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Major upgrades transform downtown church into hub of homeless servicesEight years ago, Hope's Corner began providing meals for dozens of homeless and needy residents on Saturday mornings. Now...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Billy Bob, on May 17, 2019 at 6:20 pm | 1 comment | 2402 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council boosts housing loans for city staffersFor more than a decade, Mountain View has offered loans to help its rank-and-file workers pay for buying a home, but the...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Pat on the Stevens Creek Trail, on May 17, 2019 at 6:14 pm | 1 comment | 1915 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Arrest in 1970s cold-case murder points to serial killerNearly six months after a Hayward man was charged in another murder that had gone unsolved for decades, DNA evidence has...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Ed, on May 17, 2019 at 6:08 am | 1 comment | 2243 Views
ELECTIONS
Letters to the editor<B>Marijuana sales Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2019/05/17/letters-to-the-editor posted...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Gary, on May 17, 2019 at 1:14 am | 1 comment | 224 Views
ELECTIONS
Contentious state housing bill punted to 2020Senate Bill 50, a contentious bill that aimed to encourage more housing near transit, suffered a setback Thursday when the...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by , on May 17, 2019 at 12:46 am | 1 comment | 1559 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View leases land for safe parking, affordable housingCity of Mountain View officials on Tuesday signed a deal to lease and eventually buy an unused property from the Valley Transportation...
Original post made on May. 9, 2019Last comment by For your dogs to poop in..., on May 16, 2019 at 9:46 pm | 12 comments | 3633 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Caltrain's proposed four-track station could be built in Mountain ViewCaltrain's plan to expand its system could require the agency to construct a four-track segment in Palo Alto -- a proposal...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by Doug Pearson, on May 16, 2019 at 7:51 pm | 5 comments | 2726 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Civil rights attorneys protest Mountain View's RV banMountain View's proposed ban on large vehicles has provoked a stern warning from civil rights attorneys who say it would...
Original post made on May. 13, 2019Last comment by scott rodvold, on May 16, 2019 at 6:44 pm | 30 comments | 5623 Views
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Local teacher eliminated on 'Jeopardy!'Mountain View resident Trevor Crowell fell short on Monday's episode of "Jeopardy!" Teachers Tournament, where incorrect...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by Further Sympathetic, on May 16, 2019 at 1:50 pm | 3 comments | 1868 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Letters to the editor: May 3, 2019Letters to the editor about the Trump administration and the environment, rapid transit buses, pickleball and cyclists on...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on May 16, 2019 at 10:32 am | 2 comments | 1357 Views
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Council holds firm on East Whisman office-to-housing ratioThe Mountain View City Council agreed Tuesday night that zoning for 4,900 housing units in East Whisman has to be more than...
Original post made on May. 8, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 15, 2019 at 7:11 pm | 16 comments | 2356 Views
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Google touts $5M in Bay Trail upgradesGoogle and South Bay city officials celebrated the latest milestone in an expensive, decadeslong effort to link 500 miles...
Original post made on May. 13, 2019Last comment by Steve, on May 15, 2019 at 9:10 am | 5 comments | 4369 Views
BOOKS
At 97, children's author publishes her first novel for adultsThough never a full-time writer, Palo Alto resident Martha Tolles has persisted through the years, adapting her formats to...
Original post made on May. 13, 2019There are no comments yet. 1128 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district accuses Bullis Mountain View of violating its charterBullis Mountain View has dropped plans to open a new charter school in Mountain View this fall, but that hasn't stopped the...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2019Last comment by LongResident, on May 12, 2019 at 2:18 pm | 21 comments | 5077 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mobile home residents file appeal over rent controlDespite a setback, Mountain View's mobile home residents are pressing forward with their demand to be included under the...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 11, 2019 at 8:03 pm | 19 comments | 2077 Views
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Mobile home residents file appealDespite a setback, Mountain View's mobile home residents are pressing forward with their demand to be included under the...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by RonTT, on May 11, 2019 at 5:37 pm | 7 comments | 289 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School Lunch DebtIt all started with seeing an article about Valerie Castile, Philando Castile's mom, paying $8K in school lunch debt so that...
Original post made by HAB on May. 10, 2019Last comment by Houses, on May 11, 2019 at 11:42 am | 3 comments | 234 Views
AROUND TOWN
Google touts $5M in Bay Trail upgradesGoogle and South Bay city officials celebrated the latest milestone in an expensive, decadeslong effort to link 500 miles...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by Carol Moholt, on May 11, 2019 at 6:27 am | 2 comments | 1262 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man indicted for February robbery at Meriwest Credit Union in Mountain ViewAn Oakland man was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco Tuesday on charges of committing five bank robberies...
Original post made on May. 9, 2019Last comment by Randy Guelph, on May 10, 2019 at 11:17 am | 3 comments | 2119 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School Lunch DebtIt all started with seeing an article about Valerie Castile, Philando Castile's mom, paying $8K in school lunch debt so that...
Original post made by HAB on May. 10, 2019There are no comments yet. 0 Views
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