AROUND TOWN
What has your experience been with Google WiFi?
It's been almost three years since Google installed its free WiFi network. We would like to get readers' thoughts on how it has served the city. Has it been a success, a disap... |
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on Jun 15, 2009 at 2:55 pm by Ed, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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
Parking dispute leads to fisticuffs
A man punched a woman in the face after she slapped him inside a Mountain View supermarket on Monday afternoon, police said. The confrontation allegedly stemmed from a dispute... |
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on Feb 5, 2013 at 2:37 pm by Steve, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Lieber to host public forum on gun control
A community forum on gun control is slated to take place at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, at Mountain View City Hall. The public discussion is being organized by former state ... |
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on Feb 5, 2013 at 1:50 pm by ladym, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Merlone Geier seeks permit for "intimidating" fence
San Antonio Shopping Center developer Merlone Geier has not given up on its controversial efforts to put up a fence that several businesses and a property owners say is a way ... |
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on Aug 29, 2012 at 1:36 pm by Nick Shelton , a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Eateries can't compete with Google's free food
Since he started his North Bayshore sandwich shop with his brother 21 years ago, Victor Jadallah saw the neighborhood double in size, Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics ris... |
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on Mar 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Police bust woman for selling pot
Police arrested a Mountain View woman Wednesday after finding 29 pounds of marijuana -- with an estimated street value of more than $140,000 -- in her apartment.
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on Jun 22, 2011 at 2:15 pm by Flava Dave, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Council to discuss $1 million in fee hikes
To help fix a projected $4 million budget deficit this year, the City Council on Tuesday plans to consider asking those who use city services to pay more for them.
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on Apr 8, 2010 at 3:00 pm by the299crew, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
Mountain View location of uWink closes
The high-tech restaurant on Castro Street that promised to bring "social gaming" to Silicon Valley eaters has closed its doors.
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on Aug 2, 2009 at 10:43 am by Francois, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
uWink restaurant chain struggles financially
Suffering from "serious liquidity issues," according to analysts, uWink has officially removed itself from the stock market after its share price hovered around zero for month... |
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on Jul 23, 2009 at 3:57 pm by Joe K, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Local gay couples say 'I do'
It is a warm Friday afternoon with the sun lighting the fountain in C.W. Hobbs and Stephen Carney's back yard. The two jokingly say they originally bought the property for the... |
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on Aug 9, 2008 at 9:18 am by CW&Stephen, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High school cover-up: debate over students dress code
Tempers were tested at a recent meeting of the local high school district's board of trustees, as one of the governing body's elder statesmen gave a passionate, playful and at... |
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6 hours ago by Jerry, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
City Council wants to close expressway entrance
The City Council is leaning towards closing a Central Expressway on-ramp at the end of Stierlin Road to create a public promenade and the start of a "cycle track" between dow... |
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 3:20 pm by Blame the city council, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District hires new Huff principal
Huff Elementary School has a new principal. Heidi Smith will take over the position beginning with the 2012-13 school year, according to officials with the Mountain View Whism... |
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on Jun 1, 2012 at 11:47 pm by Huff Parent, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood |
ELECTIONS
Obama coming to Mountain View for town hall meeting
President Barack Obama is scheduled to hold a Town Hall meeting on the economy at Mountain View's LinkedIn on Monday, Sept. 26, the company announced on Wednesday.
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on Sep 26, 2011 at 9:10 am by Rank and file, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No pink slips planned for MV Whisman teachers
Despite tough fiscal decisions ahead, the Mountain View Whisman School District will not be handing out pink slips come March 15, the state deadline for notifying employees of... |
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on Mar 27, 2010 at 6:14 pm by Carl, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Musical chairs at MV Whisman
In a surprise announcement at the last meeting of the school year Tuesday, Mountain View Whisman administrators and trustees said they will rotate the positions of some of the... |
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on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:35 pm by Carlos, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Teen hit by car on South Shoreline
A young man was hit by a car early this morning in Mountain View, suffering non-life threatening injuries, according to police. Investigators are looking for any witnesses who... |
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on Mar 6, 2013 at 5:51 pm by erika c, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Space shuttle passes over Mountain View
A massive crowd gathered on the tarmac at Moffett Federal Airfield Friday morning to watch the historic last flight of space shuttle Endeavour as it was ferried to a museum in... |
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on Oct 7, 2012 at 5:38 pm by BC, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis, LASD argue whether court has jurisdiction in latest motion
In the latest round of legal volleys between Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District, lawyers from each educational organization presented arguments today, Aug... |
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on Sep 14, 2012 at 12:30 am by Public Schools, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Fighting the law with free foie gras
Animal rights activists are up in arms over a local chef's decision to continue serving foie gras despite a new state law banning its production and sale. They can quack about... |
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on Jul 28, 2012 at 5:18 pm by Bob Huenemann, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Creative charter school wins renewal
Even after it won a 5-2 vote last week from the county Board of Education to renew its charter for five years, Bullis Charter School is still trying to overcome the elitist im... |
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on Nov 15, 2011 at 9:44 pm by Honest Abe, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Dream Act hailed by local officials
Officials in the local community college district and immigrant rights activists are applauding the recent passage of a new California law that will make it possible for illeg... |
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on Oct 23, 2011 at 12:47 pm by member, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
ELECTIONS
Obama praises Mountain View while greeting mayor
Before president Obama's town hall meeting in Mountain View on Monday, Mayor Jac Siegel said Obama had some flattering words about this small city of 76,000 upon his arrival a... |
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on Oct 1, 2011 at 7:52 pm by James Hoosac, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
Megachurch's charismatic leader resigns
Paul Sheppard, the beloved pastor who led the monumental growth of Abundant Life Christian Fellowship for 20 years, resigned last week after confessing "moral failure" in a le... |
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on Dec 28, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Daniel DeBolt, Mountain View Voice Staff Writer |
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