Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Woodside. The post Mediterranean villa in Palo Alto’s Crescent Park sells for $14.5M appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
Following years of delays and public disagreements, Los Altos School District administrators are formally recommending allocating the district’s yet-to-built campus in Mountain View to Bullis Charter School. Bullis’ leaders object to the plan, calling it “contrary to the letter of the law.” The post Los Altos School District staff recommend moving Bullis to 10th school site appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
After weeks of waiting, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 79, which will allow mid-rise apartment buildings near major transit stops in California’s biggest metro areas, including Santa Clara County. The post Gavin Newsom signs law overhauling local zoning to build more housing appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
After years of deliberations, the Los Altos School District plans to finalize designs within the next month for a new campus in Mountain View.| Mountain View Voice
A four-story condo development in Mountain View largely sailed through a City Council meeting Tuesday evening despite some opposition from residents who said the project was not a good fit for the neighborhood.| Mountain View Voice
Mountain View's homeless population spiked 56% over the past two years with the vast majority of unhoused people residing in vehicles, according to a report released by Santa Clara County this week.| Mountain View Voice
U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo said on Monday that he will refuse to vote to avert a looming government shutdown unless Congress extends health insurance subsidies.| Mountain View Voice
A rare bird appeared on Google’s Mountain View campus last week, with throngs of people coming to see the dark-sided flycatcher.| Mountain View Voice
Walkway and curb ramp improvements on Castro Street are slated to begin Monday, with the goal of making it easier for people to get around downtown Mountain View.| Mountain View Voice
After Google chopped down more than 800 trees in Mountain View to make way for an office project that it later abandoned, the tech behemoth has now agreed to pay up to $703,000 to plant hundreds of new trees throughout the city.| San José Spotlight
The Midpeninsula’s residential real estate market should remain mostly above the fray this spring despite economic uncertainties, a roller coaster stock market and relatively high interest rates. That is the cautiously optimistic assessment, at least, from the region’s Realtors. They even predict an incremental improvement in the area’s famous lack of housing inventory during the upcoming season.| Palo Alto Online
