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City could pull off a balanced budget
While the "Great Recession" has forced other cities to make painful budget cuts and run large deficits, it appears that Mountain View will be in the unique position of having ... |
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on Jun 15, 2010 at 9:07 am by Citizen, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Bank robbed by man with threatening note
Mountain View Police are looking for a 50-year-old man who robbed the Heritage Bank of Commerce on El Camino Real near Grant Road June 2 with only a note saying that he had a ... |
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on Jun 12, 2010 at 12:35 pm by Thom, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood |
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Burglar swipes TVs, iPhones, video game
A resident of the first block of Comstock Queen Court lost a lot of electronics when her home was burglarized over the Memorial Day weekend. The residential burglary was repor... |
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on Jun 12, 2010 at 12:10 am by blah, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Student with air rifle arrested at Gunn High School
An 18-year-old Gunn High School student, Weston Healy, was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly possessing a weapon on Gunn's campus, following a dramatic police lockdown... |
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on Jun 11, 2010 at 7:53 am by Gunn parent, a resident of another community |
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Medi-pot regulations are no slam dunk
Disagreements on the City Council Tuesday appeared to threaten the passage of an ordinance allowing regulated marijuana dispensaries in Mountain View.
Read the full story he... |
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on Jun 10, 2010 at 11:43 pm by Tina, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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MV man arrested in drug bust
A six-month undercover investigation of a drug trafficking ring in San Mateo County has resulted in six arrests, the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force announced Thursday.
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on Jun 10, 2010 at 5:16 pm by le dude, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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sonic boom?
Did anyone else hear a loud boom at about 10:30pm last night (Wed. 6/9)? I was half asleep and was awakened by the sound - then heard an aircraft overhead. Wondering what it... |
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on Jun 10, 2010 at 1:29 pm by Daniel DeBolt, Mountain View Voice Staff Writer |
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Surprise! There are 93,500 ballots still uncounted
Surprise! A last-minute surge of mail-in ballots means the election in Santa Clara County isn't over and some close races -- such as the tight contest for district attorney --... |
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on Jun 9, 2010 at 3:56 pm by dfb, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Meeting set June 16 on Foothill 'Palo Alto Campus'
The future of a proposed new "Palo Alto Campus" for Foothill-De Anza Community College District will be discussed at a three-way meeting of the entities involved on June 16: t... |
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on Jun 8, 2010 at 11:00 pm by John the Man, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Recession Tales: Get laid off, start a car company
Like many in Silicon Valley, Hong Quan was working away at a tech startup last year when layoffs left him without a job. "Why don't you start that car company you've been talk... |
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on Jun 8, 2010 at 3:07 pm by Andy, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Free Concert this Friday: Downtown Los Altos
Hosted by Community Hope and Sober Events (CHASE).
Our 4th annual "CHASE on the Plaza" is coming to Community Plaza in Los Altos on Friday, June 11. Concert time is from 2... |
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on Jun 8, 2010 at 12:20 pm by le dude, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood |
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Nadine Levin retires after 20 years at City Hall
City Hall was in as much turmoil as it had ever been when assistant city manager Nadine Levin was hired in December of 1989.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Jun 7, 2010 at 5:44 pm by le dude, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood |
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City schedules meeting on high speed rail
In the city's most ambitious effort to date to educate the public about high speed rail, an informational meeting will be held on the evening of Monday, May 3 at the Senior Ce... |
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on Jun 7, 2010 at 2:40 pm by nancy, a resident of another community |
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Want to sound off about the city? There's an app for that.
Mountain View residents can voice their questions and concerns about the city at any time and from anywhere, now that the city has introduced the Ask Mountain View iPhone app... |
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on Jun 7, 2010 at 11:15 am by USA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Madrigal choir clears $50K debt
The Mountain View High School Madrigals are finally debt-free, according to Choir Director Jill Denny. Intense fundraising helped the choir clear a $50,000 tab that the group... |
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on Jun 7, 2010 at 11:11 am by resident, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Menlo Park girl, 14, still missing
A 14-year-old Menlo-Atherton High School student who was last seen walking away from her home in Menlo Park on Wednesday afternoon has still not been located, police said, and... |
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on Jun 4, 2010 at 1:10 pm by nada, a resident of another community |
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Bad date ends with kidnapping arrest
A first date ended with kidnapping charges, after a Redwood City man refused to let a woman out of his car, Mountain View police said.
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on Jun 4, 2010 at 12:59 pm by Randy, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Kids conquer Alcatraz swim
On the morning of April 10, eight-year-old Malena Nguyen and her 10-year-old brother Jordan woke up early. They didn't have a special breakfast, "unless a bagel is special," J... |
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on Jun 4, 2010 at 1:08 am by ZO, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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City digs the trench solution
If 125-mile-per-hour electric trains are going to whoosh through town as planned by the California High Speed Rail Authority, the City Council wants to put most of Mountain Vi... |
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on Jun 2, 2010 at 10:48 pm by NODUMMASSES, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood |
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Fresh & Easy coming to Middlefield and Rengstorff
This is interesting. A Fresh & Easy market is coming 'soon' to the shopping center complex at Rengstorff and Middlefield:
Web Link
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on Jun 2, 2010 at 3:57 pm by Ben Delucca, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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Death on Grant Road???
Has anybody heard anything about the death on Grant Road?
The other day after dropping off my kids at St. Francis High School I was traveling north on Grant Road. Between B... |
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on Jun 1, 2010 at 3:57 pm by David, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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Another medical marijuana patient arrested
Over and over medical marijuana patients being arrested in Mtn View. Last week a medical marijuana patient was arrested for having a small personal garden of 4 mature plants. ... |
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on Jun 1, 2010 at 10:36 am by John the Man, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Failed marriage ends in murder-suicide
The man believed to have shot his ex-wife before shooting himself May 14 wanted to resume living with her — or be paid for his share of the home and dry cleaning busines... |
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on Jun 1, 2010 at 8:08 am by Tina, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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A Stanford engineering degree -- and no job
Mountain View resident Chad Bowling, 23, never thought he would fall a victim to the down economy.
Read the full story here Web Link ... |
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on May 30, 2010 at 10:41 pm by Lorin, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Local veteran honored for helping injured vets
Dom Garofano, a 40-year Mountain View resident, was honored this week by the Paralyzed Veterans of America for his "longstanding commitment and dedication to the health and we... |
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on May 29, 2010 at 6:10 pm by Old Soldier, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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