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Mountain View City Council votes to remove exemptions from mobile home rent control ordinanceMobile home park owners in Mountain View will no longer have the opportunity to create their own MOUs with their residents...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2022Last comment by beelia, 2 hours ago | 4 comments | 1129 Views
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Supreme Court overturns federal abortion rightsThe U.S. Supreme Court reversed the court's Roe v. Wade decision granting women the federal right to an abortion in the United...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2022Last comment by Richt, on Jun 28, 2022 at 5:00 pm | 9 comments | 1472 Views
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The Supreme Court 'bows out' on abortion, former federal judge saysThe Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade will likely call into question further limitations on women's reproductive rights...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2022Last comment by Richt, on Jun 27, 2022 at 4:34 pm | 1 comment | 853 Views
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Santa Clara County makes price gouging on infant formula illegalIn response to the nationwide infant formula shortage, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors adopted an urgency ordinance...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2022Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Jun 23, 2022 at 4:54 pm | 3 comments | 1151 Views
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Bill to remove police radio encryption faces pushbackA bill authored by state Sen. Josh Becker that would restore media access to police radio communications got past the Assembly...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2022Last comment by Alex M, on Jun 22, 2022 at 3:07 pm | 1 comment | 1074 Views
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Mountain View is confident it can meet state housing targets. Local stakeholders aren't so sure.The city says it's prepared to build 15,100 units in the next eight years, an ambitious target that would exceed state requirements...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2022Last comment by Randy Guelph, on Jun 21, 2022 at 7:45 pm | 57 comments | 2920 Views
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Mountain View accepts $100,000 grant for universal basic income programMountain View's guaranteed basic income pilot program will live to see another year, thanks in part to a $100,000 grant secured...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2022Last comment by Ok, on Jun 20, 2022 at 11:46 am | 3 comments | 2874 Views
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Bay Area Toll Authority to seek over $180M in unpaid bridge tolls, late feesThe Bay Area Toll Authority will try to collect more than $180 million in unpaid bridge tolls, which breaks down to about...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2022Last comment by Bernie Brightman, on Jun 14, 2022 at 10:41 pm | 2 comments | 1448 Views
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PG&E warns of possible outages, urges preparation for Friday heatPG&E is encouraging customers around the Bay Area to prepare for excessive heat on Friday that could contribute to power...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2022Last comment by , on Jun 9, 2022 at 2:29 pm | 1 comment | 1817 Views
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Letter carrier uninjured in incident involving gel ball pellet gunThe latest TikTok trend gave a letter carrier a fright Monday afternoon in Mountain View when a teenager shot him with a...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2022Last comment by Johnny Yuma, on Jun 8, 2022 at 9:39 am | 2 comments | 2506 Views
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In a quest to spur housing growth, Mountain View looks to redeveloping shopping centersAs cities across California search for new places to allow more housing growth, Mountain View is relying on a new approach...
Original post made on May. 20, 2022Last comment by Randy Guelph, on May 28, 2022 at 2:14 pm | 32 comments | 8934 Views
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Caltrain is back to its regular schedule this week, after construction reduced its serviceCaltrain returns to its regular schedule Monday, May 23, with 104 trains each day following the completion of mid-county...
Original post made on May. 23, 2022Last comment by Steven Nelson, on May 28, 2022 at 4:30 am | 2 comments | 1111 Views
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Sticker shock as state gas prices soar past $6 a gallonGov. Gavin Newsom addressed the steadily rising cost of living while speaking Wednesday at a Bakersfield clinic after receiving...
Original post made on May. 23, 2022Last comment by James Thurber, on May 23, 2022 at 5:11 pm | 2 comments | 1411 Views
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Volunteers sought for Caltrain advisory committeeThe Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, the entity that manages Caltrain, is seeking a volunteer each from San Francisco,...
Original post made on May. 18, 2022Last comment by Heather Zimmerman, on May 20, 2022 at 3:52 pm | 3 comments | 1293 Views
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Google opens the doors on its massive Bay View campus next door to NASA AmesGoogle's eye-catching, 1.1 million-square-foot campus on the edge of the Bay is finally complete and open to employees, marking...
Original post made on May. 17, 2022Last comment by chris aoki, on May 18, 2022 at 8:31 am | 2 comments | 6025 Views
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Scores of protestors gather at 'Bans Off Our Bodies' protest in downtown Mountain ViewProtestors gathered in downtown Mountain View Saturday to voice their support for abortion rights as part of a nationwide...
Original post made on May. 16, 2022Last comment by Neighbor, on May 16, 2022 at 8:11 pm | 4 comments | 3666 Views
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How bad is water use in California? March is the worst so far, up 19%Ignoring urgent pleas from water officials, Californians used substantially more water after a record-dry three months gripped...
Original post made on May. 12, 2022Last comment by AB, on May 12, 2022 at 2:52 pm | 1 comment | 983 Views
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With thefts up almost 300% nationally, three county auto businesses partner with Los Altos police to help thwart catalytic converter thievesThree automotive businesses in Santa Clara County have partnered with the Los Altos Police Department in an effort to reduce...
Original post made on May. 9, 2022Last comment by Bernie Brightman, on May 9, 2022 at 9:55 pm | 3 comments | 2839 Views
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Intuit agrees to pay $141M for upselling TurboTax services to low-income taxpayersSanta Clara County Counsel James Williams and state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $141 million nationwide settlement...
Original post made on May. 5, 2022Last comment by Johnny Yuma, on May 8, 2022 at 5:26 pm | 3 comments | 2103 Views
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Thousands of Stanford and Packard nurses vote to authorize strikeA whopping 93% of voting members of a nurses union on Thursday authorized their leaders to call a strike against Stanford...
Original post made on May. 4, 2022There are no comments yet. 2578 Views
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