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Vargas doesn't qualify for Obama's deportation freezeIf he were just one year younger, Mountain View High School grad and immigration reform advocate Jose Antonio Vargas would...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2012Last comment by Mcbutters, on Jun 18, 2012 at 2:26 pm | 7 comments | 5226 Views
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Bay Area median home prices, sales up in MayThe median sale price for Bay Area homes rose for the second consecutive month in May -- up 7.5 percent from a year ago --...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2012Last comment by Mr Advice, on Jun 18, 2012 at 1:14 pm | 2 comments | 4551 Views
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Google donates $1 million to local schoolsEven as California's primary and secondary schools are facing a best-case scenario of no funding increase next year, and...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2012Last comment by NEd, on Jun 18, 2012 at 2:52 am | 18 comments | 19512 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Prometheus proposes nearly 1,000 new apartmentsAfter a decade almost exclusively developing ownership housing, the city is being flooded with proposals to develop nearly...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2012Last comment by John, on Jun 16, 2012 at 1:37 pm | 15 comments | 7388 Views
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Report: Economic impact of electric CaltrainModernizing the Caltrain corridor with electrified trains and updated signal systems could create 9,600 jobs in the Bay...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2012Last comment by Garrett, on Jun 16, 2012 at 8:43 am | 4 comments | 9161 Views
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City opens new $9 million trail linkAfter the ceremonial ribbon was cut, a crowd swarmed onto the new Permanente Creek Trail extension Tuesday, including a new...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2012Last comment by salty, on Jun 16, 2012 at 12:15 am | 14 comments | 7454 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Caltrain looks to bolster serviceSpurred by a swelling number of commuters, Caltrain plans to bolster its weekday service by adding six trains. Read the...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2012Last comment by Greg David, on Jun 15, 2012 at 11:27 pm | 3 comments | 4819 Views
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Zoning official gives office project thumbs downZoning administrator Peter Gilli recommends that City Council members vote against a four-story office project that would...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2012Last comment by the_punnisher, on Jun 15, 2012 at 2:42 pm | 2 comments | 4920 Views
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Merlone Geier seeks OK for city's tallest buildingNew plans for a large hotel and office building at San Antonio shopping center were met with more shock than support in a...
Original post made on May. 24, 2012Last comment by Jamie, on Jun 14, 2012 at 3:19 pm | 63 comments | 17202 Views
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Elon Musk has NASA Ames to thankWhen Elon Musk's Dragon spacecraft re-entered earth's atmosphere May 31 it did so courtesy of a heat shield material developed...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2012Last comment by James, on Jun 14, 2012 at 2:15 pm | 1 comment | 5454 Views
RESTAURANTS
Chez TJ: office would tower over gourmet restaurantFor the last five years, Louise Christy has been the volunteer gardener for Chez TJ, the highest-rated restaurant in Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2012Last comment by William Symons, on Jun 14, 2012 at 12:27 pm | 2 comments | 5193 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Fire damages psychic parlor in Los AltosSanta Clara County firefighters extinguished a two-alarm fire that damaged a psychic parlor in Los Altos Saturday morning,...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2012Last comment by Rotts, on Jun 14, 2012 at 1:22 am | 6 comments | 4633 Views
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Developer wants to demolish historic homeOne of the first homes ever built in Mountain View's downtown area would be demolished if developer Roger Burnell's proposal...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2012Last comment by something smells, on Jun 13, 2012 at 6:06 pm | 17 comments | 5400 Views
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Chez TJ: office would tower over gourmet restaurantFor the last five years, Louise Christy has been the volunteer gardener for Chez TJ, the highest-rated restaurant in Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2012Last comment by Patricia Larenas, on Jun 13, 2012 at 3:05 pm | 7 comments | 8070 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
NASA Ames engineer busted in Craigslist child predator stingMercury-News report: http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_20847907/nasa-ames-engineer-arrested-florida-child-sex-sting "When...
Original post made by parent on Jun. 13, 2012Last comment by , on Jun 13, 2012 at 2:58 pm | 1 comment | 4583 Views
ELECTIONS
Official defends hospital against critical reportIn the wake of a report calling for serious reforms, officials with El Camino Hospital said they will continue to work diligently...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2012Last comment by Dorothea Grimes-Farrow, on Jun 13, 2012 at 12:48 pm | 4 comments | 5211 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Charter school squabble misguidedIt is time for the Los Altos School District (LASD) to turn down the rhetoric and accept that it can no longer refuse to...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2011Last comment by Michael, on Jun 13, 2012 at 10:58 am | 26 comments | 14967 Views
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Broken gas line closes El CaminoA broken gas line caused the closure of El Camino Real in Mountain View Friday morning, fire officials said. Read the...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2012Last comment by Old timer, on Jun 12, 2012 at 9:41 pm | 3 comments | 4649 Views
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Trash cans set ablaze at Eagle ParkPolice believe two teenage boys are responsible for setting a pair of fires inside of a garbage can and a recycling can at...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2012Last comment by Sheesh, on Jun 12, 2012 at 8:31 pm | 3 comments | 4433 Views
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NASA wants GSA to dispose of Hangar One, Moffett airfieldDerailing restoration plans for Hangar One and causing anxiety over Moffett Field's future, the head of NASA wants to assign...
Original post made on May. 10, 2012Last comment by zparvez, on Jun 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm | 14 comments | 9364 Views
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