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OTHER ISSUES
Council needs to rethink animal control ordinanceLast year, the City of Mountain View awarded the city's contract for animal services to the Silicon Valley Animal Control...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2013Last comment by Denise, on Jul 3, 2013 at 2:33 pm | 2 comments | 4671 Views
AROUND TOWN
Cycle track to replace expressway rampDespite outcry from neighbors over the possibility of increasing traffic jams on Moffett Boulevard, City Council members...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2013Last comment by jon botelho, on Jul 3, 2013 at 12:04 pm | 65 comments | 12813 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Navy to close bargain stores at MoffettThe Navy has announced that its Moffett Field hardware store, department store and barber shop will close Feb. 2 as part...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2007Last comment by Ron Wellendorf, on Jul 3, 2013 at 10:36 am | 8 comments | 11763 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A victory march for marriage equalityOn the evening of the Supreme Court ruling against California's gay marriage ban, over 100 people marched through downtown...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2013Last comment by Jonathan K., on Jul 2, 2013 at 6:52 pm | 4 comments | 3795 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Whisman budget outlook rosy despite deficitAlthough its new budget shows the Mountain View Whisman School District running a structural deficit in the coming school...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2013Last comment by incognito, on Jul 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 5 comments | 6053 Views
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Fitness center to replace Grant Road businessesCity Council members struggled to keep a bagel shop in business as a shopping center owner proposed to replace it and several...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2013Last comment by Bill Hitchens, on Jul 2, 2013 at 7:45 am | 1 comment | 4007 Views
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Girl dies after Saturday accident on Highway 280An 11-year-old girl died from injuries sustained in Saturday's rollover accident on Interstate 280, according to the California...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2013Last comment by MV Mama, on Jul 1, 2013 at 4:26 pm | 3 comments | 5224 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Transitional kindergarten eases youngest children into the classroomA lot can happen in a year. Ann Hanneman knows this from both personal experience and the short time she has spent teaching...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2012Last comment by Khash, on Jun 30, 2013 at 12:05 pm | 9 comments | 23746 Views
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Man stabbed in senior center parking lotA local man was stabbed in the ribs and suffered "non-life-threatening" injuries Monday night in the parking lot of the Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2013Last comment by sEaN, on Jun 29, 2013 at 2:04 pm | 6 comments | 3956 Views
ELECTIONS
Union janitors to return to City Hall, with less payThe janitors who lost their jobs cleaning the city's buildings this year may be rehired by a surprisingly cheap union contractor...
Original post made on Jun. 28, 2013Last comment by incognito, on Jun 29, 2013 at 1:11 am | 2 comments | 3899 Views
OTHER ISSUES
County approves flood basin at Rancho San AntonioSanta Clara County supervisors sealed the deal Tuesday on a massive project designed to protect 2,720 Mountain View properties...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2013Last comment by Anna S., on Jun 27, 2013 at 7:17 pm | 2 comments | 5184 Views
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Review: Crazy for craft beerNever ask Ted Kim a simple question about beer. If you do, you're in for a discourse on the qualities of craft beer, its...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2013Last comment by GG, on Jun 27, 2013 at 3:02 pm | 46 comments | 17333 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A victory march for marriage equalityOn the evening of the Supreme Court ruling against California's gay marriage ban, over 100 people marched through downtown...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2013Last comment by , on Jun 27, 2013 at 2:14 pm | 1 comment | 3666 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Local couple 'elated' by gay marriage rulingsBrian Fiorino and Duke Khuu say they are elated to know that their daughter will be born into a world where her parents have...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Jun 27, 2013 at 7:10 am | 17 comments | 6292 Views
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Property values boost high school district budgetWhen it comes to the local high school district's budget, things seem to be getting back to normal, according to Joe White. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2013Last comment by John, on Jun 26, 2013 at 7:54 pm | 4 comments | 4703 Views
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Gay marriage backers celebrate court rulingBackers of gay marriage celebrated today's U.S. Supreme Court rulings clearing the way for issuance of marriage licenses...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Jun 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm | 15 comments | 4689 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Squirrels fight backJust as it was being announced the city had trapped its first squirrel at Cuesta Park, one of the ill-reputed critters attacked...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2011Last comment by James Dioxn, on Jun 26, 2013 at 10:02 am | 9 comments | 7646 Views
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Is flood protection project 'political engineering?'As the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors mulls over plans for a flood basin at Rancho San Antonio park, a local civil...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2013Last comment by Resident, on Jun 25, 2013 at 10:48 pm | 11 comments | 6718 Views
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City agrees to share $50 million with schoolsAn agreement to share the property taxes of the likes of Google with local schools has been approved by the City Council,...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2013Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 25, 2013 at 4:52 pm | 9 comments | 2356 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVHS names two new assistant principalsMountain View High School's new principal, Dave Grissom, will soon be joined by two new deputies, as the local high school...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2013Last comment by fixiegirl, on Jun 25, 2013 at 3:39 pm | 1 comment | 6961 Views
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