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What $8.9 billion water bond would buyIf voters approve Proposition 3, the $8.9 billion water bond on the November ballot, taxpayers would pay $17.3 billion during...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2018Last comment by Zero Waste, on Jul 23, 2018 at 3:32 pm | 4 comments | 4221 Views
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Drones set to patrol at Shoreline music festivalMountain View police will be on the lookout for crime from a different vantage point this Saturday, using security drones...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2018Last comment by DRONES, on Jul 23, 2018 at 9:46 am | 37 comments | 10866 Views
ELECTIONS
Letters to the editor: June 15, 2018This week, letters to the editor about Measure V, living as a renter in Mountain View and the Castro Street train crossing. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2018Last comment by David Wheeler, on Jul 22, 2018 at 6:43 am | 6 comments | 3776 Views
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El Camino drops ER doctor over patient mistreatmentEl Camino Hospital has removed an emergency room physician working at its Los Gatos campus after a video surfaced showing...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018Last comment by Code_Gray, on Jul 21, 2018 at 5:00 pm | 6 comments | 11517 Views
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Regional group exploring housing solutionsA new regional group exploring ways to build more affordable and low-income housing is preparing to present its findings...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2018Last comment by Working People - blue collar, on Jul 21, 2018 at 10:08 am | 6 comments | 6092 Views
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MV tax proposal leans heavily on big businessMountain View's business fees currently charge basically the same fees for companies of any size, whether its Milk Pail...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2018Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jul 21, 2018 at 9:52 am | 3 comments | 5081 Views
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Foothill-De Anza strikes deal with teachers unionAfter a brief but tense standoff over employee salaries in the spring, Foothill-De Anza Community College District officials...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2018Last comment by @Otto_Maddox, on Jul 20, 2018 at 6:07 pm | 2 comments | 3179 Views
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Mountain View shows off its techThe Mountain View Civic Center Plaza was transformed into an extravaganza of robots, self-driving cars and other gizmos for...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2018Last comment by DC, on Jul 20, 2018 at 2:11 pm | 6 comments | 5612 Views
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Four arrested in armed assaultMountain View police arrested four people in connection to a violent attack on a Sunnyvale man inside an RV on Crisanto Avenue...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2018Last comment by Lynn Wood, on Jul 20, 2018 at 10:45 am | 22 comments | 9540 Views
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Easy-care flowers can become a part of your gardenLiz Calhoun's Los Altos yard is part hot sun and part shade, but that hasn't stopped her from filling every inch with easy-to-grow...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2018Last comment by Rachel Cho, on Jul 20, 2018 at 9:20 am | 1 comment | 3235 Views
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Cartel me a storyAction movies, even ultraviolent ones, tend toward the escapist, but screenwriter Taylor Sheridan specializes in the non-escapist...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2018There are no comments yet. 3284 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Facing economic pressures, Ada's Cafe makes plea for donationsIn the face of rising rent and labor costs, Palo Alto's Ada's Cafe, which employs adults with developmental disabilities,...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2018Last comment by Darin, on Jul 19, 2018 at 3:02 pm | 10 comments | 5397 Views
ELECTIONS
Campaign drops plans for 2018 rent control measureA proposed ballot initiative to curtail Mountain View's rent control law won't be going on the November ballot -- but it's...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2018Last comment by @george, on Jul 18, 2018 at 6:57 pm | 18 comments | 6274 Views
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'Google tax' heads to voters in NovemberA new headcount tax aimed at the city's high-profile tech companies will go before voters this November. In a heated Tuesday...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2018Last comment by AdamSmith, on Jul 18, 2018 at 5:36 pm | 11 comments | 6318 Views
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Letters to the editor: July 13, 2018This week, letters to the editor on the proposed 'Google tax,' rent control, LASD school plans, bike capacity on Caltrain,...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2018Last comment by LAHS Parent, on Jul 17, 2018 at 7:21 pm | 7 comments | 4333 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman aims for multi-story schoolsFollowing a citywide trend away from single-story suburbia toward taller, denser housing and offices, Mountain View school...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2018Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jul 17, 2018 at 1:06 pm | 28 comments | 7021 Views
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Report touts Bay Area as mega-powerful region facing challengesSilicon Valley is an economic powerhouse, and some of the cogs that drive it are more functional than others, claims a new...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2018Last comment by YIMBY, on Jul 16, 2018 at 11:34 am | 40 comments | 6120 Views
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Teen arrested after alleged stabbingA Mountain View teen is facing charges of assault and criminal threats after multiple disputes with his roommates, including...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2018Last comment by chitheed, on Jul 14, 2018 at 11:28 pm | 11 comments | 6084 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Grand jury calls for denser housingDespite a recent push to build more housing, Palo Alto and other Santa Clara County cities will have to answer to the civil...
Original post made on Jul. 10, 2018Last comment by The Business Man, on Jul 14, 2018 at 10:44 pm | 20 comments | 7152 Views
OTHER ISSUES
How head count tax impacts city's biggest businesses'We don't believe it will force any business to leave town or close up.' Read the full story here https://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2018/07/13/how-head-count-tax-impacts-citys-b...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2018Last comment by Next to nothing, on Jul 14, 2018 at 2:42 am | 2 comments | 2497 Views
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