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Committee chair unleashes anti-Semitic comments
Comments made by Visual Arts Committee chair Christopher Parkinson online and in emails last week are bizarre, anti-Semitic, and examples of "textbook prejudice," according to... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 9:35 pm by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Council OKs two apartment complexes for El Camino Real
The City Council approved a pair of four-story apartment complexes on Tuesday that will add 362 homes to the city's booming real estate market.
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 2:27 pm by letsgetreal, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: Time to put brakes on San Antonio Center
There are plenty of reasons for the City Council to put the brakes on Merlone Geier's phase-two plans for the new San Antonio Shopping Center, which would more resemble an off... |
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 10:59 am by Marlene, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Resentment builds against fruit thieves
Downtown property owners say they are creeped out and irritated by the regular presence of fruit thieves in their neighborhood � people who sneak onto properties and strip t... |
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on Mar 31, 2013 at 5:55 pm by Catherine, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
why is Google honoring Hugo Chavez on Easter Sunday????
Right wing commentators from around the country are threatening to boycott Google after the Mountain View company displayed a photo of Hugo Chavez instead of the Easter bunny ... |
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on Mar 31, 2013 at 2:45 pm by can\'t make it up, a resident of the Gemello neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Berlin Wall sections find permanent home by library
After considering several other sites, on Tuesday the City Council settled on putting two donated sections of the Berlin Wall in front of the library on Franklin Street.
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on Mar 30, 2013 at 3:05 pm by Huh?, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
PANTHER PEN
The Skin I'm In
Hello! This writing came out of an assignment for students to write about something that they feel passionately about. The perspective below is a reflection on how others c... |
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 10:44 pm by L Romaine Brown, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Huff crossing guard hit by car
A Huff Elementary School crossing guard is alive but doesn't remember being hit by a red-light-running car on Monday, while she was on the job at the intersection of Grant Roa... |
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 8:35 pm by BikeCommuter, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Electronics, jewelry, cameras stolen in burglary
A home in the 1400 block of Meadow Lane was burglarized on March 26, police said. The thief made off with more than $6,500 in electronics, cameras, camera lenses, jewelry, for... |
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 4:15 pm by tommy_g_, a resident of the Stierlin Estates neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustees approve $50 million in Measure G projects
The Mountain View Whisman School District has a rough outline of how it will spend the first $50 million of its $198 million Measure G school bond.
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 9:55 am by Nick V, Mountain View Voice Staff Writer |
PANTHER PEN
To Infinity, and Beyond!
I was recently engrossed in a National Geographic magazine about exploration. In the course of a few thousand words and pictures, I journeyed with some of the bravest, most ou... |
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 6:21 am by James, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Past, Present and Future. San Antonio Center.
1964 which the year of my birth, was born at Stanford Medical Center, now why is this important, most likely my baby clothes were purchased at San Antonio Shopping Center. I... |
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 5:55 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Co-housing community breaks ground
After breaking ground last week, Mountain View's first co-housing project will soon provide a different sort of lifestyle to 19 households at 445 Calderon Avenue.
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 4:28 pm by P, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
EPA to test homes for toxics on Leong Drive
EPA officials announced on Friday that their agency has allocated $100,000 to test and remediate homes on Leong Drive that could have unsafe levels of toxic vapors trapped ins... |
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 8:19 am by Observation, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Open Space district launches massive 'vision plan'
A vision plan to determine how the public wants open space to be used was launched by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District on Tuesday, March 26.
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:28 pm by Topical, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board approves raise for superintendent
Superintendent Craig Goldman is getting a raise. Trustees with the Mountain View Whisman School District approved a new three-year contract for Goldman at Thursday's board mee... |
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 7:06 pm by Ralph, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Bye Bye Birdie' at Graham Middle School
A group of young singers and actors from Graham Middle School are rehearsing for an upcoming production of "Bye Bye Birdie," scheduled to play for three nights beginning March... |
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:11 am by T. Evans, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Former city manager supports village concept for North Bayshore
As city manager in the early 1980s, Bruce Liedstrand helped lead efforts to transform the city's downtown and create a vision for the North Bayshore area that's now home to Go... |
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 9:17 am by Ravindra Srinivas Rao, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Developement, Cinemas and small business
I have been studying, looking at the drawings of the San Antonio Shopping Center Phase 2 plans, yes change is hard to swallow. Look at what has happened around here. While ... |
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on Mar 26, 2013 at 2:49 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
VTA continues to push buses lanes for El Camino
While the future of air traffic at Moffett Field may be the most important concern for Mountain View residents (as some still want expanded aviation — including pre-dawn comme... |
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on Mar 26, 2013 at 2:32 pm by Disband, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Man struck, killed by train in Palo Alto
A man was struck and killed by a northbound train at about 6:50 a.m. this morning at Charleston Road in Palo Alto, a Caltrain spokesperson said.
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on Mar 26, 2013 at 11:35 am by Greg David, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Foothill's 'founding father' dies
Robert Smithwick, one of the founders of Foothill College who continued to help the college throughout his life, died Friday at his home in Los Altos Hills. He was 92.
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on Mar 25, 2013 at 2:42 pm by Ray Crump, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
William Ware remembered
At the suggestion of a Valley Transit Authority bus driver, a bench dedicated to the memory of William Ware has been installed at a bus stop near the intersection of Californi... |
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on Mar 25, 2013 at 2:19 pm by Greg David, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
PANTHER PEN
Just Because I Cheer
Hello!
Here is our first Panther Pen student piece. This writing came out of an assignment for students to write about something that they feel passionately about. The per... |
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on Mar 25, 2013 at 2:01 pm by Ms. Jenson, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
EPA orders NASA to clean up contaminated soil at Moffett Field
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered NASA to take immediate and long-term actions to clean up contaminated soils at Ames Research Center at Moffett Field... |
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on Mar 25, 2013 at 1:32 pm by Otto Maddox, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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