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AROUND TOWN

Council quiet on North Bayshore housing

Mountain View City Council members are paving the way for a boom in office development, but they have been oddly silent on...

Original post made on Mar. 14, 2014
Last comment by Moffett Resident, on Mar 19, 2014 at 10:40 pm | 12 comments | 27490 Views

AROUND TOWN

Water board member quits his day job

A locally elected water board member has quit his day job with an environmental organization, citing, in part, "a little...

Original post made on Nov. 18, 2011
Last comment by Jon Wiener, on Nov 22, 2011 at 8:26 am | 5 comments | 27357 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Frustrated by searching for COVID-19 vaccination appointments? Bay Area vaccine hunters are here to help

Faced with endless frustration and fruitless searches for COVID-19 vaccine appointments, Bay Area residents have launched...

Original post made on Mar. 25, 2021
Last comment by Zach, on Mar 25, 2021 at 7:10 pm | 1 comment | 27236 Views

OTHER ISSUES

NASA Ames workers worry over Superfund site's toxins

Following news that several employees had developed a rare neurological disease, the NASA Ames Research Center is facing...

Original post made on Oct. 28, 2016
Last comment by The Business Man , on Sep 5, 2017 at 11:02 pm | 11 comments | 27196 Views

AROUND TOWN

Surprised by local housing costs? You shouldn't be

Silicon Valley has long been a place of human ingenuity, where ever larger worlds of data are packed onto shrinking computer...

Original post made on Jan. 23, 2014
Last comment by Konrad M. Sosnow, on Feb 10, 2014 at 3:25 pm | 93 comments | 27163 Views

AROUND TOWN

Council opts to lease site for hotel, office development

The City Council decided Tuesday that a new hotel and office space would be the best use of a forested piece of city-owned...

Original post made on Nov. 19, 2013
Last comment by Downtown neighbor, on Nov 19, 2013 at 4:32 pm | 1 comment | 27083 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Hidden in plain sight: Human trafficking reaches into Silicon Valley

Throughout the Bay Area and even in wealthy and sophisticated communities such as Palo Alto and Mountain View, people are...

Original post made on May. 8, 2015
Last comment by Susan Valletta, on Jan 5, 2016 at 7:30 am | 6 comments | 27075 Views

AROUND TOWN

Highway 101 shut down as Mountain View police investigate 'medical emergency'

Traffic on northbound Highway 101 is shut down at Old Middlefield Way in Mountain View this morning as police crisis negotiators...

Original post made on Mar. 2, 2021
Last comment by Chaz9132, on Mar 2, 2021 at 6:14 pm | 2 comments | 26811 Views

AROUND TOWN

City rolls out pilot program for unleashed dogs

Mountain View plans to begin a one-year pilot program, permitting dog owners to unleash their pets at six local parks starting...

Original post made on Jun. 16, 2014
Last comment by reason, on Jun 23, 2014 at 3:23 pm | 51 comments | 26339 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

'Every 15 Minutes'

A group of about 30 students, teachers and emergency responsers worked together to organize "Every 15 Minutes" at Mountain...

Original post made on Apr. 19, 2013
Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:02 pm | 14 comments | 26306 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Internet outage stretches into Day 2

Much of Mountain View remains is facing the second day of a citywide internet outage affecting Comcast customers. The outage,...

Original post made on Dec. 10, 2018
Last comment by mvresident, on Dec 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm | 42 comments | 26202 Views

AROUND TOWN

Ambitious Piazza's remodel keeps a focus on customers

Keep it local and listen to your customers. That's what John Piazza Sr. of Piazza's Fine Foods, which has a newly expanded...

Original post made on Sep. 9, 2013
There are no comments yet. 26134 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Mountain View school districts announce new policies to slow spread of new coronavirus

With 37 cases of the new coronavirus confirmed in Santa Clara County and the county's first death reported today, local schools...

Original post made on Mar. 9, 2020
Last comment by Mountain View Resident, on Mar 13, 2020 at 12:04 pm | 28 comments | 26082 Views

MOVIES

Review: 'Jersey Boys'

Let's face it: "Jersey Boys" has never been high art. The wildly successful jukebox musical about Frankie Valli and the Four...

Original post made on Jun. 22, 2014
Last comment by randy albin, on Jun 22, 2014 at 1:56 pm | 2 comments | 26001 Views

OTHER ISSUES

Council: Bond measure for pricey facilities a no-go

Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2013/11/06/council-bond-measure-for-pricey-facilities-a-no-go posted...

Original post made on Nov. 6, 2013
Last comment by Greg Nelson, on Nov 9, 2013 at 5:59 pm | 15 comments | 25973 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

School board votes to drop four school principals

Last night, Mountain View Whisman School District board members unanimously voted to release and reassign several elementary...

Original post made on Mar. 2, 2018
Last comment by MV Resident For 55 Years, on Mar 18, 2018 at 12:32 pm | 111 comments | 25937 Views

AROUND TOWN

NASA, Google ink deal for Hangar One, Moffett airfields

NASA announced today that officials signed a lease with Google's Planetary Ventures, LLC to manage Moffett Federal Airfield...

Original post made on Nov. 10, 2014
Last comment by @pr orion, on Nov 20, 2014 at 1:12 pm | 15 comments | 25908 Views

AROUND TOWN

Feral cats in Mountain View's North Bayshore prompt surge of complaints, raising tough questions about cat colonies

Silicon Valley is home to thousands of stray and feral cats that freely roam creeks, parks and trails. And in Mountain View,...

Original post made on Nov. 16, 2021
Last comment by Polomom, on Feb 10, 2022 at 2:39 am | 12 comments | 25907 Views

RESTAURANTS

Bierhaus owner sees trouble brewing

Mike Finley's downtown beer garden Bierhaus is considered one of Castro Street's most successful businesses. But then why...

Original post made on Jan. 5, 2018
Last comment by Steve, on Jan 15, 2018 at 3:04 pm | 58 comments | 25896 Views

ELECTIONS

Judge OKs roll-out of rent control in Mountain View

In a move with huge ramifications for Mountain View, a Santa Clara County judge on Wednesday declined an injunction request...

Original post made on Apr. 5, 2017
Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 7, 2017 at 2:57 pm | 40 comments | 25796 Views
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