Town Square
Sort by: Most recent topic/comment Most viewed Most comments
Navigation tip: Clicking on any category label will display all recent posts in that category
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How Mountain View and Los Altos schools are approaching reopeningTwo distinct approaches to reopening schools are playing out in the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District and...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2021Last comment by Mt View Resident, 10 hours ago | 6 comments | 5044 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County unveils COVID-19 vaccine dashboardSanta Clara County launched a new online dashboard on Friday that tracks the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received and...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2021Last comment by SRB, 15 hours ago | 1 comment | 4440 Views
RESTAURANTS
Slice of the pie: How this South Bay pizza shop successfully became a worker-owned cooperativeAs calls for better treatment of restaurant workers have become louder and louder, particularly during the pandemic, A Slice...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2021Last comment by A, 17 hours ago | 2 comments | 2783 Views
ELECTIONS
'I will vote to impeach this traitor': Rep. Anna Eshoo supports removing Trump from officeGranted only 30 seconds to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Anna Eshoo did not mince words regarding...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2021Last comment by Dave Smith, on Jan 15, 2021 at 8:22 pm | 3 comments | 1189 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County works to clear hurdles to vaccinationsOne month after the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Santa Clara County, county leaders are hurrying to fix shortcomings...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2021Last comment by Tal Shaya, on Jan 15, 2021 at 3:56 pm | 5 comments | 2081 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County ramps up COVID-19 vaccinations amid chaotic federal allocationsSanta Clara County leaders are concerned they won't have enough COVID-19 doses to continue building up their vaccination...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2021Last comment by ivg, on Jan 15, 2021 at 3:32 pm | 1 comment | 1185 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Supervisors to consider requiring health care systems to provide vaccination plansSeeking to know how many vaccines are being given out, Santa Clara County supervisors will consider requiring large health...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2021Last comment by Victor Bishop, on Jan 15, 2021 at 2:57 pm | 5 comments | 1804 Views
ELECTIONS
New Mountain View City Council calls for civility amid election protestsMountain View's first City Council meeting of the year stuck to tradition as best it could during unusual times, bidding...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2021Last comment by Rich Hoemoner, on Jan 15, 2021 at 2:40 pm | 2 comments | 1997 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Santa Clara County opens up COVID-19 vaccines to all residents age 75 and olderAll Santa Clara County residents age 75 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine effective immediately, vastly...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2021Last comment by Dave Williams, on Jan 14, 2021 at 4:22 pm | 4 comments | 1931 Views
AROUND TOWN
Sheriff's Office forms task force to investigate right-wing extremistsThe Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office has formed a special task force to combat right-wing extremists due to the recent...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2021Last comment by insurrectionists and murderers, on Jan 14, 2021 at 12:00 pm | 2 comments | 1078 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View police arrest two men following child porn investigationPolice arrested two men in Mountain View on Tuesday after one was found allegedly distributing child pornography over Facebook....
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2021Last comment by It's abuse, on Jan 13, 2021 at 2:58 pm | 1 comment | 2201 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Under assault: data shows Santa Clara County hospital workers routinely attacked on the jobEach year, hundreds of health care workers in Santa Clara County hospitals are punched, kicked, spat on, slapped or worse,...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2021Last comment by Drew Neckar, on Jan 13, 2021 at 6:36 am | 2 comments | 6352 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Stanford Shopping Center was a hot spot of violations when public health inspectors came callingEighteen stores in the Stanford Shopping Center were fined for violating Santa Clara County COVID-19 health orders over the...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2021Last comment by Victor Bishop, on Jan 12, 2021 at 3:53 pm | 2 comments | 9413 Views
OTHER ISSUES
VTA plans to run more buses on seven lines, so fewer riders are left behindSanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority is going to run some bus lines more frequently so fewer passengers get left behind,...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2021Last comment by Bruce Karney, on Jan 12, 2021 at 3:42 pm | 2 comments | 1552 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mountain View's downtown to stay closed to vehicle trafficCastro Street will remain closed to traffic through at least the end of January, despite a countywide prohibition on outdoor...
Original post made on Jan. 10, 2021Last comment by Dave Smith, on Jan 12, 2021 at 12:20 pm | 9 comments | 11550 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Here's who'll be eligible for the next phases of COVID-19 vaccine distributionThe first phase of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution program is well underway in Santa Clara County, which could move to...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2021Last comment by Polomom, on Jan 11, 2021 at 9:44 pm | 3 comments | 4045 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Despite Black Lives Matter protests, Mountain View City Council backs 'toothless' advisory board for police reformThe Mountain View City Council voted to create a new advisory board to address community-police relations, falling short...
Original post made on Dec. 2, 2020Last comment by AlishaRendals, on Jan 11, 2021 at 6:19 am | 14 comments | 5079 Views
AROUND TOWN
As visitors flock to Foothills Park, Palo Alto plans to restrict accessConcerned about the recent surge of visitors to Foothills Park, city leaders are planning to restrict access to the preserve...
Original post made on Jan. 10, 2021Last comment by Block650, on Jan 10, 2021 at 2:15 pm | 1 comment | 3911 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Next COVID-19 vaccine phase rollout could come in weeksCalifornia's Community Vaccine Advisory Committee is preparing to outline who will receive COVID-19 vaccine doses in the...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2021Last comment by Victor Bishop, on Jan 10, 2021 at 10:57 am | 4 comments | 2615 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Newsom wants extra $600 stimulus for low-wage CaliforniansGov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $600 stimulus for low-income Californians. He also wants to extend the state's eviction...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2021Last comment by Dan Waylonis, on Jan 8, 2021 at 4:56 pm | 1 comment | 1959 Views

Get the most important local news stories sent straight to your inbox daily.
Craving B. Patisserie's perfect pastries? The San Francisco bakery is popping up in San Mateo next week
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 11,195 views
Spend some quality time with your thermostat
By Sherry Listgarten | 11 comments | 3,837 views
PA Police: Too drastic a decision on banning police information from public
By Diana Diamond | 6 comments | 2,740 views
Dry January Last Week? LOL
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 2,603 views
Premarital and Couples: Join the Club . . .
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 772 views
Support local families in need
Your contribution to the Holiday Fund will go directly to nonprofits supporting local families and children in need. Last year, Voice readers and the Wakerly, Packard and Hewlett foundations contributed a total of $72,000.