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Mountain View plays host to sister city's teensTeens from Mountain View's sister city in Japan are getting a taste of life in Silicon Valley this week as part of a high...
Original post made on Aug. 5, 2015Last comment by Stevie, on Aug 7, 2015 at 10:47 am | 2 comments | 7082 Views
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Bullying, depression, disengagement at schoolA district-wide survey of Mountain View students revealed that many kids are victims of bullying and don't feel they have...
Original post made on Nov. 24, 2014Last comment by Tyler Ment, on Aug 7, 2015 at 9:13 am | 18 comments | 7937 Views
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Teaming up to beat diabetesDozens of people showed up at the doors of Community Services Agency on Tuesday, some arriving an hour early, to get screened...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2015Last comment by Sarah, on Aug 7, 2015 at 9:10 am | 2 comments | 10318 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Depression still a top problem in high schoolsHigh school staff in Mountain View have a lot to brag about after recent results from a school climate survey showed Mountain...
Original post made on May. 7, 2015Last comment by Sarah, on Aug 7, 2015 at 9:07 am | 2 comments | 6545 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Conflict-of-interest concern trips up recycled-water projectNearly three decades after Palo Alto began using recycled water to irrigate the local golf course and a portion of Mountain...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2015Last comment by Browned & conflicted, on Aug 7, 2015 at 8:17 am | 1 comment | 5426 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Fire danger warning issued for Bay Area, Peninsula watershed closedDry thunderstorms moving through the Bay Area this afternoon through Friday morning could increase the risk for wildfires,...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2015Last comment by Reader, on Aug 6, 2015 at 9:00 pm | 1 comment | 4413 Views
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City approves plan to close down RV parkTwenty-one households will be displaced from a North Whisman RV park to make way for a new row-house development approved...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2015Last comment by Dave Thompson, on Aug 6, 2015 at 11:43 am | 13 comments | 9157 Views
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Tonight: Meeting on Mountain View salt pond restorationA team of government scientists and officials will gather tonight, Aug. 4, in Mountain View to discuss the next steps in...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2015Last comment by BD, on Aug 6, 2015 at 10:40 am | 15 comments | 7729 Views
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Will bay restoration increase the risk of bird strikes?Is this something that we should worry about? Dose anyone have any data that shows this? If so please post or if no data...
Original post made by Career Move on Aug. 6, 2015There are no comments yet. 1934 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: A strange definition of transparencyWhy is public information about applicants for an open seat on the school board being suppressed by the board president of...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2015Last comment by the_punnisher, on Aug 5, 2015 at 4:43 pm | 14 comments | 7624 Views
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Rebuilding a lifeIt looked like Mountain View cabinet-maker Johnny Martinez would never leave his hospital bed following a serious motorcycle...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2015Last comment by Elsa V. W, on Aug 5, 2015 at 2:50 pm | 3 comments | 6169 Views
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One small seedBased on a half-acre expanse of land on the grounds of St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, NanoFarms USA provides both...
Original post made on Aug. 5, 2015Last comment by Great Spot, on Aug 5, 2015 at 11:46 am | 1 comment | 5577 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Two-alarm fire prompts apartment evacuationA two-alarm fire broke out in the Park Vista apartment complex on Escuela Avenue Thursday night, displacing hundreds of residents...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2015Last comment by Neighbors Helping Neighbors, on Aug 5, 2015 at 10:28 am | 3 comments | 7517 Views
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Nine arrested at Phish concertMountain View police arrested nine people for drug-related offenses late last month after they were allegedly caught selling...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2015Last comment by PeaceLove, on Aug 5, 2015 at 12:30 am | 5 comments | 8164 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teacher shortage triggers trouble for special ed programMany school districts are scrambling to hire new teachers for the coming school year amid a worsening teacher shortage in...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2015Last comment by mr_b, on Aug 4, 2015 at 11:21 pm | 5 comments | 7216 Views
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DUI suspected in driver rescued from Sunnyvale train tracksA driver who narrowly missed being struck by a Caltrain in Sunnyvale Monday night has been cited on suspicion of drunk driving...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2015Last comment by High on Alcohol, on Aug 4, 2015 at 5:01 pm | 5 comments | 6441 Views
ELECTIONS
Competition heats up for open school board seatThe deadline to apply for the vacant school board seat on the Mountain View Whisman board of trustees is fast-approaching,...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2015Last comment by Gary, on Aug 4, 2015 at 11:07 am | 30 comments | 10054 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Two trains strike unoccupied car in SunnyvaleAn unoccupied vehicle on the tracks was struck by two different Caltrains this evening in Sunnyvale, according to Caltrain...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2015Last comment by why, on Aug 4, 2015 at 10:36 am | 7 comments | 4626 Views
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City approves $2.3 million for solar arraysShining a light on Mountain View's commitment to green power, the city will soon install three new swaths of solar panels...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2015Last comment by Bruce Karney, on Aug 4, 2015 at 9:47 am | 1 comment | 5966 Views
OTHER ISSUES
The original Big MacIn the 1940s and '50s, Johnny Mac's, an "American Graffiti"-style drive-in on El Camino Real, was the place to be for Mountain...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2008Last comment by don dina, on Aug 3, 2015 at 9:26 pm | 14 comments | 22093 Views
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