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It was quite a year, 2017. The political divisions that roiled the country were evident in Mountain View, as residents took to the streets to peacefully protest the new president, Donald Trump, and his administration’s policies on immigration. Earth’s closest star was the star of the summer’s solar eclipse, and the sun set on the career of longtime Foothill College professor Andrew Fracknoi, a star in astronomy circles who retired in June.
Mother Nature ended California’s long drought with epic winter rains, which took a harsh toll on the popular Stevens Creek Trail. The local housing crisis became even harder to ignore, as a growing number of RVs and cars served as housing for Mountain View’s dispossessed, even as office development plans poured in to the city at a break-neck pace.
Amid the upheaval, the rhythms of everyday life provided moments of beauty: from preschool art class to picking out the perfect prom dress, student startup projects to dancing downtown. Our photographers invite you to take a look back at Mountain View in 2017.
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“Ladybird.” Image courtesy of A24 -
“Frantz.” Image courtesy of Music Box Films -
Hammer thrower Sophie Hitchon practices at Moffett Field on Dec. 5, 2017. The only local practice range available to Olympic hopefuls, it is threatened by a planned housing development. Photo by Michelle Le -
People walk by Bierhaus on Castro Street on Dec. 29, 2017. Photo by Michelle Le -
Jessica Chastain stars as Molly Bloom in “Molly’s Game,” the true-life story of Bloom’s roller-coaster youth as a highly ranked competitive skier, the abrupt end of that life, her reinvention as the host of a high-stakes Hollywood poker game, and the fallout from an FBI bust. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. -
Gamble Garden will offer a class on planting small fruit trees. Photo by Weekly staff. -
Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from county recorders’ offices. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks. Image courtesy of PhotoSpin. -
Author Tara Sim (image courtesy of Kepler’s). -
Sides at Quality Bourbons and Barbecue include potato salad, braised collards with bacon and coleslaw. Photo by Michelle Le. -
Quality Bourbons and Barbecue’s Boss Hog is served family style: ribs and half a chicken, with sides of potato salad, braised collards with bacon and coleslaw with cornbread. Photo by Michelle Le. -
Ribs and chicken at the newly opened Quality Bourbons and Barbecue in Mountain View. Photo by Michelle Le. -
QBB co-owner Jon Andina serves the Boss Hog meal at the new downtown Mountain View restaurant. Photo by Michelle Le. -
Double-oaked Woodfood Reserve, one of over 100 bourbons offered at QBB, is served in a traditional Glencairn glass. Photo by Michelle Le. -
QBB co-owner Jon Andina tops off an old fashioned, available on tap at the Mountain View restaurant. Photo by Michelle Le. -
QBB serves cocktails on tap, including the above old fashioned. Photo by Michelle Le. -
Quality Bourbons and Barbecue co-owner Jon Andina at the restaurant in downtown Mountain View. Photo by Michelle Le. -
QBB has a vast selection of bourbon as well as cocktails on tap. Photo by Michelle Le.
