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Work starts on closing 'a critical gap' of Bay TrailConstruction has begun on a new segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail in the Ravenswood Preserve near East Palo Alto. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by Rachel G, on Oct 16, 2019 at 9:57 am | 4 comments | 958 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Earthquake felt in many Bay Area cities, including Mountain View on Monday nightAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 roughly centered in Contra Costa County was felt in the Mountain View area...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by A girl has no name. , on Oct 15, 2019 at 10:07 pm | 2 comments | 7395 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Breaking two decades of silence, Palo Alto woman says Harvey Weinstein tried to rape her when she was his 24-year-old assistantA native of Britain and Palo Alto mother of four, Rowena Chiu had her own #MeToo story about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by A Father, on Oct 15, 2019 at 5:11 pm | 2 comments | 2175 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Gov. Newsom: PG&E should repay customers affected by public safety power shutoffAfter last week's Public Safety Power Shutoff by PG&E that left more than 700,000 customers without power, Gov. Gavin Newsom...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by psr, on Oct 15, 2019 at 4:29 pm | 1 comment | 1108 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Falling short on fluencyMountain View Whisman School District students learning English saw their language proficiency languish or even regress last...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2019Last comment by @Loss of Instructional Time , on Oct 15, 2019 at 12:19 pm | 30 comments | 3986 Views
AROUND TOWN
Judge dismisses Stanford lawsuit over affordable-housing lawStanford University’s claims against a Santa Clara County inclusionary-housing ordinance that applies to new housing developments...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2019Last comment by Keep Housing Cheap for All , on Oct 15, 2019 at 11:42 am | 2 comments | 2350 Views
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: Questioning the City Council's RV banThe recent action — and inaction — by the Mountain View City Council regarding vehicle dwellers is disheartening and...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2019Last comment by Sophie888, on Oct 14, 2019 at 8:21 pm | 17 comments | 3327 Views
MOVIES
Google launches $10 million Bay Area charity contestGoogle officials are launching a $10 million grant program for Bay Area charities looking to grow. Read the full story...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2019Last comment by Announcement?, on Oct 14, 2019 at 3:22 pm | 2 comments | 9073 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View City Council urges Google to help with homelessnessTo help address Mountain View's rising homelessness, Google officials are willing to cut the city a generous check. But donating...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2019Last comment by Jake, on Oct 10, 2019 at 9:53 pm | 12 comments | 5529 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County declares emergency over PG&E power shutoffSanta Clara County has declared a state of emergency Wednesday because of PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff, which was set...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2019Last comment by From Here, on Oct 10, 2019 at 9:19 pm | 4 comments | 4198 Views
OTHER ISSUES
PG&E plans power outages starting Wednesday; Los Altos, Los Altos Hills may be affectedPG&E plans to pre-emptively shutdown power due to dangerous weather conditions starting Wednesday, and although the agency...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2019Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Oct 10, 2019 at 2:02 pm | 14 comments | 14822 Views
OTHER ISSUES
PG&E working to restore website amid massive power shutoffWith PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff underway Wednesday morning, for the second straight day the utility's website is...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2019Last comment by M, on Oct 9, 2019 at 8:51 pm | 3 comments | 1485 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bay Area helpline for mental health launches statewideA Bay Area mental health call line is now available to all Californians thanks to millions of dollars in state funding that...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2019Last comment by silly, on Oct 9, 2019 at 8:50 pm | 2 comments | 1437 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Cost for flood basins balloons to $84MThe price of providing flood protection to thousands of people living along Permanente Creek in Mountain View and Los Altos...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2019Last comment by Steve Syracuse, on Oct 9, 2019 at 7:03 am | 6 comments | 3060 Views
AROUND TOWN
Supervisors decline to restart negotiations with Stanford on campus expansionFrustrated by its inability to negotiate a deal with Santa Clara County for a significant campus expansion, Stanford University...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2019Last comment by Jake, on Oct 9, 2019 at 5:56 am | 1 comment | 1513 Views
ELECTIONS
Biden on Trump: 'We've got to save capitalism from this guy'Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took jabs at President Donald Trump during a campaign fundraiser in downtown...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2019Last comment by home of registered user, on Oct 8, 2019 at 1:57 pm | 4 comments | 1400 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Bay Area employment expected to expand even moreNon-farm employment is expected to grow through the end of the year in most regions of the Bay Area, according to a forecast...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Oct 8, 2019 at 11:20 am | 10 comments | 1647 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Driver faces murder charges in hit-and-run at Rancho San Antonio parkThe Santa Clara woman who allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian at Rancho San Antonio last week is accused of intentionally...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2019Last comment by Murder vs manslaughter, on Oct 7, 2019 at 8:21 pm | 3 comments | 6671 Views
OTHER ISSUES
For public notices, Mountain View turns to obscure newspaperTo fulfill their duty to publicize news on city meetings and laws, Mountain View officials for years have run public notices...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2019Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Oct 7, 2019 at 3:15 pm | 24 comments | 5071 Views
ELECTIONS
Suspect in Rancho San Antonio hit-and-run is denied bailA woman suspected of hit-and-run at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring another,...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2019Last comment by A resident, on Oct 7, 2019 at 8:12 am | 4 comments | 2247 Views
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