After eight straight years reigning as the country’s most-expensive ZIP code, Atherton’s 94027 has finally slipped to second place. The ultra-exclusive Fisher Island, Florida (33109), took the top spot on PropertyShark’s newly released list of the 100 priciest ZIP codes in the U.S., with a 2025 median home sale price of $9.5 million. The post Atherton loses title as nation’s priciest ZIP code after 8-year run appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
A Bay Area institution is sticking around for at least a few years longer. Heidi’s Pies, the iconic pie and dining locale that’s lived on San Mateo’s stretch of Highway 92 since 1970, will remain for another three years. The post After plans to close, Heidi’s Pies confirmed to last another 3 years appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
Step into a diner and the outside world slips away. Vinyl booths, the clatter of plates, the smell of bacon on the griddle — it’s a time capsule, equal parts nostalgic and necessary. The post From pancakes to pies, classic diners endure on the Peninsula appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
School board members have put plans to convert Los Altos High School tennis courts into parking on hold, following strong community opposition in recent months. The post School board halts plans to turn Los Altos High tennis courts into parking appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
Just 10 months after its opening, high-end omakase restaurant Nagai Edomae Sushi suddenly shuttered in August. Now, it’s reopened under new ownership and a new chef: 29-year-old Jason Li. The post ‘Expressive, bold and daring’: Omakase restaurant Sushi Kinsen opens in downtown Redwood City appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
Trinity United Methodist Church is preparing to start construction that will temporarily use parking spots in a downtown lot. The post Construction will temporarily reduce downtown Mountain View parking spaces appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Fliers supporting Prop. 50 at the Kern County Democratic Party booth during the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield on Sept. 26, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local The fundraising battle over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50 isn’t close, but the race is. […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California, listen up: Former President Barack Obama wants you to know that the whole nation is counting on you this November. “Democracy is on the ballot,” the 44th president says straight to camera in the latest advertisement from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign for […] The post Supporters are way ahead in fundraising for Newsom’s Prop. 50, but the race remains close appeared first on Mountain View Vo...| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Kimberly Galindo Kimberly Galindo is a nurse at Riverside Community Hospital Armed men with dark, bulletproof vests entered my hospital unit just before dawn on June 19 and began loudly insisting I take them to a patient’s room. The […] The post When ICE comes to a California hospital, nurses and doctors must protect their patients appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. George Floyd, a Black man who had been detained by Minneapolis police after a store clerk alleged he had used a counterfeit $20 bill, died as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, ignoring Floyd’s complaints that he […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Over the years, casino-owning tribes have spent millions in court, in the Legislature and at the ballot box trying unsuccessfully to force their only competitors out of California’s casino business. A judge today blocked their latest effort. Last year, tribes persuaded the California […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. There’s no question that the proponents of Proposition 50 have a partisan goal. By seeking to adopt a map to put more Democrats in power in areas currently represented by Republicans, they are asking voters to temporarily bypass the state’s independent, nonpartisan redistricting […]| Mountain View Voice
October means 31 days of fall festivities, including the hallmark Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, cultural celebrations like the Mid-Autumn Festival and Diwali and annual culinary events like the Upscale Pub Crawl and Chocolate Fest.| Mountain View Voice
October means 31 days of fall festivities, including the hallmark Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, cultural celebrations like the Mid-Autumn Festival and Diwali and annual culinary events like the Upscale Pub Crawl and Chocolate Fest.| 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
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The horrific string of wildfires that has plagued California in recent years, taking dozens of lives and destroying many billions of dollars in property, also created a crisis in property insurance. Some insurers have abandoned California altogether, some have refused to take more […]| 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
In a much-anticipated report, Mountain View has laid out a series of recommendations for the city to reach its ambitious goal of reducing severe traffic injuries and eliminating all traffic fatalities by 2030.| Mountain View Voice
The Mountain View City Council agreed last week to update the terms of a deal for a new campus in the San Antonio area, dubbed the "10th school site," despite concerns that it might not serve students living near it.| Mountain View Voice
A Mountain View man who allegedly stole a handgun from a local gun store Wednesday was detained after the store owner chased him and fired a warning shot in the air, according to police.| Mountain View Voice
With a state ethnic studies mandate on hold after the California Legislature failed to provide funding for it, the Mountain View Los Altos School District is now considering options to change its existing program.| 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
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In a few weeks, over 100 colleges and universities across California will lose access to essential funding for tutoring, academic counseling and other support services aimed at helping Black, Latino, Asian and Native American students succeed in college. The change comes after the […]| 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
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Several candidates for the board of California’s largest public pension fund are complaining that the fund put its thumb on the scale of this month’s election by sending a message to all members before voting concludes. The message promoted the California Public Employees’ […]| Mountain View Voice
Google has ended its plans for a massive office development in Mountain View, prompting questions about the city's future growth plans.| Mountain View Voice
One of Mountain View's largest ever office projects won the council's approval Tuesday night, paving the way for Google to build out 800,000 square feet of office buildings in North Bayshore along a stretch of Highway 101.| Mountain View Voice
