‘We, the people, are the only hope’: Hundreds turn up for May Day rally in Mountain View
Crowds marched along El Camino Real Friday evening for a May Day rally in Mountain View that celebrated workers and denounced what protesters described as the nation’s slide towards oligarchical rule under the Trump administration.
Mountain View-based Khan Academy partners with nonprofits to build online AI degree program
Khan Academy, an online learning platform headquartered in Mountain View, TED, a nonprofit that aims to uplift ideas, and ETS, an organization that develops and administers standardized tests, have partnered to establish an online college called Khan TED Institute.
Mountain View’s timeline for safe drinking water in Cuesta Park pushed to Sunday at earliest
Dozens of Mountain View residents are without safe drinking water a week after a water main was contaminated in the Cuesta Park neighborhood. City officials say the situation is expected to last at least until Sunday, May 3.
Embarcadero Media CEO Dawes announces he will step away
Adam Dawes, who has led Embarcadero Media Foundation through stiff winds buffeting both the organization and wider media landscape, has announced that he will be stepping down as chief executive officer of the local nonprofit that publishes The Palo Alto Weekly.
City government
Mountain View approves 8-story condos after parkland fee dispute
A developer’s plan to build an eight-story condominium complex at a prominent gateway to downtown…
education
Despite misgivings and disagreement, MVLA school board approves AP Seminar
The Mountain View Los Altos High School District’s board approved continuing to offer AP Seminar at Mountain View High, despite tensions with administrators and misgivings…
Other local news
Santa Clara County public defenders crushed by caseloads
Santa Clara County public defenders have become a model for getting poor people out of jail before their trials. But their caseloads have exceeded national…
