SCHOOLS & KIDS
Santa Clara County Board of Education candidates discussed
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Palo Alto Weekly's Town Square have an interesting debate going on which may interest Mountain View Voters. |
Palo Alto Parent |
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on Oct 29, 2008 at 10:10 pm by not so hilarious, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Band Practice early in the morning
At 7 am every morning, we are hearing drums, symbols and brass instruments playing from the band practice at MV High School. Is it legal to have this loud noise at this early... |
neighbor |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 10:48 am by Resident, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood |
BOOKS
Lice are not nice — just ask Natalie
In between homework and soccer practice, Los Altos sixth grader Natalie Lillie has a busy month of book signings, presentations and interviews.
Read the full story here http:... |
Editor |
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on Nov 24, 2009 at 5:24 pm by Jeanette, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
GOOGLE WATCH
Google X project, 'Glass,' is cool, William Gibson-esque
Google X, a project of the Mountain View search behemoth, released a very interesting video today. The short film showed what a day in the life wearing Google's futuristic Pro... |
googlewatch |
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on Apr 4, 2012 at 4:15 pm by googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Two shot, one dead after Thursday night mayhem
Two possibly related shootings in the Old Mountain View area Thursday night left one person mysteriously and fatally shot in a crashed SUV on El Camino Real and another stumbl... |
Editor |
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on Jan 10, 2010 at 11:03 pm by Patrick T, a resident of another community |
OTHER ISSUES
'Goose lavatory' at Shoreline Park
Years ago the Canada Geese came to Shoreline Park. They never left.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, August 17, 2007, 1... |
Editor |
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on Feb 5, 2009 at 1:17 pm by S.N., a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Google founders can fly jet out of Moffett
NASA has struck an agreement with Google founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin allowing the billionaires to fly their Boeing 767 in and out of Moffett Field whenever they like, ... |
Editor |
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on Oct 19, 2007 at 12:23 am by Carl Orta, a resident of another community |
TRIP TALK
The spring's the thing
Today was a special ceremony day. Festivals here are very common and it is not at all unusual for businesses or offices to be closed because of one kind of ceremony or another... |
AnnaMirsky |
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on Jun 17, 2011 at 12:19 am by The Eye, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Awful gridlock at Rengstorff and Cristano/Central
It took me 15 minutes this evening to get from California Avenue to Central via Rengstorff, and I am fuming!!
What can be done about the horrible gridlock at Rengstorff an... |
Fuming |
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on Sep 21, 2007 at 7:51 pm by Fuming, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Patient checks out -- five years later
Last Tuesday, on the sixth floor of El Camino Hospital's medical care unit, a small gathering of nursing staff and others came together to celebrate the release of one of the ... |
Editor |
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on Aug 8, 2007 at 3:23 pm by eric, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Voices Around Town
This week's Voices Around Town question is, "Do you feel you have a good balance between work life and home life?"
Of course, our "on the street" responses are a bit skewed... |
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on Jun 12, 2007 at 1:23 pm by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Boundary options down to two
Both of the remaining two options for LASD's boundary changes would force 100 or more Mountain View students to change schools.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
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on Jun 19, 2007 at 3:54 pm by Amanda, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Great gourds: decorative, and good to eat
Long gone are the days when the only squash people could name was zucchini. This fall, farmers markets and grocery stores are filled with winter squashes of many shapes, sizes... |
Editor |
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on Nov 12, 2012 at 10:17 am by Peter Cao, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
GOOGLE WATCH
Google introduces 'Chromebook,' the cloud-based laptop
In a bid to take cloud computing to a whole new level, introduced the "Chromebook" today -- a pai... |
Googlewatch |
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on May 11, 2011 at 4:59 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
AROUND TOWN
Adios Home Depot?
Home Depot's future at the San Antonio shopping center took a significant turn for the worse last week when a majority of the City Council voted to oppose big box "industrial"... |
Editor |
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on Dec 16, 2007 at 2:32 am by SAM ROWLES, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
SPORTS
Little League battle goes down to the wire
On Monday, June 5, the Giants of Mountain View Little League extended their season for at least one more game.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
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on Nov 14, 2007 at 5:18 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
One family's sacrifice: two siblings serve in Iraq
Few Mountain View families have been affected by the war in Iraq as much as the Barrios household. In 2004 their youngest son, Michael, returned from a seven-month tour in Fal... |
Editor |
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on May 20, 2008 at 1:15 am by Jon Wiener, a resident of another community |
HEY TECH!
Open Airwaves and Open Networks
Between the television station broadcast signals there is spectrum that can be used. Who will use it, what are the issues? The New America Foundation, of which Google's Eric... |
Angela Hey |
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on Oct 15, 2008 at 9:26 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
EXTRA!CREDIT
More running: MV students to learn from pro athletes
This week Mountain View cross country runners will participate in a Q&A with two elite runners, Ryan and Sara Hall, to be aired Friday on AM 1590 KLIV.
The athlete mash-up... |
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on Nov 30, 2009 at 10:50 am by extra!credit, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
OTHER ISSUES
'Make or break' study session on Mayfield
The fate of the Mayfield project may well be decided this Tuesday, when the City Council holds what is likely to be its last study session on the proposal.
Read the full stor... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2008 at 11:46 am by Neil, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
One hurt, several displaced in Church St. fire
The Red Cross has provided lodging for seven people, including an infant, after a two-alarm fire destroyed part of a Church Street apartment building Monday night.
Read the... |
Editor |
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on Jun 15, 2007 at 1:41 pm by Geoffrey Ziman, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Summer dumdums
With summer vacation in full swing, students are enjoying their chance to kick back and relax for awhile. But a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Education warns p... |
Editor |
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on Aug 9, 2007 at 1:08 pm by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
It is time to test chloramine
Amid the recent turmoil over dangerous chemicals in our food and toys, it's amazing to observe the federal government's somewhat lackadaisical reaction to concerns over chlora... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2012 at 9:33 pm by MrsJ, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Immigration forum seeks to allay fears
As the nation continues to debate its immigration laws, a handful of Spanish-speaking Mountain View residents came to St. Joseph church last weekend to learn more about the is... |
Editor |
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on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:25 pm by Maxwell, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
City of Google
Google's presence in Mountain View is already unparalleled, with a reported two million square feet of office space in the North Bayshore area — a third of the area's si... |
Editor |
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on Jul 27, 2007 at 3:29 pm by steve, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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