OTHER ISSUES New suit claims high-speed-rail officials 'misled' public Just weeks after California's high-speed rail project withstood a court challenge from a group of Peninsula cities, the agency is facing another suit from project critics, who... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 19, 2013 at 11:24 am There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 24, 2013 at 9:47 am.
OTHER ISSUES Think globally, run locally The Run for Zimbabwe is part African festival, part fun run. Now in its 14th year, the race and fair is set for Sunday, March 24, from noon to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph School.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 18, 2013 at 6:59 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 21, 2013 at 10:23 am.
OTHER ISSUES Santa Clara County grows, with international migration's help Santa Clara County's population has grown 3.1 percent since 2010 and more than half that growth can be attributed to people who migrated to the county internationally, accordi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 18, 2013 at 2:55 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 20, 2013 at 8:53 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Second Harvest food drive short of goal Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties' holiday fundraiser fell short of its goal, and now it needs help to continue feeding the thousands of strug... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:01 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:01 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Testing and treating to reduce city's toxic vapor problem Like toxic vapors coming out of the ground, health concerns about TCE are lingering in northeastern Mountain View.
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OTHER ISSUES TCE: community meeting tonight A public meeting is set for tonight following the discovery of unsafe levels of fumes from polluted groundwater evaporating into homes and offices near Whisman Road.
Read the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 13, 2013 at 9:30 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 14, 2013 at 5:01 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Bus bench dedicated to William Ware A bench dedicated to the memory of William Ware has been installed near the intersection of California Street and Escuela Avenue at the site of the accident that took the well... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 13, 2013 at 5:50 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 15, 2013 at 5:36 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Movie theater proposed for San Antonio shopping center Developer Merlone Geier has significantly revised its proposal for phase two at San Antonio Shopping Center to include an eight-screen movie theater to go with a hotel and off... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 12, 2013 at 2:19 pm There have been 76 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 1:08 am.
OTHER ISSUES Tesla delays electric SUV, speeds government loan payment In February of last year, Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors said it would begin production on it newest line of all-electric vehicles, the Model X, at the end of 2013.
Read the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 12, 2013 at 2:18 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 13, 2013 at 3:58 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Woman smashes man's phone at gas station, police say A Palo Alto woman was arrested on the morning of March 9 after allegedly pushing a gas station attendant and then running over his phone multiple times, according to police.
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 12, 2013 at 2:15 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 16, 2013 at 9:47 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Beer brings people together A pristine Harley-Davidson motorcycle glimmers in the front window of Jane's Beer Store in Mountain View while rows of bottled beers, ciders and meads rise behind it like sent... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 8, 2013 at 11:47 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 9, 2013 at 1:42 am.
OTHER ISSUES Neighbors express fears over toxic plume In a meeting with residents of Mountain View's Wagon Wheel neighborhood on Sunday, EPA officials addressed fears about the cancer-causing toxics recently found to be evaporati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 7, 2013 at 2:56 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 12, 2013 at 12:12 am.
OTHER ISSUES High-speed rail hits speedbump in its Caltrain partnership What was billed as a historic occasion for the California High-Speed Rail Authority and its Bay Area partners ended on an awkward note Wednesday morning when the rail authorit... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 6, 2013 at 1:14 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 7, 2013 at 8:35 am.
OTHER ISSUES Bay Area has most "mega commuters" in nation Bay Area residents are more than four times more likely to be "mega commuters," according to a new report by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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OTHER ISSUES Teens name center "The View" Teens on the city's Youth Advisory Committee got their way on Tuesday when the City Council voted to approve their favored name for a new teen center on Escuela Avenue.
Rea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 5, 2013 at 3:02 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2013 at 7:16 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Pedestrian struck by car dies at hospital Mountain View police are seeking witnesses to a fatal accident last night on Phyllis Avenue.
Read the full story here Web Link po... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 5, 2013 at 11:04 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2013 at 10:47 pm.
OTHER ISSUES High-speed rail wins legal battle An effort by Peninsula cities to stop California's high-speed-rail project came to a screeching halt Thursday when a Sacramento County judge upheld the California High Speed R... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 1, 2013 at 3:43 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2013 at 11:54 am.
OTHER ISSUES County Supervisor Shirakawa resigns Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa today announced his resignation after he was charged with a dozen felony and misdemeanor counts including perjury and misuse of ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 1, 2013 at 2:29 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 1, 2013 at 7:49 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Caltrain electrification meeting set for tonight Caltrain's voyage toward electrification of its Peninsula corridor will make a stop at Palo Alto tonight, where officials will solicit comments about what issues they should s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 28, 2013 at 3:08 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 28, 2013 at 3:08 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Measure M may be dead Measure M, the voter-approved local initiative that would limit executive pay at El Camino Hospital, looks as if it will be invalidated by the courts, according to one of the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 28, 2013 at 2:23 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 1, 2013 at 3:03 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Toxics put pregnant Googlers at risk, expert says The elevated levels of toxic TCE vapors recently found in Google offices on Whisman Road and elsewhere should be a concern for pregnant women, even from brief exposures, accor... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 28, 2013 at 2:19 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2013 at 2:19 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Affordable housing project helps some, hurts others The city's below market rate housing program took a strange turn Tuesday night with the approval of an affordable housing project at 819 N. Rengstorff Avenue -- it displaces t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 27, 2013 at 2:22 pm There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 1, 2013 at 4:20 pm.
OTHER ISSUES Woman attacks her supervisor at laundry A woman was arrested last week for allegedly bashing another woman's head into a washing machine repeatedly, according to police.
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OTHER ISSUES Hundreds of guns collected at East Palo Alto buyback It took less than three hours Saturday, Feb. 23, to collect 355 firearms at a three-city gun buyback event in East Palo Alto, the first private/public buyback of its kind on t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 25, 2013 at 2:25 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 25, 2013 at 3:27 pm.
OTHER ISSUES EPA to step up outreach on TCE danger After the Voice discovered a number of residents on Evandale Avenue had no knowledge of newly discovered toxins creeping under their street and possibly into their homes... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Feb 25, 2013 at 12:05 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 25, 2013 at 12:05 pm.