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AROUND TOWN
Former MV city manager helps deliver city of Bell from scandalMountain View's widely respected former city manager Kevin Duggan has found a new calling after retirement, and it includes...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2011Last comment by Steve, on Aug 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm | 22 comments | 6632 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bike stolen from garageA BMX-style red bicycle was stolen from a garage in the 900 block of Trophy Drive sometime last week, police said. Read...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2011Last comment by Konrad M. Sosnow, on Aug 23, 2011 at 3:15 pm | 9 comments | 4588 Views
AROUND TOWN
Blending high-speed rail with Caltrain?Caltrain officials on Wednesday, Aug. 17, presented the results of a study that tested the feasibility of integrating...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2011Last comment by Tina, on Aug 23, 2011 at 10:16 am | 8 comments | 5728 Views
AROUND TOWN
El Camino's top execs get salary increasesThe top 12 El Camino Hospital executives will receive an average pay increase of 4.7 percent this year now that administrators...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2009Last comment by ECH EMPLOYEE, on Aug 22, 2011 at 4:28 pm | 18 comments | 7474 Views
AROUND TOWN
Voices Around TownAsked in Downtown Mountain View. Pictures and interviews by Hannah Kim Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=7125...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2011Last comment by Andy C, on Aug 22, 2011 at 1:59 pm | 1 comment | 3452 Views
OTHER ISSUES
A respite for the poor makes way for officesThe Pacific Euro Hotel is not the sort of place most people would want to stay. The smell of cigarette smoke permeates the...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2011Last comment by Old Ben, on Aug 22, 2011 at 12:12 pm | 14 comments | 5122 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fill 'er up with nostalgiaJust off of El Camino Real, on El Monte Avenue, a family operated gas station continues to offer full-service to customers...
Original post made on Aug. 21, 2011Last comment by , on Aug 21, 2011 at 6:41 pm | 1 comment | 4420 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local district produces more college-ready grads than county, stateSeniors from Mountain View and Los Altos high schools graduated at higher rates last year than their peers in the county...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2011Last comment by James, on Aug 20, 2011 at 9:53 am | 5 comments | 6197 Views
AROUND TOWN
Texting-while-driving bill gets legislature's OKThe fines for texting on or holding a cell phone while driving in California could get much steeper if Gov. Jerry Brown signs...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2011Last comment by Jester, on Aug 19, 2011 at 1:52 pm | 7 comments | 5732 Views
AROUND TOWN
SETI raises $200K to stay openThe Mountain View-based SETI Institute, which had to shutter many of its alien-seeking antennas earlier this year due to...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2011Last comment by Martin Omander, on Aug 19, 2011 at 11:35 am | 3 comments | 5237 Views
AROUND TOWN
App makes waiting in line a thing of the pastA Mountain View startup called Pago launched a smart phone app on Aug. 9 that promises to change the way people order food,...
Original post made on Aug. 17, 2011Last comment by fixiegirl, on Aug 18, 2011 at 6:26 pm | 6 comments | 6106 Views
AROUND TOWN
Public can review compensation info on controller's websiteOn Aug. 2, state controller John Chiang, along with the chancellor of California's community colleges, Jack Scott, sent a...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2011Last comment by Dave, on Aug 18, 2011 at 4:44 pm | 1 comment | 3515 Views
AROUND TOWN
First Presbyterian passes on cell tower dealAfter being put through the wringer in a neighborhood battle over a church-top cell antenna, Miramonte Avenue's First Presbyterian...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2011Last comment by Cletis, on Aug 17, 2011 at 8:31 pm | 11 comments | 6020 Views
OTHER ISSUES
65 more homes coming to Evelyn AvenueThe City Council unanimously approved another large housing project along Evelyn Avenue on Tuesday, replacing a slew of auto...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2010Last comment by Daniel t., on Aug 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm | 3 comments | 5193 Views
SPORTS
Google's self-driving car in five-car crashGoogle's self-driving cars have traveled 160,000 miles without incident, but that changed last week when one was behind a...
Original post made on Aug. 17, 2011There are no comments yet. 5247 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police investigating string of burglariesThere is no evidence indicating that any of the four burglaries reported on Aug. 12 in Mountain View are related, police...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2011Last comment by Old Ben, on Aug 16, 2011 at 11:15 pm | 15 comments | 5520 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Obituaries<B>Anthony J. Radisich Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=3136 posted Friday, July 6, 2007,...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2010Last comment by dave schummers, on Aug 16, 2011 at 3:01 pm | 2 comments | 3647 Views
AROUND TOWN
Jewelry stolen in burglary on Anna AvenueVarious gold jewelry was stolen from a home in the 300 block of Anna Avenue sometime between 10:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2011Last comment by , on Aug 16, 2011 at 9:29 am | 1 comment | 4969 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Homework: quality, not quantityThe head of the local elementary and middle school district said that there will not be a major overhaul of the homework...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2011Last comment by James, on Aug 16, 2011 at 5:44 am | 1 comment | 6053 Views
AROUND TOWN
Social Services office stays open, for nowA new owner has other plans for a conveniently located downtown building housing a free health clinic and a county social...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2011Last comment by MV Resident, on Aug 15, 2011 at 7:46 pm | 5 comments | 6619 Views
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