AROUND TOWN Six stabbed at Shoreline concert Police ended a Shoreline Amphitheatre concert early on Saturday night after at least six people were stabbed in the lawn seating area.
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AROUND TOWN Gay youth protest Prop 8 ruling Hours after the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the statewide ban on same-sex marriage, a dozen local gay youth and their advocates gathered on one of Mountain ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 31, 2009 at 2:55 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 3, 2010 at 3:15 am.
AROUND TOWN Girls' business venture in the bag Denim hand bags made from old jeans and belts may be the newest fad at Girls' Middle School thanks to four young student-entrepreneurs, who now hope to take their business to ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 29, 2009 at 9:02 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2009 at 9:55 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Budget fire vs. house fires Balancing the city's budget this year and next doesn't appear to require any too-painful budget cuts. But in the longer run, if the economy doesn't recover, significant cuts t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 29, 2009 at 4:42 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 3, 2009 at 9:00 am.
OTHER ISSUES Foothill invites input on chancellor search The public is invited to attend a series of forums next week by the Foothill-De Anza Community College District as administrators seek a new chancellor to replace Martha Kante... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 29, 2009 at 3:46 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2009 at 3:46 pm.
GOOGLE WATCH Google "Wave" re-invents online communication Google unveiled one of its most ambitious products ever at its I/O conference this week in San Francisco. Google Wave appears to re-invent email in a unique assemblage of com... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer, on May 29, 2009 at 11:55 am
AROUND TOWN Letters to the Editor Ruling on Prop 8 is disappointing
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, May 29, 2009, 12:00 AM READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 29, 2009 at 10:45 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 4, 2009 at 4:34 pm.
BOOKS Correction A story in last week's Voice, "Council gives stimulus funds to homeowners," gave an incorrect unit of measurement when discussing greenhouse gas emissions. The stor... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 29, 2009 at 12:26 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2009 at 12:05 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Passing grade for local schools It isn't new test scores -- just a new way to read the old test scores. But according to new rankings released by the state, both of the local public high schools, and three e... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 28, 2009 at 3:15 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2009 at 4:27 pm.
AROUND TOWN Budget fire vs. house fires Balancing the city's budget this year and next doesn't appear to require any too-painful budget cuts. But in the longer run, if the economy doesn't recover, significant cuts t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 28, 2009 at 1:13 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 31, 2009 at 9:45 pm.
HEY TECH! How do Mountain View teenagers use their cellphones? This week I went to the WCA (Wireless Communication Alliance) meeting at PARC in Palo Alto. Five teenagers spoke about how they use their cellphones and email. They texted be... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger, on May 28, 2009 at 12:39 pm
EDITOR'S DESK For your brain "MOUNTAIN VIEW Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga has issued a proclamation stating that May 8, 2009 is Brain Education Day."
So says Lisa Melnick, who wrote on behalf of the San Fran... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor, on May 28, 2009 at 11:48 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2009 at 10:34 am.
AROUND TOWN Gay youth gather to protest Prop 8 ruling Hours after the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the statewide ban on same-sex marriage, a dozen local gay youth and their advocates gathered on one of Mountain ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 27, 2009 at 5:31 pm There have been 28 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 3, 2009 at 9:47 am.
AROUND TOWN District to gauge support for bond measure Mountain View residents will soon be asked how they feel about a potential bond measure for the Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District, after trustees decided last w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 27, 2009 at 4:32 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 27, 2009 at 10:59 pm.
OTHER ISSUES City joins 'highfalutin' climate change group Mountain View is now a member of the Bay Area Climate Change Collaborative after a unanimous City Council vote last week.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS MV Whisman made basic aid district Further complicating the financial uncertainty over Mountain View Whisman's future, the local elementary school district recently became a basic aid district, and will now be ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 27, 2009 at 12:42 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 1, 2009 at 2:47 pm.
AROUND TOWN Council irritated over housing trust request The City Council was divided last week over whether to give $150,000 annually to the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County since other cities, including Los Altos, were only giv... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 26, 2009 at 4:09 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 27, 2009 at 3:23 pm.
ELECTIONS Gay rights protestors block Stanford road A coalition of gay rights advocates protesting today's state Supreme Court ruling upholding Proposition 8 announced a civil-disobedience sit-in aimed at blocking Stanford Univ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 26, 2009 at 1:59 pm There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 1, 2009 at 5:18 pm.
AROUND TOWN Rotary Club of Mountain View announces its 2009 Community Grant award recipients. The Rotary Club of Mountain View is happy to announce its 2009 Community Grant award recipients.
Our club was in a unique position of having nearly three times as many appl... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Alicia Crank, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood, on May 26, 2009 at 11:26 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 3, 2009 at 7:06 am.
AROUND TOWN Police find missing patrol car Mountain View police found a patrol car on Sunday that was stolen from a Shoreline Amphitheatre concert on Friday night.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Shoreline concert-goer steals police car Mountain View police are looking for a stolen police car that they say was taken from Shoreline Amphitheatre on Friday night.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 23, 2009 at 1:53 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 24, 2009 at 10:24 am.
OTHER ISSUES Officials: Budget crisis will hit deep, hurt bad Grim, dire, unprecedented, catastrophic, devastating. Officials from school districts and cities, counties, special districts and state programs are grasping for adjectives to... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 22, 2009 at 5:52 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 24, 2009 at 5:07 pm.
OTHER ISSUES General Plan meetings kick off in Monta Loma About 60 residents of the "Monta Loma, Farley and Rock Street" neighborhood assembled Monday to discuss the city's future as part of its General Plan update.
Read the full st... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 22, 2009 at 4:16 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 22, 2009 at 4:54 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Reports of swine flu climb in Santa Clara County The Santa Clara County Public Health Department on Thursday reported 14 additional probable cases of swine flu, now referred to as the H1N1 virus, a department spokeswoman sai... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 22, 2009 at 2:22 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 23, 2009 at 11:55 am.