http://mv-voice.com If it is local and useful, it is on mv-voice.com. en-us Planning Commissioners are expected to look at plans tonight for a 150-room hotel and 741,000 square feet of office space proposed for San Antonio Shopping Center near the corner of California Street and San Antonio Road. ]]> The owners of several small businesses say a cyclone fence went up behind their properties the evening of May 10 with no real purpose other than to cut off access to their shops and force the sale of their properties.]]> The local community college district is refinancing, ensuring those who own property within the district will pay lower rates on one of the district's bonds.]]> Twelve people were arrested in the Bay Area Tuesday as part of a multi-agency operation targeting an international heroin-trafficking ring.]]> About five months after resigning from the board of directors of El Camino Hospital in order to spend more time with his family, Uwe Kladde has announced he will also be leaving his elected post on the hospital district board for the same reason, according to a hospital spokeswoman.]]> When voters go to the polls June 5, they'll be voting in a primary election unlike any in recent history. Related stories:
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• Measure A resolves questions over control of jail]]> To the average Peninsula voter, Brisbane and Sunnyvale have little in common. The former is a small, industrial suburb on San Francisco's doorstep, the latter a high-tech hub in the heart of Silicon Valley.]]> As Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, asks District 24 residents to return him to the state Assembly for another two years, three challengers with no experience in elective politics are telling voters they can do a better job representing their interests in Sacramento.]]> County officials hope voters approve Measure A on June 5, as it would resolve a legal quandary over a restructuring of the county's jails two years ago.]]> California State Sen. Joe Simitian is the 800-pound gorilla in this November's three-way race to represent northern Santa Clara County on the Board of Supervisors.]]> A Mountain View woman was arrested Friday and charged with allegedly prescribing large quantities of highly-addictive, opiate-based painkillers to patients without conducting proper examinations or checking medical records, authorities with the county said.]]> Officials with the local elementary and middle school district are asking voters to approve a $198 million bond measure to modernize and improve school facilities and safety infrastructure.]]> A group of biology students at Los Altos High School took part this year in a worldwide science project by contributing small, but vital bits of information to a global database.]]> Should there be limits on how much CEOs and other executives make?]]> Most companies would avoid describing their products as ugly. But Far West Fungi has some fun with its sometimes alien-looking products, selling "ugly shiitake baskets" filled with misshapen mushrooms at farmers markets across the Bay Area.]]> A new ban on smoking near publicly accessible buildings and outdoor dining areas goes into effect Tuesday, May 15, which means a $50 citation for those caught violating the new law.]]> It took little more than a day for local city officials and others concerned about Moffett Field's future to unite in opposition to NASA's push to dispose of Hangar One and Moffett Federal Airfield.]]> Facing plans for increased use of the Caltrain corridor by Caltrain and high-speed rail, City Council members adopted an official line Tuesday to separate the train tracks from Rengstorff Avenue. But dealing with a grade separation at Castro Street proved much more difficult.]]> Police are looking for a man they say held up the Fairchild Delicatessen on Wednesday afternoon.]]> Derailing restoration plans for Hangar One and causing anxiety over Moffett Field's future, the head of NASA wants to assign the General Services Administration to determine the fate of Moffett Field.
]]> Mountain View native, Adam Krikorian, coach of the U.S. Women's National Water Polo Team will lead the squad in the 2012 Summer Olympics.]]> By early fall Mountain View will join the ranks of such cities as Paris, Barcelona and London in having its own bike-sharing network, which will place up to 117 bikes at stations around the city.]]> A group hoping to save Palo Alto's animal shelter swayed only one member of the City Council on Tuesday in an effort to keep Mountain View from switching to a Santa Clara-based animal services provider.]]>