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Mountain View police: Woman dies days after being struck by hit-and-run driver on El Camino Real

A pedestrian who was struck by a car Thursday, Feb. 9, in Mountain View has died, according to an announcement from police....

Original post made on Feb. 19, 2023
There are no comments yet. 3043 Views

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A place to (soon) call home: Demolition work begins on housing project targeted for people with disabilities

On Wednesday, community members came together to mark the start of demolition work at 525 E. Charleston Road in Palo Alto...

Original post made on Feb. 18, 2023
Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Feb 18, 2023 at 12:45 pm | 1 comment | 2231 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Unfit to teach? Palo Alto teacher accused of rape had a checkered history in local schools

Palo Alto Unified administrators knew of physical education teacher Peter Colombo's criminal history more than a decade ago...

Original post made on Feb. 17, 2023
Last comment by Another MV Resident, on Feb 18, 2023 at 9:40 am | 2 comments | 5717 Views

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Mountain View City Council approves $18 million in funds for two affordable housing projects

The Mountain View City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allocate more than $18 million to two fully affordable housing...

Original post made on Feb. 16, 2023
Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Feb 16, 2023 at 11:40 pm | 2 comments | 3926 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Worried about Castro Street vacancies and eyesores, Mountain View council OKs Phase 1 of updated downtown plan

Mountain View City Council took a big step toward updating the city’s Downtown Precise Plan at its Dec. 6 meeting, approving...

Original post made on Dec. 8, 2022
Last comment by Bob, on Feb 16, 2023 at 8:14 pm | 62 comments | 11486 Views

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Retail theft ring smashed after statewide attacks on Apple stores

A criminal complaint indicates that more than $950 in Apple merchandise was stolen last summer from a Palo Alto Apple store...

Original post made on Feb. 16, 2023
Last comment by Alexander, on Feb 16, 2023 at 1:37 pm | 1 comment | 3205 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Mountain View City Council to consider adding 24-hour 'no return' rule to three-day street parking limit

The Mountain View City Council is considering some tweaks to its 72-hour parking rule, which prohibits parking in the same...

Original post made on Feb. 14, 2023
Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Feb 16, 2023 at 1:37 pm | 11 comments | 5790 Views

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Redevelopment plan raises hopes, anxieties at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park

Residents of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park know what it feels like to have their lives upended by events beyond their control....

Original post made on Feb. 16, 2023
Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Feb 16, 2023 at 1:33 pm | 1 comment | 2015 Views

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Emily Ann Ramos is used to being behind the scenes of winning political campaigns. She's ready to be in the spotlight

When newly appointed Mountain View City Council member Emily Ann Ramos wandered into her local Barack Obama campaign office...

Original post made on Feb. 15, 2023
Last comment by Community Minded, on Feb 15, 2023 at 4:28 pm | 1 comment | 2901 Views

ELECTIONS

Dianne Feinstein, California's first woman elected to U.S. Senate, says this term will be her last

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, announced Tuesday that she will not run for reelection next year. Read the full...

Original post made on Feb. 14, 2023
Last comment by Dan Waylonis, on Feb 14, 2023 at 2:57 pm | 1 comment | 1796 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Plans underway to redevelop Buena Vista Mobile Home Park

Six years after it took ownership of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, the Santa Clara County Housing Authority is moving ahead...

Original post made on Feb. 9, 2023
Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Feb 14, 2023 at 12:05 pm | 11 comments | 3982 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Guest opinion: Building affordable housing requires partnerships

In a guest opinion, county supervisor Joe Simitian and Mountain View City Council member Lucas Ramirez point to a track record...

Original post made on Feb. 4, 2023
Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Feb 13, 2023 at 10:43 pm | 25 comments | 4975 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Why California still doesn't mandate dyslexia screening

Experts agree early diagnosis is key to helping dyslexic students learn to read, yet the statewide teachers union and others...

Original post made on Feb. 13, 2023
Last comment by Kathy Thibodeaux, on Feb 13, 2023 at 5:11 pm | 1 comment | 2215 Views

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A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit is raising funds to protect a forest in Colombia forever. Here's how they're doing it

Silicon Valley-based nonprofit ReWorld is on a mission to create the world’s first community-funded tropical forest, a...

Original post made on Feb. 10, 2023
Last comment by ivg, on Feb 10, 2023 at 2:35 pm | 1 comment | 3276 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Study: Promising drug could cut COVID hospitalizations in half

A new drug requiring only a single injection could be a game changer in keeping people with COVID-19 infections out of the...

Original post made on Feb. 9, 2023
Last comment by Neighbor, on Feb 9, 2023 at 8:38 pm | 2 comments | 2120 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Santa Clara County supervisors approve nearly $1M to expand gun violence response team

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved nearly $1 million Tuesday to expand the county's task force...

Original post made on Feb. 9, 2023
Last comment by roaksinri, on Feb 9, 2023 at 3:30 pm | 1 comment | 1576 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Years in the making, teacher and school staff housing project is under construction

After years of planning, negotiation and preparation, construction is underway in Mountain View to build subsidized housing...

Original post made on Feb. 9, 2023
There are no comments yet. 3674 Views

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Palo Alto sued over delay in adopting its housing plan

Two pro-housing groups are asking the court to limit Palo Alto’s control over approving development applications because...

Original post made on Feb. 8, 2023
Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Feb 8, 2023 at 9:49 pm | 1 comment | 2292 Views

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New showroom and concept store shows robots in action in downtown Mountain View

Downtown Mountain View just got a whole lot more high tech with the latest addition to Castro Street. InOrbit Inc., a software...

Original post made on Feb. 6, 2023
Last comment by Mark, on Feb 8, 2023 at 9:18 am | 3 comments | 5086 Views

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Mountain View teen develops an app to encourage farmers market-goers to ditch the disposable plastic

Last summer, Mountain View teen Akshat Mehrotra started spending his weekends campaigning outside local farmers markets to...

Original post made on Feb. 6, 2023
Last comment by Local, on Feb 6, 2023 at 2:58 pm | 2 comments | 3939 Views
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