EXTRA!CREDIT
MV students advance in DemandTec Retail Challenge
Mountain View High School dominated DemandTec's Retail Challenge -- an online business competition that simulates real-life scenarios in marketing and merchandising. Six MV st... |
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EXTRA!CREDIT
Girl Scouts brighten senior center with holiday decor
Kudos to Junior Girl Scout Troop 61169. The fifth grade scouts from Springer School spent Wednesday afternoon decorating holiday trees at the senior center for the fourth year... |
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EXTRA!CREDIT
Does a student you know deserve extra!credit?
extra!credit is a new blog devoted to what Mountain View students young and old are doing both inside and outside the classroom. The Voice is looking for community tips about:... |
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AROUND TOWN
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.
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1 hour ago by Michael, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
TONIGHT: VTA presents analysis of light rail
The Valley Transportation Authority will present its first comprehensive analysis of Santa Clara County's light rail system during a meeting this evening at Mountain View City... |
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2 hours ago by curious, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
GOOGLE WATCH
Google Chrome OS to compete with Microsoft
Believing that every desktop computer application in use today will be based online someday, Google is developing a new computer operating system that is based on a web browse... |
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SCHOOLS & KIDS
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 ... |
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3 hours ago by eric, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Burrowing owls vs. Google
Concerns raised about a pair of rare and problematic burrowing owls, and the impact they'll have on Google's plan to build a new hotel at Shoreline Boulevard and Charleston Ro... |
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19 hours ago by Jessie, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
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 — an... |
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19 hours ago by sly, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
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 an... |
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OTHER ISSUES
EDITORIAL: The development dilemma
Recently, the city spent millions to purchase several acres from the county at Moffett Boulevard and Highway 101 with the intention of turning the site into a freeway-accessib... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:51 pm by jane, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Police hunt for armed man in kidnap-robbery
A 27-year-old Mountain View woman was awoken at gunpoint early Saturday morning after a man entered her apartment through a bedroom window, then forced her to drive to a bank ... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:23 pm by cash, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
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 inte... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 11:32 am by NW Resident, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Rail authority approves $9 million PR effort
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has hired a new player to assist in its admittedly flagging public relations: a global PR firm which will be paid $9 million for its w... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:27 pm by dfb, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
The Grant Road Open Space Fights Not Over; Please Join Our Cause!
Hi you all,
Please join our cause to preserve and protect the over-century-old open space on Grant Road in Mountain View, one of our last remaining patches of natural wilde... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 6:58 pm by ldupre, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Kniss: Distribution of H1N1 vaccine is 'political'
Supervisor Liz Kniss bemoaned the small number of doses of the H1N1 vaccine in Santa Clara County and called their slow distribution "political" during a community forum on th... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 5:25 pm by Janet Martinez, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
City pursues aggressive cap on emissions
In what environmentalists called a historic move Tuesday, Mountain View became one of the first cities in the country to approve goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm by Drew Seutter, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Developer selected for NASA Research Park
TMG Partners and "The Related Companies" have been selected to be master developers of a unique $1 billion research park at Moffett Field in a partnership with NASA Ames and l... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 2:10 pm by Arthur, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
El Camino's new hospital 'comes alive'
After years of planning, culminating in a well-rehearsed patient and ER move from the old facility on Sunday morning, El Camino Hospital's brand-new $470 million facility is n... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 10:10 am by Bruce Karney, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
ELECTIONS
Rep. Eshoo talks health care, Hangar One
After helping pass a hard-fought health care reform bill Saturday evening, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo flew in from Washington to give her pitch for the bill to the Mountain View... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:28 am by Joe, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Craigslist ad leads Palo Alto police to bike thief
Palo Alto police arrested an alleged thief in Mountain View last week after he posted an ad on Craigslist for a bicycle that had been stolen in Palo Alto earlier this month.
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 8:58 am by The Avenger, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District announces Ghysels will step down
Superintendent Maurice Ghysels has officially informed the Mountain View Whisman School District board of trustees that he is looking for work outside the district, it was ann... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 9:17 pm by Elaine, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
City acquires possible shopping center location
With an eye towards building another shopping center in Mountain View, the city has acquired a $9.5 million piece of property at the intersection of Moffett Boulevard and High... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 7:25 pm by Linda Dupre, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
City's hidden tribute to fall of Communism
This week, Mountain View residents join others around the world in marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But few know that their city is home to two pie... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 7:11 pm by Linda Dupre, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
City Council wrestles with housing policies
The City Council found itself in the quandary of trying to figure out how to encourage appropriate housing development Tuesday despite a relative lack of developable land and ... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 5:54 pm by Roger Burney, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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