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Mountain View’s budget is on track, but concerns linger over a future economic slowdown
Mountain View’s budget is on track with revenues and expenditures largely adhering to the city’s projections, although the financial outlook for next fiscal year is not looking quite as rosy as before.
Rain, chilly temps and gusty winds start Thursday
The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Thursday calls for up to 90% chance of rain with breeze.
It’s now significantly more deadly to be homeless. Why are so many people dying?
For many people, living on the streets of California is a death sentence. That’s according to a recent study looking into mortality rates in homeless communities, finding the death rate more than tripled between 2011 and 2020.
Mountain View forges ahead with ‘work plan’ priorities, resisting calls for performance audits and tighter election rules
The Mountain View City Council stuck to its current priorities in a review of the city’s work plan Tuesday night, despite a push to prioritize a performance audit of citywide functions, clamping down on outside political spending and prohibiting the use of artificial turf.
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Special interest money boosts Dixon in Congress campaign
Special interest groups have injected more than $2 million into the competitive race to succeed U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, with more than half of the largess flowing to Portola Valley resident and Marine Corps veteran Peter Dixon.
Country musician Sofia Claire brings Italian summers and American dreams to the stage
Both the Italian and California countryside figure in the music of Redwood City country singer-songwriter Sofia Claire, who performs March 1 at Club Fox.
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Author event: ‘The Forest Man’ reading
Silicon Valley Reads hosts a virtual event with author Anne Matheson reading from her book “The Forest Man,” a true story about Jadav Payeng who planted a whole forest. The book is geared for readers in second through fourth grade. Go to siliconvalleyreads.org.
Showcase: Switching to Electric at Home
As part of this year’s Silicon Valley Reads program, “A Greener Tomorrow Starts Today,” Mountain View’s Sustainability and Resiliency Division is showcasing electrification technology, offering an opportunity to get more info and interact with people who’ve adopted the technology. Go to mountainview.libcal.com.
TOMORROW
Concert: Kaki King and Tamar Eisenman
Guitarists King and Eisenman present a new full-length performance piece where guitar movement takes over the entire stage, in which guitarists become dancers, coordinating their whole bodies to perform the rigors of both choreography and composition. Go to live.stanford.edu.
Art: ‘Then and Now’
Kathy Sharpe shows recent and earlier paintings in both oil and watercolor, which include romantic landscapes, floral still-lifes and garden scenes A reception takes place March 1, 5 – 8 p.m. Go to gallery9losaltos.com.
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