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Update: Victims identified, motive sought in Palo Alto murder-suicideThe man who police believe used a semi-automatic gun to kill the building manager at a Palo Alto senior-housing complex on...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2015Last comment by resident, on Mar 24, 2015 at 10:49 am | 4 comments | 5103 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Questions raised over Foothill projectPlans are underway at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District to construct a new $18 million administrative building...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2015Last comment by Concerned Citizen, on Mar 23, 2015 at 8:21 pm | 2 comments | 5277 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Artificial turf called into questionA local legislator is pushing to ban the use of artificial turf made of rubber from used tires as an overlay for fields amid...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2015Last comment by True, on Mar 23, 2015 at 5:02 pm | 8 comments | 5790 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Two small quakes strike Santa Clara CountyTwo small earthquakes have struck in Santa Clara County this morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Read the...
Original post made on Mar. 23, 2015Last comment by True, on Mar 23, 2015 at 4:46 pm | 3 comments | 4875 Views
AROUND TOWN
El Camino says goodbye to paper medical recordsPatients at El Camino Hospital can expect easy-to-access medical health records and online hospital test results -- some...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2015Last comment by Noah Zark, on Mar 23, 2015 at 11:09 am | 3 comments | 10511 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustee comes under fire as parents grill school boardControversy over former superintendent Craig Goldman's $231,567 severence agreement with the Mountain View Whisman school...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2015Last comment by Simpler Still, on Mar 22, 2015 at 2:32 pm | 42 comments | 4700 Views
SPORTS
MV cheerleading team wins national contestThe Mountain View City Council will be recognizing the Mountain View Marauders Jr. Pee Wee Cheerleaders for their national...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2015Last comment by Bravo, on Mar 21, 2015 at 4:26 pm | 2 comments | 11450 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Push made for MV to become a "human rights city"Sometime this year, the City Council is expected to discuss the possibility of Mountain View being designated a "human rights...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2015Last comment by Greg David, on Mar 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm | 23 comments | 7731 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Just One Little ThingDear Google - Congratulations. You're brand is a part of the American lexicon. Google destroyed the likes of Lycos, Excite,...
Original post made by Light Blue Collar on Mar. 21, 2015There are no comments yet. 1745 Views
AROUND TOWN
San Francisco woman arrested for stealing from local school, Palo Alto churchA 70-year-old San Francisco woman was arrested by Palo Alto police on charges of burglarizing a church and being in possession...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2015Last comment by Parent, on Mar 21, 2015 at 8:18 am | 2 comments | 5032 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Man killed at San Antonio Caltrain stationA man was killed when he apparently jumped in front of a commuter train at a Mountain View Caltrain station this afternoon,...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2015Last comment by Jay Park, on Mar 19, 2015 at 4:30 pm | 13 comments | 9327 Views
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Suspected car thief arrestedPolice arrested a Gilroy man this week after he was seen in Mountain View pushing a broken-down vehicle that had been reported...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2015There are no comments yet. 4687 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View's Grand Central Station is in the worksThe City Council began talking about a major new downtown transit center and Caltrain station on Tuesday, along with the...
Original post made on Mar. 5, 2015Last comment by David Speakman, on Mar 17, 2015 at 11:06 pm | 48 comments | 9933 Views
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Caltrain fatality identified as Palo Alto teenA 15-year-old Palo Alto student was killed by a train on the railroad tracks south of Churchill Avenue in Palo Alto at about...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2015Last comment by Jill Cooper, on Mar 17, 2015 at 10:45 pm | 3 comments | 8642 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Caltrain reports fatality near MV stationA man was struck and killed by a Caltrain south of the Mountain View Caltrain Station Thursday afternoon. Read the full...
Original post made on Jan. 30, 2015Last comment by Member, on Mar 17, 2015 at 9:00 pm | 6 comments | 9094 Views
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Middle class anxiety over rising rentsThey might not be the sort of folks you'd expect to hear making such complaints, but several Mountain View families with...
Original post made on May. 30, 2014Last comment by True, on Mar 17, 2015 at 6:04 pm | 150 comments | 28504 Views
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Zimbabwe Run to benefit African orphanage"Be fit. Create art. Help others." That's the motto for this year's 16th Annual Run for Zimbabwe Orphans and Fair. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2015Last comment by guest, on Mar 17, 2015 at 5:28 pm | 2 comments | 5455 Views
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CSA takes on growing homelessnessMore people are couch-surfing and sleeping in cars in Mountain View, as the high cost of living in the Bay Area puts a strain...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2015Last comment by True, on Mar 17, 2015 at 5:24 pm | 3 comments | 3449 Views
OTHER ISSUES
subleaseHi i am renting a house and even though my lease agreement said that i am not to sublease, i am allowing my brother to stay...
Original post made by pickapat on Mar. 16, 2015Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Mar 17, 2015 at 2:13 pm | 4 comments | 1879 Views
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Jim Hartnett makes a return trip to Caltrain — now as CEOWhen Jim Hartnett joined the effort four years ago to bring high-speed rail to California, the project was in danger of going...
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2015Last comment by larry, on Mar 17, 2015 at 11:54 am | 4 comments | 5690 Views
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