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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis Charter OKs two-year facilities agreement with LASD, averting standoffThe Los Altos School District and Bullis Charter School announced a two-year facilities agreement, buying more time to hammer...
Original post made on May. 12, 2019Last comment by @MartyK, on May 18, 2019 at 1:01 pm | 19 comments | 2312 Views
AROUND TOWN
The high price of affordable housingIn some ways, it was a perfect deal, but a 71-unit affordable housing project still faced a skeptical audience at a Mountain...
Original post made on May. 2, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 17, 2019 at 8:40 pm | 20 comments | 3484 Views
AROUND TOWN
Report: Santa Clara County sees big surge in homeless populationNew data released by Santa Clara County shows that homelessness is a rapidly growing problem, with thousands of additional...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 17, 2019 at 8:00 pm | 10 comments | 2842 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Major upgrades transform downtown church into hub of homeless servicesEight years ago, Hope's Corner began providing meals for dozens of homeless and needy residents on Saturday mornings. Now...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Billy Bob, on May 17, 2019 at 6:20 pm | 1 comment | 2142 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council boosts housing loans for city staffersFor more than a decade, Mountain View has offered loans to help its rank-and-file workers pay for buying a home, but the...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Pat on the Stevens Creek Trail, on May 17, 2019 at 6:14 pm | 1 comment | 1745 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Arrest in 1970s cold-case murder points to serial killerNearly six months after a Hayward man was charged in another murder that had gone unsolved for decades, DNA evidence has...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Ed, on May 17, 2019 at 6:08 am | 1 comment | 2033 Views
ELECTIONS
Letters to the editor<B>Marijuana sales Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2019/05/17/letters-to-the-editor posted...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by Gary, on May 17, 2019 at 1:14 am | 1 comment | 156 Views
ELECTIONS
Contentious state housing bill punted to 2020Senate Bill 50, a contentious bill that aimed to encourage more housing near transit, suffered a setback Thursday when the...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by , on May 17, 2019 at 12:46 am | 1 comment | 1366 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View leases land for safe parking, affordable housingCity of Mountain View officials on Tuesday signed a deal to lease and eventually buy an unused property from the Valley Transportation...
Original post made on May. 9, 2019Last comment by For your dogs to poop in..., on May 16, 2019 at 9:46 pm | 12 comments | 3336 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Caltrain's proposed four-track station could be built in Mountain ViewCaltrain's plan to expand its system could require the agency to construct a four-track segment in Palo Alto -- a proposal...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by Doug Pearson, on May 16, 2019 at 7:51 pm | 5 comments | 2422 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Civil rights attorneys protest Mountain View's RV banMountain View's proposed ban on large vehicles has provoked a stern warning from civil rights attorneys who say it would...
Original post made on May. 13, 2019Last comment by scott rodvold, on May 16, 2019 at 6:44 pm | 30 comments | 5132 Views
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Local teacher eliminated on 'Jeopardy!'Mountain View resident Trevor Crowell fell short on Monday's episode of "Jeopardy!" Teachers Tournament, where incorrect...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by Further Sympathetic, on May 16, 2019 at 1:50 pm | 3 comments | 1698 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Letters to the editor: May 3, 2019Letters to the editor about the Trump administration and the environment, rapid transit buses, pickleball and cyclists on...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on May 16, 2019 at 10:32 am | 2 comments | 1173 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council holds firm on East Whisman office-to-housing ratioThe Mountain View City Council agreed Tuesday night that zoning for 4,900 housing units in East Whisman has to be more than...
Original post made on May. 8, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 15, 2019 at 7:11 pm | 16 comments | 2181 Views
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Google touts $5M in Bay Trail upgradesGoogle and South Bay city officials celebrated the latest milestone in an expensive, decadeslong effort to link 500 miles...
Original post made on May. 13, 2019Last comment by Steve, on May 15, 2019 at 9:10 am | 5 comments | 4085 Views
BOOKS
At 97, children's author publishes her first novel for adultsThough never a full-time writer, Palo Alto resident Martha Tolles has persisted through the years, adapting her formats to...
Original post made on May. 13, 2019There are no comments yet. 1070 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district accuses Bullis Mountain View of violating its charterBullis Mountain View has dropped plans to open a new charter school in Mountain View this fall, but that hasn't stopped the...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2019Last comment by LongResident, on May 12, 2019 at 2:18 pm | 21 comments | 5003 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mobile home residents file appeal over rent controlDespite a setback, Mountain View's mobile home residents are pressing forward with their demand to be included under the...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on May 11, 2019 at 8:03 pm | 19 comments | 1927 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mobile home residents file appealDespite a setback, Mountain View's mobile home residents are pressing forward with their demand to be included under the...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by RonTT, on May 11, 2019 at 5:37 pm | 7 comments | 254 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School Lunch DebtIt all started with seeing an article about Valerie Castile, Philando Castile's mom, paying $8K in school lunch debt so that...
Original post made by HAB on May. 10, 2019Last comment by Houses, on May 11, 2019 at 11:42 am | 3 comments | 209 Views
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It's time to decide what local business is worthy of the title "Best Of Mountain View" — and you get to decide! Cast your ballot online. Voting ends May 27th. Stay tuned for the results in the July 19th issue of the Mountain View Voice.
