HEY TECH!
Student Noah Wasserman uses Google Maps to show Vegetation Changes In Yosemite
Last Wednesday, Dec 3, the Google Technology User Group - Web Link - and the WebMapSocial MeetUp group - Web Link - held a joint meeting ... |
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on Dec 4, 2008 at 1:21 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
HEY TECH!
Open Source Developers - Foss Camp is Fri and Sat - Dec 5-6 - Google Crittenden Campus 10:00 am
If you are an open source developer and want to share your insights then Foss Camp is the place to be Friday and Saturday - Dec 5 and 6. It will be held at Google's Crittende... |
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on Dec 4, 2008 at 12:35 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
AROUND TOWN
Mayfield Mall developer could be bowing out
Toll Brothers, the high-flying nationally ranked home builder that was retained by Hewlett-Packard to develop a huge housing project on its 27-acre Mayfield Mall site, appears... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 6:47 pm by Alma, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Condo project fails, leaving eyesore behind
Apparently unable to get a bank loan, the owner of an aging apartment building at 291 Evandale Ave. has given up on a plan to demolish the structure and build 144 condos. Inst... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 11:22 pm by Another neighbor, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
ELECTIONS
Worker Center submits plans for new building
The Day Worker Center of Mountain View has submitted plans to the city for a remodel of its new headquarters at 113 Escuela Ave., an abandoned cinderblock building that the ce... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 7:37 pm by EFMohammedMartinez, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Classroom lament
Who are the students in an "average classroom" in California?
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 28, 2008, 12:00... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 7:16 pm by Randall Flagg, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
HEY TECH!
Which Browser do you like?
Do you like to browse the web on your mobile phone, your laptop or on a desktop computer? Which browser do you prefer?
I'd like any new ways in which you browse the web, e... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 3:15 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
HEY TECH!
Google founder Larry Page sees many wireless business opportunities
Google's co-founder, Larry Page, sees multiple opportunities for wireless products and services. He was speaking with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Kevin ... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 3:13 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
HEY TECH!
Get A $40 Government Coupon Towards Converting Your Old TV To Digital
If you get your TV programs using an antenna then on February 17 traditional analog TV channels go off the air. If you have cable or satellite dish services then this doesn't ... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 3:09 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Left Behind: The future of NCLB
Despite a six-year effort to overhaul education at the state and federal levels, the country is still "in trouble" educationally, says Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, with persisten... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 8:42 am by Peter Herbert, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
New 99 Ranch to open on Grant Road
An entirely different kind of supermarket is set to take up residence where the old Nob Hill used to be at the newly renovated shopping center at 1350 Grant Road.
Read the fu... |
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on Dec 1, 2008 at 8:03 pm by JNN, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Council approves vision for the city's future
After months of workshops where some 800 residents shared their hopes and dreams of how their city should grow, a planning team has distilled their ideas into a 110-page repor... |
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on Dec 1, 2008 at 6:50 pm by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online |
OTHER ISSUES
Spanish-language signs defaced
Elementary school district officials are angry over the act of a vandal or vandals who stole some of the district's Spanish-language signs and re-posted them on Shoreline Boul... |
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on Nov 30, 2008 at 9:40 pm by EFMohammedMartinez, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Home sales buck downward trend
While the median price of a home has decreased in Mountain View over the last year, the number of home sales has gone up.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Nov 30, 2008 at 4:54 pm by Mrs. Kline, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Anyone know why there is a power outage in Waverly Park
It started about 12:30pm and 2 hours later we are still without power. |
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on Nov 25, 2008 at 2:30 pm by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Schools' improvements lag with financial help
Every year, Latino, English language learners, and low-income students are tested in local schools, and every year they fall behind the Asian and white students in their class... |
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on Nov 25, 2008 at 12:58 pm by John, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Condo project fails, leaving eyesore behind
Apparently unable to get a bank loan, the owner of an aging apartment building at 291 Evandale Ave. has given up on a plan to demolish the structure and build 144 condos. Inst... |
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on Nov 22, 2008 at 5:06 pm by Hitchman, a resident of the Martens-Carmelita neighborhood |
ELECTIONS
Surprise turnaround for BART measure
BART proponents and opponents have been on the edge of their seats over the last few weeks, watching to see whether Measure B, the one-eighth-cent sales tax to help bring BART... |
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on Nov 21, 2008 at 7:42 pm by Bart Only-Taker, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Even if they overturn prop 8
People are going to hate homosexuals. This is just another example of how minorities will have equal rights but in the end to the rest of america it will be another reason to ... |
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on Nov 21, 2008 at 2:15 pm by Randall Flagg, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
ELECTIONS
Locally, voters go with status quo
While local residents joined the millions of voters last week who resoundingly said "yes" to Barack Obama's message of change, their preference on the local level was all abou... |
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on Nov 21, 2008 at 10:39 am by county board watcher, a resident of another community |
RESTAURANTS
Take a pass on Chilean sea bass
Late last July, I opened the Voice to find a picture of a moist, flaky, delicious-looking chunk of fish atop a bed of garlic noodles studded with mushrooms and garn... |
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on Nov 20, 2008 at 11:46 pm by kristin flrorence devine, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tracking gangs through MySpace
Marco Garcia, at-risk-intervention supervisor at Graham Middle School, uses MySpace to find out what his students may not tell him.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Nov 20, 2008 at 5:56 am by Jonathan Hilliard, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View man arrested in triple murder
Santa Clara police arrested a laid off technology company employee Saturday who returned to the business Friday afternoon and fatally shot three employees.
Read the full st... |
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on Nov 18, 2008 at 3:25 pm by FamilyMan, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Clean laundry, good karma
Laundromats, on the surface, may appear to be uninteresting places. But not to Jamil Shaikh.
Read the full story here Web Link post... |
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on Nov 18, 2008 at 9:09 am by Elizabeth Sarmiento, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Housing Development- Grant Rd. and Covington
What is the status of the housing development proposed at Grant Rd. and Covington (former site of Pumpkin and Christmas Tree Farm? I drove by there the other day and still no... |
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on Nov 17, 2008 at 4:01 pm by Daniel DeBolt, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |