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Best of Mountain View 2010
Mountain View Voice readers go wild for these local businesses, and they showed their love by voting in this year's Best of Mountain View poll. These blockbusters are the places our readers say will treat you better than your own entourage. Categories:
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Rail CEO: Peninsula design not 'predetermined'
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has sent out a letter to Peninsula communities seeking to quash fears that the plans for the proposed high-speed rail line have alread...
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MV Whisman sets new policy on nepotism
Responding to a recommendation from the California School Boards Association, the Mountain View Whisman School District has adopted a new policy to guard against nepotism in i...
Last comment from Tea Partyer, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Aug 31, 2010 at 3:19 pm (Comments: 8)

Mountain View schools show improvement in standardized tests
Local elementary, middle and high schools showed an overall improvement on state standardized test scores last year, according to education officials. Read the full story h...
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Spotting the warning signs
High school staff went back to school for suicide-prevention training, following a "surprisingly high" number of attempted suicides by Mountain View and Los Altos high school ...
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"Hummingbird"
In mid-May, a local resident had apparently spotted this mother hummingbird in St. Giles Lane, Mountain View. Days after I took this photo in early June, I saw a tiny chick for a second before the mother flew to the nest and sat down. The next day, the nest was empty.

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Dumpster fire at View Side school
About 22 students of View Side Academy, located at 1012 Linda Vista Ave., were evacuated from the county continuation school's play area Monday, after a fire broke out in a nearby dumpster, police said.

Another Spare the Air day called for Thursday
With light winds and warm temperatures predicted to linger throughout the Bay Area until the end of the week, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has declared Thursday another Spare the Air day, the fourth of the summer.

Pakistan flood relief benefit raises $350,000
A recent fundraiser to benefit victims of the flooding in Pakistan drew more than 400 people to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. The Aug. 29 event, organized by disaster-coordination group South Asian Relief, featured guest speaker Imran Khan, a well-known Pakistani cricket player who is now a politician.

Today is third Spare the Air day of the summer
Shifting weather patterns mean sunnier skies and poorer air quality today across the Bay Area, triggering the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to declare today a Spare the Air Day.

New fire engine a 'rolling toolbox'
A new rescue vehicle, equipped with the "jaws of life" and special lighting equipment, will improve the efficiency the Mountain View Fire Department's fleet, officials said.

Google a big player in affordable housing
Google has invested over $100 million in eight affordable housing projects this year outside of Mountain View, including $19 million for a 124-unit senior housing complex in Sunnyvale where a groundbreaking is scheduled this week.

Caltrain reconsiders cutting weekend, Gilroy service
Caltrain is likely to keep two of its services instead of cutting them to help close a $2.3 million budget gap, a Caltrain spokesman said Friday.

MV Whisman sets new policy on nepotism
Responding to a recommendation from the California School Boards Association, the Mountain View Whisman School District has adopted a new policy to guard against nepotism in its ranks.

'Pretty good chances' of finding alien life in next 25 years
Based on technological advances and predictions made by luminaries like Carl Sagan, it is a "real possibility" that alien life could be found in our galaxy within 25 years, said Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Mountain View's SETI Institute.

Truck fire set intentionally
Investigators say the fire that consumed a white Chevrolet pickup just off of Ednamary Way two weeks ago was set intentionally. They have yet to determine whether the fire was technically arson.

Rail CEO: Peninsula design not 'predetermined'
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has sent out a letter to Peninsula communities seeking to quash fears that the plans for the proposed high-speed rail line have already been determined.

Spotting the warning signs
High school staff went back to school for suicide-prevention training, following a "surprisingly high" number of attempted suicides by Mountain View and Los Altos high school students last year, and the much-publicized suicide cluster at Gunn High School in Palo Alto in 2009.

Palo Alto may try to kill high-speed-rail plan
Palo Alto may soon take a formal "no confidence" stance against California's proposed high-speed-rail line and begin lobbying state legislators to kill the voter-approved project. A council committee is to consider the matter Thursday morning and the rail plan is agendized for the full City Council's Sept. 13 meeting.

Cities hold workshop to help restaurants weather the recession
The cities of Mountain View, Los Altos and Cupertino are worried enough about their restaurant businesses going under that they are hosting a workshop on Monday designed to give their restaurants a boost.

Far fewer Mayfield homes in new plan
In an ironic twist caused by the recession, the controversial high density Mayfield housing development has been significantly scaled back by a new developer.

Caltrain riders sound off on budget cuts
About 860 people have weighed in on potential service cuts at Caltrain, including 245 who attended the company's Bay Area public opinion meetings on Aug. 19, a spokeswoman said.

'Amazing' false alarm -- TV show a no-show
Blocked pathway causes a stir
Palo Alto Festival of the Arts gathers artists, musicians -- and food
'Human directionals' becoming more common
Council campaign on a shoestring
El Camino Hospital to lay off 140
El Camino layoffs draw criticism

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