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Police release sketch of burglary suspect
The Mountain View Police Department has released a sketch of a burglary suspect who surprised a napping resident on Thursday. The break-in comes in the wake of a spike in loca... |
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on Jun 5, 2013 at 4:38 pm by Just the Facts, a resident of another community |
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Property manager charged with grand theft
Police have arrested a Sunnyvale woman after she allegedly bilked an 86-year-old Mountain View woman of more than $50,000 while managing her properties.
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on Jun 5, 2013 at 12:28 pm by Joe, a resident of another community |
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Wednesday, June 5
[Web Link Theater: 'Wild With Happy']
A new comedy at TheatreWorks is in previews June 5-7 and then opens June 8 at t... |
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on Jun 5, 2013 at 11:33 am by randy albin, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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They shoot, they score
Mountain View's Spurs soccer team celebrates victory after a tense penalty kick shoot-out in the semi-finals of the Spring Select program's Concord Cup.
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on Jun 5, 2013 at 9:22 am by BvP, a resident of another community |
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Landowner wants Rose Market to stay
After a community backlash against plans for 200 apartments at the corner of Castro Street and El Camino Real, one of the property owners spoke Tuesday of an obligation to cre... |
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 11:14 pm by MV Shopper, a resident of another community |
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A rash of burglaries strikes medical offices
A handful of Mountain View medical practitioners' offices have been burglarized over the past two weeks, according to police.
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 10:44 pm by resident, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Celebrating with a snake
Jill Clapp and her class of preschoolers at St. Paul Child Development Center in Mountain View recently celebrated the 20th birthday of their class corn snake.
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 10:19 pm by Sean, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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Grading system 'broken' or just buggy?
Steve Uhlir, who began speaking out against aspects of the high school district's new grading policy about six months ago, said he is feels the issue is being "swept under the... |
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 5:33 pm by Thomas, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Free Concert With A Heart
A FREE CONCERT WITH HEART
Saturday, June 22nd, 4:00-5:30pm, Christ Church Portola Valley (815 Portola Road, Portola Valley) will present a free concert with renowned modern... |
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 3:07 pm by Timi Most _, a resident of the Old Mountain View 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 Jun 2, 2013 at 12:08 pm by WT, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Landscaping blocking field of vision at San Antonio Center
Yesterday I came out of the parking lot directly outside the new Safeway and found that the new landscaping trees completely blocked my line of vision to see if it was safe to... |
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on Jun 2, 2013 at 7:19 am by Observer, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Sears leaving San Antonio Shopping Center
Sears department store will be abandoning its location in San Antonio Shopping Center when its lease expires next March, marking an end to the company's 50-year run in Mountai... |
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on Jun 1, 2013 at 11:24 pm by Oblivious, a resident of another community |
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Residential burglaries up this year
Local residential burglaries are up, according to officials with the Mountain View Police Department.
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on May 31, 2013 at 5:06 pm by Mountain View 1980, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Hangar One, Moffett airfield officially up for grabs
The possibility of Moffett Federal Airfield becoming an airport for private business jets is now a real option after a "request for proposals" was issued Tuesday outlining pos... |
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on May 31, 2013 at 4:40 pm by Jeff, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Overturned SUV crash injures four
As many as four people were hospitalized after an SUV overturned on northbound Interstate Highway 280 near Los Altos this afternoon, May 28, according to the California Highwa... |
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on May 31, 2013 at 6:37 am by Ticket Maker, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Robbed on a blind date
A 22-year-old San Jose man had a bad blind date in Mountain View on Tuesday, when a casual hook-up turned into a robbery and resulted in him losing his job.
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on May 30, 2013 at 3:17 pm by Ron MV, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood |
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City gets first glimpse of $100,000 HSR images
Thanks to some expensive new drawings, visualizing what high speed rail will look like in Mountain View just got easier. A $100,000 contract approved by the City Council on Ma... |
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on May 30, 2013 at 10:31 am by Frank, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Pressure cooker causes bomb scare at San Antonio Shopping Center
Police evacuated nearby residents and businesses after a pressure cooker was spotted in bushes outside a building at San Antonio Shopping Center Sunday evening, May 26. The ev... |
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on May 29, 2013 at 7:53 pm by skim1@yahoo.com, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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At-risk high school students making gains
Earlier this month, U.S. News and World Report published a story ranking both Mountain View and Los Altos high schools among the top 2 percent out of 21,000 schools from aroun... |
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on May 29, 2013 at 7:10 pm by Not nice, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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'One of the silliest things we've ever done'
Several City Council members said they were not fans of placing art along city's trails and in parks before voting against making it a standard practice on Tuesday. "I think t... |
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on May 29, 2013 at 2:51 pm by USA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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P.E. credit for marching band?
Everyone seems to agree that marching up and down a football field while banging on drums or playing the horn is hard work. But while parents and band members think they shoul... |
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on May 29, 2013 at 7:37 am by Bill Price, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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Death plunge to Hwy. 101 ruled a suicide
The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office has ruled that the man who died May 17 after plunging from the Rengstorff Avenue overpass onto Highway 101 meant to take his own life.
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on May 28, 2013 at 11:04 pm by sfkyle, a resident of another community |
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City set to design new veterans memorial
With Memorial Day just around the corner, the City Council has decided that the two plaques in Mountain View dedicated to war veterans just aren't enough.
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on May 28, 2013 at 6:20 pm by Doug Pearson, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Armed man robs Wells Fargo bank
A masked robber armed with a gun made off with an undisclosed amount of cash yesterday after robbing a Wells Fargo bank branch near the corner of Miramonte Avenue and Cuesta D... |
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on May 28, 2013 at 9:54 am by Mark, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Tropicana Lodge being demolished
The vacant Tropicana Lodge hotel was being turned into debris this morning to make way for a 162-unit apartment complex to be built by Prometheus Real Estate Group.
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on May 28, 2013 at 2:25 am by Flava Dave, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |