OTHER ISSUES City employees may be asked to take pay cut Mountain View officials are in talks with the city's labor groups about ways to ease the impact of a projected $6 million budget deficit -- and one of those ways involves decr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 15, 2009 at 1:31 pm There have been 47 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 22, 2009 at 5:24 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Auto burglars find apartments to be good hunting grounds Auto burglaries are "absolutely" on the rise in Mountain View, police say, especially in the garages of apartment complexes. Another such crime was committed late last week, w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 14, 2009 at 8:17 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 15, 2009 at 11:06 am.
OTHER ISSUES Conviction reinstated in 1976 murder case The California Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the first-degree murder conviction of a Sunnyvale man in the strangling and rape of a Mountain View woman 33 years ago.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 14, 2009 at 2:16 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 14, 2009 at 2:16 pm.
OTHER ISSUES National group targets local Day Worker Center Escuela Avenue residents have called in a legal group from Washington, D.C. to "protect" the neighborhood from a proposed Day Worker Center, and a representative from the grou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 14, 2009 at 2:10 pm There have been 81 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 30, 2009 at 4:46 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Developer found for Shoreline hotel After Google bowed out of negotiations last year to develop a hotel next to its headquarters, several other developers came forward, and the council confirmed a favorite on Tu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 13, 2009 at 7:37 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2009 at 2:21 pm.
OTHER ISSUES The Naysayer? From Mercury News' "The Phantom":
NAYSAYER: Since joining the Mountain View City Council in January, Council Member John Inks has become quite the contrarian.
At last Tu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood, on Apr 12, 2009 at 10:23 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 18, 2009 at 1:48 pm.
OTHER ISSUES El Camino sheds light on Los Gatos deal It will cost El Camino Hospital about $32 million to operate Community Hospital of Los Gatos for 18 months, in addition to the previously announced $45 million purchase price ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2009 at 11:15 am.
OTHER ISSUES Police: Brittany Brown lied about disappearance Brittany Brown, the young Mountain View resident who made headlines last year when she disappeared for four days after going to a Castro Street nightclub, has been arrested fo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 31, 2009 at 2:32 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 1, 2009 at 10:45 am.
OTHER ISSUES Mountain View tackles hate crimes, plans for proactive approach After a spate of recent hate crimes in Mountain View, community leaders said Wednesday that the city needs to take a proactive approach to promoting tolerance.
Several doze... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood, on Mar 26, 2009 at 2:08 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 26, 2009 at 10:32 pm.
OTHER ISSUES El Camino launches unique genomic center Patients at El Camino Hospital will have access to a powerful new medical tool this week after the hospital becomes the first in the nation to open its own genomic center.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 25, 2009 at 4:28 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 25, 2009 at 4:28 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Hatred of policemen made official in Oakland I was present (as a guest) at US Citizenship Naturalization Oath Ceremenony in Oakland on March 17, held in Paramount Theatre in Oakland.
I was appalled when the official Ma... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Naturalized Citizen, a resident of another community, on Mar 23, 2009 at 11:26 am
OTHER ISSUES Two-alarm fire damages Springer Street home Investigators are trying to determine what started a two-alarm fire at a home in Mountain View on Thursday night, according to the fire department.
Read the full story here h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 21, 2009 at 9:19 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 27, 2009 at 8:31 am.
OTHER ISSUES Parents up in arms over 'abusive' teacher Mountain View parents say they are fed up with a fourth grade teacher at Huff Elementary School who they claim is not being disciplined by the district despite numerous compla... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 20, 2009 at 9:03 pm There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 5, 2009 at 10:26 am.
OTHER ISSUES Rod Diridon: High-speed rail on track, needed Rod Diridon, a key leader of the high speed rail project to link San Francisco and Los Angeles, told a Palo Alto audience this week that it's $90 million and many months too l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 20, 2009 at 3:37 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 24, 2009 at 7:59 am.
OTHER ISSUES Possible solution in preschool dispute Elementary school district administrators say they may have found a solution for half of the low-income families whose members protested outside a board meeting earlier this m... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 20, 2009 at 10:47 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 20, 2009 at 10:47 am.
OTHER ISSUES Commission cracks down on council's free seats at Shoreline Responding to complaints from other cities, the California Fair Political Practices Commission is regulating the use of free tickets -- like those given to City Council member... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 20, 2009 at 9:31 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 22, 2009 at 1:50 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Palo Alto bans plastic bags at grocery stores Despite a threatened lawsuit and opposition from area grocers, the Palo Alto City Council voted Monday night to ban plastic checkout bags from local grocery stores, effective ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 17, 2009 at 2:56 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 20, 2009 at 7:21 pm.
OTHER ISSUES NASA asks Navy for help with Hangar One NASA Ames has backed away from a plan to re-skin Hangar One, instead asking the Navy to do it in exchange for the space agency taking over responsibility for toxic cleanup on ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 13, 2009 at 3:39 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 14, 2009 at 9:33 am.
OTHER ISSUES Budget passed, but uncertainty remains It was a long, long wait. But even now, after a state budget was finally passed, local administrators remain uncertain about funding for next year, and how the cuts to educati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 4, 2009 at 12:49 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2009 at 12:49 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Economy creates big setback for BART to SJ New analysis of projected sales tax revenues shows that bringing BART to San Jose will be delayed a number of years, even with the sales tax increase voters approved for BART ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 3, 2009 at 2:24 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 3, 2009 at 5:04 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Build a garden, save a community Mountain View handyman, inventor and entrepreneur Leland Francois likes to do things his own way. Even his philanthropy is unconventional.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 2, 2009 at 6:45 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 2, 2009 at 6:45 pm.
OTHER ISSUES High speed flail High hopes for a downtown high speed rail stop may have come and gone in a flash during Tuesday's council meeting.
Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 28, 2009 at 6:13 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 1, 2009 at 1:23 am.
OTHER ISSUES City budget on the line City Hall appears to be buckling down to keep the economic recession from tarnishing Mountain View's finances and hurting city services.
Read the full story here http://www.m... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 22, 2009 at 1:17 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 22, 2009 at 1:17 am.
OTHER ISSUES Letters to the Editor Exclusive leagues should pay for fields
Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=4880 posted Friday, February 20, 2009, 12:00 AM READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 21, 2009 at 10:53 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 21, 2009 at 10:53 am.
OTHER ISSUES Coming up: Council to discuss high speed rail, renewable energy sources The city council is set to discuss the impacts of high speed rail in a meeting Tuesday chock full of agenda items pertaining to the the city's evironmental future.
Read the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 20, 2009 at 11:17 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 27, 2009 at 10:58 pm.