AROUND TOWN
Are you concerned about climate change, and want to make a difference?
Drop by and check out Cool Cities of Mountain View! Our next monthly meeting is next Thursday, June 7 at 6:30 pm at the Community Center in Rengstorff Park. We'll be downsta... |
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on May 30, 2007 at 11:04 pm by mikevoyt, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
HEY TECH!
Esther Dyson's Thoughts on Space and Social Media - What are your priorities?
Esther Dyson shared insights with Tatyana Kanzaveli at the Bay Area IT/Software Execs Meetup Group re: Russia, space, investing, soc... |
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on Apr 8, 2009 at 12:43 am by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
EDITOR'S DESK
Un-Dahn
NOT LONG ago I wrote about Dahn Yoga, and the fact that Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga had declared an official "Brain Education Day" in honor of ... well, some kind of pi... |
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on Dec 6, 2009 at 9:42 pm by Real Dahn, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District makes the call on boundary change
After considering nearly 50 different proposed scenarios for boundary changes in the Los Altos School District, board members Monday night reached a decision that will affect ... |
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on Sep 7, 2007 at 10:13 am by Wavemama, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood |
HEY TECH!
Students Who Like Programming: Google's Summer of Code Deadline is April 3
If you are a student who likes writing computer programs then Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) gives you a chance to contribute to a real world ope... |
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on Mar 31, 2009 at 9:52 am by O, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
SPORTS
Chief works to revive PAL boxing league
Police Chief Scott Vermeer is hoping to revive a city tradition from the 1970s — a youth boxing program sponsored by the Police Activities League-— and he has frie... |
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on Nov 27, 2007 at 1:10 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
HEY TECH!
Mountain View Technology History
If you know about Mountain View's technology history, feel free to add your comments in this section.
Don from Shoreline West neighborhood has three memories that I'm hopin... |
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on Sep 17, 2008 at 9:47 am by Steve Lacy, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
BOOKS
Moms' fashion bombs
Moms have issues with fashion.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 29, 2006, 12:00 AM |
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on Jun 2, 2009 at 1:05 pm by Maria, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
GOOGLE WATCH
Local tech giants hold "Random Hacks of Kindness" event
In a Mountain View warehouse last weekend, disaster relief experts joined with software engineers from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and NASA Ames to come up with ways to better u... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 12:33 pm by GoogleWatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
HEY TECH!
Windows Mobile in Mountain View - do you have a new app?
My article this week is on Microsoft's competition for Windows Mobile apps.
Do you have a favorite application that runs... |
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on May 1, 2009 at 6:06 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
AROUND TOWN
Memories in rhyme
According to Jacqueline Chan Valencic, the '50s and '60s were a great time to grow up in Mountain View.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Oct 17, 2011 at 2:24 pm by Ron Welti, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
EXTRA!CREDIT
I-Search research paper connects with kids on personal level
Crittenden Middle School teacher Brandy Appling-Jenson will be working extra hard over the next few weeks, reading and grading her students' I-Search projects, which she colle... |
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on Apr 6, 2012 at 4:31 pm by Nick V, Mountain View Voice Staff Writer |
HEY TECH!
Recession advice from Mountain View Entrepreneurs
My latest article was on Sam Wyly (Web Link), an entrepreneur who spoke in Mountain View about his persistence through recessions.
Sa... |
Angela Hey |
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on Dec 8, 2008 at 9:46 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
OTHER ISSUES
Scientology center draws downtown protest
A strange standoff between the Church of Scientology and a group calling itself "Anonymous" played out during a downtown demonstration Saturday morning.
Read the full story h... |
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on Apr 29, 2009 at 3:26 pm by Andrew L. Freedman, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Castro gets new principal, 200 students
With Slater School closed, Castro School will add more than 200 new kids and the parental involvement program, PACT, in the fall. It will also lose its principal, Carla Tarazi... |
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on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:19 pm by Patty, a resident of another community |
HEY TECH!
Simonyi In Space Again - Backup Esther Dyson Visits MV April 7
In March 2008, I wrote an article on space traveler and former Microsoft executive, Charles Simonyi. Tomorrow, Charles is off... |
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on Mar 24, 2009 at 10:35 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
AROUND TOWN
What neighborhoods are good for trick-or-treating?
I'd love to get a sense of the liveliest places to take my kids trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Our street is pretty quiet, it's a dead end, mostly older residents so no... |
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on Oct 29, 2008 at 2:26 pm by Elna Tymes, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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 |
SPORTS
MP Strikers FC Announces Tryouts
MP Strikers FC Tryouts Announced
MP Strikers FC, a competitive local soccer club, invites all girls and boys in age groups U8-U12 interested in playing competitive soccer ... |
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on Nov 12, 2007 at 10:07 am by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
HEY TECH!
Recycle Electronics at Shoreline Amphitheater This Saturday
If you have old computers, disk drives and other electronic items that you want to dispose of in an environmentally friendly way then take them to the Shoreline Amphitheatre, ... |
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on Mar 26, 2009 at 4:47 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
HEY TECH!
About the Hey Tech! Blog
The Mountain View Voice is starting a technology blog under Town Square. Here I can write more frequently than once a month.
Comment here to tell me what you'd like to see... |
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on Sep 16, 2008 at 10:25 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View woman killed in freeway incident Tuesday
A Mountain View woman whose vehicle was struck by debris from a jackknifed big-rig Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 101 in Redwood City died later in the day after being airlifted to... |
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on Jun 2, 2007 at 1:38 am by Nick simpson, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
GOOGLE WATCH
All 23,000 Googlers to get 10 percent raise
An email leaked to the press has revealed that Google is giving its employees all across the globe a 10 percent raise, as companies like Facebook and Twitter have begun poachi... |
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on Nov 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm by GoogleWatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
HEY TECH!
Would you make your genome analysis public?
I am curious whether anyone in Mountain View has had a genome analysis and made it public, say on a website or on a social networking site.
With whom would you share your... |
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on Feb 10, 2009 at 5:29 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
SPORTS
A place to catch some air
After five years of delay, the city is quickly rolling towards putting in a bike park at Shoreline that could become a destination for BMX bicyclists and mountain bikers from ... |
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on Dec 30, 2007 at 8:18 pm by JohnG, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |