SCHOOLS & KIDS
Google manager joins school board
With the local elementary school district facing steep budget cuts, last week its board of trustees appointed a local parent with a background in math and business to fill its... |
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on Feb 24, 2008 at 10:34 am by W.C.S, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Google manager joins school board
With the local elementary school district facing steep budget cuts, last week its board of trustees appointed a local parent with a background in math and business to fill its... |
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on Feb 23, 2008 at 6:03 pm by Enough!, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
El Camino finds new radiology groups
The El Camino Hospital Radiologists Group, Inc. has announced that it is disbanding, and last month the hospital entered into new contracts with two radiology groups.
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on Feb 23, 2008 at 6:47 am by Donna K, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Menorah vandalized -- again
For the second year in a row, the eight-foot menorah placed in front of City Hall for the holidays has been vandalized. This time, someone pushed it over during the night, bre... |
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on Feb 22, 2008 at 10:03 pm by Leland L. Medearis, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Youth Advisory Committee Takes Their Oath to Serve Mountain View
Our Youth Advisory Committee will be sworn in to service by the Mountain View City Council on February 26, 2008 at the regular Council meeting at 6:30pm in Mountain View Counc... |
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on Feb 21, 2008 at 8:26 am by Kimberly Castro, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Union rallies at Google's doorstep
More than 100 union supporters gathered next to Google's headquarters Thursday evening to demand that the Internet giant address efforts to organize a union at the company's p... |
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on Feb 18, 2008 at 1:05 am by Robert, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
They built it with our taxpayer money
Now it just sits there, empty and idle. Where can we get our money back.
What am I writing about? The train station of course. |
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on Feb 16, 2008 at 3:58 pm by Enough!, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Traffic Circle Barriers
Has anyone seen the ugly rubber traffic circle at the intersection of Rose Avenue and Fordham Way in Mountain View? It is so ugly. It looks like a track for remote controlled... |
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 3:22 pm by The Dude, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Grocery store chain eyes Rengstorff site
To the extreme delight of Monta Loma neighborhood residents, the long-vacant Golden Phoenix supermarket at Rengstorff and Middlefield roads will soon reopen as a Fresh & Easy ... |
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm by The Dude, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
SPORTS
More owl trouble -- this time<br>for Shoreline ball field plan
After years of outcry from residents for more playing fields, the city is apparently moving full steam ahead on a 12-acre baseball and soccer field along Garcia Avenue.
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 10:30 am by hannah, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
'Mr. White Boy was in the Nortenos'
Except for a few bumps in the road, Jacob DeWitt had a normal upbringing in Mountain View, say local residents who knew him. Today, the 19-year-old sits in jail, accused of st... |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 11:26 am by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
RESTAURANTS
More restuarants bite the dust
Pick Up Stix at El Camino and El Monte abruptly closed, and how I've heard that California Roadhouse is gone. |
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on Feb 12, 2008 at 3:28 pm by Ago, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVLA passes district goals
During its regular meeting Monday, the board of the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District unanimously adopted three-year district goals to improve student academi... |
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 2:02 pm by KKnightk66, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Letters to the Editor
Wrong to blame schools for society's ills
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, February 8, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 12:30 pm by A REAL Animal lover, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Prop 93's demise pits Lieber against Kniss
Due to the failure of state Proposition 93, Mountain View's Sally Lieber says she will be stepping down from her state Assembly seat and making a run against county Supervisor... |
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on Feb 6, 2008 at 5:38 pm by Enough!, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
School districts see budget storm coming
Local school officials say they are hoping for the best and planning for the worst as they assess what could happen if the state slashes the education budget as promised by Go... |
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on Feb 5, 2008 at 12:42 pm by Enough!, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Means: Say what you mean
When incoming Mayor Tom Means told the Voice what his goals were for the year, he didn't talk about fixing major problems like transportation, crime or housing. He ... |
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on Feb 3, 2008 at 10:37 am by WC, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
SmugMug smiles for the camera
Chris MacAskill spent childhood life on Oakland's streets and could easily have become a homeless statistic. Instead, he gained a master's degree in geophysics from Stanford, ... |
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on Feb 1, 2008 at 9:35 am by marc silber, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Letters to the Editor
Desperate and diner-less
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 14, 2007, 12:00 AM |
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on Jan 29, 2008 at 5:11 am by Jeanette Sollén, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Letters to the Editor
Not another liquor store at Moffett, Central
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 25, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Jan 29, 2008 at 12:28 am by Neighbor, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Murlagan house used for fire training
"Don't worry, we've only lost a few reporters since we started doing this," joked fire department spokesman Lynn Brown.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Jan 28, 2008 at 11:17 am by Sharkbait, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
2008 Summer Camp Scholarships
Is your middle school child interested in going to summer camp at one of Mountain View's most popular camps: CSMA, PYT or KMVT? Or does your child have an interest in painti... |
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on Jan 26, 2008 at 9:52 am by Oscar Garcia, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Petition to limit number of kids affected by LASD Boundary decision
Web Link
Tim Justus recently released figures admitting that over 800 K-8 LASD students stand to be affected by the ... |
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on Jan 25, 2008 at 5:49 pm by District Dad, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View Rotary Community Service Grants Program
All Community Grant requests for this coming fiscal year (July 1 thru June 30) must be submitted by March 1, 2008. Awards will be announced during May.
More information and... |
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on Jan 24, 2008 at 10:53 am by Alicia Crank, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Bird sculpture takes wing
The City Council approved a new art installation for Shoreline Park on Tuesday that had a few people, including some on the council, scratching their heads.
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on Jan 24, 2008 at 10:25 am by Anna, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
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