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OTHER ISSUES
Local senior day care center braces for Medi-Cal cutsAbout one-third of the elderly and frail people who rely on a local adult day health care service may soon be forced out...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2011Last comment by Steve, on Jul 25, 2011 at 4:52 pm | 12 comments | 6214 Views
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Suzy's Diner Soup Recipe requestGrowing up in Mountian View, we dined at Suzy's Diner (on El Camino Real)2-3 x's a month. I'll always remember the way the...
Original post made by John Gomez on Jul. 25, 2011There are no comments yet. 3414 Views
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Newark High Class of 1971 is having 40th ReunionNewark High School’s Class of 1971 is ready to celebrate their 40th Reunion. The celebration will commence at the W Silicon...
Original post made by Lona Russ on Jul. 25, 2011There are no comments yet. 3925 Views
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Two-alarm fire at U-Haul damages eight vehiclesArson investigators are searching for the cause of a two-alarm fire last night at the U-Haul at 62 W. El Camino Real, a spokeswoman...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2011Last comment by Mr. DePortum, on Jul 25, 2011 at 6:52 am | 9 comments | 4481 Views
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MV's Vargas: America's most famous undocumented immigrantFollowing his startling personal story in The New York Times magazine, Mountain View's Pulitzer Prize-winner Jose Antonio...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2011Last comment by The Eye, on Jul 23, 2011 at 4:15 pm | 51 comments | 14236 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Summer break? Castro School is working overtimeWhile the majority of campuses in the Mountain View Whisman School District have remained relatively quiet since classes...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2011Last comment by anon, on Jul 22, 2011 at 2:43 pm | 9 comments | 5753 Views
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Hit-and-run driver avoids jail timeThe driver in a hit-and-run accident that killed a man in downtown Mountain View avoided jail time when she was sentenced...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2011Last comment by MIchael, on Jul 22, 2011 at 12:08 pm | 1 comment | 3431 Views
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Hospital expands e-records projectEl Camino Hospital's board of directors has approved $1.4 million to expand a project that assists local independent physicians...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2011Last comment by Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson, on Jul 22, 2011 at 9:50 am | 1 comment | 5220 Views
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Sal Khan, teacher to the worldCan a hedge-fund guy find fame, fortune and fulfillment as a social entrepreneur? Meet Salman Khan of Mountain View, an MIT-trained...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2011Last comment by Charles Lai, on Jul 21, 2011 at 4:25 pm | 8 comments | 10311 Views
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Cities challenge state budget measure cutting redevelopment districtsA spokesman for the state government said today that officials are confident a new lawsuit will not derail a state budget...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2011Last comment by Shoreline, on Jul 21, 2011 at 11:38 am | 4 comments | 4820 Views
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Parents fed up with school district's wait listMore than 170 would-be elementary and middle school students have been placed on the Mountain View Whisman School District's...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2011Last comment by Elaine, on Jul 21, 2011 at 6:20 am | 35 comments | 10466 Views
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House committee kills Hangar One fundingHopes for federal money to save Moffett Field's historic Hangar One were dashed on Tuesday when it was announced that the...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2011Last comment by Bobby, on Jul 20, 2011 at 10:24 pm | 14 comments | 6180 Views
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No jail time for hit-and-run driverThe driver in a hit-and-run accident that killed a man in downtown Mountain View avoided jail time when she was sentenced...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2011Last comment by don'tworrybeehappy, on Jul 20, 2011 at 5:11 pm | 25 comments | 5291 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents fed up with school district's wait listMore than 170 would-be elementary and middle school students have been placed on the Mountain View Whisman School District's...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2011Last comment by Parent, on Jul 20, 2011 at 3:20 pm | 4 comments | 4566 Views
OTHER ISSUES
El Camino Hospital Management Undermining Community Patient CareJuly 18, 2011 El Camino Hospital Board of Directors Attn: John L. Zoglin, Chairman El Camino Hospital 2500 Grant Road Mountain...
Original post made by healthcare providers on Jul. 20, 2011There are no comments yet. 4854 Views
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'Human directionals' becoming more commonSign-spinning advertisements, also known as "human directionals," are frequent sights on street corners throughout the Midpeninsula....
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2010Last comment by Lorie, on Jul 19, 2011 at 5:05 pm | 8 comments | 6893 Views
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Google: Bridges will be open to the publicWanting to set the record straight after strong comments were made in Tuesday's council meeting, Google made it clear Friday...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2011Last comment by James, on Jul 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm | 27 comments | 6554 Views
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No easy solutions for Hangar OneNASA headquarters and House Republicans now appear to view the demolition of Hangar One as a real possibility, but it would...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2011Last comment by mpumas, on Jul 19, 2011 at 11:26 am | 24 comments | 6224 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District pays ex-teacher $225K settlementA former elementary school teacher who resigned from her position at the beginning of the 2009 school year was paid $225,000...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2011Last comment by Moved Away, on Jul 17, 2011 at 8:21 pm | 2 comments | 4176 Views
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Foothill officials lament 'missed opportunity' on CubberleyAs Foothill College prepares for an eventual exit from Palo Alto, college officials expressed regret they could not reach...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2011Last comment by greycat, on Jul 17, 2011 at 6:31 pm | 7 comments | 6200 Views
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