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School board sticks with controversial search firmThe Mountain View Whisman School District successfully found a new superintendent last week, but there was a noticeable bump...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by Joan, on Jun 12, 2015 at 12:24 am | 1 comment | 4160 Views
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South Bay union converges on Mountain ViewAbout 75 members of South Bay labor union Unite Here! Local 19 marched through downtown Mountain View Tuesday night in a...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by Not an economist, on Jun 11, 2015 at 4:46 pm | 15 comments | 6029 Views
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Fired police officer files suit against cityA former Mountain View policeman last week filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that his supervisors illegally fired...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2015Last comment by Jane, on Jun 11, 2015 at 9:55 am | 17 comments | 9028 Views
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Police confrontation leads to arrestA Sunnyvale man was arrested last week after he allegedly confronted police and refused to cooperate during an unrelated...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2015Last comment by Scott , on Jun 11, 2015 at 8:37 am | 7 comments | 5400 Views
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Creek trail takes a middle school detourIt's going to be a tight fit, but the Mountain View Whisman School District is finishing up designs this month to construct...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2015Last comment by Thida, on Jun 10, 2015 at 4:43 pm | 6 comments | 6872 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Why so few hospital beds for teens?The absence of adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds in Santa Clara County — described by one Palo Alto child and adolescent...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2015Last comment by Jay Ess, on Jun 10, 2015 at 3:34 pm | 2 comments | 10672 Views
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New Yorker tapped to lead MV schoolsMembers of the Mountain View Whisman school board announced Thursday night that they have found a new superintendent in Ayindé...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Jun 10, 2015 at 2:02 pm | 27 comments | 10688 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Filling bellies during summer breakThousands of Mountain View kids who rely on free and reduced-price meals during the school year may have a little more to...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by I hear ya, on Jun 10, 2015 at 8:56 am | 2 comments | 5545 Views
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No child left offlineTechnology is playing a greater role in education, as schools in Mountain View bring more tablets, laptops, computers and...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by Hmm, on Jun 9, 2015 at 2:50 pm | 2 comments | 6309 Views
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Caltrain ridership skyrocketsAfter years of seeking emergency funding to keep from drastically slashing services, Caltrain is on track to balance its...
Original post made on May. 6, 2013Last comment by Improvement, on Jun 9, 2015 at 7:04 am | 43 comments | 17435 Views
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Fixing a critical leak in the STEM pipelineSilicon Valley tech companies have come under fire in recent months for the dearth of minority employees in their workforce....
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2015Last comment by Common sense, on Jun 8, 2015 at 12:40 pm | 1 comment | 4020 Views
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Class of 2015 celebrates graduationThe newly graduated class of 2015 celebrated at graduation ceremonies in Los Altos and Mountain View on Friday. Voice photographers...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2015Last comment by Mtn View Mom, on Jun 8, 2015 at 11:24 am | 1 comment | 7714 Views
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New NASA Ames director shoots for the starsHe started as a college intern in 1984 and now Eugene Tu has the top job at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 8, 2015 at 8:36 am | 1 comment | 9273 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Success from adversity for Alta Vista gradsGraduation day for Alta Vista High School feels like any other, with the black caps, the gowns, the tassels and the teary-eyed...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 6, 2015 at 2:45 pm | 1 comment | 8031 Views
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Letters - Boost in Local Air Traffic (eKTf3Page 19 June 5/2015)Many thanks to Michael Hulfactor for his letter explaining the increase in air traffic over Mountain View and neighboring...
Original post made by L. Brown on Jun. 6, 2015There are no comments yet. 2049 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil rights group claims racial bias in MV high schoolsA Bay Area civil rights advocacy group released a report late last month claiming the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2015There are no comments yet. 5671 Views
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Google unveils plans for new 'dome-ain'Google's vision for a futuristic campus of bubble buildings hasn't popped. The search-engine company last week unveiled plans...
Original post made on Jun. 2, 2015Last comment by the_punnisher, on Jun 5, 2015 at 7:11 pm | 5 comments | 10399 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil rights group claims racial bias in MV high schoolsA Bay Area civil rights advocacy group released a report late last month claiming the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2015Last comment by Techie_Lawyer, on Jun 5, 2015 at 1:58 pm | 7 comments | 8492 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Creek trail takes a middle school detourIt's going to be a tight fit, but the Mountain View Whisman School District is finishing up designs this month to construct...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2015Last comment by parent, on Jun 5, 2015 at 12:52 pm | 4 comments | 4017 Views
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Governor orders mandatory reduction in water-useGov. Jerry Brown today issued an executive order for statewide mandatory water use reductions, the first-ever order in California's...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2015Last comment by eric, on Jun 5, 2015 at 10:54 am | 30 comments | 7649 Views
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