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SCHOOLS & KIDS
A billion-dollar year for Silicon Valley foundationA contribution worth $500 million from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg helped propel the Silicon Valley Community...
Original post made on Oct. 3, 2013Last comment by Doug Pearson, on Oct 4, 2013 at 12:13 am | 2 comments | 8131 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shoreline: Drug use at weekend festival worries safety officialsSafety officials are urging attendees at the Beyond Wonderland two-day electronic dance music festival at Mountain View's...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2013Last comment by No More Noise, on Oct 3, 2013 at 11:10 pm | 52 comments | 9031 Views
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Hit-and-run driver sends 77-year-old woman to hospitalA woman in her late 70s was injured by a hit-and-run driver early this morning at the intersection of Rengstorff and San...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2013Last comment by Where San Luis meets Rengstorff, on Oct 3, 2013 at 3:02 pm | 13 comments | 7328 Views
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Century movie theater redevelopment must waitDespite protests from the developer, a proposal to redevelop the Century 16 movie theater on North Shoreline Boulevard with...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2013Last comment by Bikes2work, on Oct 2, 2013 at 10:40 pm | 20 comments | 8707 Views
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Sheriff's deputy charged with child molestationA San Mateo County sheriff's deputy has been arrested and charged with molesting an underage female relative, a deputy district...
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2013Last comment by timo, on Oct 2, 2013 at 4:33 pm | 4 comments | 7253 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Donation is music to middle school teacher's earsCrittenden Middle School's already large music program can continue growing thanks to a recent donation of $21,000 in instruments,...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2013Last comment by Musical Instruments Online, on Oct 1, 2013 at 4:07 am | 6 comments | 21694 Views
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Council rejects cat licensing lawA controversial new animal control ordinance won't be approved in Mountain View without some significant changes, City Council...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2013Last comment by Rabidcats , on Oct 1, 2013 at 12:44 am | 27 comments | 8321 Views
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Ready to roll: Bike Share launches in Mountain ViewThe Bay Area Bike Share program was launched Thursday morning (Aug. 29) in San Francisco and Peninsula cities, including...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2013Last comment by cisco, on Sep 30, 2013 at 11:51 pm | 32 comments | 19735 Views
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8 Story Developments Coming Soon to Mountain View!!!!If you weren't at last night's study session for the project at 801 El Camino Real, you missed a very informative meeting....
Original post made by Jim Neal on Sep. 25, 2013Last comment by MVResident67, on Sep 30, 2013 at 10:57 pm | 17 comments | 3558 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council: new Rengstorff property should be a parkCouncil members voted against any possibility of redeveloping a lush, 1.22-acre piece of property on Rengstorff Avenue Tuesday,...
Original post made on Sep. 26, 2013Last comment by tod ford, on Sep 30, 2013 at 9:01 pm | 19 comments | 10663 Views
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MV police seeking missing at-risk teenPolice in Mountain View today are asking the public for help in locating a missing at-risk teenage boy. Read the full story...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2013Last comment by Steve, on Sep 30, 2013 at 3:45 pm | 2 comments | 1849 Views
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another hit-and-run against a pedestrian in Mountain ViewPolice reported a hit-and-run against an elderly woman pedestrian this morning at Rengstorff and San Luis Avenues. For some...
Original post made by pedestrian on Sep. 30, 2013Last comment by , on Sep 30, 2013 at 3:41 pm | 1 comment | 2866 Views
ELECTIONS
Plans make room for Rose Market, othersAn alternative headline is: City Council ignores residents please for three stories. Resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood...
Original post made by Konrad M. Sosnow on Sep. 29, 2013Last comment by Jerry, on Sep 30, 2013 at 10:09 am | 1 comment | 3178 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Donation is music to middle school teacher's earsCrittenden Middle School's already large music program can continue growing thanks to a recent donation of $21,000 in instruments,...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2013Last comment by Mel , on Sep 29, 2013 at 11:47 pm | 1 comment | 8477 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board to vote on censuring NelsonThough a majority of his colleagues on the Mountain View Whsiman School District board have publicly accused him of unprofessional...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2013Last comment by Embarrassed, on Sep 28, 2013 at 11:38 am | 1 comment | 11280 Views
OTHER ISSUES
State reps to host seminar to keep seniors from being scammedScams against seniors are so prevalent that State Sen. Jerry Hill and Assemblyman Rich Gordon are hosting a free Senior Scam...
Original post made on Sep. 26, 2013Last comment by vkmo, on Sep 28, 2013 at 10:05 am | 4 comments | 6086 Views
BOOKS
Local students and grads drowning in debtWith student debt exceeding national credit-card debt — crossing the $1 trillion point last year — and college...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2013Last comment by Jeff, on Sep 28, 2013 at 8:16 am | 15 comments | 18720 Views
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Community counts in Moffett's future useHangar One may have been spared the wrecking ball, but the fate of Mountain View's iconic structure is still very much up...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2013Last comment by psa188, on Sep 27, 2013 at 9:08 am | 2 comments | 4102 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Workshop for local immigrant studentsA workshop for "Dreamers" will be held at Mountain View High School on Sept. 25. Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2013/09/24/workshop-for-local-immigrant-stude...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2013Last comment by to Roman , on Sep 25, 2013 at 10:43 pm | 12 comments | 7760 Views
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Even professionals struggle with housing costsIn a city where rents seem to be climbing higher each week, a single mother of three says she is struggling to find a decent...
Original post made on Sep. 17, 2013Last comment by PamelaH, on Sep 25, 2013 at 8:05 pm | 19 comments | 14688 Views
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