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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... |
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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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Update: NASA sitting on offer to save Hangar One
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo is among those wondering why NASA headquarters is not responding to a proposal from Google's founders that would not only save the biggest historic la... |
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on Dec 19, 2011 at 9:26 pm by Doug Pearson, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Alza Corp. leaving city after 17 years
Johnson and Johnson, Alza's parent company, is shutting down operations in Mountain View, laying off 600 employees in the process.
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on Jan 3, 2009 at 6:07 am by Truth, a resident of another community |
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Bullis files another lawsuit against LASD
Bullis Charter School's legal team has filed another lawsuit against the Los Altos School District in an effort to get a judge to compel the district to provide the charter sc... |
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on Sep 26, 2012 at 6:54 pm by HMMMMM, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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CSMA’s Kids Art on Main Street Exhibition Showcases work by 30 Young Artists
From July 3-31, 2007, visitors to the Main Street Café and Books in Los Altos will enjoy seeing children’s art from the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) at Finn Cente... |
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on Jun 26, 2007 at 3:22 pm by csma, a resident of another community |
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Couple launches impromptu protest of Ideafarm
Police were called after a man and his wife took to the corner of El Camino Real and Castro Street Monday evening to protest Wo'O Ideafarm's latest protest.
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on Dec 20, 2010 at 2:11 pm by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
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Shop Mountain View
I would love to Shop Mountain View and keep my tax money in the city, unfortunately I keep finding myself headed to downtown Los Altos because they have a better selection of ... |
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on Jul 20, 2007 at 11:24 am by Chris Chow, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Toddler left in hot car near downtown library
A 2-year-old girl was left in a locked vehicle Tuesday afternoon as temperatures climbed, police said, forcing rescuers to smash the vehicle's windows to retrieve her. She was... |
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 7:26 pm by a, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Burrowing owls vs. Google
Concerns raised about a pair of rare and problematic burrowing owls, and the impact they'll have on Google's plan to build a new hotel at Shoreline Boulevard and Charleston Ro... |
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on Jul 26, 2010 at 12:00 pm by Rick, a resident of another community |
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Gophers in Cuesta Park
In recent years I have noticed more and more gopher holes and mounds in Cuesta Park. It seems like the grass fields will soon no longer be good for playing sports because the ... |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 10:42 pm by anon, a resident of another community |
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Book talk today at Books Inc, 301 Castro St, 7:30pm
Come and hear Anonia Juhasz talk about her book, now out in paperback: "The Bush Agenda: invading the world one economy at a time". Among other things, you will learn that the... |
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on Jun 13, 2007 at 8:38 am by P John Anderson, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Down and derby
Mountain View's first soap box derby went off without a hitch last weekend on the Dana Street overpass in front of Landels Elementary School.
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on Jun 14, 2007 at 2:13 pm by Tom Nelson, a resident of another community |
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Hospital hires high-tech guru
El Camino Hospital has hired Eric Pifer, M.D., to oversee the hospital's information and technology interests as part of a new position to its administrative staff.
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on Jul 22, 2007 at 6:25 pm by Mollie, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Fury fuels Ideafarm's campaigns
Wo'O Ideafarm, 55, has been fixture on the streets of Mountain View for years. He is embraced by some and derided by others for the messages he displays on the sides of his la... |
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on Nov 23, 2010 at 8:35 am by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
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Man With Dogs named Buffy and Sandy
Anyone know the man who walks around town with two dogs named Buffy and Sandy with a sign asking for money? I see him pushing a cart on El Camino and Shoreline from time to t... |
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on Aug 30, 2007 at 11:55 pm by MVResidentX, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Asbestos drives renters out for good
Three weeks after a botched roofing job caused asbestos contamination and rainwater damage in their homes, several residents of the Americana apartment complex are moving out ... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 3:13 pm by Dilbert Fan, a resident of another community |
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Thursday Night Live: Part 2
Did anyone go last night?
There were definately more people in attendance this time around, and more activities/vendors on Castro Street. Plus, conbined with the free co... |
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on Aug 14, 2007 at 9:12 am by GSB, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Noise at night keeps stores' neighbors awake.
Noisy parking lot sweepers and leaf blowers at some of the shopping malls and large stores are keeping nearby residential neighbors awake at night. Can anything be done about ... |
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on Mar 5, 2008 at 6:49 pm by dusty, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Council getting serious on new shuttle service
City officials have been talking about creating a Mountain View shuttle service for years, but on Tuesday City Council members raised the stakes, asking city staff to study po... |
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on Dec 16, 2011 at 9:28 am by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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An Organic Farm in Mountain View? Yes! An Honest Letter
The result of the Grant Road farm vote was extremely disappointing and upsetting to me; I am still in shock. Forget zoning laws and all that -- open space is open space and w... |
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on Sep 24, 2007 at 11:15 pm by Daniel Mart, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Stop development before it's too late
The news of City Hall giving the ax to the farm on Grant Road is extremely disappointing and upsetting to me. I am still in shock.
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on Jun 15, 2007 at 10:40 am by Daniel Mart, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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City Briefs
Residents, pet sitters fight over dog park
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 23, 2007, 12:00 AM |
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on Nov 23, 2007 at 10:57 am by Kent Scharninghausen, a resident of another community |
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Farmlands Group seeks new location
If the amount of discussion about potential farm sites is any indication, efforts to bring a farm to Mountain View have not lost much steam.
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on Jul 18, 2007 at 9:16 am by eric, a resident of another community |
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Pulitzer Prize winner from MV outs his illegal status
Jose Vargas, former Mountain View High school student and top American journalist, has outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in a stirring article in The New York Times m... |
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on Jul 13, 2011 at 9:58 am by Hardin, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Nob Hill Foods Shopping Center
Anyone know what is happening at the Nob Hill shopping center. There is a lot renovation going on and the old location looks like it is being gutted and remodeled. Just curio... |
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on Oct 18, 2007 at 5:37 pm by Ago, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |