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
With national Fire Prevention Week starting on Sunday, Oct. 5, we’re highlighting some local fire-safety tips, including the scoop on how local cities are sharing information on using lithium-ion batteries safely, plus the stories of two Peninsula residents who’ve added smart wildfire defense systems to their propeties and Midpen’s ongoing efforts to help prevent widespread fires in open spaces. The post October fire-safety guide: Tips, ongoing prevention efforts and smart wildfire sp...| Mountain View Voice
Mountain View is taking steps to update its historic preservation ordinance to protect more historically significant properties, including putting dozens of previously unlisted properties on the city’s register of historic resources. The post Mountain View looks to add buildings to historic register, prohibit owners from ‘opting off’ appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tightened rules on how police in California use automated license plate readers, saying the regulations would impede criminal investigations. The Legislature approved the proposal last month amid reports police were misusing the data, including […] The post Newsom just vetoed a bill to regulate license plate readers — even as fresh evidence of misuse emerges a...| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit today against the City of El Cajon, accusing its police department of repeatedly violating state law by sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with law enforcement agencies in more than two dozen states. The […] The post California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies appeared first on Mountain View Vo...| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. There’s a green button for “aye” and a red button for “no” on Concord Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías’ desk. She feels obligated to push one of those buttons for every bill that comes her way in the California Legislature – even if hitting […] The post California lawmakers keep dodging tough bills by not voting. Here are the worst offenders appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Jim Berk Jim Berk is CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Whether by design or by quiet submission to a rapidly-evolving digital landscape, the world’s largest social media companies have allowed their platforms to become factories of division, dehumanization […] The post If hate-fueled algorithms cause real-world harm, California tech companies should pay appeared first on Mountai...| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A new school year brings an array of feelings: excitement, anticipation, nervousness, homesickness. Maria Caballero Magaña, a K-8 school counselor in Oxnard, knows these feelings well — familiar companions as students return to campus. This year, however, she and other counselors detected acute […] The post As immigration raids shake families, school counselors help students cope with fear and loss appear...| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Companies owned by President Donald Trump have declared bankruptcy six times, a reminder that a corporation that defaults on repaying money it has borrowed is often forced into bankruptcy court. Several California cities, including Stockton and San Bernardino, that unwisely made pension promises […] The post California businesses bear brunt of growing unemployment benefit debt appeared first on Mountain View V...| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. With five weeks until election day, the fight over changing congressional districts in California to favor Democrats has already become one of the most expensive ballot measures in recent state history. The official campaigns supporting and opposing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50 reported […] The post The campaign over Gavin Newsom’s maps is one of California most expensive, ever appeared first on Moun...| 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 man was killed in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday night when the truck he was driving crashed into an elevated median, police said in a news release.| 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
California lawmakers started the year signaling they were ready to get tough on data centers, aiming to protect the environment and electricity ratepayers. Nine months later, they have little to show for it.| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Do you like your representative in Congress and don’t want to lose them? Did you vote yes on creating an independent redistricting commission to mitigate the role of partisan politics in drawing congressional maps more than a decade ago? All of that can […]| 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
California has prepositioned firefighting resources across the state in anticipation of thunderstorms bringing heavy rain, dry lightning and gusty winds that could spark new wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. CalFire has boosted staffing statewide, a press release issued Thursday said. The agency has added extra engines, strike teams, and hand crews in both its […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a set of bills meant to check the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown in California, including measures that limit their access on schools and force them to identify themselves in public. The new laws echo the “resistance” measures […]| 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
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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