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ELECTIONS
Rent control reform measure heads to voters in MarchThe Mountain View City Council on Tuesday night approved final language for a ballot measure changing the city's rent control...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2019Last comment by Randy Guelph, 9 hours ago | 6 comments | 936 Views
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Tim Bond named TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's next artistic leaderTim Bond has been appointed the next artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, the organization announced Tuesday....
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2019Last comment by sherber, 10 hours ago | 2 comments | 473 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View City Council backs plan to prevent renter displacement from redevelopmentThe city of Mountain View is on pace to destroy 127 of its rent-controlled, mostly affordable apartments every year, threatening...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2019Last comment by mvrenter, 12 hours ago | 13 comments | 5676 Views
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Shenandoah military housing site eyed for school, affordable housingMountain View's city leaders are beginning to lay the groundwork for transforming 17 acres of federally owned land into a...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2019Last comment by Ok, 14 hours ago | 10 comments | 3523 Views
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Facing public pressure, Stanford decides to install plaque with Chanel Miller's wordsAlmost two years after rejecting a quote proposed by Chanel Miller for a plaque at a memorial garden where she was sexually...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by Comment @ Palo Alto Online, 16 hours ago | 1 comment | 753 Views
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County supervisors ban e-cigarette sales, calling on cities like Mountain View to do more to curb teen vapingThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors sought to make a strong statement about the teen vaping epidemic, voting to prohibit...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2019Last comment by Dan Waylonis, 16 hours ago | 1 comment | 1202 Views
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Body found in parked car is missing tech CEO last seen in Palo AltoA Utah woman reported missing since Oct. 7, when she was last seen in Palo Alto, and found dead in San Jose late last week...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2019Last comment by Lexi, 20 hours ago | 2 comments | 1899 Views
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Atherton: Uber drivers, other contract workers protest outside of Uber investor's homeAbout 30 gig economy employees, mostly Uber drivers, on Nov. 6 protested outside the Atherton home of Bill Gurley, a venture...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2019Last comment by ZeroZero Win, 20 hours ago | 9 comments | 1437 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View doctor and community activist Mike Fischetti dies at 76Dr. Mike Fischetti, an oncologist, impassioned health care advocate and community activist, died Oct. 29 due to health complications....
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by Roberto, 23 hours ago | 2 comments | 2806 Views
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Mountain View City Council backs natural gas ban for all new homesThe Mountain View City Council took a strong stance in battling climate change, unanimously approving new building codes...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by @Gary W, on Nov 12, 2019 at 1:56 pm | 77 comments | 11037 Views
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Inside Stanford's bid to expand -- and how it came undoneThe largest project in Santa Clara County's history got the axe just before noon on Nov. 1, a casualty of fundamental disagreements...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by BDBD, on Nov 12, 2019 at 1:15 pm | 4 comments | 1252 Views
RESTAURANTS
Your food is here. It's from a restaurant that doesn't exist.Virtual restaurants, which live on mobile delivery apps and operate out of the kitchens of brick-and-mortar restaurants,...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by Alex M, on Nov 12, 2019 at 11:58 am | 1 comment | 3168 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD demands Santa Clara County act to reverse alleged charter school discriminationThe Los Altos School District is backing up allegations that Bullis Charter School has a long history of deterring low-income...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by Facts Question for MVV, on Nov 12, 2019 at 11:35 am | 57 comments | 3407 Views
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Guest opinion: Making basic human needs a realityIn a guest opinion, Mountain View resident Michelle Novak calls on tech companies like Google to help come up with solutions...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2019Last comment by member, on Nov 12, 2019 at 9:31 am | 6 comments | 1516 Views
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Letters to the editor: Rent control, test scores, El Camino improvementsLetters to the editor in the Oct. 25 issue about Measure V, El Camino improvements and standardized test scores. Read the...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2019Last comment by Judi, on Nov 12, 2019 at 8:16 am | 6 comments | 1233 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Editorial: In the driver's seatWith more cars clogging already jammed roadways and more companies testing self-driving technology, it's essential that Caltrans...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2019Last comment by Gary, on Nov 12, 2019 at 3:07 am | 2 comments | 1335 Views
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A different kind of condo complexIf you didn't know what you were looking at, the Mountain View Cohousing Community appears to be like any other apartment...
Original post made on Nov. 9, 2019Last comment by OMV Neighbor, on Nov 10, 2019 at 11:58 pm | 4 comments | 2123 Views
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City unveils wishful vision for North Bayshore gateway siteThe city of Mountain View is drafting plans for a vibrant, dense hub for the "gateway" into North Bayshore, designed to attract...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2019Last comment by That MV Guy, on Nov 10, 2019 at 5:05 pm | 5 comments | 2815 Views
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Spare the Air alerts called for Saturday and Sunday, wood burning bannedA high-pressure system trapping smoke over the Bay Area spurred the air district to issue the winter season's first Spare...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2019Last comment by resident, on Nov 10, 2019 at 11:46 am | 1 comment | 837 Views
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Mountain View lays out $81 million plan for El Camino RealA new streetscape plan lays out $81 million in future improvements for El Camino Real with much of that funding expected...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2019Last comment by Sane Biker, on Nov 9, 2019 at 4:18 pm | 18 comments | 8060 Views
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