AROUND TOWN
Three teens charged with alleged hate crimes
Three Mountain View teenagers are in custody on hate crime and other charges after allegedly shouting racial epithets and threatening to kill four 11-year-old Latino boys on M... |
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on Dec 13, 2008 at 1:37 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
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 |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Latest Bullis spat headed to court
Bullis Charter School officials have filed a lawsuit against the Los Altos School District for not providing the school with adequate facilities, which they say is required by... |
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on Oct 27, 2009 at 3:27 pm by Parent, a resident of another community |
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... |
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on Apr 22, 2009 at 5:24 pm by outatowner, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Still no leads in Merales murder
Police have yet to make any headway in the murder of 17-year-old Jose Merales, shot two days ago on Higdon Avenue. Meanwhile, the victim's friends and family have left an impr... |
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on May 30, 2008 at 12:14 am by Chin4, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Rengstorff area bike tour highlights need for safer streets
Mounted on their bikes, a group of residents and city officials rolled through the Rengstorff Park neighborhood on Saturday morning, stopping along the way to discus how to ma... |
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on Mar 18, 2013 at 3:16 pm by Darin, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis, LASD continue to butt heads
The battle between Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District continues.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Th... |
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on Feb 9, 2012 at 1:20 pm by MV Native, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
The Ugliest Street in Mountain View?
With all the talk of Mountain View 2030, new zoning and redevelopment, etc., I'd like to set up an informal poll...
What street in Mountain View is the most unattractive? A... |
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on Sep 23, 2011 at 11:17 am by CS/Stierlin Rd, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Jury finds Sargent Binkley guilty on all counts
A West Point graduate and war veteran was found guilty on all counts Tuesday of robbing pain pills from a Mountain View pharmacy at gunpoint.
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on Sep 3, 2010 at 12:13 pm by LosAltosHighVictim, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Tough decisions ahead for MV Whisman
Local elementary and middle schools are considering cutting programs and raising class sizes in response to state budget cuts, chief financial officer Craig Goldman told Mount... |
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on Jun 22, 2010 at 1:57 pm by Been There, a resident of the Gemello neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Forbes calls Mountain View best town in the Bay Area for living well
Of all the cities and towns in the U.S. with populations under 100,000, Mountain View has been ranked by Forbes magazine as the fourth best to live in and the best in the Bay ... |
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on May 27, 2009 at 8:40 pm by Mr. Big, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Former Mayor Rosemary Stasek has died
Former Mayor Rosemary Stasek, known locally as an exemplary public servant, passed away this morning in Afghanistan at age 46 from a heart attack. Stasek had been living in Af... |
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on Sep 27, 2012 at 4:24 pm by Elna Tymes, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
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 |
AROUND TOWN
District needs to root out bad behavior, moms say
Dirty dancing, drugs and foul language -- three mothers with teens enrolled in Mountain View High School are concerned that the school district is not consistently enforcing i... |
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on Jan 24, 2013 at 2:14 pm by Sean, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
New grocer seeks city's help
Anne Origel, co-owner of Ava's Downtown Market and Deli, asked the City Council on Tuesday for some financial help as the market struggles to undergo a transformation into a ... |
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on Mar 6, 2012 at 12:54 pm by JUST THINK ABOUT IT, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Why kidnap victim was not deported
After an illegal border crossing took a bad turn in Mountain View on Sunday -- devolving into an extortion and kidnapping case -- several readers expressed confusion over how ... |
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on Mar 31, 2011 at 11:00 pm by localmom, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Hundreds of apartments proposed for El Camino Real
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow two large apartment building projects to move through the city's planning process, possibly adding 535 homes to the city.
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on Jan 21, 2011 at 9:10 pm by Political Insider, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Gay marriage supporters file Chick-Fil-A appeal
It appears that Chick-Fil-A's chickens have come home to roost. The company's funding of anti-gay rights groups and president Dan Cathy's recent remarks that the company is "g... |
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on Aug 17, 2012 at 9:07 pm by LovingMtnView, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
MV driver arrested in deadly pedestrian crash
Family members of the man killed in a grisly car accident last month reacted with relief June 10 to the news that police have arrested the driver of the vehicle that killed Wi... |
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on Jul 13, 2012 at 9:28 pm by Old Ben, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Google takes a lashing over bridge idea
City council members acted as the protective parents of the Stevens Creek trail Tuesday as Google pitched a plan for a pair of private bridges over the creek to a planned Goog... |
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on Jul 9, 2011 at 9:30 pm by eric, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
MV's Pulitzer Prize winner outs his illegal status
Jose Vargas, former Mountain View High school student and top American journalist, has outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in a startling article in The New York Times ... |
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on Jun 29, 2011 at 10:32 pm by Seer, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
City examining site of fatal accident
Trees, swaying lightly in the cool breeze, line the sidewalk and median strip of California Street at its intersection with Franklin Street near the heart of downtown Mountain... |
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on Aug 5, 2010 at 9:31 pm by NeHi, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
HSR may cut into Central Expressway
Should high-speed rail come to Mountain View, it will not sit atop a massive Berlin Wall, as some rail opponents have feared. But it may mean the loss of two lanes on Central ... |
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on Jun 7, 2010 at 1:57 pm by sally j, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Wine bar finally opens in train depot
After eight years of vacancy a business is finally opening this week inside the replica of Mountain View's 1888 train depot downtown -- Savvy Cellar wine bar.
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on May 22, 2010 at 11:16 pm by heehee, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Train Depot set to become a wine bar
It took seven years, but the City Council has finally found a use for downtown's replica 1888 Train Depot after picking a Peninsula-based company to operate a wine bar there.
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on Jul 14, 2009 at 4:00 pm by RICK JARA, a resident of another community |
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