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ELECTIONS
Report touts Bay Area as mega-powerful region facing challengesSilicon Valley is an economic powerhouse, and some of the cogs that drive it are more functional than others, claims a new...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2018Last comment by LOL, 1 hour ago | 26 comments | 2041 Views
AROUND TOWN
Vehicle collisions on the rise in Mountain ViewMountain View saw a big increase in vehicle collisions last year, with some of the city's busiest intersections proving to...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2018Last comment by Resident, 2 hours ago | 32 comments | 5097 Views
AROUND TOWN
MV tax proposal leans heavily on big businessMountain View's business fees currently charge basically the same fees for companies of any size, whether its Milk Pail...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2018Last comment by A Talking Cat, 5 hours ago | 1 comment | 420 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman aims for multi-story schoolsFollowing a citywide trend away from single-story suburbia toward taller, denser housing and offices, Mountain View school...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2018Last comment by EPTF member, 8 hours ago | 23 comments | 3020 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Young and homelessA series of new surveys are showing skyrocketing numbers of homeless youth in the South Bay, but experts say a crisis has...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2018Last comment by mvresident2003, 10 hours ago | 11 comments | 2413 Views
ELECTIONS
Campaign drops plans for 2018 rent control measureA proposed ballot initiative to curtail Mountain View's rent control law won't be going on the November ballot -- but it's...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2018Last comment by The Successful Businessman, 10 hours ago | 3 comments | 1000 Views
AROUND TOWN
Letters to the editor: July 13, 2018This week, letters to the editor on the proposed 'Google tax,' rent control, LASD school plans, bike capacity on Caltrain,...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2018Last comment by LAHS Parent, 12 hours ago | 1 comment | 779 Views
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Teen arrested after alleged stabbingA Mountain View teen is facing charges of assault and criminal threats after multiple disputes with his roommates, including...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2018Last comment by chitheed, on Jul 14, 2018 at 11:28 pm | 11 comments | 2750 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Grand jury calls for denser housingDespite a recent push to build more housing, Palo Alto and other Santa Clara County cities will have to answer to the civil...
Original post made on Jul. 10, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on Jul 14, 2018 at 10:44 pm | 20 comments | 2444 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Facing economic pressures, Ada's Cafe makes plea for donationsIn the face of rising rent and labor costs, Palo Alto's Ada's Cafe, which employs adults with developmental disabilities,...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2018Last comment by We are ALL Ada’s, on Jul 14, 2018 at 7:44 pm | 6 comments | 1925 Views
ELECTIONS
Kasperzak seeks health care district seatDespite telling himself that he was done with public service after four terms on the Mountain View City Council, Mike Kasperzak...
Original post made on Jul. 10, 2018Last comment by SRB, on Jul 14, 2018 at 3:09 pm | 11 comments | 2314 Views
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Drones set to patrol at Shoreline music festivalMountain View police will be on the lookout for crime from a different vantage point this Saturday, using security drones...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2018Last comment by Dr. Emmett Brown, on Jul 14, 2018 at 1:25 pm | 27 comments | 5241 Views
OTHER ISSUES
How head count tax impacts city's biggest businesses'We don't believe it will force any business to leave town or close up.' Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2018/07/13/how-head-count-tax-impacts-citys-b...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2018Last comment by Next to nothing, on Jul 14, 2018 at 2:42 am | 2 comments | 107 Views
BOOKS
Council approves 623-unit Greystar projectA site off of San Antonio Road that appeared destined for a new school campus will instead be rebuilt as a massive commercial...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2018Last comment by mvresident2003, on Jul 13, 2018 at 7:32 pm | 44 comments | 5343 Views
ELECTIONS
Community college board backs away from bond measureSensing a potential political battle brewing, Foothill-De Anza Community College District board members agreed this week...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2018Last comment by Voice of Reason, on Jul 13, 2018 at 10:13 am | 4 comments | 1119 Views
AROUND TOWN
Letters to the editor: June 29, 2018This week, letters to the editor about the Judge Persky recall, a local safety concern and renovations at Mountain View Whisman...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Jul 13, 2018 at 7:07 am | 6 comments | 1261 Views
ELECTIONS
WIREd for changeWIRE for Women, an organization founded by a Menlo Park woman that aims to bring more women into public office in San Mateo...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2018Last comment by @LOL, on Jul 11, 2018 at 11:44 am | 3 comments | 857 Views
ELECTIONS
School board votes to impose strict transfer limitsThe Mountain View Whisman School District school board this month unanimously approved major changes to student transfer...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2018Last comment by Weird, on Jul 10, 2018 at 11:29 pm | 56 comments | 3772 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Affordable housing project carries steep priceA new five-story affordable housing project that would replace a downtown Taco Bell received enthusiastic support from a...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2018Last comment by MyOpinion, on Jul 10, 2018 at 6:27 pm | 43 comments | 13376 Views
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Six drug sale arrests at Dead and Company concertPolice arrested six people at Shoreline Amphitheatre last week during back-to-back Dead and Company concerts for alleged...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2018Last comment by Lynn Wood, on Jul 10, 2018 at 2:36 pm | 14 comments | 3329 Views
Facing economic pressures, Ada's Cafe makes plea for donations
By Elena Kadvany | 8 comments | 3,042 views
Grant Money for Small Farmers
By Laura Stec | 3 comments | 851 views
Couples: "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" by John Gottman
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 748 views
