47 pm | 4 comments | 10406 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Cold snap breaks MV recordIn Mountain View, temperatures dipped to 32 degrees Thursday morning, breaking a 15-year record, according to the National...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2013Last comment by rolo8ab, on Dec 17, 2013 at 9:19 am | 3 comments | 9910 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Affordable housing more scarce than everOn Dec. 5, one of Elena Pacheco's biggest fears came true -- she received an eviction notice for the California Street apartment...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2013Last comment by Neighbors Helping Neighbors, on Dec 17, 2013 at 8:15 am | 12 comments | 14191 Views
AROUND TOWN
Low Flying Helicopter?There is a very low flying helicopter just circling our neighborhood, does anyone know what that's all about?...
Original post made by Michael on Dec. 14, 2013Last comment by rolo8ab, on Dec 16, 2013 at 5:23 pm | 2 comments | 2834 Views
AROUND TOWN
Crime brief: Sticks and stonesA group of young men was spotted hitting each other with sticks and throwing stones at one another in the 500 block of Walker...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2013Last comment by Flava Dave, on Dec 16, 2013 at 3:01 pm | 1 comment | 6947 Views
AROUND TOWN
Gov. Brown set to speak at tech summit in Mountain ViewGov. Jerry Brown is set to join a discussion in Mountain View Monday afternoon with The Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2013Last comment by Max Hauser, on Dec 16, 2013 at 2:36 pm | 1 comment | 7498 Views
AROUND TOWN
Review: Song and sentimentChristopher Vettel (playing Professor Bhaer) and Emily Koch (Jo March) find an unlikely friendship in TheatreWorks' "Little...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2013Last comment by Josh, on Dec 16, 2013 at 1:52 pm | 1 comment | 9693 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Google WiFi replaced in City Hall, libraryAfter getting numerous complaints about Google's aging free Google WiFi system, city officials announced last week that a...
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2013Last comment by haha, on Dec 16, 2013 at 3:09 am | 10 comments | 9324 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Seventh winter Spare the Air alertAnother Winter Spare the Air Day has been called for Tuesday, Dec. 10, prohibiting all wood burning in the Bay Area for another...
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2013Last comment by 100% bicycle commuter, on Dec 14, 2013 at 8:21 pm | 29 comments | 10378 Views
AROUND TOWN
'From science fiction to science fact'Discovering that something from science fiction is real is no ordinary feat. Laurance Doyle, an astrophysicist at the SETI...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2013Last comment by Kirk, on Dec 14, 2013 at 1:59 pm | 3 comments | 8118 Views
AROUND TOWN
Food truck offers its version of the Parisian burger from Linda's Drive-InLike many local residents, the Zankich family never forgot the Parisian burger served at Mountain View's Linda's Drive-In...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2013Last comment by windh20earthsky, on Dec 14, 2013 at 10:54 am | 14 comments | 13676 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Pricey housing trumps low-cost optionsThe approval of another massive luxury housing complex at Moffett Boulevard and Central Expressway last week shows that local...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2013Last comment by Why, on Dec 14, 2013 at 3:19 am | 1 comment | 9668 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students turn into programmers for a weekThe maniacal cackle of Red -- one of the most recognizable of the Angry Birds -- can be heard periodically springing from...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2013Last comment by Jaime, on Dec 13, 2013 at 6:32 pm | 3 comments | 11075 Views
AROUND TOWN
23andMe hit with class action suitThe local biotech firm, 23andMe, which captured the spotlight for selling DNA sequencing kits directly to consumers, was...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2013Last comment by maguro_01, on Dec 13, 2013 at 1:37 pm | 12 comments | 22390 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police seeking suspected tool thiefPolice are looking for help tracking down two men who stole tools and equipment from a workshop in the 2000 block of W. El...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2013Last comment by Flava Dave, on Dec 12, 2013 at 3:23 pm | 2 comments | 9182 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council rejects light rail station planCouncil members decided Tuesday night not to spend a few million dollars improving access to an isolated light rail station. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2013Last comment by Garrett , on Dec 12, 2013 at 7:31 am | 9 comments | 9049 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man injured in fight outside downtown barA San Mateo man told police that he and a friend were jumped by a group of 10 or more men outside of a downtown Mountain...
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2013Last comment by Drink Up, on Dec 11, 2013 at 5:42 am | 6 comments | 5102 Views
AROUND TOWN
An entrepreneurial kitchenThe Mountain View Day Worker Center has caught the entrepreneurial bug. Working with a group of student volunteers from Stanford...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2013Last comment by GOOGLE EATATHOME, on Dec 10, 2013 at 3:26 pm | 3 comments | 11675 Views
AROUND TOWN
County animal shelters lower pet adoption feesAnimal shelters in Santa Clara County have lowered their adoption fees this month as part of the annual "Home for the Holidays"...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2013Last comment by mari posa, on Dec 9, 2013 at 6:57 pm | 3 comments | 8558 Views
ELECTIONS
Local fast food joint robbedThree men carrying handguns robbed customers and employees at a local fast food restaurant yesterday evening. Read the...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2013Last comment by Rashun Al, on Dec 9, 2013 at 3:29 pm | 20 comments | 16218 Views
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