Sticky budget scenario for MV Whisman
With little hope for more support from Sacramento, educators are again planning for a school year under severe budget constraints. At Mountain View Whisman, the district is grappling with a budget administrators say is $6 million less than it should be. (Thursday, 10:19 AM)

New Foothill campus at Cubberley resurfaces
A 2008 plan to tear down part of Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto to build a major new "educational center" for Foothill College has returned. (Thursday, 10:23 AM)

MP mom wonders: Who wins with Prop 13?
Proposition 13 has been called California's "third rail." But one Menlo Park resident decided to touch it anyway, and conducted a parcel-by-parcel investigation. Her conclusion: In her city, homeowners today pay two-thirds of the property tax burden, up from half in 1978. (Tuesday, 2:29 PM)

City runs low-key campaign for Google fiber
The mayor of Duluth jumped into a freezing lake. Topeka renamed itself "Google, Kansas." Across the country, cities are hoping to be selected for Google's live experiment with ultra-fast broadband. Will the company's home town be able to compete?
SEE ALSO:
■ Palo Alto dances for Google
■ Stanford backs Palo Alto's fiber drive (Monday, 6:51 PM)

Foundation gears up for Monte Carlo Night
Organizers from the Mountain View Educational Foundation have high hopes for this year's Monte Carlo Night fundraiser, with a goal of raising $80,000 to support art, music, after-school sports and performance electives in local schools. (Wednesday, 11:29 AM)

• Police sting nabs stores for selling to minors (Tuesday, 11:40 AM)
• NASA 'committed' to re-skinning Hangar One (Monday, 10:39 AM)
• School district eyes 'Shoreline Community' funds (Thursday, 11:21 AM)
• MVLA board approves June bond measure (Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 11:00 AM)
• Palo Alto to fight high-speed-rail 'betrayal' bills (Tuesday, 11:05 AM)
• Google gives $75K to keep bookmobile going (Friday, 12:22 PM)
• Downtown office developer undeterred by HSR (Thursday, 2:23 PM)
• MVLA considers further Adult School cuts (Thursday, 11:33 AM)
• Council OKs flood basin concept for McKelvey (Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 2:56 PM)

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