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RESTAURANTS
Tied House celebrates 25 yearsMountain View's Tied House, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend, was at the forefront of the micro-brewing...
Original post made on Jun. 2, 2013Last comment by hmm, on Jun 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm | 2 comments | 5839 Views
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A rash of burglaries strikes medical officesA handful of Mountain View medical practitioners' offices have been burglarized over the past two weeks, according to police. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2013Last comment by resident, on Jun 3, 2013 at 10:44 pm | 1 comment | 4063 Views
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Celebrating with a snakeJill Clapp and her class of preschoolers at St. Paul Child Development Center in Mountain View recently celebrated the 20th...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2013Last comment by Sean, on Jun 3, 2013 at 10:19 pm | 11 comments | 5782 Views
OTHER ISSUES
NASA unveils innovative new techNASA Ames unveiled a little computer-operated machine that can manufacture spare spacecraft parts in space, including the...
Original post made on May. 30, 2013Last comment by the_punnisher, on Jun 3, 2013 at 6:59 pm | 6 comments | 6250 Views
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Free Concert With A HeartA FREE CONCERT WITH HEART Saturday, June 22nd, 4:00-5:30pm, Christ Church Portola Valley (815 Portola Road, Portola Valley)...
Original post made by Timi Most _ on Jun. 3, 2013There are no comments yet. 3852 Views
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Landscaping blocking field of vision at San Antonio CenterYesterday I came out of the parking lot directly outside the new Safeway and found that the new landscaping trees completely...
Original post made by PA Resident on Jun. 1, 2013Last comment by Observer, on Jun 2, 2013 at 7:19 am | 5 comments | 3734 Views
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Sears leaving San Antonio Shopping CenterSears department store will be abandoning its location in San Antonio Shopping Center when its lease expires next March,...
Original post made on May. 26, 2013Last comment by Oblivious, on Jun 1, 2013 at 11:24 pm | 3 comments | 5644 Views
RESTAURANTS
Food trucks get green lightThe city's 57-year-old food truck ordinance got a revamp Tuesday night, ending an unwritten agreement that had been keeping...
Original post made on May. 30, 2013Last comment by Rodger, on Jun 1, 2013 at 11:29 am | 9 comments | 10116 Views
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Residential burglaries up this yearLocal residential burglaries are up, according to officials with the Mountain View Police Department. Read the full...
Original post made on May. 25, 2013Last comment by Mountain View 1980, on May 31, 2013 at 5:06 pm | 11 comments | 10057 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Civility roundtable on guns and school violence tonight"Could Sandy Hook happen here?" is the headline for tonight's civility roundtable, an event organized by the Human Relations...
Original post made on May. 30, 2013Last comment by Ted, on May 31, 2013 at 4:52 pm | 4 comments | 2933 Views
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Hangar One, Moffett airfield officially up for grabsThe possibility of Moffett Federal Airfield becoming an airport for private business jets is now a real option after a "request...
Original post made on May. 30, 2013Last comment by Jeff, on May 31, 2013 at 4:40 pm | 15 comments | 14013 Views
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Overturned SUV crash injures fourAs many as four people were hospitalized after an SUV overturned on northbound Interstate Highway 280 near Los Altos this...
Original post made on May. 28, 2013Last comment by Ticket Maker, on May 31, 2013 at 6:37 am | 26 comments | 5958 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teaching for the futureThe head of the local elementary and middle school district said he believes local educators should be ready to say yes to...
Original post made on May. 29, 2013Last comment by James, on May 30, 2013 at 11:11 pm | 14 comments | 6627 Views
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Robbed on a blind dateA 22-year-old San Jose man had a bad blind date in Mountain View on Tuesday, when a casual hook-up turned into a robbery...
Original post made on May. 29, 2013Last comment by Ron MV, on May 30, 2013 at 3:17 pm | 8 comments | 6993 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civility roundtable on guns and school violence tonight"Could Sandy Hook happen here?" is the headline for tonight's civility roundtable, an event organized by the Human Relations...
Original post made on May. 30, 2013Last comment by gcoladon, on May 30, 2013 at 12:19 pm | 1 comment | 3592 Views
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City gets first glimpse of $100,000 HSR imagesThanks to some expensive new drawings, visualizing what high speed rail will look like in Mountain View just got easier....
Original post made on May. 12, 2010Last comment by Frank, on May 30, 2013 at 10:31 am | 50 comments | 7556 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
After Sandy Hook, what should a community do?When news of the terrible tragedy in Sandy Hook, Conn. broke last December, all of our hearts immediately went out to the...
Original post made on May. 30, 2013Last comment by gcoladon, on May 30, 2013 at 10:09 am | 1 comment | 5594 Views
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Pressure cooker causes bomb scare at San Antonio Shopping CenterPolice evacuated nearby residents and businesses after a pressure cooker was spotted in bushes outside a building at San...
Original post made on May. 26, 2013Last comment by skim1@yahoo.com, on May 29, 2013 at 7:53 pm | 6 comments | 5223 Views
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At-risk high school students making gainsEarlier this month, U.S. News and World Report published a story ranking both Mountain View and Los Altos high schools among...
Original post made on May. 23, 2013Last comment by Not nice, on May 29, 2013 at 7:10 pm | 4 comments | 9062 Views
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'One of the silliest things we've ever done'Several City Council members said they were not fans of placing art along city's trails and in parks before voting against...
Original post made on May. 24, 2013Last comment by USA, on May 29, 2013 at 2:51 pm | 32 comments | 7406 Views
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