AROUND TOWN Call for sustainability in school upgrades Parents of local elementary school children want greener, more energy-efficient schools, prettier campuses and more space for their children to eat and learn, they said during... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 8, 2009 at 8:56 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2009 at 10:08 am.
AROUND TOWN Video sheds light on origins of Silicon Valley Mountain View's Computer History Museum has posted a 15-minute documentary on YouTube illustrating how a dispute in a Mountain View lab 51 years ago helped give birth to Silic... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 8, 2009 at 8:30 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2009 at 8:30 pm.
AROUND TOWN Caltrain deaths prompt push for suicide prevention awareness In the wake of two Caltrain fatalities within 24 hours this week, public health organizations, school administrators and others are urging the public to be aware of the warnin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 8, 2009 at 4:37 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 11, 2009 at 9:13 am.
AROUND TOWN Peninsula Youth Theatre Presents "Sleeping Beauty" Peninsula Youth Theatre will present Kate Hawley's "Sleeping Beauty," a twist on this classic tale, May 9 - 17 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
"When t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by mike, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood, on May 8, 2009 at 11:07 am
OTHER ISSUES Friends question circumstances behind suicide In the days, weeks and months prior to her death Monday morning on the tracks just north of the San Antonio station in Mountain View, Heather Russell had been systematically a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 8, 2009 at 7:56 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2009 at 7:56 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Memorial service Saturday for 2nd train victim A "Celebration of Life" memorial service has been set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Spangler Mortuaries in downtown Mountain View for the Gunn High School junior killed by a train T... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 7, 2009 at 10:00 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 10:06 pm.
ELECTIONS State complicates city's budget woes As the City Council struggled to resolve a $6 million general fund deficit Tuesday night, more bad budget news broke in the middle of the meeting: The state may grab $2 millio... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 7, 2009 at 9:54 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 9:54 pm.
AROUND TOWN Mountain View Whisman Choral Students Perform at Shoreline on May 11 Mountain View Whisman School District presents the 8th Annual Choral Fest on Monday, May 11 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. The event, featuring choral students from all schools in... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by CSMA, a resident of another community, on May 7, 2009 at 7:46 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS Mountain View Whisman Choral Students Perform at Shoreline on May 11 Mountain View Whisman School District presents the 8th Annual Choral Fest on Monday, May 11 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. The event, featuring choral students from all schools in... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by CSMA, a resident of another community, on May 7, 2009 at 7:46 pm
AROUND TOWN Top space geeks flock to Mountain View The world's next generation of leaders in space exploration will assemble at NASA Ames this summer for, among other things, discussions about whether humans should settle in c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 7, 2009 at 3:28 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2009 at 7:12 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Nursery school's legacy spans generations Over decades, more than 1,000 families have benefited from the early childhood program at Mountain View Parent Nursery School. Last Sunday, May 3, several of those alumni came... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 7, 2009 at 1:09 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 13, 2009 at 6:42 am.
EDITOR'S DESK Flu away AS NOTED in GoogleWatch, our new blog, the number of people googling the words "swine flu" dropped off precipitously this past week.
"According to Google's READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor, on May 7, 2009 at 12:15 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 6:45 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Earth Baby, baby Tired of sending diaper after plastic diaper to the landfills, a group of Mountain View parents-turned-entrepreneurs is hoping to change the way we dispose of our children's n... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 6, 2009 at 7:02 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 6:46 pm.
AROUND TOWN State complicates city's budget woes As the City Council struggled to resolve a $6 million general fund deficit Tuesday night, more bad budget news broke in the middle of the meeting: The state may grab $2 millio... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 6, 2009 at 3:32 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 10:39 pm.
ELECTIONS Big cuts considered for city services After months of discussions with department heads, city manager Kevin Duggan has proposed budget cuts to fill a $6.1 million general fund deficit. The City Council is schedule... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 6, 2009 at 11:05 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 4:04 pm.
AROUND TOWN Palo Alto sees second train fatality in two days Another possible suicide -- the second in two days -- stopped trains in Palo Alto at about 8:30 a.m. today after a northbound commute train hit a person on the tracks near Eas... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 5, 2009 at 2:18 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 9:13 pm.
GOOGLE WATCH Google searches for "Swine Flu" drop Fewer people are typing the words "swine flu" into the Google search engine in recent days, indicating that the hysteria over swine flu is simmering.
According to Google's [h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by GoogleWatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer, on May 5, 2009 at 11:23 am
OTHER ISSUES Bureaucrats botch plastic bag ban The latest attempt to increase government revenue in the county is the proposed ordinance to tax/ban single-use plastic bags (SUPBs). Supposedly, they are responsible for a my... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 4, 2009 at 9:14 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 5, 2009 at 11:23 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS TONIGHT: Forum to discuss district renovations Community members are invited to come to Castro School tonight to discuss the elementary school district's 10-year facilities plan with administrators and architects.
Read th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2009 at 7:46 am.
OTHER ISSUES Woman killed by train in possible suicide A woman apparently committed suicide this morning after sitting on the Caltrain tracks in Palo Alto just north of Mountain View's San Antonio train station, police said.
Read... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 4, 2009 at 3:10 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 5, 2009 at 11:57 pm.
AROUND TOWN Google hires goats as low-carbon lawnmowers Over the last week one of the world's biggest high tech companies used some very low tech weed control methods.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 4, 2009 at 1:29 pm There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 29, 2009 at 4:08 am.
OTHER ISSUES H1 may house new airship NASA Ames deputy director Lew Braxton told a crowd last Thursday that the agency was hard at work on a plan to restore Hangar One within the next 18 months in order to return ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 4, 2009 at 10:16 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 4, 2009 at 10:16 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Fighting for the American dream A senior at UC Santa Cruz majoring in earth sciences, Adriana expresses her passion for geology both through her enthusiastic descriptions of her studies and through her 3.84 ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 3, 2009 at 9:05 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2009 at 12:42 pm.
AROUND TOWN Districts find funding for ESL class Administrators in both Mountain View school districts say they have found funding and space for an English language class for Spanish-speaking parents, and the program will co... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on May 2, 2009 at 7:19 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 4, 2009 at 7:43 pm.
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