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Home Front: Officials deem real estate an essential; Menlo Park permit center goes virtualA roundup of local home and garden news, including the California Association of Realtors' advice for agents in the field,...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2020There are no comments yet. 4249 Views
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Woman swerves to avoid collision, dies in rollover crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Palo AltoA woman who suddenly veered her car away from an oncoming collision on U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto on Monday afternoon...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Apr 22, 2020 at 9:29 pm | 8 comments | 10038 Views
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Former Stanford President Donald Kennedy dies at 88 of COVID-19Stanford University President Emeritus Donald Kennedy, who led the way for massive fundraising efforts and improvements in...
Original post made on Apr. 22, 2020Last comment by Stanford dad, on Apr 22, 2020 at 4:03 pm | 1 comment | 5797 Views
ELECTIONS
Guest opinion: Six ideas for helping local businesses during COVID-19 crisisIn a guest opinion, former Milk Pail Market owner Steve Rasmussen offers up six ideas for helping local businesses during...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2020Last comment by Pam, on Apr 21, 2020 at 11:20 pm | 9 comments | 8859 Views
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Layoffs. Red tape. Anxiety. Small businesses fight to survive pandemic.Small businesses throughout the Midpeninsula are facing painful decisions as they seek to weather the increasingly perilous...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 21, 2020 at 4:31 pm | 8 comments | 6998 Views
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Families raise $20K to help needy residents at laundromats in Mountain View, San JoseIt may seem like an unlikely place to find generosity during a global pandemic, but local laundromats are the focus of a...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2020Last comment by Oscar, on Apr 21, 2020 at 2:34 pm | 1 comment | 13750 Views
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Mountain View triples its rent relief package to $1.6MMountain View will drastically increase its emergency funding for renters who are out of work due to the new coronavirus,...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 21, 2020 at 1:04 pm | 20 comments | 22588 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
San Mateo County to enforce face masks for the public, essential employeesCounty Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow is now requiring residents and essential employees to wear face coverings when out...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2020There are no comments yet. 3557 Views
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Stanford study: More than 48,000 Santa Clara County residents have likely been infected by coronavirusThe number of coronavirus infections in Santa Clara County could be between 50 and 80 times higher than the officially confirmed...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2020Last comment by @mvresident2008, on Apr 20, 2020 at 6:44 pm | 14 comments | 9913 Views
ELECTIONS
Evictions put on hold: How city and county rules help out-of-work tenants behind on rentSanta Clara County and several local cities passed emergency laws temporarily banning evictions last week, all of which are...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 19, 2020 at 3:43 pm | 13 comments | 6940 Views
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Coronavirus weekend update: Mountain View nursing home with COVID-19 cases identifiedLess than 11 healthcare workers and patients at the Mountain View Healthcare Center have tested positive for the coronavirus. Read...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2020Last comment by The source, on Apr 19, 2020 at 9:13 am | 2 comments | 20283 Views
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Reopen California? That's the toughest phase yet, Newsom saysGov. Gavin Newsom said he will not lift his shelter-in-place order until adequate suppression and mitigation measures are...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2020Last comment by Rent assistance IS for landlords, on Apr 18, 2020 at 6:27 pm | 10 comments | 7088 Views
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Emergency funds for local residents out of work: Where to go and how to applyMillions of dollars in emergency funds are now available for residents who have lost wages due to the new coronavirus. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2020Last comment by Rent assistance IS for landlords, on Apr 18, 2020 at 5:44 pm | 10 comments | 12615 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Looking to help hospitals, local students turn to 3D printingDespite school closures and bans on social events leaving many kids bored with too much idle time, the last few weeks have...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2020Last comment by Dan Clemmensen, on Apr 16, 2020 at 10:08 pm | 1 comment | 8655 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest opinion: Let’s not allow COVID-19 to harm any student’s gradesIn an op-ed, Mountain View Los Altos High School District board member Phil Faillace writes about why he voted against the...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2020Last comment by parent of high schooler, on Apr 15, 2020 at 3:39 pm | 45 comments | 11878 Views
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What we're eating now: 15 local dishes to order for takeout during the coronavirus shutdownHere are 15 takeout dishes we've enjoyed of late, from warming phở tai and barbacoa tacos to flaky buttermilk biscuits...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2020Last comment by Bossy Bossy, on Apr 15, 2020 at 3:20 pm | 4 comments | 8113 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students in Mountain View, Los Altos high schools to forgo letter grades this semesterStudents in the Mountain View Los Altos High School District won't be receiving letter grades this semester. Instead, their...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2020Last comment by Jon Keeling, on Apr 15, 2020 at 12:08 pm | 22 comments | 12385 Views
OTHER ISSUES
NO on Caltratn taxWhile everyone was preoccupied with the virus scare, I was horrified to read that Caltrain, the agency with an overpaid CEO,...
Original post made by Bill on Apr. 12, 2020Last comment by I feel I get my $ worth, on Apr 15, 2020 at 10:41 am | 3 comments | 1650 Views
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Stanford researchers offer 3 ways to kill coronavirus on N95 masks, helping hospitals and first responders stretch limited suppliesA new website spearheaded by researchers at Stanford is helping hospitals and first responders across the globe to decontaminate...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 14, 2020 at 6:58 pm | 2 comments | 10530 Views
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With everyone sheltering at home, volunteers step up to foster animalsThe pandemic has dramatically altered animal-rescue operations throughout the region, where hundreds of volunteers have opened...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2020Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 14, 2020 at 6:12 pm | 2 comments | 6537 Views
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