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School board favors Cooper Park housingResponding to an overwhelming need by local school teachers for more affordable housing, Mountain View Whisman School District...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2018Last comment by ResidentSince1982, on Feb 5, 2018 at 9:20 am | 55 comments | 11448 Views
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City-wide ban on plastic bags is back on the tableThe City Council could approve a ban on disposable plastic shopping bags in October -- earlier than anyone expected -- thanks...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2012Last comment by curious, on Apr 21, 2012 at 10:36 am | 55 comments | 9604 Views
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Letter to the editor: Existing homeowners should welcome new neighborsIn a letter to the editor, resident Jonah Mann takes on a "misguided talking point" in the community discourse about Mountain...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2022Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Jan 24, 2022 at 7:07 pm | 54 comments | 5090 Views
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Council to vote on Google recreation facility on burrowing owl habitatThis Tuesday the City Council will vote up or down on a 6.5-acre recreation facility that's got nearly every activity a Google...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2010Last comment by Peter, on Oct 11, 2010 at 9:24 am | 54 comments | 15593 Views
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North Bayshore plan draws critique over housingFormer city manager Bruce Liedstrand spent much of the 1980s running the city of Mountain View, when the downtown was being...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2014Last comment by Pro-Growther in N. Shoreline, on Aug 13, 2014 at 3:10 pm | 53 comments | 32829 Views
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Committee outlines potential plane-noise recommendationsA multi-city and county committee tasked with finding ways to reduce overhead noise from airplanes going to and from San...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2016Last comment by @Bill, on Nov 16, 2016 at 2:20 pm | 53 comments | 9228 Views
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Council OKs San Antonio center project; Milk Pail market savedThe City Council unanimously approved the second phase of the redevelopment of San Antonio shopping Center Tuesday night,...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2014Last comment by Sparty, on Dec 12, 2014 at 6:56 pm | 53 comments | 17943 Views
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Charter school lottery delayed as disagreements festerOfficials from a new charter school and the Mountain View Whisman School District locked horns at a school board meeting...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2019Last comment by ST parent, on Mar 16, 2019 at 6:06 pm | 52 comments | 7685 Views
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Ideafarm may be headed to jailWo'O Ideafarm, the local man known for displaying signs with controversial and sometimes strange messages on the streets...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2013Last comment by Wo Of Ideafarm, on Nov 13, 2013 at 4:57 pm | 52 comments | 10217 Views
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Council approves controversial WiMAX tower atop churchThe City Council on Tuesday approved a wireless data tower atop First Presbyterian Church, despite claims from neighbors...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2011Last comment by Political Insider, on Jan 21, 2011 at 1:41 pm | 52 comments | 10777 Views
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Mountain View approves rowhouse development that will replace 70 rent-controlled apartmentsThe days are numbered for another complex of older, more affordable rent-controlled apartments in Mountain View after the...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2021Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Sep 27, 2021 at 5:46 pm | 51 comments | 13337 Views
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Raucous gun control event spurs council review of chamber policyNRA members packed the City Council chambers last weekend to shout down speakers promoting tighter local gun control laws,...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2014Last comment by Hutch 7.62, on Feb 20, 2014 at 1:09 pm | 51 comments | 18649 Views
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An eco-dilemma: save redwoods or build bike lanes?Google's ambitious plans to build a futuristic headquarters in Mountain View's North Bayshore is hitting big snags over some...
Original post made on Oct. 25, 2016Last comment by water water not a drop to drink, on Nov 5, 2016 at 10:46 am | 51 comments | 10930 Views
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Landlord's plans spur fears of displaced residentsThe specter of being priced out of Mountain View is hanging over more than three dozen households near the Rex Manor neighborhood...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015Last comment by outlaw landlords, on May 2, 2015 at 2:15 pm | 51 comments | 22913 Views
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MV's Vargas: America's most famous undocumented immigrantFollowing his startling personal story in The New York Times magazine, Mountain View's Pulitzer Prize-winner Jose Antonio...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2011Last comment by The Eye, on Jul 23, 2011 at 4:15 pm | 51 comments | 13549 Views
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Amid complaints, Google promises WiFi upgradesWhile Google says it is committed to improving its network of light-pole mounted WiFi nodes in Mountain View, some users...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2013Last comment by Jorge, on Oct 15, 2013 at 1:56 pm | 50 comments | 73502 Views
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Council bans marijuana dispensariesCity Council members backed away from approving an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in Mountain View on...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2011Last comment by MJ, on Mar 11, 2011 at 5:51 pm | 49 comments | 8271 Views
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Lieber's campaign to focus on Prop. 13, budgetFormer Mountain View mayor and state Assembly member Sally Lieber is known for being a Democrat further to the left than...
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2012Last comment by Hardin, on Mar 25, 2012 at 10:46 pm | 49 comments | 7214 Views
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Judge overturns gay marriage banA federal judge in San Francisco today [https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf overturned Proposition...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2010Last comment by Alex M, on Aug 12, 2010 at 9:55 am | 49 comments | 6485 Views
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Viewpoint: City should at least study Google bridgeNo one can dispute that the city has a tremendous problem accommodating the runaway growth that has permeated every facet...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2013Last comment by Obvious, on Jan 6, 2014 at 9:13 pm | 49 comments | 13581 Views
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