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AROUND TOWN
Former Army housing site eyed for North Bayshore schoolLike manna from heaven, a school campus-sized site may have opened up in North Bayshore to serve the thousands of new households...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2017Last comment by @ @ William hitchens , 47 minutes ago | 6 comments | 1000 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bringing astronomy down to earthFor the last 45 years, astronomy professor Andrew Fraknoi has made it his mission to translate groundbreaking astronomical...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2017Last comment by musical, 1 hour ago | 3 comments | 1242 Views
ELECTIONS
Legislation introduced to allow Caltrain sales taxState legislation introduced Wednesday would allow Caltrain to seek voter approval for a new sales tax to help cover capital...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2017Last comment by Albert R, 3 hours ago | 5 comments | 728 Views
AROUND TOWN
What's a fair rent increase in Mountain View?It was a painful slog for Mountain View's Rental Housing Committee on Monday night as they waded into the delicate issues...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2017Last comment by Gary, 4 hours ago | 11 comments | 2665 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bridge School Benefit concert canceledCiting personal reasons, Neil and Pegi Young announced this week they were calling off the Bridge School Benefit Concert...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2017Last comment by Lee, 5 hours ago | 4 comments | 1991 Views
RESTAURANTS
Hobee's Restaurant sold to longtime employeesThe family who has owned Peninsula breakfast institution Hobee's Restaurant for 43 years sold the business to a couple of...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2017Last comment by clay, 8 hours ago | 1 comment | 86 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board approves new attendance boundariesRejecting a last-minute attempt to balance diversity among Mountain View's elementary schools, the Mountain View Whisman...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2017Last comment by LOL, 9 hours ago | 33 comments | 4046 Views
AROUND TOWN
Can these restaurants be saved?On Tuesday night the City Council discussed a new proposal to remove two antique buildings along Villa Street to make way...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2017Last comment by JS, 10 hours ago | 33 comments | 4793 Views
AROUND TOWN
New Monta Loma Safeway opening June 18A new Safeway supermarket will be opening for business this Sunday, June 18, at the Monta Loma Plaza space formerly occupied...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2017Last comment by Customer, 17 hours ago | 21 comments | 3880 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pumar sentenced to one year in jailMatthew Pumar, the driver who hit and killed a Mountain View man last summer, was sentenced to one year in county jail and...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2013Last comment by Bill Wares Niece, 20 hours ago | 25 comments | 15075 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Grand jury: districts make tax exemptions tough to getSchool district in Santa Clara County pass parcel tax with the promise of exemptions, but some districts make it tough to...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2017Last comment by Debby, 22 hours ago | 9 comments | 1139 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Children from new North Bayshore housing would flood local schoolsSchool district officials are raising concerns that the explosive residential growth would require several new schools and...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2017Last comment by Details, on Jun 21, 2017 at 6:51 pm | 28 comments | 4954 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Eight arrested at Brad Paisley concertMountain View police arrested eight people at the Brad Paisley country concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre over the weekend,...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2017Last comment by Reader, on Jun 21, 2017 at 5:26 pm | 11 comments | 1917 Views
AROUND TOWN
Chez TJ, Tied House team up for mixed-use projectThe owner of Chez TJ, the city's high-end restaurant serving gourmet tasting dinners from inside a historic Victorian house...
Original post made on May. 4, 2017Last comment by Jeff T, on Jun 21, 2017 at 10:50 am | 16 comments | 5619 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Heat wave this week prompts weather advisory, Flex alertA heat advisory for the Bay Area issued by the National Weather Service has been extended through 9 p.m. Thursday as sweltering...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2017Last comment by Robyn, on Jun 20, 2017 at 4:03 pm | 1 comment | 838 Views
AROUND TOWN
What was Mountain View like in the '70sI am new to the area and am curious what life was like in Mountain View in the 1970s, 1980s and even earlier. I would love...
Original post made by Newbie on Apr. 13, 2008Last comment by Eric Comerford , on Jun 20, 2017 at 10:04 am | 224 comments | 72050 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Navy hits pause on dissolving Moffett RABFollowing pushback from local residents and political leaders, U.S. Navy officials announced Friday they would hold off on...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2017Last comment by Neighbor, on Jun 19, 2017 at 10:59 pm | 2 comments | 1883 Views
AROUND TOWN
Record heat at Moffett Field on SundayHigh temperatures in nine San Francisco Bay Area locations were new records for Sunday's date, including at Moffett Field,...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2017Last comment by Uhg!, on Jun 19, 2017 at 3:56 pm | 1 comment | 1088 Views
AROUND TOWN
Guest opinion: Fighting floods begins now with stream maintenanceEvery summer since 2001, the Santa Clara Valley Water District has undertaken a five-month-long effort to maintain and improve...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2017Last comment by dot dot dot, on Jun 19, 2017 at 1:54 pm | 3 comments | 178 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Man arrested over parking space disputePolice arrested a 25-year-old Mountain View man last week after he allegedly punched two men for taking a parking spot he...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2017Last comment by See? SEE?!?!, on Jun 19, 2017 at 7:06 am | 9 comments | 1619 Views
Time To Get Stoned
By Laura Stec | 5 comments | 1,968 views
My Quality of Life on this Father's Day
By Steve Levy | 3 comments | 1,104 views
We’ve Been Married About a Year . . .
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 309 views
2017 guide to summer camps
Looking for something for the kids to do this summer, learn something new and have fun? The 2017 Summer Camp Guide features local camps for all ages and interests.
