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Surprised by local housing costs? You shouldn't beSilicon 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, 2014Last comment by Konrad M. Sosnow, on Feb 10, 2014 at 3:25 pm | 93 comments | 26930 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Frustrated by searching for COVID-19 vaccination appointments? Bay Area vaccine hunters are here to helpFaced with endless frustration and fruitless searches for COVID-19 vaccine appointments, Bay Area residents have launched...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2021Last comment by Zach, on Mar 25, 2021 at 7:10 pm | 1 comment | 26929 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council opts to lease site for hotel, office developmentThe 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, 2013Last comment by Downtown neighbor, on Nov 19, 2013 at 4:32 pm | 1 comment | 26925 Views
AROUND TOWN
Enthusiasm for homes near Google suddenly stopsDespite early excitement for building 9,850 homes near Google's headquarters, developers are now saying that Mountain View's...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2018Last comment by JohnBlack, on Sep 9, 2018 at 5:10 pm | 31 comments | 26890 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Hidden in plain sight: Human trafficking reaches into Silicon ValleyThroughout 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, 2015Last comment by Susan Valletta, on Jan 5, 2016 at 7:30 am | 6 comments | 26757 Views
OTHER ISSUES
NASA Ames workers worry over Superfund site's toxinsFollowing news that several employees had developed a rare neurological disease, the NASA Ames Research Center is facing...
Original post made on Oct. 28, 2016Last comment by The Business Man , on Sep 5, 2017 at 11:02 pm | 11 comments | 26484 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, 2021Last comment by Chaz9132, on Mar 2, 2021 at 6:14 pm | 2 comments | 26457 Views
AROUND TOWN
City rolls out pilot program for unleashed dogsMountain 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, 2014Last comment by reason, on Jun 23, 2014 at 3:23 pm | 51 comments | 26149 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, 2013Last comment by Wo\'O Ideafarm, on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:02 pm | 14 comments | 25888 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Internet outage stretches into Day 2Much 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, 2018Last comment by mvresident, on Dec 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm | 42 comments | 25885 Views
AROUND TOWN
Ambitious Piazza's remodel keeps a focus on customersKeep 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, 2013There are no comments yet. 25885 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, 2014Last comment by randy albin, on Jun 22, 2014 at 1:56 pm | 2 comments | 25842 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council: Bond measure for pricey facilities a no-goRead 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, 2013Last comment by Greg Nelson, on Nov 9, 2013 at 5:59 pm | 15 comments | 25816 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View school districts announce new policies to slow spread of new coronavirusWith 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, 2020Last comment by Mountain View Resident, on Mar 13, 2020 at 12:04 pm | 28 comments | 25815 Views
AROUND TOWN
NASA, Google ink deal for Hangar One, Moffett airfieldsNASA announced today that officials signed a lease with Google's Planetary Ventures, LLC to manage Moffett Federal Airfield...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2014Last comment by @pr orion, on Nov 20, 2014 at 1:12 pm | 15 comments | 25649 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Google's self-driven car may roll in the new yearCalling it the "best holiday gift we could have imagined," Google announced on Monday that it had finished a road-worthy...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2014Last comment by Stop the Trolls, on Jan 3, 2015 at 9:34 am | 29 comments | 25525 Views
RESTAURANTS
Bierhaus owner sees trouble brewingMike 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, 2018Last comment by Steve, on Jan 15, 2018 at 3:04 pm | 58 comments | 25515 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board votes to drop four school principalsLast night, Mountain View Whisman School District board members unanimously voted to release and reassign several elementary...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2018Last comment by MV Resident For 55 Years, on Mar 18, 2018 at 12:32 pm | 111 comments | 25498 Views
AROUND TOWN
City Council votes to ban styrofoam containersWhile its use is nearly phased out in the environmentally conscious Bay Area, not everyone was in agreement about the evils...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2014Last comment by Forward from here, on Feb 26, 2014 at 6:08 am | 57 comments | 25310 Views
ELECTIONS
Judge OKs roll-out of rent control in Mountain ViewIn 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, 2017Last comment by The Business Man, on Apr 7, 2017 at 2:57 pm | 40 comments | 25304 Views
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