Re-open Whisman School?
A former city of Mountain View official, along with leading members of some Whisman-area neighborhood associations, plan to hold a neighborhood meeting to discuss the possibility of re-opening Whisman School. (Tuesday, 1:51 PM)

Helping the helpless
Though burn victims in this country may emerge from the hospital with significant scars, chances are they will ultimately be able to return to their day-to-day routine -- even if people's stares make them uncomfortable. (Tuesday, 8:16 AM)

Death plunge to Hwy. 101 ruled a suicide
The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office has ruled that the man who died May 17 after plunging from the Rengstorff Avenue overpass onto Highway 101 meant to take his own life. (Monday, 12:11 PM)

National "rolling fast" for immigration reform starts in MV
The first in a series of such actions nationwide, advocates for immigrant rights in Mountain View made their point this month by going without food and speaking to church congregations up and down the Peninsula. (Tuesday, 8:16 AM)

Zipcars to come to downtown
The City Council voted quietly and unanimously to allow car-sharing company Zipcar to park four of its cars in downtown Mountain View on Tuesday. (Monday, 11:51 AM)

Hangar One for rent: no NASA ties needed
In an unprecedented move for NASA Ames Research Center, historic Hangar One at Moffett Field is being offered up for any use akin to its original purpose -- no ties to NASA's mission required. (Monday, 10:34 AM)

MVHS names new principal
Former Santa Clara High School Principal Dave Grissom will be the new principal of Mountain View High School. (Friday, 1:58 PM)

Council OKs $2 million lot sale
In a move that may reduce parking for nearby businesses, the City Council voted to sell a city-owned parking lot on Tuesday to a developer proposing to build 200 apartments at the corner of El Camino Real and Castro Street. (Friday, 10:03 AM)

P.E. credit for marching band?
Everyone seems to agree that marching up and down a football field while banging on drums or playing the horn is hard work. But while parents and band members think they should get P.E. credit for participating in the activity, physical education teachers take a different view. (Friday, 1:21 PM)

High school cover-up: debate over students dress code
Tempers were tested at a recent meeting of the local high school district's board of trustees, as one of the governing body's elder statesmen gave a passionate, playful and at times sardonic speech, suggesting calls for stricter enforcement of dress code policy was contributing to "rape culture." (Thursday, 10:45 AM)

• Part of northbound Foothill Expwy to close tonight (Friday, 2:40 PM)
• Safer stoplights OK'd (Thursday, 1:05 PM)
• Council approves new plan for McKelvey Park flood basin (Wednesday, 5:17 PM)
• LAHS tennis courts to get facelift (Wednesday, 1:25 PM)
• Assemblyman seeking summer interns (Wednesday, 1:19 PM)
• Two bikes, TV stolen from open garage (Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 1:33 PM)
• China Cafe robbed at gunpoint (Monday, May 13, 2013, 6:38 PM)
• Toolbox, tools stolen from storage unit (Monday, May 13, 2013, 6:30 PM)
• iPad Mini stolen in burglary (Monday, May 13, 2013, 6:29 PM)
• Legal action forces toxic clean up in Permanente Creek (Monday, May 13, 2013, 1:57 PM)
• LAHS earns award for civics work (Monday, May 13, 2013, 10:03 AM)

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