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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis Charter drops enrollment preference while blasting Los Altos district for divisivenessBullis Charter School will not give priority enrollment to students residing in wealthier areas, marking the latest development...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2019Last comment by A Parent, 7 minutes ago | 5 comments | 403 Views
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Mountain View City Council: Siegel, Matichak declare plans to run in 2020It’s more than a year out, but Mountain View’s 2020 election for City Council is already beginning to take shape. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2019Last comment by Gary, 1 hour ago | 27 comments | 1784 Views
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Council subcommittee punts on how high to raise Mountain View's rent control limitAs a City Council subcommittee prepares a package of changes to the city's rent control law to go before voters, its members...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, 5 hours ago | 7 comments | 814 Views
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Mountain View City Council campaign sign vandal sentencedMountain View community activist Job Lopez has reportedly completed his punishment for defacing campaign signs during the...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, 6 hours ago | 22 comments | 1763 Views
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Mountain View Whisman seeks bond measure in 2020Mountain View Whisman school board members agreed last week to pursue a bond measure in 2020, citing polling data that shows...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2019Last comment by OK, YES, 9 hours ago | 11 comments | 977 Views
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Huge cedar outside City Hall will be cut downSanta Claus will surely be there, along with carolers and free hot chocolate for all, but something will be missing from...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2019Last comment by The Registrant, 9 hours ago | 15 comments | 3552 Views
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Return of the cheekbones"Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" feels spineless with its tortured semi-tragic antihero turned into a slightly misanthropic...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2019Last comment by Seriously, 17 hours ago | 2 comments | 428 Views
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Mountain View police officers named in lawsuit over traumatic forced exam of 5-year-old's genitalsA Mountain View family filed a federal lawsuit against the city claiming that Mountain View Police Department officers unlawfully...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by The Registrant, on Oct 18, 2019 at 1:11 pm | 16 comments | 4728 Views
ELECTIONS
Facebook donates $25 million for local teacher housing projectA plan to build housing in Palo Alto for regional teachers and school staff has received a major boost: a $25 million donation...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2019Last comment by Cover up culture, on Oct 18, 2019 at 10:38 am | 3 comments | 1475 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A 'chronic public health issue': Stanford officials troubled by campus sexual assault dataNearly 40% of undergraduate women who have attended Stanford University for four years have experienced some form of nonconsensual...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2019Last comment by Gary, on Oct 18, 2019 at 9:52 am | 9 comments | 1045 Views
ELECTIONS
Landlord defends home invasion eviction attemptA Mountain View landlord who was arrested on suspicion of coordinating a brazen burglary against a family staying at an apartment...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2019Last comment by Gary, on Oct 18, 2019 at 12:59 am | 1 comment | 94 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Not guilty plea in 'home invasion' staged to evict tenantsA Mountain View landlord has pleaded not guilty to charges that she and her accomplices staged a home invasion against her...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2019Last comment by Gary, on Oct 18, 2019 at 12:00 am | 6 comments | 1523 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park woman sentenced to three weeks in prison for role in college admissions scamA 50-year-old entrepreneur from Menlo Park who fraudulently claimed her son was black or Latino on college applications was...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2019Last comment by CA Native, on Oct 17, 2019 at 5:27 pm | 2 comments | 851 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Probation, community service and a $9,500 fine for Menlo Park parent sentenced in college admissions scamPeter Jan Sartorio of Menlo Park, the first local parent to be sentenced in the nationwide college admissions scam, received...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2019Last comment by Coincidence , on Oct 17, 2019 at 2:50 pm | 10 comments | 1194 Views
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Santa Clara County employees back on the picket lineSanta Clara County officials made a new offer to union negotiators with Service Employees International Union Local 521 Tuesday...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2019Last comment by Dan Waylonis, on Oct 16, 2019 at 4:31 pm | 1 comment | 603 Views
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Work starts on closing 'a critical gap' of Bay TrailConstruction has begun on a new segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail in the Ravenswood Preserve near East Palo Alto. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by Rachel G, on Oct 16, 2019 at 9:57 am | 4 comments | 711 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Earthquake felt in many Bay Area cities, including Mountain View on Monday nightAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 roughly centered in Contra Costa County was felt in the Mountain View area...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by A girl has no name. , on Oct 15, 2019 at 10:07 pm | 2 comments | 6686 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Breaking two decades of silence, Palo Alto woman says Harvey Weinstein tried to rape her when she was his 24-year-old assistantA native of Britain and Palo Alto mother of four, Rowena Chiu had her own #MeToo story about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by A Father, on Oct 15, 2019 at 5:11 pm | 2 comments | 1683 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Gov. Newsom: PG&E should repay customers affected by public safety power shutoffAfter last week's Public Safety Power Shutoff by PG&E that left more than 700,000 customers without power, Gov. Gavin Newsom...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by psr, on Oct 15, 2019 at 4:29 pm | 1 comment | 801 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Falling short on fluencyMountain View Whisman School District students learning English saw their language proficiency languish or even regress last...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2019Last comment by @Loss of Instructional Time , on Oct 15, 2019 at 12:19 pm | 30 comments | 3353 Views
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