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City buys historic downtown homes for $3.4 millionIn hopes of building something grand in the future, the Mountain View City Council swiftly put up $3.4 million to acquire...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2019Last comment by Robyn, on Jun 11, 2019 at 8:06 am | 2 comments | 3853 Views
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Review: Flights in Mountain View is ready for takeoffAviation-themed and over-the-top, Flights in Mountain View is gimmicky, but its three-is-better-than-one premise can make...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2019Last comment by Jes' Sayin', on Jun 10, 2019 at 10:36 pm | 2 comments | 965 Views
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Struggling tenants find unlikely savior: luxury housingPolitics does indeed make strange bedfellows, and Tuesday night's City Council meeting was a classic example. Read the...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 10, 2019 at 5:03 pm | 4 comments | 2483 Views
ELECTIONS
Council members respond to the Voice's editorial on housingIt is disappointing that the <I>Voice</I></B> chose to write an incomplete editorial, sensationally titled "A crisis of character"...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 10, 2019 at 11:18 am | 10 comments | 735 Views
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Long security lines frustrate fans at Shoreline Amphitheatre's kick-off concertConcert-goers hoping to see the Grateful Dead spinoff band Dead & Company say they missed part of the show and ended up waiting...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2019Last comment by jasonbourne, on Jun 9, 2019 at 2:53 pm | 24 comments | 3441 Views
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Six arrested at Shoreline Dead & Company concertPolice said they arrested six people and cited one man over the course of back-to-back performances by Dead & Company at...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2019Last comment by Bruno, on Jun 8, 2019 at 11:07 am | 9 comments | 1872 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
With a little help, Alta Vista grads triumph through adversityLike many Alta Vista students donning a cap and gown this year, graduating senior Timothy Martinez said his diploma was never...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2019Last comment by Jim and Pat Barnum, on Jun 8, 2019 at 9:26 am | 2 comments | 1579 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council should show compassion for vehicle dwellersLike many other Bay Area cities, Mountain View has a visible population living in vehicles. In December 2018, our police...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2019Last comment by Sally Ahnger, on Jun 7, 2019 at 4:40 pm | 2 comments | 316 Views
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Milk Pail Market says 'goodbye' to Mountain View with a party on SaturdayAmid plans to shut down permanently, the popular Milk Pail Market is throwing a farewell party for its loyal customers and...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2019Last comment by Trish Bubenik, on Jun 7, 2019 at 9:41 am | 4 comments | 2753 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary principal resigns shortly before new school's grand openingAfter spending a year leading a school that has yet to open, Vargas Elementary School's principal announced his resignation,...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2019Last comment by KittyCatty, on Jun 6, 2019 at 10:56 pm | 19 comments | 4332 Views
BOOKS
Her words about being sexually assaulted by Brock Turner caught the world's attention. Now, she's writing a memoir.The woman who was sexually assaulted by former Stanford University student Brock Turner in 2016 is writing a memoir about...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2019There are no comments yet. 1297 Views
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City rejects injury claims from tripping on sidewalksMountain View has rejected a pair of claims filed by women who say they were injured after tripping on the city's poorly...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2019Last comment by Don Robers, on Jun 6, 2019 at 11:46 am | 2 comments | 1461 Views
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County Supervisors reject informing ICE when inmates are releasedSticking to a longtime policy, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to reject changing course and...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2019Last comment by Cray cray, on Jun 6, 2019 at 10:39 am | 4 comments | 1142 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Crime brief: Police say threat against Mountain View High School not crediblePolice are maintaining a more visible presence at Mountain View High School after rumors that someone had made threats against...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2019Last comment by MVHS Parent, on Jun 6, 2019 at 7:27 am | 4 comments | 1892 Views
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Mountain View police reported hit-and-run, but witnesses say driver cooperated, didn't flee crashA driver who hit two vehicles and struck a fire hydrant on Tyrella Avenue in Mountain View last week cooperated with police...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2019Last comment by Jes' Sayin', on Jun 5, 2019 at 10:54 pm | 4 comments | 2297 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman school district spends big on legal feesThe Mountain View Whisman School District cut big checks to law firms this year, spending over $360,000 so far on matters...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2019Last comment by Anotherneighbor, on Jun 5, 2019 at 12:59 pm | 2 comments | 1237 Views
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Crime brief: Police looking for man who tried to pull down Mountain View woman's shortsA Mountain View woman told police that a man attempted to pull her shorts down while she was walking through the Waverly...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2019Last comment by resident, on Jun 5, 2019 at 12:47 pm | 3 comments | 1603 Views
OTHER ISSUES
$4.6 million spent on North Bayshore planningMountain View's vision of melding offices and housing throughout North Bayshore remains a distant dream. But at least one...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 4, 2019 at 8:01 pm | 5 comments | 1865 Views
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Downtown Mountain View fountain springs back to lifeThe long drought is truly over: The fountain at Mountain View's Civic Center Plaza is now flowing with water once again after...
Original post made on May. 31, 2019Last comment by Peak, on Jun 4, 2019 at 3:55 pm | 3 comments | 1659 Views
OTHER ISSUES
For sufferers of a disease that has confounded researchers, a glimmer of hopeA blood test that can diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome and that could potentially help identify treatments for the baffling...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2019Last comment by Diablo, on Jun 4, 2019 at 10:40 am | 1 comment | 1504 Views
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