'Tis the season for the Holiday Fund
The holidays have arrived, which means it's time for the Holiday Fund. In this yearly fundraiser, Voice readers show their great generosity by giving to the Holiday Fund, which in turn gives that money — along with matching grants from local charitable foundations — to seven local nonprofits:
■ Community School of Music and Arts
■ Community Health Awareness Council
■ Mountain View RotaCare Clinic
■ Community Services Agency of Mountain View and Los Altos
■ Day Worker Center of Mountain View
■ Support Network for Battered Women
■ Partners for New Generations
All of these organizations help local residents by providing essential social services. This year, many people are having trouble meeting their families' basic needs. They, and we, are thankful for readers' donations. (Friday, 1:42 PM)

Art unlocks doors for disabled at CSMA
When Mike was a child, poor treatment at an institution left him with a fear of being outside and a hesitation around doors. Now, nearly half a century later, weekly art classes at the Community School of Music and Arts help him overcome these obstacles. (Friday, 10:59 AM)

'Cops and Gobblers' seeks cash, volunteers
The Mountain View Police Officers' Association hopes to deliver baskets full of food to hundreds of less fortunate families around the city this Thanksgiving as a part of its 13-year-old Cops and Gobblers program. (Friday, 11:14 AM)

Proposal to study new BMX park is DOA
The subject of building a new BMX park in Mountain View was not on the agenda Tuesday night, but was brought up at the end of the meeting by Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga — and promptly killed in a deadlocked 3-3 vote. (Wednesday, 4:38 PM)

Council approves new office building on Evelyn
The days are numbered for Pacific Euro Hotel after the City Council unanimously approved an office building to go where it sits on Evelyn Avenue, just west of Castro Street and a stone's throw from the train station. (Thursday, 10:55 AM)

Foothill College facing 'unprecedented cuts'
Community colleges have not been immune to the state's slashes to educational funding, said Foothill College president Judy Miner in a talk to Mountain View community leaders last week — these days, in fact, even tenured faculty face the ax. (Wednesday, 12:56 PM)

Troubled Summerhill apartments get new owner
In what many hope will be the final chapter of a long drama, Bay West Realty Capital has purchased the 64-unit Summerhill apartment complex at 291 Evandale Ave., with the intention of renovating its vacant, dilapidated buildings and turning them into market-rate rental housing. (Wednesday, 10:44 AM)

The happiest place in the USA
Mountain View and the surrounding region is the happiest place in the whole country, according to a national poll which breaks its findings down by congressional district. (Wednesday, 4:10 PM)

Rapist gets 25 to life for Terra Bella attack
San Jose resident Melchor Paredes was sentenced last week to 25 years to life in prison for the 2007 rape of a young woman on Terra Bella Avenue. (Tuesday, 2:33 PM)

• Developer selected for NASA Research Park (Monday, 1:51 PM)
• Mountain View writers tackle NaNoWriMo (Monday, 11:40 AM)
• City's hidden tribute to fall of Communism (Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 12:22 PM)
• City opens spigots on recycled water (Thursday, November 12, 2009, 11:04 AM)
• Rail authority approves $9 million PR effort (Monday, 11:27 AM)
• Police hunt for armed man in kidnap-robbery (Monday, 11:15 AM)
• Home school program back on the table (Thursday, November 12, 2009, 10:50 AM)
• City pursues aggressive cap on emissions (Thursday, November 5, 2009, 10:40 AM)

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