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ELECTIONS
Committee picks apart city's rent control lawSeeing a chance to rework rent control in the 2020 election, the city's Rental Housing Committee took an opportunity to spitball...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, 16 minutes ago | 5 comments | 2291 Views
AROUND TOWN
Google pitches plan to restore Silicon Valley's iconic Hangar OneGoogle’s subsidiary Planetary Ventures is proposing an extensive, $157 million operation to purge a variety of toxic compounds...
Original post made on Aug. 17, 2019Last comment by Bill, 19 minutes ago | 3 comments | 395 Views
OTHER ISSUES
VTA board members support shake-up after scathing grand jury reportA new VTA subcommittee began discussions on potential tweaks to the governing board that would improve effectiveness at the...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2019Last comment by Steve Ly, 24 minutes ago | 6 comments | 830 Views
ELECTIONS
It's past time for a federal ban on assault weaponsThe United States has seen 258 mass shooting incidents in the 225 days of 2019, according to data published Wednesday by...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2019Last comment by Gary, 1 hour ago | 6 comments | 107 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
HOA dispute leaves new school in the darkA dispute between PG&E and a Mountain View homeowners' association means the new Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary School will...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2019Last comment by Standing Ovation, 1 hour ago | 44 comments | 684 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Staffing shake-up at Bullis Charter SchoolBullis Charter School's board of directors quietly agreed over the summer to transition its longest serving administrator...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by Concerned, 4 hours ago | 23 comments | 3656 Views
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Bay Area mayors call for Senate action on gun safety lawsMore than 20 Bay Area mayors, including four on the Midpeninsula, are among 249 across the country who have signed a letter...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2019Last comment by Gary, 19 hours ago | 27 comments | 1151 Views
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New community garden opens on FridayNearly 15 years after a local group of gardeners started petitioning the city for more community garden space, their goals...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2019Last comment by Neighbor2, 22 hours ago | 9 comments | 1190 Views
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Prices of goods rises faster than wages in Bay AreaLiving expenses outpaced wages over the 12 months ending in June in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland metropolitan area,...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2019Last comment by Childern, on Aug 16, 2019 at 6:36 am | 8 comments | 1021 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Traffic alert: Highway 101 crash causes sewage leakUp to 36,000 gallons of raw sewage may have spilled onto Highway 101 after a multi-car wreck caused a sanitation truck to...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by @JR, on Aug 15, 2019 at 6:13 pm | 15 comments | 15475 Views
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Santa Clara County brings nonprofit aboard for teacher housing project in Palo AltoA proposed affordable-housing project in Palo Alto exclusively for teachers gained momentum on Tuesday when the Santa Clara...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2019Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Aug 15, 2019 at 4:51 pm | 2 comments | 1386 Views
OTHER ISSUES
After two seasons, Pear Theatre artistic director to bow out in JanuaryBetsy Kruse Craig will be stepping down in January to accept a new promotion as program director of speech, debate and performing...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2019Last comment by Consider the Pear veterans, on Aug 15, 2019 at 3:43 pm | 1 comment | 752 Views
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Stanford Blood Center sounds the call for donationsStanford Blood Center is in urgent need of blood donations due to a critically low inventory of blood products resulting...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by Stanford Blood Center, on Aug 15, 2019 at 9:34 am | 2 comments | 761 Views
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Ace Hardware to take over vacant Orchard Supply siteA mothballed building once occupied by Orchard Supply Hardware is set to be revived under a new home-improvement chain. On...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by PA Resident, on Aug 14, 2019 at 6:58 pm | 2 comments | 148 Views
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Santa Clara County, SF sue Trump administration over 'public charge' restrictions on immigrantsSanta Clara County and the city of San Francisco sued the administration of President Donald Trump in federal court Tuesday...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by psr, on Aug 14, 2019 at 5:17 pm | 13 comments | 793 Views
OTHER ISSUES
High temperatures in forecast prompts heat advisory for parts of the Bay AreaThe National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Wednesday and Thursday for parts of the Bay Area. The announcement...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by James Thurber, on Aug 14, 2019 at 4:43 pm | 1 comment | 850 Views
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New York Times special feature Sunday is on the importance of local papers like the MV VoiceThe New York Times special feature Sunday is on the importance of local papers like the MV Voice for the well being of the...
Original post made by Christopher Chiang on Aug. 4, 2019Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Aug 14, 2019 at 10:48 am | 1 comment | 143 Views
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Thursday: Meeting for Mountain View residents to discuss city's drone useMountain View city officials are considering deploying unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, for use by its police, fire...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2019Last comment by Gary, on Aug 14, 2019 at 7:45 am | 5 comments | 1128 Views
ELECTIONS
County supervisors calls for federal assault weapons banTwo Santa Clara County supervisors are calling for a nationwide ban on assault weapons, calling it a common sense action...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2019Last comment by Liberalguns, on Aug 14, 2019 at 2:04 am | 23 comments | 1576 Views
RESTAURANTS
Historic Alpine Inn reopening in Portola Valley on FridayTwo private parties at the historic Alpine Inn, a Portola Valley institution that was recently sold and closed for renovation,...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by False Narrative, on Aug 13, 2019 at 12:18 pm | 3 comments | 1275 Views
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