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Mountain View lays out plans to zone for 11,135 new homes under new state requirementsIn just eight short years, Mountain View is being asked to grow by close to 30% under a new state housing mandate that has...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2021Last comment by Tech, 6 minutes ago | 5 comments | 2490 Views
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Atmospheric river coming to the Bay Area this weekendThe National Weather Service forecasted more rain to arrive in the Bay Area on Friday, but the biggest rainfall amounts are...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2021Last comment by PeaceLove, 41 minutes ago | 1 comment | 315 Views
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Mexican artist Fernando Escartiz's 'Stardust' brings life to Día de los Muertos celebrationFrom cataclysmic destruction, new life emerges. That's the idea behind Mexican Artist Fernando Escartiz's new art installation...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2021Last comment by Steven Nelson, 4 hours ago | 1 comment | 147 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Former tutor now faces 55 counts related to alleged lewd acts on studentsFormer Palo Alto math tutor Mark Allan Hodes' plea hearing was postponed after prosecutors added more charges that allege...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2021Last comment by Steven Nelson, 4 hours ago | 1 comment | 1122 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Judge unlikely to throw out lawsuit seeking to overturn Mountain View's RV parking banA federal court judge said Tuesday he does not plan to dismiss a lawsuit challenging new parking restrictions in Mountain...
Original post made on Oct. 20, 2021Last comment by Steven Nelson, 4 hours ago | 23 comments | 2503 Views
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Are you afraid of...public speaking?Have no fear! Join Mountain View Toastmasters for our annual Halloween Open House at the Mountain View Community Center,...
Original post made by Jasmine A on Oct. 21, 2021There are no comments yet. 32 Views
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Newsom declares statewide drought emergencyGov. Newsom has expanded the California drought emergency from 50 counties to statewide. He didn't order mandatory water...
Original post made on Oct. 20, 2021Last comment by Dan Waylonis, on Oct 20, 2021 at 5:18 pm | 2 comments | 1045 Views
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MVLA looks to implement mandatory ethnic studies course for all freshmenTeachers and administrators support offering a yearlong, required course. Board members appear generally supportive, though...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2021Last comment by HAB, on Oct 20, 2021 at 12:23 pm | 7 comments | 3613 Views
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Guest opinion: Scaling back the scope of policing in Mountain View can make our city saferIn a guest opinion, Kelsey Josund calls on the city of Mountain View to remove police from schools as school resource officers...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2021Last comment by Nora S., on Oct 20, 2021 at 9:58 am | 19 comments | 3379 Views
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A death at the Opportunity Center raises questions about security and careJeffrey Cutter's death in his apartment at Palo Alto's Opportunity Center on June 12 has raised questions for his mother,...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2021Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 20, 2021 at 8:10 am | 4 comments | 3295 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mayor for a Day: Mountain View students tell city what they'd do if they were in changeThird grader Aanya Raychaudhuri has been thinking about climate change for as long as she can remember, so when she heard...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2021Last comment by Joan MacDonald, on Oct 19, 2021 at 2:18 pm | 1 comment | 2371 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Two-alarm fire in Mountain View prompts evacuation of Crestview HotelA fire broke out Monday night in a small strip mall in Mountain View near the border of Sunnyvale, forcing an evacuation...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2021Last comment by Joan MacDonald, on Oct 19, 2021 at 2:11 pm | 1 comment | 3678 Views
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Mountain View's future public safety building projected to cost $134MFor two decades, Mountain View has endeavored to build a new headquarters for the city's police and fire departments, grappling...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2021Last comment by HAB, on Oct 17, 2021 at 10:49 pm | 6 comments | 3516 Views
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New poll finds 71 percent of Bay Area residents think quality of life has declinedBay Area residents grappling with the high cost of living, growing homelessness and high taxes say the quality of life has...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2021Last comment by tecsi, on Oct 17, 2021 at 1:13 pm | 5 comments | 4164 Views
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Judge to weigh in on Mountain View's RV parking ban next weekA federal court judge could soon decide the fate of Mountain View's ban on RV parking, addressing a legal challenge against...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2021Last comment by lan, on Oct 16, 2021 at 4:41 pm | 11 comments | 4749 Views
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Five-story condos proposed along Middlefield Road, adding more housing to East Whisman neighborhoodA developer is looking to turn a vacant lot on Middlefield Road into high-density condos, adding to the growing number of...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2021Last comment by SRB, on Oct 16, 2021 at 4:05 pm | 36 comments | 5899 Views
OTHER ISSUES
California pulls the plug on gas-powered leaf blowers under new lawNearly three decades after Peninsula cities began implementing bans on gas-powered leaf blowers, the effort has found a foothold...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2021Last comment by minor character, on Oct 16, 2021 at 1:37 pm | 4 comments | 4024 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Skewed demographics cause MV Whisman to consider prioritizing low-income students at choice schoolsOnly 7% of Stevenson students are socioeconomically disadvantaged, versus a district average of 29%. That's in stark contrast...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2021Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Oct 15, 2021 at 10:03 am | 6 comments | 3134 Views
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Mountain View will extend its downtown street closure to 2023, with future plans to make it permanentEncouraged by strong public support for a lively and pedestrian-friendly downtown, the Mountain View City Council agreed...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2021Last comment by gretchen, on Oct 14, 2021 at 4:28 pm | 9 comments | 7522 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pandemic induces staff shortages at local schoolsMidpeninsula school districts are having trouble finding people to fill a variety of positions, including substitute teachers,...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2021Last comment by James Thurber, on Oct 14, 2021 at 2:47 pm | 1 comment | 2649 Views
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