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Council moves ahead with milder RV banThe City Council approved a complicated muddle of measures to restrict large RVs and trailers from parking on city streets....
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2019Last comment by These are NOT all poor people., on Jun 17, 2019 at 3:47 pm | 59 comments | 5959 Views
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Suspected Stevens Creek Trail flasher arrested by Mountain View policePolice are asking any additional victims to come forward following an indecent exposure incident on Stevens Creek Trail last...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2019Last comment by Suspect , on Jun 17, 2019 at 2:43 pm | 3 comments | 2607 Views
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Man accused of 1974 cold-case killing near Stanford campus pleads not guiltyA 74-year-old man who has been accused of murdering two 21-year-old women on Stanford University property in the 1970s pleaded...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2019Last comment by Poppadop, on Jun 17, 2019 at 2:34 pm | 2 comments | 1479 Views
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Supervisor Simitian brings 'sidewalk office hours' to local farmers marketsSanta Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian will hold "sidewalk office hours" at local farmers markets this month. Read the...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2019Last comment by Billy Bob, on Jun 16, 2019 at 3:15 pm | 1 comment | 1445 Views
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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 | 574 Views
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$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 | 2483 Views
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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 | 2154 Views
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Moving forward: New CEO plans for Silicon Valley Community Foundation's 2.0 versionFollowing a workplace bullying and misconduct scandal that rocked the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, its new president...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2019Last comment by I can save you some time, on Jun 3, 2019 at 2:01 pm | 1 comment | 2317 Views
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A cure-all for housing -- but cities hate itCalifornia lawmakers are taking aggressive action to address the state's crippling housing shortage in 2019. But despite...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 2, 2019 at 9:00 pm | 28 comments | 5138 Views
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Man attacked in Mountain View Senior Center parking lotA man was taken to the hospital after being attacked in the Mountain View Senior Center parking lot, shortly after finding...
Original post made on May. 29, 2019Last comment by Billy Bob, on Jun 2, 2019 at 9:55 am | 10 comments | 3471 Views
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Despite Stanford objections, county calls for more housing in campus expansionStanford University would be required to build more than 2,000 housing units and to offer nearly half of them at below market...
Original post made on May. 29, 2019Last comment by Gary, on May 30, 2019 at 1:23 pm | 2 comments | 1617 Views
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Guest opinion: Board of Supervisors should maintain sanctuary policyIn a guest opinion published in the May 24 edition, Nina Randazzo calls on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to...
Original post made on May. 29, 2019Last comment by A resident, on May 30, 2019 at 8:57 am | 2 comments | 1278 Views
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Mountain View looks to update affordable-housing rulesIn an effort to provide more opportunities to help the city's so-called "missing middle," City Council members last week...
Original post made on May. 24, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 25, 2019 at 11:04 am | 2 comments | 2547 Views
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County supervisors OK $5M more to help victims of gender-based violenceThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to earmark $5 million in annual, ongoing funding to...
Original post made on May. 23, 2019Last comment by “Gender based” violence?, on May 23, 2019 at 10:01 pm | 1 comment | 1633 Views
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Los Altos man pleads no contest to stalking, threatening womanA Los Altos man accused of stalking and threatening a woman over the course of 12 years pleaded no contest to two felonies...
Original post made on May. 21, 2019Last comment by Uhg, on May 21, 2019 at 4:37 pm | 4 comments | 2533 Views
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Crime brief: three bikes stolen in townhouse burglaryPolice are on the lookout for a suspect who reportedly entered a townhouse complex in Mountain View and stole three expensive...
Original post made on May. 20, 2019Last comment by MV Resident , on May 20, 2019 at 6:01 pm | 3 comments | 1778 Views
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Crime brief: Burglars strike four cars at Mountain View Icon movie theaterFour vehicles were burglarized Tuesday evening outside of the Icon Movie Theatre in the San Antonio Shopping Center, according...
Original post made on May. 6, 2019Last comment by a MV resident, on May 20, 2019 at 7:17 am | 4 comments | 4259 Views
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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 | 2750 Views
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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 | 2721 Views
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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 | 4241 Views
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