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Mountain View greenlights Charleston Plaza proposal and pitch to build five-story U-Haul
The Mountain View City Council approved gatekeeper applications for a five-story U-Haul self-storage facility near the corner of El Camino Real and State Highway 237 and a large mixed-use project at Charleston Plaza.
Take a peek inside Mountain View Whisman’s teacher housing project, set to open soon
Years in the making, construction of Mountain View Whisman’s subsidized housing project for teachers and other staff is finished and the district plans to open rental applications next month.
This Redwood City startup aims to make your HVAC system a lot, well, cooler
Meet Quilt, the new Redwood City startup aiming to make the process of ditching gas furnaces and adding ductless electric heat pumps to your home a lot, if you’ll pardon the pun, cooler. It does that, Lambert said, by handling everything from installation to rebates, using cutting-edge tech to improve comfort and efficiency, giving prices upfront, and making units that are more stylish than what customers may be used to.
No sleeping bags, keep moving: California cities increase crackdown on homeless encampments
More than two-dozen California cities passed, strengthened or are considering ordinances that penalize people for sleeping outside, after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities to crack down.
Arts briefs: Ben Rosenblum, Portola Valley Arts Fest, Ruth Reichl and more
This week, jazz pianist Ben Rosenblum performs in a free concert at the Community School of Music and Arts; “Once on This Island” opens at The Pear Theatre; food icon Ruth Reichl speaks at the Oshman Family JCC; Portola Valley Arts Fest showcases local visual, performing and literary artists; and Redwood City hosts a Fiestas Patrias celebration.
Polly and the Morphics will bring blues, folk and rock to the Museum of American Heritage
Palo Alto band Polly and the Morphics close out the summer concert series at the Museum of American Heritage on Sept. 12.
Trump to appear at Woodside fundraiser on Friday
A We The People California rally will coincide with Trump’s fundraiser.
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TODAY
Author event: Sara Wolf
The Mountain View Library hosts a virtual conversation with popular novelist Sara Wolf, who discusses her bestselling Lovely Vicious series and the Bring Me Their Hearts series. Go to mountainview.libcal.com.
Tour: Denning House
Join a free tour of Stanford’s Denning House and explore its treehouse-inspired architecture and art collection. Denning House was built in 2018 to house Knight-Hennessy Scholars, who are grad students from around the globe. Go to events.stanford.edu.
TOMORROW
Art: ‘Livien Yin: Thirsty’
The Cantor Arts Center hosts the first solo exhibition by artist Livien Yin. The show features new and recent paintings. Taking inspiration from historical photographs, and also often using friends as models, Yin’s work draws parallels between past and present. Go to museum.stanford.edu.
Stage: ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’
The Friends of Palo Alto Children’s Theatre present a musical inspired by the characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip in a fundraising production for the company. The show takes place outdoors in the company’s Secret Garden. Go to cityofpaloalto.org.
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