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Council to vote on Google recreation facility on burrowing owl habitat
This Tuesday the City Council will vote up or down on a 6.5-acre recreation facility that's got nearly every activity a Google employee could want. The rub is that it sits on ... |
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on Oct 11, 2010 at 9:24 am by Peter, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Council approves controversial WiMAX tower atop church
The City Council on Tuesday approved a wireless data tower atop First Presbyterian Church, despite claims from neighbors that it is illegal under the city's zoning code.
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on Jan 21, 2011 at 1:41 pm by Political Insider, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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MV's Vargas: America's most famous undocumented immigrant
Following his startling personal story in The New York Times magazine, Mountain View's Pulitzer Prize-winner Jose Antonio Vargas has apparently pulled off the impossible over ... |
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on Jul 23, 2011 at 4:15 pm by The Eye, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Lieber's campaign to focus on Prop. 13, budget
Former Mountain View mayor and state Assembly member Sally Lieber is known for being a Democrat further to the left than most in Sacramento, but she still has a desire to cut ... |
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on Mar 25, 2012 at 10:46 pm by Hardin, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Council bans marijuana dispensaries
City Council members backed away from approving an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in Mountain View on Tuesday and decided instead to ban them indefinitely. ... |
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on Mar 11, 2011 at 5:51 pm by MJ, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Judge overturns gay marriage ban
A federal judge in San Francisco today [Web Link overturned Proposition 8], California's ban on same-sex marriage. ... |
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on Aug 12, 2010 at 9:55 am by Alex M, a resident of the Willowgate neighborhood |
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Amid complaints, Google promises WiFi upgrades
While Google says it is committed to improving its network of light-pole mounted WiFi nodes in Mountain View, some users say they are tired of how unreliable the free service ... |
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on May 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm by Merry Benezra, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Caltrain faces big service cuts
Faced with a staggering deficit, Caltrain will consider cutting its service significantly in the next 15 months, spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew said Wednesday
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on Apr 11, 2010 at 8:05 pm by John the Man, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Birthday party gone bad
A birthday party on East Middlefield Road turned into a violent melee Saturday, with police forcefully arresting six people. In the process, two partiers were injured and a th... |
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on Oct 30, 2008 at 8:13 pm by final word!, a resident of another community |
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Council agrees, employees are overpaid
A recent Civil Grand Jury report that slams local cities for overcompensating their employees was largely met with agreement by Mountain View city management in a response una... |
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on Aug 14, 2010 at 8:28 pm by \"Just Think About It\", a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Minton's fight results in dueling petitions
Prometheus Real Estate Group has hired a firm to gather signatures in support of a controversial apartment development at Minton's Lumber and Supply — a development whic... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 9:58 am by Michael ( Minton Fariss) Duerksen, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Driver dies in horrific crash on W. Middlefield
Mountain View police say an "extremely horrific" single-car accident killed the driver of a Volvo after it smashed into seven trees on West Middlefield Road early Sunday morni... |
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on Feb 28, 2010 at 8:15 pm by McSorley, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Day Worker video aims to go 'beyond stereotypes'
In an effort to share their stories with the community -- and with help of a variety of local organizations -- a group of migrant workers affiliated with the Day Worker Center... |
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on Oct 26, 2011 at 8:35 am by R Drozek, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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