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Student Art Show at City Hall
"A Delicate Balance," an exhibition of student & faculty artwork from the Arts in Action program at the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) will be on display in the Mou... |
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on Feb 27, 2008 at 10:00 am by csma, a resident of another community |
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What was going on at the train station this morning around 1 AM?
A train horn sounded 3 times, then there was a long pause then long continuous blowing. |
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on Feb 26, 2008 at 8:26 am by Bernie Brightman, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
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Cops ID victim in shooting
Mountain View police have identified the young man killed in Old Mountain View last Thursday night in a double-shooting which also left another man wounded.
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on Feb 25, 2008 at 6:09 pm by immigrant orthopedic surgeon from mountain view, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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El Camino finds new radiology groups
The El Camino Hospital Radiologists Group, Inc. has announced that it is disbanding, and last month the hospital entered into new contracts with two radiology groups.
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on Feb 23, 2008 at 6:47 am by Donna K, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Union rallies at Google's doorstep
More than 100 union supporters gathered next to Google's headquarters Thursday evening to demand that the Internet giant address efforts to organize a union at the company's p... |
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on Feb 18, 2008 at 1:05 am by Robert, a resident of another community |
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They built it with our taxpayer money
Now it just sits there, empty and idle. Where can we get our money back.
What am I writing about? The train station of course. |
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on Feb 16, 2008 at 3:58 pm by Enough!, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Traffic Circle Barriers
Has anyone seen the ugly rubber traffic circle at the intersection of Rose Avenue and Fordham Way in Mountain View? It is so ugly. It looks like a track for remote controlled... |
southbay reader |
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 3:22 pm by The Dude, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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Grocery store chain eyes Rengstorff site
To the extreme delight of Monta Loma neighborhood residents, the long-vacant Golden Phoenix supermarket at Rengstorff and Middlefield roads will soon reopen as a Fresh & Easy ... |
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm by The Dude, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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'Mr. White Boy was in the Nortenos'
Except for a few bumps in the road, Jacob DeWitt had a normal upbringing in Mountain View, say local residents who knew him. Today, the 19-year-old sits in jail, accused of st... |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 11:26 am by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
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Letters to the Editor
Wrong to blame schools for society's ills
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, February 8, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 12:30 pm by A REAL Animal lover, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
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Means: Say what you mean
When incoming Mayor Tom Means told the Voice what his goals were for the year, he didn't talk about fixing major problems like transportation, crime or housing. He ... |
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on Feb 3, 2008 at 10:37 am by WC, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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SmugMug smiles for the camera
Chris MacAskill spent childhood life on Oakland's streets and could easily have become a homeless statistic. Instead, he gained a master's degree in geophysics from Stanford, ... |
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on Feb 1, 2008 at 9:35 am by marc silber, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Murlagan house used for fire training
"Don't worry, we've only lost a few reporters since we started doing this," joked fire department spokesman Lynn Brown.
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on Jan 28, 2008 at 11:17 am by Sharkbait, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Mountain View Rotary Community Service Grants Program
All Community Grant requests for this coming fiscal year (July 1 thru June 30) must be submitted by March 1, 2008. Awards will be announced during May.
More information and... |
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on Jan 24, 2008 at 10:53 am by Alicia Crank, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Bird sculpture takes wing
The City Council approved a new art installation for Shoreline Park on Tuesday that had a few people, including some on the council, scratching their heads.
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on Jan 24, 2008 at 10:25 am by Anna, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
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Police seek info in head injury case
Mountain View police are seeking the public's help in determining whether a head injury sustained by a local man on New Year's Eve was an accident or a crime, the department a... |
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on Jan 10, 2008 at 7:59 pm by Family member of the victim, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
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Neighbors dislike smell of KFC idea
Neighbors packed a small meeting room at City Hall last week to oppose a KFC-A&W fast food restaurant to replace the abandoned Austin's BBQ on El Camino Real and Mariposa.
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on Jan 6, 2008 at 9:01 pm by Robert, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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ABAG again angers officials
Regional housing targets from the Association of Bay Area Governments may be a thorn in Mountain View's side for yet another six years, as ABAG is asking the city to build 280... |
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on Dec 21, 2007 at 11:32 pm by Kent Scharninghausen, a resident of another community |
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Del Medio apartment destroyed by grease fire
A three-alarm fire that destroyed one apartment unit last Sunday and damaged three others was started after a cooking fire got away from a resident, according to Mountain View... |
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on Dec 20, 2007 at 8:22 pm by x, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Home solar installations tripled in '07
It's been a blazing year for solar power in Mountain View, with residential solar installations tripling from 84 at the start of the year to 247 as of Dec. 12, according to th... |
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on Dec 20, 2007 at 3:47 pm by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Home Depot all but barred from San Antonio
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"... |
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on Dec 18, 2007 at 10:28 am by Mike, a resident of another community |
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El Camino execs see big salary increases
[CLARIFICATION: This story as it appeared in the Oct. 26 print edition provided some misleading information on executive compensation at the hospital, both in the text and the... |
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on Dec 16, 2007 at 9:46 am by Unemployed, a resident of another community |
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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"... |
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on Dec 16, 2007 at 2:32 am by SAM ROWLES, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Who is the hardest person on your list to shop for?
This week's "Voices Around Town" question asked, Who is the hardest person on your list to shop for? Here's some of the answers we received (please post your own below):
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on Dec 14, 2007 at 4:55 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
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Better late than never, Santa peddles in to kids' delight
Several hundred people, most of them young children, gathered in Mountain View's Civic Center Plaza on Monday night, waiting for the imminent arrival of the one and only Santa... |
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on Dec 7, 2007 at 10:53 am by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
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