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No injuries reported after RV fire at Mountain View safe parking lotA fire destroyed a recreational vehicle early Monday morning at a Mountain View safe parking lot that offers parking spaces...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2022Last comment by Sandy, on Dec 16, 2022 at 10:46 pm | 3 comments | 2918 Views
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Food donations rise after implementation of new lawA new state law allowed Santa Clara County businesses to donate almost 5 million pounds of food during the first half of...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2022Last comment by smorr, on Dec 14, 2022 at 2:31 pm | 1 comment | 2060 Views
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State officials announce another delay to start of Dungeness crab seasonState officials said Wednesday that the opening of commercial Dungeness crab season would be delayed for the third time this...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2022Last comment by Shane, on Dec 9, 2022 at 2:42 pm | 1 comment | 1512 Views
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Santa Clara County district attorney to leave Twitter due to hate speech, calls on other DAs to follow suitDistrict Attorney Jeff Rosen plans to deactivate his office's Twitter account due to the recent rise in hate speech on the...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2022Last comment by J Randall, on Dec 7, 2022 at 12:41 pm | 5 comments | 2712 Views
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State officials: Transmission of flu, COVID-19 and RSV is growing 'in every category'Transmission of the flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus is increasing statewide simultaneously and could lead to...
Original post made on Nov. 19, 2022Last comment by J Randall, on Dec 1, 2022 at 6:34 am | 3 comments | 2089 Views
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Spare the Air Alert scheduled for FridayThe Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing the winter season's first Spare the Air Alert for Friday, calling...
Original post made on Nov. 25, 2022There are no comments yet. 1401 Views
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Bay Area air district to join COP27 climate summitRepresentatives of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference,...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2022Last comment by Ok, on Nov 13, 2022 at 11:09 am | 1 comment | 1868 Views
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Newsom campaigned on building 3.5 million homes. He hasn't gotten even closeGov. Gavin Newsom campaigned on housing production, an issue important to many Californians. But despite some accomplishments,...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Nov 3, 2022 at 12:00 pm | 3 comments | 1754 Views
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Vehicles burglarized at Computer History Museum in Mountain ViewFive vehicles were burglarized outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View over the weekend, prompting police to...
Original post made on Oct. 25, 2022Last comment by Rob, on Oct 25, 2022 at 2:26 pm | 1 comment | 2663 Views
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California to end the COVID state of emergencyThe state of emergency gave Gov. Gavin Newsom wide-ranging powers to issue mandates and enter into billions of dollars of...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2022Last comment by JAFO, on Oct 24, 2022 at 5:02 pm | 5 comments | 2611 Views
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Buried car in Atherton: Onsite investigation complete, still no human remains foundPolice say the on-site investigation of a car buried in an Atherton backyard is done, with the vehicle excavated and taken...
Original post made on Oct. 24, 2022Last comment by Donna Hughs, on Oct 24, 2022 at 3:34 pm | 1 comment | 2396 Views
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'A lot of confusion, panic and fear': RV residents talk about how newly enforced rules are impacting themFor many RV dwellers, the most stressful part of the newly enforced rules isn’t just where they're allowed to park, but...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2022Last comment by Peter, on Oct 16, 2022 at 8:19 pm | 32 comments | 31423 Views
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City Council moves forward with pedestrian mall as residents adjust to traffic signal changes on CastroThe city council took the next step toward making the Castro pedestrian mall permanent at an Oct. 11 public hearing as residents...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2022Last comment by A Talking Cat, on Oct 13, 2022 at 9:05 am | 2 comments | 2761 Views
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Two family members arrested in July drowning death of Mountain View 9-year-oldFollowing the drowning death of a 9-year-old Mountain View boy in July, police announced that two family members have been...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2022Last comment by MyOpinion, on Oct 11, 2022 at 7:41 pm | 8 comments | 4983 Views
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Mountain View man arrested for sex crimes involving minorsA Mountain View man was arrested on charges of felony possession of child pornography and other sex crimes after a multi-month...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2022Last comment by Lydia , on Oct 5, 2022 at 2:50 pm | 1 comment | 3235 Views
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Flying out of SFO? Better bring your own foodNearly a thousand fast food workers went on strike at the San Francisco International Airport on Monday, causing many food...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2022Last comment by Zach, on Sep 28, 2022 at 2:27 pm | 1 comment | 2775 Views
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Corruption trial of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith beginsThe trial of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith, who faces several charges of misconduct and perjury, began on Wednesday. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 23, 2022There are no comments yet. 2794 Views
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Spraying for West Nile virus planned Thursday for some parts of Mountain View, Los Altos Hills and SunnyvaleCrews will be spraying insecticide later this week in areas of Mountain View, Los Altos Hills and Sunnyvale where West Nile...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2022Last comment by John Ball, on Sep 22, 2022 at 1:01 pm | 2 comments | 4897 Views
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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 | 6724 Views
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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 | 7008 Views
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