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Ten pot businesses apply to open in Mountain ViewAs the deadline closed last week, 10 cannabis businesses applied to open up shop in Mountain View, more than half at a location...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by Angel, on Feb 13, 2019 at 4:14 pm | 22 comments | 11526 Views
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Governor names Stanford professor as state education board presidentLinda Darling-Hammond, a longtime Stanford University education professor, will lead the 11-member state Board of Education,...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2019Last comment by April, on Feb 13, 2019 at 3:38 pm | 1 comment | 2322 Views
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Labor activists ask county Supes to enforce worker protectionsVictims of wage theft in Santa Clara County asked the Board of Supervisors Monday to properly enforce existing laws designed...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2019Last comment by Need More Info...such as..., on Feb 13, 2019 at 10:07 am | 1 comment | 2606 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil rights leader sets sights on childhood educationDolores Huerta had a whole lot of advice for young Mountain View Whisman students looking to make a difference in the world. Read...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2019Last comment by Elephant in the room, on Feb 12, 2019 at 3:06 pm | 4 comments | 4369 Views
OTHER ISSUES
El Camino Hospital seeks to buy five South Bay clinicsEl Camino Hospital plans to buy five clinics in Santa Clara County at risk of closure after Verity Medical Foundation filed...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2019Last comment by Rodger, on Feb 11, 2019 at 9:23 pm | 4 comments | 9320 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New coding curriculum ahead for MV Whisman schoolsFueled by a $100,000 grant from Google to introduce computer science into local classrooms, the Mountain View Whisman School...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by John Panzer, on Feb 11, 2019 at 5:54 pm | 2 comments | 4201 Views
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MV Whisman board slams Google's proposed school siteMountain View Whisman school board members on Thursday had few positive things to say about Google's plan to place an elementary...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by Is the Board Remotely Qualified?, on Feb 11, 2019 at 5:25 pm | 7 comments | 8522 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Ken Graham named CEO of MayView following nonprofit's reboundAfter serving a stint as interim CEO during some of the clinic's most trying times, MayView Community Health Center announced...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2019Last comment by mike, on Feb 11, 2019 at 3:51 pm | 1 comment | 3606 Views
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VTA to hold meeting on proposed bus changesSome bus routes serving Mountain View could be reduced or eliminated as part of a new service plan proposed by the Valley...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019Last comment by Show me the money, on Feb 9, 2019 at 8:38 pm | 3 comments | 5210 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis raises red flags over plan for three-way charter school splitBullis Charter School's board of directors raised a lot of concerns Monday night over the Los Altos School District's plan...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019Last comment by ResidentSince1982June, on Feb 9, 2019 at 2:38 pm | 37 comments | 6629 Views
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Listen in on KZSU’s 'Day of Noise'; Stanford's annual exploration of audio anarchyThe organizers behind Day of Noise, an annual event by Stanford's indie FM radio station 90.1 KZSU, share the history of...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2019Last comment by KFJC LUNCHBUNCH, on Feb 9, 2019 at 1:18 pm | 1 comment | 1840 Views
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Sobrato couple donates $5M to El Camino HospitalIn one of the largest single philanthropic contributions in the hospital's history, El Camino Hospital announced last Wednesday...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019Last comment by Robyn, on Feb 8, 2019 at 10:17 am | 4 comments | 4599 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Rental committee considers tenant buyout rulesMountain View's Rental Housing Committee is investigating a new set of rules for landlords to "buy out" their tenants as...
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Feb 8, 2019 at 9:14 am | 15 comments | 4857 Views
ELECTIONS
Sutter, Palo Alto Medical Foundation accused of false Medicare claimsThe U.S. Attorney's Office has joined a lawsuit alleging a violation of the federal False Claims Act by Sutter Health and...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2018Last comment by William Berg, on Feb 8, 2019 at 6:03 am | 12 comments | 7293 Views
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Police arrest bottle-swinging suspectA 27-year-old Palo Alto man accused of being unruly inside a Mountain View Kohl's before swinging a bottle of alcohol at...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2019Last comment by MV Parents, on Feb 6, 2019 at 4:50 pm | 3 comments | 3267 Views
ELECTIONS
Stanford researchers say users who drop Facebook less polarized, less informedResearchers at Stanford University last week announced the findings from a study of nearly 3,000 Facebook users showing those...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019Last comment by Liberalguns, on Feb 6, 2019 at 1:14 pm | 10 comments | 3317 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Spare the Air burn ban in place for MondayA Winter Spare the Air Alert is in place for Monday when burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, indoors...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019Last comment by jimmae, on Feb 6, 2019 at 8:11 am | 2 comments | 1729 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Police arrest man suspected of stealing laptopsPolice arrested a Martinez man last week after laptop-tracking software led officers to a suspect in the Waverly Park neighborhood...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2019Last comment by vonlost, on Feb 5, 2019 at 3:07 pm | 3 comments | 3543 Views
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LASD votes to put Bullis Charter students at Loyola ElementaryLos Altos School District board members unanimously agreed Monday night to place Bullis Charter School's "overflow" students...
Original post made on Jan. 29, 2019Last comment by Loyola Timeline, on Feb 5, 2019 at 12:12 pm | 82 comments | 8268 Views
RESTAURANTS
Rise of the ramen botsWhile there's no shortage of excellent ramen restaurants downtown, some Mountain View tech workers have come to love a new...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2019Last comment by Now we're a community!, on Feb 4, 2019 at 4:12 pm | 12 comments | 15464 Views
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