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Newsom appoints 2 new judges to Santa Clara County court
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (183+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed two new judges to serve at the Santa Clara County Superior Court, his office announced Friday. Jeremy Kroger and Bhanu Sadasivan are two of 14 judicial appointments made by Newsom across courts in California. Kroger has…...
Mountain View shuttles resume service after license snafu
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (176+ words) Mountain View's free shuttles are returning after a weeklong suspension caused by the expiration of the shuttle operator's state license." MVgo service resumed Thursday with afternoon service, while the Mountain View Community Shuttle was set to resume at 7 a. m. Friday, according…...
Newsom signs law that lets Uber, attorneys avoid ballot measure fight
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (283+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a bill that came out of a deal between Uber and California lawyers, shaving two competing initiatives that likely would have driven hundreds of millions of dollars in political spending from the November ballot....
Mountain View enters legal fight over Gilroy ICE facility
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (811+ words) The Mountain View City Council took action on multiple fronts Tuesday to push back against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, formally opposing plans for a U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Gilroy and passing a policy banning city property from…...
LA's political coalitions have been shifting. Nithya Raman will shuffle them even more
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (497+ words) Los Angeles, with its extraordinary diversity, is a national case study in coalition politics " the cobbling together of constituencies to create a political and governing majority. This election for mayor, which pits incumbent Karen Bass against Councilmember Nithya Raman, offers…...
Earthquake alert system pings Bay Area residents for far off quake
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (576+ words) Many Bay Area residents were alerted by their phones Wednesday morning when a large earthquake struck in far-off Mendocino County, despite the fact that most people in the region didn't feel the slightest wobble. When the magnitude 5. 6 earthquake struck at…...
Timeline remains unknown for resuming Mountain View shuttle service
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (417+ words) Mountain View's free shuttle services remain suspended as the contracted operator works through state inspection and approval requirements, leaving riders without a confirmed date when the shuttles will return." The Mountain View Community Shuttle and MVgo haven't been operating since…...
Mountain View scraps bond plans, opts for hotel tax measure instead
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (663+ words) Looking to give the city an injection of new revenue, Mountain View is putting a measure on the November ballot that would increase taxes on local hotels. The City Council unanimously supported a staff recommendation Tuesday evening to move forward…...
Santa Clara County balances budget without severe service cuts
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (654+ words) Santa Clara County has closed its multimillion-dollar deficit while preserving essential services amid one of its most challenging budget years in decades. But the county also had to consolidate services to balance the budget. That includes'closing three mental health clinics…...
Written in the Stars: Mountain View High graduates look to the future
3+ week, 1+ day ago (527+ words) Graduation, and all the endings that come with it, seemed to sneak up on Mountain View High School's Class of 2026, student speaker Eleanor Shin told the crowd at Friday night's commencement ceremony." The weeks leading up to graduation were "strange,…...