OTHER ISSUES
Mother finds teaching opportunity on Stevens Creek
Recently my daughter went with me on one of my forays into the Stevens Creek bed with my dog. I have been telling her about how I have been going into the creek with trash bag... |
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on Oct 11, 2011 at 11:12 am by Kate Slama, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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April crackdown on distracted driving
Law enforcement all over the state will be on high alert this month, looking for drivers using their cell phones to text or talk without a headset, officials with the Mountain... |
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on Apr 10, 2012 at 9:34 am by Wilma, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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VIDEO: Voices Around Town | Drive-thru ban proposal
What do you think of the city's proposal to ban future drive-thru restaurants?
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on Feb 26, 2012 at 9:51 am by Joseph, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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All-electric car for $20,000
Armed with expertise gained from pushing electric car technology to the limit in race cars, NASA Ames-based Kleenspeed is announcing plans to develop an affordable electric pa... |
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on May 18, 2010 at 10:32 pm by JC, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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Accident on intersection of Bernardo and Ravendale
Does anyone have any updates about the horrible car accident that took place today at around 8:45 am at the intersection of Bernardo and Ravendale? Did the driver make it? I... |
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on Dec 11, 2012 at 12:21 am by Ravendale Worker, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
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Local teens, kids perform in Nutcracker
Children and teens from Mountain View and surrounding communities are performing in Western Ballet's Nutcracker this weekend at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Art... |
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on Dec 9, 2012 at 10:24 am by Parent, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Immigrant House saved, for now
The City Council voted Tuesday to save what is possibly the city's oldest home still standing in its original location, the tiny house at 166 Bryant Street where countless imm... |
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on Oct 29, 2012 at 4:29 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
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Mistaken ID in bike robbery arrest?
The family of a man accused of assaulting a Red Rock employee and trying to steal his bike are insisting that Mountain View police arrested the wrong guy.
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on Apr 20, 2012 at 5:33 pm by Bikes2work, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |
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Broken business windows
On Friday night around 8:30pm a car or truck driving on El Camino shot windows out of multiple businesses from Shoreline to Rengstorff and then down California street. |
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on Oct 9, 2011 at 8:14 pm by Sean, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Auditors: 4 of 5 county Supervisors complied with expense rules
Audits of more than $140,000 in expenses charged to taxpayers by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors released Thursday showed few problems except spending by Superviso... |
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 1:39 pm by Steve, a resident of the Shoreline West 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 |
OTHER ISSUES
Eshoo celebrates passage of new cancer-research law
Flanked by the wife of the late actor and cancer victim Patrick Swayze, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo today celebrated the passage of a law that requires the federal government to fight ... |
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on Jan 12, 2013 at 2:21 pm by palo alto parent, a resident of another community |
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Pot club owner initiates court battle with city
In hopes of taking the issue all the way to the state Supreme Court, the operator of a newly opened medical marijuana dispensary in Mountain View is suing the city over its ba... |
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on May 3, 2010 at 12:48 am by PeaceLove, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Man arrested for indecent exposure
Police arrested a Los Angeles man yesterday for allegedly exposing and pleasuring himself in front of a female member of a local motel's cleaning staff.
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on Aug 3, 2012 at 4:09 pm by Betsy Dwyer, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Council dumps Palo Alto animal control service
Mountain View decided to break off its 18-year relationship with Palo Alto Animal Services on Tuesday night, with City Council members, instead favoring a contract with a chea... |
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on Nov 5, 2011 at 10:49 am by John the Man, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
ELECTIONS
Measure M a union bargaining chip?
A union steward and employee of El Camino Hospital has told a local paper that the Measure M initiative, which his union pushed to get on the ballot but later stopped promotin... |
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on Nov 13, 2012 at 12:18 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
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Tuesday, Aug. 14
[Web Link Theater: "The Trouble with Doug"]
TheatreWorks New Works Festival presents "The Trouble with Doug," the comic story of a cha... |
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on Aug 14, 2012 at 1:08 pm by randy albin, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Food feature: Little Bee Pops offers ice cream truck alternative
When Mountain View resident Liz Snyder said no to her 6-year-old daughter's request for a treat from the ice cream truck for the "umpteenth time," her daughter took a stand. "... |
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on Jul 31, 2012 at 5:31 pm by curious, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Botched shoplifting turns to robbery at Walmart
Police have a warrant to arrest two women in connection with a robbery at Walmart.
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on Feb 21, 2012 at 10:10 pm by The Eye, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Arrest in decades-old murder case
After 28 years, justice may finally be levied against the killer of Saba Girmai, a Santa Clara County woman who was found strangled to death in in a Mountain View dumpster in ... |
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on Jan 10, 2013 at 5:52 pm by Steve, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood |
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Two laptops stolen from local business
Two laptops were stolen from MOOG CSA Engineering on the first of the month in a burglary that was not reported until April 18, police said.
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on Apr 23, 2012 at 8:25 am by Steve, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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Gas leak triggers evacuation at MV Kaiser
Staff of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in downtown Mountain View were ordered to evacuate the Castro Street building Thursday morning due to a natural gas leak, accordi... |
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on Aug 16, 2012 at 2:08 pm by Mongo, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Hospital district's future in balance
The future of the El Camino Hospital District is up for discussion this afternoon, at a meeting of the Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission.
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on Aug 2, 2012 at 2:54 pm by Sue, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
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PG&E pipeline work to impact Arastradero/Foothill traffic
A major 3-month-long PG&E pipeline-replacement project in Palo Alto is expected to impact traffic and will start in August, PG&E has announced.
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on Jul 31, 2012 at 11:22 am by Storm Ryder, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
OTHER ISSUES
Another quake strikes near Berkeley
A 3.6-magnitude earthquake centered near Berkeley shook the Bay Area Friday morning (Oct. 27), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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on Oct 27, 2011 at 4:13 pm by Sarcastic Jane, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |