mv-voice.com http://mv-voice.com If it is local and useful, it is on mv-voice.com. en-us <![CDATA[Part of northbound Foothill Expwy to close tonight]]> Northbound Foothill Expressway between Hillview Avenue and Page Mill Road, including the bike lane, will be closed beginning today at 9 p.m. and remain closed until 5 a.m. on Monday, May 20.
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<![CDATA[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.]]> <![CDATA[MVHS names new principal]]> Former Santa Clara High School Principal Dave Grissom will be the new principal of Mountain View High School.]]> <![CDATA[MV driver witnesses deadly overpass fall]]> In an incident a local eyewitness described as "horrific," a person was fatally injured after falling or jumping off the Rengstorff Avenue overpass onto Highway 101 around 11 a.m. this morning, May 17.]]> <![CDATA[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.]]> <![CDATA[Safer stoplights OK'd ]]> Two busy intersections should soon be much safer after the City Council unanimously voted to replace a pair of aging stoplights on Middlefield Road and California Street Tuesday.]]> <![CDATA[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.]]> <![CDATA[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."]]> <![CDATA[Council approves new plan for McKelvey Park flood basin]]> In a major turning point following years of discussion, the City Council approved a redesign for McKelvey Park Tuesday to allow it be used as a flood basin for Permanente Creek. ]]> <![CDATA[LAHS tennis courts to get facelift]]> Now that the project to build new classrooms at Los Altos High School is nearly finished, officials with the district are looking ahead to the next project at the school -- revamping the tennis courts.]]> <![CDATA[Assemblyman seeking summer interns]]> State Assemblyman Richard Gordon is accepting applications from high school and college students for part-time summer internships. ]]> <![CDATA[Two bikes, TV stolen from open garage]]> A man living on the 2700 block of Diericx Drive woke up Sunday to find two bicycles and a TV had been taken from his open garage overnight.]]> <![CDATA[China Cafe robbed at gunpoint]]> An employee of the China Cafe restaurant located near the Safeway on Miramonte Avenue was robbed at gunpoint as she prepared to close the store on May 11, according to police.]]> <![CDATA[Toolbox, tools stolen from storage unit]]> A toolbox and various tools were stolen from a storage unit in a Mountain View apartment complex sometime between Friday and Saturday.]]> <![CDATA[iPad Mini stolen in burglary]]> An iPad Mini was stolen when a home on the 700 block of Emily Street was burglarized on May 10, police said.]]> <![CDATA[Legal action forces toxic clean up in Permanente Creek]]> After being sued by the Sierra Club for dumping toxics from its mining operations into the upper reaches of Permanante Creek, Lehigh Cement Company has agreed to pay for a toxic cleanup valued at over $10 million.]]> <![CDATA[LAHS earns award for civics work]]> Los Altos High School is being recognized for its efforts to educate through engagement in social issues both near and far.]]>