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Place-making' expert dazzles council with San Antonio planNationally renowned place-making expert Fred Kent presented his plan to the City Council Tuesday for making a "great place"...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2014Last comment by Garrett83, on Mar 23, 2014 at 10:20 am | 134 comments | 44262 Views
AROUND TOWN
Scaled-back bus lanes plan gets lukewarm responseIt could be a bumpy ride ahead for transit officials' goal to bring dedicated bus lanes to El Camino Real, based on the reaction...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2016Last comment by Logic Please?, on Jul 26, 2016 at 5:11 pm | 134 comments | 12463 Views
ELECTIONS
Mayor's misfire email suggests she wants to thwart housing plansA message sent out accidentally by Mayor Lisa Matichak is being seized on as proof she is trying to undermine housing development...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Mar 26, 2019 at 1:02 pm | 134 comments | 16243 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis, LASD may be on way to compromiseWhile lawmakers in the nation's capital continue to wait for their respective opponents to blink, a smaller-scale but equally...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2013Last comment by So What?, on Oct 25, 2013 at 8:56 pm | 133 comments | 17078 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos board asks MV to fund park purchaseThe Los Altos School District is looking to partner with the city of Mountain View to build a new school in the San Antonio...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2015Last comment by Tom, on Jul 12, 2015 at 9:18 pm | 132 comments | 12150 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PACT program gets its own campusWith Castro Elementary School at full capacity, trustees decided last week to move the school's popular PACT program to a...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2009Last comment by Parent, on Feb 8, 2009 at 3:53 pm | 130 comments | 10569 Views
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Massive bike ride to come through Mountain View tonightThe event known as San Jose Bike Party will bring over a thousand bicyclists through Mountain View some time after 8 p.m....
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009Last comment by Malacologist, on Sep 18, 2010 at 2:24 am | 128 comments | 22237 Views
ELECTIONS
El Camino bus plan faces backlashTuesday's meeting on Mountain View's annual budget was overshadowed by a crowd of public speakers wanting to talk about the...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2015Last comment by DavidR, on May 14, 2015 at 6:05 pm | 128 comments | 14866 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Plan for dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real back on the tableA controversial plan by Santa Clara County to create dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2014Last comment by SRB, on Dec 9, 2014 at 10:17 am | 126 comments | 13582 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council to dive into rent control next weekJust as its new members settle in, the Mountain View City Council will be diving into rent control rules next week for its...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2017Last comment by Changed mind , on Jan 26, 2017 at 7:33 am | 124 comments | 8301 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fury fuels Ideafarm's campaignsWo'O Ideafarm, 55, has been fixture on the streets of Mountain View for years. He is embraced by some and derided by others...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2010Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Nov 23, 2010 at 8:35 am | 122 comments | 23568 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Last-ditch effort to re-open Whisman schoolWith only a week to go before the Mountain View Whisman school board decides on whether to open a new school in the district,...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 18, 2015 at 10:38 pm | 121 comments | 12744 Views
ELECTIONS
Committee member's anti-rent control work draws scrutinyIn Mountain View, some critics see a case of the fox guarding the henhouse at the city's Rental Housing Committee, the panel...
Original post made on Oct. 27, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Nov 9, 2017 at 10:32 am | 121 comments | 11384 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Impasse in teacher salary talksTension between the Mountain View Whisman School District and its teachers union has reached a tipping point. The Mountain...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2014Last comment by Sundar Subbarayan, on Oct 8, 2014 at 11:10 am | 119 comments | 18830 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board member resigns over hostilityBoard member Chris Chiang announced Friday night that he will be stepping down from the Mountain View Whisman school board...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by the_punnisher, on Jun 15, 2015 at 7:36 pm | 117 comments | 21682 Views
RESTAURANTS
San Antonio redevelopment's next phase moves forwardThe largest shopping center redevelopment in decades came closer to fruition Tuesday night when the City Council expressed...
Original post made on Oct. 30, 2013Last comment by MVResident67, on Dec 20, 2013 at 1:36 pm | 117 comments | 34711 Views
ELECTIONS
Keep Outside Money Out of Local PoliticsI follow the city council race closely because I care about the city very much. It is very important for me to have someone...
Original post made by alarmed_citizen on Oct. 14, 2014Last comment by Looks like Outside money worked, on Nov 6, 2014 at 4:23 pm | 117 comments | 6298 Views
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"Congestion pricing" part of plan to allow Google's growthThough Google and others expressed concerns about potential unintended consequences, on Monday City Council members supported...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2014Last comment by IAmSmart, on May 15, 2014 at 11:32 pm | 116 comments | 46532 Views
RESTAURANTS
No cars in sight: Castro Street closed to traffic for outdoor diningA long stretch of Mountain View's vibrant downtown was cut off to vehicle traffic Monday, marking the beginning of a monthslong...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 21, 2020 at 1:41 pm | 116 comments | 36500 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grand jury report: School leaders overpaidLocal school officials are rolling their eyes over a civil grand jury report that lambastes the districts for "generous administrative...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2009Last comment by Teacher, on Oct 7, 2009 at 5:41 am | 115 comments | 16183 Views
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