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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 | 21669 Views
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Council OKs Rengstorff community center designAfter years of delays and scaled-back plans to improve Mountain View's community center at Rengstorff Park, the City Council...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2015Last comment by Joanne, on Jun 15, 2015 at 7:24 pm | 18 comments | 9615 Views
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Senator Hill Hosts ‘Java with Jerry’ in Mountain ViewJoin Senator Jerry Hill for coffee talk about state legislative issues from 9 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, at Clocktower...
Original post made by Office of State Senator Jerry Hill on Jun. 15, 2015There are no comments yet. 1960 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County supervisors approve study on youth psych bedsSanta Clara County has not had an acute-care, inpatient psychiatric unit for youth for more than 20 years, but the Board...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2015Last comment by Sarah1000, on Jun 14, 2015 at 10:28 pm | 5 comments | 7206 Views
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Google closing down blue-collar bastion in North BayshoreThe days are numbered for an eclectic little community of tradesmen, start-ups and a community theater operating out of industrial...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by Skeptic Who Knows How To Read Between The Lines, on Jun 14, 2015 at 5:52 pm | 5 comments | 21143 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Facility immediately, PACT petition to school board 6/4/11The Stevenson PACT Foundation chair publicly presented this petition to the MVWSD Board. “Petition for permanent Stevenson...
Original post made by FYI on Jun. 14, 2015There are no comments yet. 2378 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board hesitates over pricey Castro plansThe Mountain View Whisman school board got its first detailed look at ambitious plans to change the face of Castro Elementary,...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2015Last comment by sc, on Jun 14, 2015 at 2:46 am | 4 comments | 7742 Views
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Mountain View man arrested in undercover stingA Mountain View man suspected of stealing a package from the porch of a Palo Alto home and then trying to pawn off its contents...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2015Last comment by @Martin, on Jun 12, 2015 at 4:13 pm | 5 comments | 7881 Views
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Language, and its limitsIn staging the classic Lerner and Loewe musical, "My Fair Lady," Broadway By the Bay has made the curious choice of engaging...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by Brit, on Jun 12, 2015 at 3:40 pm | 2 comments | 5488 Views
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MV police officer struck by truckA 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of striking a police officer with his truck while being issued a parking citation...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by Never Ending Stream of Egomaniacs, on Jun 12, 2015 at 10:43 am | 1 comment | 5935 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
City is growing, public school attendance is droppingMountain View schools are facing a strange predicament. The local economy is humming along, people are moving into the city...
Original post made on May. 26, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Jun 12, 2015 at 1:45 am | 74 comments | 18817 Views
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School board sticks with controversial search firmThe Mountain View Whisman School District successfully found a new superintendent last week, but there was a noticeable bump...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by Joan, on Jun 12, 2015 at 12:24 am | 1 comment | 4149 Views
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South Bay union converges on Mountain ViewAbout 75 members of South Bay labor union Unite Here! Local 19 marched through downtown Mountain View Tuesday night in a...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by Not an economist, on Jun 11, 2015 at 4:46 pm | 15 comments | 6020 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Fired police officer files suit against cityA former Mountain View policeman last week filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that his supervisors illegally fired...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2015Last comment by Jane, on Jun 11, 2015 at 9:55 am | 17 comments | 9019 Views
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Police confrontation leads to arrestA Sunnyvale man was arrested last week after he allegedly confronted police and refused to cooperate during an unrelated...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2015Last comment by Scott , on Jun 11, 2015 at 8:37 am | 7 comments | 5386 Views
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Creek trail takes a middle school detourIt's going to be a tight fit, but the Mountain View Whisman School District is finishing up designs this month to construct...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2015Last comment by Thida, on Jun 10, 2015 at 4:43 pm | 6 comments | 6860 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Why so few hospital beds for teens?The absence of adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds in Santa Clara County — described by one Palo Alto child and adolescent...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2015Last comment by Jay Ess, on Jun 10, 2015 at 3:34 pm | 2 comments | 10660 Views
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New Yorker tapped to lead MV schoolsMembers of the Mountain View Whisman school board announced Thursday night that they have found a new superintendent in Ayindé...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Jun 10, 2015 at 2:02 pm | 27 comments | 10671 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Filling bellies during summer breakThousands of Mountain View kids who rely on free and reduced-price meals during the school year may have a little more to...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by I hear ya, on Jun 10, 2015 at 8:56 am | 2 comments | 5531 Views
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No child left offlineTechnology is playing a greater role in education, as schools in Mountain View bring more tablets, laptops, computers and...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by Hmm, on Jun 9, 2015 at 2:50 pm | 2 comments | 6298 Views
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