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Community college district to make tough cutsAlthough good news appears to be on the horizon for higher education, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District is...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2013Last comment by kman, on Apr 18, 2013 at 1:52 pm | 6 comments | 4426 Views
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City zeroes in on bike, pedestrian safetyThe city is continuing to ramp up efforts to make Mountain View more pedestrian friendly after residents called for safer...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2013Last comment by anna, on Apr 17, 2013 at 9:09 pm | 18 comments | 6183 Views
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Get up close to the Solar ImpulseAfter assembling their solar-powered plane at Moffett Field and working out the kinks in the skies above the Bay Area, the...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2013Last comment by Aviator, on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:24 pm | 2 comments | 13120 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New trend? Kindergarten enrollment rates dropOfficials with the Mountain View Whisman School District have reported a significant drop in the number of kindergartners...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2013Last comment by Frank, on Apr 17, 2013 at 5:16 pm | 15 comments | 5220 Views
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Pumped up and ticked offA fight broke out at the 24 Hour Fitness on Showers Drive on the morning of April 12, stemming from an argument over whether...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2013Last comment by Mel, on Apr 17, 2013 at 3:03 pm | 8 comments | 3649 Views
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County asks residents, firms to save energy todayEnergy officials want residents and business owners to cut down on electricity use today, after several San Jose Pacific...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2013Last comment by Observer, on Apr 17, 2013 at 2:11 pm | 1 comment | 4201 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Stanford professor Adam Johnson wins Pulitzer for fictionAdam Johnson, associate professor of English at Stanford, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel, "The Orphan...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2013Last comment by HarvardMom, on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:37 am | 1 comment | 5001 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Minton's fight results in dueling petitionsPrometheus Real Estate Group has hired a firm to gather signatures in support of a controversial apartment development at...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2009Last comment by Michael ( Minton Fariss) Duerksen, on Apr 16, 2013 at 9:58 am | 39 comments | 8898 Views
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Neighbors sought stop sign where pedestrian was hitWhen Mountain View resident Ruifan Ma was struck and killed last week, it was at an intersection where neighbors have wanted...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2013Last comment by Marti, on Apr 15, 2013 at 9:07 pm | 24 comments | 9813 Views
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CEO leaves company to her employeesWhen Iris Harrell decided to retire in 2001, she didn't have an heir to leave her remodeling company to, and didn't want...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2013Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Apr 15, 2013 at 8:48 pm | 14 comments | 12500 Views
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CEO leaves company to her employeesWhen Iris Harrell decided to retire in 2001, she didn't have an heir to leave her remodeling company to, and didn't want...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2013Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Apr 15, 2013 at 8:45 pm | 3 comments | 4151 Views
BOOKS
Scuffle in Safeway parking lotA shoving match in a Safeway parking lot ended not with a bang, but with murmured threats of mutual prosecution on Saturday,...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2013Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Apr 15, 2013 at 8:41 pm | 20 comments | 8198 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Eshoo dedicates post office branch in honor of local soldierMountain View's downtown post office was dedicated this weekend to Ken Ballard, the Mountain View High School graduate who...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2013Last comment by Mary, on Apr 15, 2013 at 4:41 pm | 1 comment | 5232 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Traffic delays expected on Foothill and Junipero SerraTraffic along Foothill Expressway and Junipero Serra Boulevard may be impacted for months as Pacific Gas and Electric replaces...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2013Last comment by MV resident, on Apr 15, 2013 at 2:19 pm | 1 comment | 5391 Views
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Leadership Mountain View: Accepting Applications for the Class of 2013-14Applications are currently being accepted for the class of 2014. Completed application and a letter of recommendation must...
Original post made by Alicia Crank on Apr. 15, 2013There are no comments yet. 3866 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Young Children's Spring Faire - May 4th - Los AltosCome celebrate spring and experience Waldorf education for the young child (nursery and kindergarten ages). Featuring games,...
Original post made by Waldorf School of the Peninsula on Apr. 15, 2013There are no comments yet. 3438 Views
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Quick-stop tamale shopRoberto Luna affectionately calls the convenience store he manages on California Street and Mariposa Avenue "the little store."...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2013Last comment by Ramon, on Apr 15, 2013 at 7:30 am | 14 comments | 8216 Views
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Military families say they are in the dark about toxicsIn an anonymous letter addressed to the Army and the local community late last month, military families living at Moffett...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2013Last comment by Informed, on Apr 15, 2013 at 4:16 am | 3 comments | 5227 Views
OTHER ISSUES
City zeroes in on bike, pedestrian safetyThe city is continuing to ramp up efforts to make Mountain View more pedestrian friendly after residents called for safer...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2013Last comment by Janet L, on Apr 14, 2013 at 11:24 am | 2 comments | 3979 Views
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Pear parcel could prevent path plansFormer City Council member Matt Pear is not a fan of a proposal to create a pedestrian path along the length of the Hetch...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2010Last comment by Curious, on Apr 13, 2013 at 10:47 pm | 22 comments | 8357 Views
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