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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest opinion: Enrollment growth: Find best solution, not quickestEnrollment growth is a long-term issue that warrants a lasting, thorough solution to benefit current and future generations...
Original post made on Jul. 26, 2017Last comment by Long Memory, 5 hours ago | 1 comment | 110 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Still no solid plan for school bond moneyThe final day of July will mark the 1,000th day since the Los Altos School District's $150 million Measure N bond squeaked...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2017Last comment by Rrie-King Mouron, 9 hours ago | 16 comments | 3269 Views
AROUND TOWN
Suspect sought in screwdriver attackPolice are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed a person with a screwdriver after he and the victim got into an argument...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2017Last comment by Kyle, 10 hours ago | 1 comment | 1093 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Regional plans for major housing growth up for approvalElected officials from all nine Bay Area counties are set to vote later this month on a road map for sustainable growth in...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2017Last comment by We've done enough, 13 hours ago | 44 comments | 2549 Views
SPORTS
Community rallies to find bone-marrow match for professorThe Bay Area's South Asian community, technology companies and universities across the country are rallying to save the life...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2017There are no comments yet. 4425 Views
AROUND TOWN
A graveyard of Google bikesIt's just one of the many perks of working at Google -- employees can take their pick from about 1,000 brightly colored bicycles...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2017Last comment by business opportunity, 15 hours ago | 58 comments | 8929 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man arrested for In-N-Out cheeseburger theftA 24-year-old transient man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly grabbed a bag full of cheeseburgers from an...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2017Last comment by Nick, 16 hours ago | 2 comments | 642 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Launching rent control has hefty price tagRent control is touted as a way to clamp down on housing expenses, but in at least one regard it's fast becoming a money...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2017Last comment by The Business Man , 17 hours ago | 38 comments | 3096 Views
ELECTIONS
Peninsula economy labor growth stalledA midyear analysis of Silicon Valley and San Francisco Peninsula economic trends shows unemployment at its lowest rate since...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2017Last comment by Anke, 17 hours ago | 2 comments | 893 Views
AROUND TOWN
What was Mountain View like in the '70sI am new to the area and am curious what life was like in Mountain View in the 1970s, 1980s and even earlier. I would love...
Original post made by Newbie on Apr. 13, 2008Last comment by Mary vipham(Davis), 17 hours ago | 227 comments | 73462 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents say big questions still remain over Teach to OneParents in the Mountain View Whisman School District are still uneasy about the handling of a controversial digital math...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2017Last comment by @ Gary, 20 hours ago | 65 comments | 5049 Views
ELECTIONS
Federal judge keeps injunction blocking Trump order on sanctuary cities in placeA federal judge in San Francisco Thursday denied a request by President Donald Trump's administration to lift an injunction...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2017Last comment by Zekkular Bulgaris, 21 hours ago | 5 comments | 916 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Man arrested in suspected concert drug saleA 20-year-old man was arrested at the Audiotistic Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre over the weekend after he was allegedly...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2017Last comment by Zekkular Bulgaris, 21 hours ago | 2 comments | 1008 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Hollywood actor John Heard found dead in Palo AltoHollywood actor John Heard, 71, best known as the dad from "Home Alone," died in a Palo Alto hotel room on Friday afternoon,...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2017Last comment by Resident, 23 hours ago | 5 comments | 2906 Views
OTHER ISSUES
San Antonio center near completionIt took nearly half a decade, but a massive new office campus at the San Antonio Shopping Center is almost complete. The...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2017Last comment by Anke, on Jul 25, 2017 at 12:38 am | 58 comments | 7759 Views
AROUND TOWN
Tenant attorneys seek clarity on rent-control kickoffCould Mountain View's landlords soon be on the hook to pay back a small fortune in overcharged rents? Read the full story...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2017Last comment by The Business Man , on Jul 25, 2017 at 12:11 am | 38 comments | 1116 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Elected leaders celebrate start of Caltrain electrification projectGov. Jerry Brown and other elected leaders were at the Millbrae Caltrain station Friday to celebrate the beginning of a project...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2017Last comment by Ahem, on Jul 24, 2017 at 10:18 pm | 9 comments | 1287 Views
RESTAURANTS
Los Altos: Two caught with stolen mail, police sayPolice arrested a man and woman from East Palo Alto on Sunday after they were allegedly caught stealing mail in a residential...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2017There are no comments yet. 2353 Views
MOVIES
Health advisers help ease Medicare confusionDec. 7 marks the end of Medicare's annual fall election period and the only time most seniors can make changes to their health...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2017There are no comments yet. 2032 Views
MOVIES
Our own bit of CubaErnest Hemingway was an unsettled man, marrying four times and moving around the globe from Illinois to Spain, Venice, Paris,...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2017There are no comments yet. 1540 Views
Opening alert: Kyosho Sushi in Menlo Park
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 1,926 views
Love is a Verb
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 1,165 views
Umeboshi - The Macrobiotic Antibiotic
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 1,126 views
