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Saturday, April 21, 2018
City projects to be studied under 'human rights lens'
Mountain View officials will begin looking at the human rights impacts of various city projects -- but there's still some confusion as to exactly what that means.
Saturday, 6:04 PM | 2 commentsWhat happened in China?
A business trip last month that brought elected leaders from Mountain View and other cities to China has prompted questions about whether officials made unauthorized commitments to a foreign government.
Saturday, 11:32 AM | 3 commentsFriday, April 20, 2018
Preparing for the worst
If an armed suspect walked onto a school campus in Mountain View prepared to open fire, would the city be ready?
Friday, 5:52 PM | 5 commentsAffordable housing project carries steep price
A new five-story affordable housing project that would replace a downtown Taco Bell received enthusiastic support from a City Council subcommittee on Thursday.
Friday, 1:50 PM | 12 commentsMVLA teachers condemn trustee comments about minority students
A board member for the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District suggested Monday night that encouraging more minority students to take Advanced Placement (AP) classes would reduce academic rigor and attract students who are not "serious" about doing well in school.
Friday, 1:25 PM | 32 commentsMV foundation exec resigns after reports of misconduct
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation's second-in-command has resigned amid allegations she sexually harassed and abused co-workers, the nonprofit organization announced on Thursday afternoon.
Friday, 7:19 AM | 6 commentsThursday, April 19, 2018
Council embraces 447-unit East Whisman housing project
Mountain View City Council members rolled out the welcome mat for the first of many high-density housing projects expected to transform the city's East Whisman tech park into a mixed-use neighborhood with thousands of new homes.
Thursday, 1:54 PM | 15 commentsInmates at county jails participate in hunger strike
The tradition of one hunger strike a year in Santa Clara County jails since 2016 continues, as the majority of inmates have not ordered food from the commissary since Sunday, according to a local advocacy group organizer.
Thursday, 12:02 PM | 4 commentsMissing 11-year-old girl found after two-day search
Police have located an 11-year-old girl who went missing in Mountain View earlier this week, ending a days-long search to find her.
Thursday, 8:23 AM | 2 commentsWednesday, April 18, 2018
Getting to the heart of Islam
For hundreds of residents, Monday night was a crash course in the world's second-most popular religion.
Wednesday, 4:01 PM | 4 commentsRent control adversaries spar at City Hall
Tuesday's City Council meeting turned into a heated standoff between groups feuding over a new effort to weaken Mountain View's rent control law.
Wednesday, 12:39 PM | 59 commentsHousing senate bill fails in committee
A controversial state senate bill that aimed to increase housing near public transit throughout the state will not move forward this year after it failed to get out of committee Tuesday.
Wednesday, 12:13 PM | 23 commentsSt. Francis High School names new principal
A former St. Francis High School student and East Bay school administrator has been tapped to be the new principal at St. Francis, marking the latest in a leadership shuffle at the school.
Wednesday, 10:37 AM | No comments yetTuesday, April 17, 2018
Supervisors set aside $6M for teacher housing in Palo Alto
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to set aside $6 million in an affordable-housing fund toward the potential construction of a below-market-rate complex in Palo Alto for teachers and school staff.
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The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to set aside $6 million in an affordable-housing fund toward the potential construction of a below-market-rate complex in Palo Alto for teachers and school staff.
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Suspect arrested after grabbing Taser from officer
A 36-year-old Mountain View man was arrested Monday after he tried to run from police and later managed to grab an officer's Taser during a tussle in a parking lot in the Willowgate neighborhood.
Tuesday, 2:20 PM | 1 commentTask force backs strict school boundaries
he Mountain View Whisman School District adopted new school attendance boundaries last year that promised to reduce overcrowding and bring neighborhood communities together, but how many kids will be uprooted in the process?
Tuesday, 1:36 PM | 32 commentsProponents rally behind Measure E bond
Mountain View and Los Altos residents can expect to see lawn signs and glossy mailers drumming up support for a $295 million school bond.
Tuesday, 10:11 AM | 8 commentsCaltrain to board bicyclists first in five-week pilot program
Caltrain bicyclists will be allowed first access to bike cars beginning this week in a five-week pilot program to improve efficiency, Caltrain officials said.
Tuesday, 9:35 AM | 2 commentsMonday, April 16, 2018
Two arrested in armed kidnapping attempt
Mountain View police arrested two men early Saturday morning after they allegedly tried to push a woman into a car and threatening her friends with a handgun when they tried to intervene.
Monday, 7:24 AM | 1 commentSunday, April 15, 2018
Iconic electronics shop WeirdStuff shuts down
A relic of Silicon Valley's early days, the electronics warehouse WeirdStuff is closing up shop for good this week.
Sunday, 8:17 PM | 10 commentsA plague of caterpillars hits Mountain View
It's hard to get around town without running into them. Hordes of hairy caterpillars, freshly hatched after a warm February, can be found all over Mountain View and neighboring cities.
Sunday, 6:07 PM | 10 commentsLetters to the editor: April 13, 2018
This week, letters about Measure V rent control, teacher housing and taxes.
Sunday, 9:57 AM | 6 commentsSaturday, April 14, 2018
Voice wins 'General Excellence' at California Journalism Awards
The Mountain View Voice won the top award for print journalism at this year's California Journalism Awards, held in Sonoma on Saturday.
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The Mountain View Voice won the top award for print journalism at this year's California Journalism Awards, held in Sonoma on Saturday.
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Three-part series on Islam comes to Mountain View
The Mountain View Human Relations Commission will be hosting a three-part speaker series on "Understanding Islam," hosted by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian. Each event will feature a panel of experts and activists from the Muslim community.
Saturday, 8:40 AM | No comments yetFriday, April 13, 2018
Waymo applies to start driverless testing in MV
Google offshoot Waymo filed an application on Friday morning to begin testing its self-driving cars without humans sitting behind the wheel. If approved by state regulators, the request could result in as many as 75 driverless vehicles being tested in Mountain View and other South Bay cities, according to a source familiar with the application.
Friday, 1:49 PM | 17 commentsPolice release body cam footage of YouTube shooter
The Mountain View Police Department released body camera footage on Friday morning showing officers' interaction with suspected YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam roughly 10 hours before she opened fire at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno earlier this month, wounding three people.
Friday, 12:00 PM | 6 commentsSilicon Valley Rising holds rally at Google HQ
The community group Silicon Valley Rising held a rally at Google's headquarters in Mountain View Thursday morning to list demands for the search giant's proposed San Jose mega-campus.
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The community group Silicon Valley Rising held a rally at Google's headquarters in Mountain View Thursday morning to list demands for the search giant's proposed San Jose mega-campus.
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Thursday, April 12, 2018
Federal safety agency drops Tesla from crash investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Thursday that it is dropping Tesla as a party in the agency's investigation into the fatal car crash in Mountain View last month.
Thursday, 5:58 PM | 2 commentsCity accountants regret license mess
Mountain View's finance department is sending out a mass apology after thousands of local businesses were sent letters warning they were delinquent in paying a new fee.
Thursday, 12:47 PM | 12 commentsJuveniles arrested after alleged sexual assault
Mountain View police arrested two boys at Graham Middle School on sexual assault charges last month.
Thursday, 11:05 AM | 17 commentsWednesday, April 11, 2018
Congresswoman grills Zuckerberg on data security
Rep. Anna Eshoo was among those in Washington who confronted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about data insecurity on April 10 and 11, asking questions provided by her constituents.
Wednesday, 9:47 PM | 2 commentsFamily plans to sue over Tesla crash
The family of a man who was killed in a fiery crash involving a Tesla Model X vehicle plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the car company over allegations of a faulty Autopilot system, according to an announcement by a legal firm representing the family.
Wednesday, 11:47 AM | 8 commentsCounty seeks bilingual election officers
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is calling for 5,000 to 6,000 election officers to serve in over 800 polling places around the county for the June 5 election.
Wednesday, 11:38 AM |
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The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is calling for 5,000 to 6,000 election officers to serve in over 800 polling places around the county for the June 5 election.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Medicare payments a thorny issue for hospital patients
In October, a 90-year-old man was taken to El Camino Hospital in an ambulance with back pain so severe that it prevented him from getting out of bed. After five days in the hospital, his family was shocked to get a $13,000 bill, despite his Medicare coverage. The reason? He'd never been admitted as an inpatient.
Tuesday, 2:16 PM | 6 commentsComplaint filed over rent control opponents' measure
Tenant advocates are asking Mountain View officials to reject a proposed ballot measure that seeks to weaken the city's rent control law.
Tuesday, 1:55 PM | 22 commentsCounty holds public meetings on proposed affordable housing fee
A series of public meetings starts this week to gather input on a proposed countywide affordable housing fee for new developments in unincorporated Santa Clara County, county officials said.
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A series of public meetings starts this week to gather input on a proposed countywide affordable housing fee for new developments in unincorporated Santa Clara County, county officials said.
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Bank robbery suspect arrested in Mountain View
A man who was wanted in connection to a robbery at a U.S. Bank in Santa Cruz in January was arrested last week in Mountain View, police said Monday.
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A man who was wanted in connection to a robbery at a U.S. Bank in Santa Cruz in January was arrested last week in Mountain View, police said Monday.
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Monday, April 9, 2018
VTA study plugs autonomous vehicles for MV transit
Building expressways for autonomous vehicles could be the best option for creating a new transit link to Mountain View's North Bayshore neighborhood, according to a new report produced by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).
Monday, 1:59 PM | 10 commentsAutopsy reveals Google engineer drowned in the Bay
The 23-year-old Google engineer who was found dead in the waters of the Bay in December had drowned, but the circumstances surrounding her death still remain a mystery, according to autopsy and toxicology reports released last week.
Monday, 1:48 PM | 8 comments
Greek restaurant Taverna opening in Palo Alto
By Elena Kadvany | 1 comment | 8,327 views
Food Party! 420
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 1,055 views
Expanding the taxation of online sales
By Steve Levy | 7 comments | 896 views
Reader Guest Post: Life's Map
By Aldis Petriceks | 2 comments | 827 views
Couples: . . . “Joy is greater than sorrow,“ . . . “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
By Chandrama Anderson | 1 comment | 654 views
Best of Mountain View ballot is here
It's time to decide what local business is worthy of the title "Best Of Mountain View" — and you get to decide! Cast your ballot online. Voting ends May 28th. Stay tuned for the results in the July 20th issue of the Mountain View Voice.
