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OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View City Council reluctantly approves downtown office project next door to City HallThe Mountain View City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to approve a four-story downtown office building, but not without...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2022Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Sep 14, 2022 at 10:23 am | 25 comments | 5338 Views
ELECTIONS
City Council contender Justin Cohen wants to represent Mountain View through an appMountain View City Council candidate Justin Cohen has never been to a council meeting or served in elected office before....
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2022Last comment by Frank Richards, on Sep 13, 2022 at 12:25 pm | 72 comments | 7263 Views
ELECTIONS
Who's running for office in Mountain View?With the general election scheduled for Nov. 8 this year, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters released its official...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2022Last comment by SRB, on Sep 11, 2022 at 4:33 am | 3 comments | 2315 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pine cones damaging cars prompts Mountain View Whisman board to remove treesFaced with nearly two dozen cars damaged by falling pine cones in recent years, Mountain View Whisman is moving ahead with...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2022Last comment by DonKeedick, on Sep 9, 2022 at 9:52 pm | 11 comments | 3111 Views
AROUND TOWN
Attorney general appeals to state Supreme Court after overturn of three jail guards' murder convictionsThe state's top prosecutor filed a petition with the state Supreme Court asking the justices to hear a case involving an...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2022Last comment by Johnny Yuma, on Sep 9, 2022 at 4:17 pm | 1 comment | 1844 Views
AROUND TOWN
Driverless food delivery: Nuro teams up with Uber Eats to deploy autonomous vehicles in Mountain ViewNuro and Uber are embarking on a new multi-year partnership to use Nuro’s driverless electric vehicles for food deliveries...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2022Last comment by Nora S., on Sep 9, 2022 at 10:41 am | 4 comments | 5175 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
City and school district team up for bike safety workshops for Mountain View studentsThe city of Mountain View's Safe Routes to School program has partnered with the Mountain View Whisman School District to...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2022Last comment by Frank Richards, on Sep 8, 2022 at 6:21 pm | 11 comments | 2939 Views
AROUND TOWN
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes asks for new trialAttorneys for Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO convicted of fraud, have asked a federal judge for a new trial, citing...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2022Last comment by Johnny Yuma, on Sep 7, 2022 at 7:59 pm | 1 comment | 1277 Views
AROUND TOWN
Terún to hold Parkinson's disease fundraiser after chef reveals his diagnosisOn July 7, Terún and iTalico chef and owner Kristjan D'Angelo marked the five-year anniversary of a life-changing diagnosis. Read...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2022There are no comments yet. 366 Views
OTHER ISSUES
With lawsuit resolved, Mountain View will start enforcing its RV parking ban next monthAfter years of delays caused by a voter referendum, a lawsuit and a major undertaking to install thousands of signs, the...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2022Last comment by MV Resident, on Sep 6, 2022 at 3:43 pm | 16 comments | 4835 Views
AROUND TOWN
Want to know what your neighborhood might look like in the future? Here's the latest on Mountain View's multifamily housing updateMountain View is looking to shift its R3 zoning ordinance toward a less restrictive approach while working to curb displacement...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2022Last comment by Jeremy Hoffman, on Sep 4, 2022 at 1:36 pm | 12 comments | 3814 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View reaches settlement agreement over RV parking ban lawsuitThe city of Mountain View announced Wednesday that it has reached a tentative settlement with plaintiffs in a case challenging...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2022Last comment by SalsaMusic, on Aug 31, 2022 at 11:00 pm | 3 comments | 3265 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mask mandate lifted at Mountain View Whisman schools as COVID cases drop in Santa Clara CountyWhen school started last week, Mountain View Whisman was one of the few districts in the region with a mask mandate in place....
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2022Last comment by Robin, on Aug 30, 2022 at 5:05 pm | 8 comments | 5172 Views
RESTAURANTS
Tents must come down, city says, as restaurants, customers push backThe city notified businesses that they need to remove temporary tent structures for fire code reasons. Some restaurant owners...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Aug 25, 2022 at 10:28 pm | 22 comments | 11382 Views
OTHER ISSUES
State to refer to monkeypox as MPX to avoid stigmatization of nameState public health officials said Wednesday that they will avoid using the term monkeypox when possible going forward, referring...
Original post made on Aug. 25, 2022Last comment by SRB, on Aug 25, 2022 at 5:57 pm | 2 comments | 1135 Views
OTHER ISSUES
West Nile virus on the rise in Santa Clara County as drought conditions persistAs Santa Clara County faces its driest year to date in the past 128 years, county officials say drought conditions are causing...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2022Last comment by Ron, on Aug 24, 2022 at 5:11 pm | 1 comment | 1589 Views
BOOKS
Two seats open on high school district board as Torok and Walter announce they won't seek re-electionTwo longtime Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District board members have announced they won't be seeking reelection...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2022There are no comments yet. 2152 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
COVID case levels fall after three-month surge in Santa Clara CountyCOVID-19 case levels in the county have begun to fall for the first time since mid-May, but still remain high due to highly...
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Aug 22, 2022 at 3:23 pm | 2 comments | 1650 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto City Council signals support for taller condos on San Antonio RoadThe Palo Alto City Council signaled its desire to encourage more housing on the city's southern edge on Monday night, when...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2022Last comment by People Need Water, on Aug 22, 2022 at 3:20 pm | 4 comments | 2751 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
State attorney general urges public sector workers to apply for student loan forgiveness before deadlineIn partnership with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the Campaign for California Borrowers' Rights on Monday launched...
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2022Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Aug 22, 2022 at 10:45 am | 1 comment | 1698 Views
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