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iPads, laptops taken in apartment burglaryElectronics and cash were stolen from a Mountain View apartment during the day on April 25, police said. Read the full story...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2013Last comment by D, on May 1, 2013 at 2:34 pm | 2 comments | 3841 Views
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Google offers to fund city's bike projectsMountain View city officials are in talks with Google about using some of the internet giant's billions to help make its...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2013Last comment by eric, on May 1, 2013 at 2:11 pm | 31 comments | 7987 Views
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Wednesday, May 1[http://events.stanford.edu/events/335/33565/ ==B Poetry:== Anne Carson] Visiting poet Anne Carson, who is on campus at...
Original post made on May. 1, 2013Last comment by randy albin, on May 1, 2013 at 11:03 am | 3 comments | 4532 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman looking forwardThe superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District wants students to put down their textbooks, pick up tablet...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2013Last comment by Nicole, on May 1, 2013 at 9:53 am | 4 comments | 5742 Views
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iPad, jewelry taken in burglaryA home in the 1000 block of Madison Drive was burglarized on April 26, police said. The bedroom ransacked and an iPad and...
Original post made on May. 1, 2013Last comment by detroit, on May 1, 2013 at 9:15 am | 1 comment | 4211 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Record temperatures expected in Bay Area this weekRecord-breaking temperatures are expected to roast the Bay Area this week, a National Weather Service spokesman said. Read...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2013Last comment by tommygee54, on Apr 30, 2013 at 7:08 pm | 2 comments | 4474 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Every 15 Minutes'A group of about 30 students, teachers and emergency responsers worked together to organize "Every 15 Minutes" at Mountain...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:02 pm | 14 comments | 26628 Views
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Huff student a whiz at mathHuff Elementary School student Nitin Kumar claimed a trophy, $750 in cash and other prizes for his strong showing in the...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2012Last comment by Nitin, on Apr 30, 2013 at 12:59 pm | 3 comments | 5644 Views
SPORTS
VIDEO: Two-alarm fire at Tropicana HotelFire officials are investigating the cause of a two-alarm fire that swept through a vacant hotel on El Camino Real. Read...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2013Last comment by JR, on Apr 30, 2013 at 12:05 pm | 6 comments | 7195 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park school district picks Maurice Ghysels as superintendentMaurice Ghysels, the superintendent of the elementary school district in Mountain View for five years and, for the last 10...
Original post made on May. 9, 2011Last comment by Yikes, on Apr 30, 2013 at 9:36 am | 23 comments | 12962 Views
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Mountain View man charged in Palo Alto hate crimeA man police say described himself as a "white supremacist" allegedly assaulted a black man in downtown Palo Alto last week...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2013Last comment by CP, on Apr 29, 2013 at 8:43 pm | 6 comments | 6951 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Escaped suspect captured in Mountain ViewA domestic violence suspect who escaped from a patrol car in North Fair Oaks on Thursday night was captured Saturday...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2013Last comment by Missing "W" (no, not him), on Apr 29, 2013 at 7:39 pm | 5 comments | 4251 Views
OTHER ISSUES
No biz opposition to plastic bag ban planIf businesses oppose the proposal to ban plastic bags in Mountain View, it's not been obvious or apparent. Read the full...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2012Last comment by Anonymous, on Apr 29, 2013 at 2:38 pm | 29 comments | 9103 Views
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200 apartments proposed for Castro and El CaminoIn a long-sought redevelopment, a four-story apartment building with retail on the ground floor may soon go up at the corner...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2013Last comment by Cuesta Park Neighbor, on Apr 29, 2013 at 10:36 am | 16 comments | 4685 Views
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Council OKs mixed-use project on CastroAfter an intense discussion about downtown architecture, the City Council on Tuesday approved a redevelopment of the corner...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2013Last comment by Steve, on Apr 29, 2013 at 10:12 am | 19 comments | 13857 Views
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Historic Pearson house demolishedAfter years of abandonment and several attempts to save it, the 130-year-old home of early Mountain View businessman Charles...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2013Last comment by wally, on Apr 29, 2013 at 1:33 am | 11 comments | 5579 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis not happy with district's facility offerWhile the Los Altos School District described its April 1 facilities-sharing arrangement to Bullis Charter School as "the...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2013Last comment by LASD Sanity, on Apr 29, 2013 at 12:59 am | 141 comments | 11190 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students help direct 'Romeo and Juliet'The Mountain View High School Theatre Department is presenting "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare's famous tragedy for [http://tinyurl.com/MVHSplay...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2013Last comment by incognito, on Apr 28, 2013 at 5:47 pm | 4 comments | 5636 Views
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MVHS seeking public help in principal searchMountain View High School is enlisting parents and community members in its hunt for a new principal to replace the outgoing...
Original post made on Apr. 22, 2013Last comment by response, on Apr 28, 2013 at 5:08 pm | 11 comments | 5331 Views
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Laptops stolen in burglaryA Mountain View home was ransacked and five laptop computers were stolen in an April 24 daytime burglary, police said. Read...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2013There are no comments yet. 4486 Views
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