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Thor leaves lasting legacy at FoothillThe Foothill-De Anza Community College District has been the center of attention lately, from launching its new baccalaureate...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2015Last comment by Jan, on Jul 9, 2015 at 9:59 am | 2 comments | 6010 Views
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The robo-car revolution hits Mountain View streetsA question kept ringing through my mind as I took my first ride Monday in one of Google's prototype self-driving cars --...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2015Last comment by Not Quite yet, on Jul 9, 2015 at 8:23 am | 27 comments | 18274 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Step right up folks, the school board is meetingMembers of the school community might be wondering if it's circus season in Mountain View, even though there's no sign of...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2015Last comment by Educator, on Jul 9, 2015 at 4:49 am | 17 comments | 4964 Views
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City eyes Superfund water for irrigationBrown lawns and dried-out river beds are ubiquitous in California's severe drought, but one place in Mountain View where...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2015Last comment by Reader, on Jul 8, 2015 at 11:49 am | 13 comments | 11650 Views
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Car crash leads to drunken driving arrestMountain View police arrested a San Jose man after he allegedly tried to evade a police officer attempting to pull him over...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2015There are no comments yet. 5623 Views
ELECTIONS
Caltrain loses bid for exemption from state environmental law on electrification projectCaltrain must comply with the state's environmental quality act in electrifying its rail system between San Francisco and...
Original post made on Jul. 4, 2015Last comment by Rodger, on Jul 6, 2015 at 6:56 pm | 7 comments | 6070 Views
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Animal hospital's kittens need new familiesWanted: caring, loving homes for playful, affectionate kittens. Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2015/07/05/animal-hospitals-kittens-need-new-families...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2015Last comment by Resident, on Jul 6, 2015 at 3:11 pm | 1 comment | 6560 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Governor signs bill eliminating 'personal belief' exemption for vaccinationsCome July 2016, California parents will no longer be able to claim a "personal belief" exemption from requirements that all...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2015Last comment by Otto Maddox, on Jul 6, 2015 at 3:02 pm | 11 comments | 5694 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Who wants to be a school board member?The Mountain View Whisman School District has been a hotbed of internal strife that led former board president Chris Chiang...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Dave, on Jul 5, 2015 at 8:23 pm | 12 comments | 8371 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers get raises, with no raised voicesLast year's bitter standoff between administrators and the teachers union over salaries didn't materialize during negotiations...
Original post made on Jul. 4, 2015Last comment by interested Observer , on Jul 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm | 1 comment | 3995 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Cash from rent hike earmarked for Whisman schoolThe Mountain View Whisman school board took its first concrete step toward opening a new school in the Whisman and Slater...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Interested Observer , on Jul 3, 2015 at 4:37 pm | 4 comments | 5885 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pricey Castro School project gets $10M in cutsThe Mountain View Whisman school board decided on June 24 to move forward with a $42 million construction project at Castro...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2015Last comment by just saying, on Jul 3, 2015 at 3:39 pm | 3 comments | 4282 Views
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Council OKs 164 apartments for Rose Market siteA real estate developer was praised by a wide swath of the community at the City Council meeting on Tuesday evening for going...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2014Last comment by Kathy M., on Jul 2, 2015 at 6:58 pm | 36 comments | 13341 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View Whisman ratchets up spendingResidents who demanded that the Mountain View Whisman School District spend down its $20 million reserves may have gotten...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015Last comment by crossney, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:35 pm | 12 comments | 6714 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stevenson PACT principal resignsIn a decision that appears to have caught some by surprise, Stevenson PACT's principal, Tyler Graff, announced last week...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2015Last comment by More Than Enough, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:31 pm | 56 comments | 13928 Views
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Fourth of July travel to break records in CaliforniaThis Fourth of July weekend is projected to have the highest rate of travel since 2010. Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2015/07/02/fourth-of-july-travel-to-br...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Hmm, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:15 pm | 1 comment | 3939 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman taps former PAUSD head as interim superintendentThe Mountain View Whisman school board is tapping Kevin Skelly as the district's interim superintendent. Skelly, the former...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2014Last comment by Saratoga Parent, on Jul 2, 2015 at 1:09 pm | 14 comments | 8167 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Kevin Skelly named San Mateo Union's superintendentInterim Mountain View Whisman School District Superintendent Kevin Skelly is taking the top post in the San Mateo Union High...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015Last comment by Saratoga Parent, on Jul 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm | 10 comments | 10460 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sparks fly at MV Whisman school board meetingTensions flared at the Mountain View Whisman School board meeting Thursday night over a normally uncontroversial contract...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2015Last comment by MVwTaxpayer, on Jul 2, 2015 at 11:37 am | 46 comments | 12017 Views
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Homeless population doubles in Mountain ViewSanta Clara County's homeless population is the lowest it's been in a decade, bringing in praise from city and county officials...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2015Last comment by sarahdox, on Jul 2, 2015 at 10:51 am | 7 comments | 33277 Views
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