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City seeking Stevens Creek group volunteers
Interested in getting involved with public works projects? The City of Mountain View is seeking applicants for a Citizens Working Group to assist with a feasibility study for ... |
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8 hours ago by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
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Crime briefs: Interrupted break-in, burglaries
Police report on several crimes, including missing cash, residential burglaries and a man who came in through the bathroom window.
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8 hours ago by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
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Cat controversy highlights problems with informing the public
It was the animal control ordinance that nearly got away -- and caused some finger pointing over why thousands of cat and dog owners in the city were not informed. Among the p... |
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11 hours ago by informed citizen, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Google wants to incorporate wildlife into new office project
The planners behind Google's first ground-up office development in Silicon Valley want to bring wetland wildlife into the project, plans which a wildlife advocate described as... |
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20 hours ago by Old Ben, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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200 apartments proposed for Castro and El Camino
In a long-sought redevelopment, a four-story apartment building with retail on the ground floor may soon go up at the corner of Castro Street and El Camino Real, replacing a d... |
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on Jun 17, 2013 at 3:17 pm by petition petition! , a resident of another community |
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Young man's murder leaves family heartbroken
Life was never easy for Ronald "Ronnie" Gomez Mires, an 18-year-old who grew up in a Mountain View foster home. But he was surrounded by loved ones who were always trying to h... |
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on Jun 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm by athena, a resident of another community |
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Google denies giving NSA "direct access" to user data
National Security Agency documents leaked to the press say Mountain View's Google has been cooperating with the US government to spy on citizens on an unprecedented scale, all... |
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on Jun 15, 2013 at 10:41 am by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
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A happy homecoming
Air National Guard Sgt. Jesus Feliciano is embraced by his children, fraternal twins Tristan and Adriana, when he returned to Moffett Federal Airfield after a four-month deplo... |
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 10:45 pm by USA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Council backtracks after cat owners pounce on licensing law
After public outcry, on Tuesday City Council members were persuaded to scratch new regulations for pet owners in Mountain View, including a controversial licensing and rabies ... |
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 2:41 pm by kman, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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Power restored after early morning outage
Power has been restored to more than 5,800 PG&E customers in Mountain View following an outage this morning, according to a PG&E spokesman.
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on Jun 13, 2013 at 5:54 pm by Mike, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Cat owners pounce on license debate
Tonight the City Council is likely to re-examine the surprisingly controversial cat licensing requirements it approved last week.
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on Jun 13, 2013 at 4:31 pm by Rodger, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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Huge gang bust nets 39 arrests
All but nine of 48 alleged members or associates of the Nuestra Familia criminal gang indicted in May are in custody in the largest gang prosecution ever in Santa Clara County... |
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on Jun 13, 2013 at 6:20 am by Scott Lamb, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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SEIU protests at Google
For some, a job at Google is the stuff dreams are made of, but for security guard Manny Cardenas, it's been more of a nightmare.
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on Jun 12, 2013 at 6:35 am by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
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Obama visits Palo Alto to raise funds for Dems
President Obama visited Palo Alto Thursday night to attend two fundraisers benefiting the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the first at the Crescent Park home of Flip... |
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 11:50 am by Tom, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Roundtable group takes on school shooting fears
It hasn't happened here, but community members met last week to discuss the possibility of a school shooting in Mountain View.
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on Jun 10, 2013 at 3:08 pm by C. E. Castillo, a resident of the Slater neighborhood |
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You got a license for that cat, Mister?
For the first time, the city of Mountain View is poised to require that pet cats be licensed. The City Council voted Tuesday to replace its 1972 animal control ordinance with ... |
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on Jun 7, 2013 at 7:29 am by Paul OMVNA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Santa Clara County hepatitis case linked to berries from Costco
A 22-year-old Santa Clara County woman is the first confirmed case of Hepatitis A linked to a multiple-state outbreak linked to frozen berries sold at Costco stores, officials... |
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on Jun 6, 2013 at 11:12 pm by Old Ben, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Police arrest Mountain View man for fatal April accident
Mountain View police have arrested the man accused of hitting and killing an 81-year-old local woman with his minivan.
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on Jun 5, 2013 at 8:20 pm by Wo\\\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community |
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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 tox... |
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on Jun 4, 2013 at 9:51 pm by rain, a resident of another community |
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NASA unveils innovative new tech
NASA Ames unveiled a little computer-operated machine that can manufacture spare spacecraft parts in space, including the parts astronauts needed as they faced death from asp... |
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 6:59 pm by the_punnisher, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
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Blind date robbers strike again
For the second time in two days, a pair of robbers lured two out-of-town men into a lurid trap.
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 4:26 pm by Write M. Hard, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
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Amid complaints, Google promises WiFi upgrades
While Google says it is committed to improving its network of light-pole mounted WiFi nodes in Mountain View, some users say they are tired of how unreliable the free service ... |
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on Jun 1, 2013 at 7:51 pm by Tom, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Civility roundtable on guns and school violence tonight
"Could Sandy Hook happen here?" is the headline for tonight's civility roundtable, an event organized by the Human Relations Commission that aims to engage opposing views in a... |
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on May 31, 2013 at 4:52 pm by Ted, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Fist-fight at gas station escalates quickly
Two men got into a fight at a Mountain View gas station early Tuesday morning, with one brandishing a knife, according to police.
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on May 29, 2013 at 4:35 am by Ws, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
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Council asks Congress for pod-car funds
The City Council decided Tuesday to push for federal money to help get "automated transit network" technology -- also known as pod cars -- off the ground, possibly in Mountain... |
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on May 27, 2013 at 3:25 pm by Carl, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |