Mountain View Local Pulse

Mountain View families can grab these free finds just minutes away in Los Altos.

• Wooden sandbox frame with toys at 340 Raquel Ln, first come first...

King tides around Thanksgiving and Christmas could combine with storms to produce 3+ feet of flooding in vulnerable Bay Area spots.

• Mountain View's...

Palo Alto marked the official completion of its new public safety building with a community celebration yesterday featuring the police K-9 unit,...

Paly girls water polo built a commanding 4-0 lead in the first quarter but lost 7-6 to Los Altos in a tight matchup on Oct. 6. The Vikings' strong...

Monthly costs in Mountain View often range from $6,000 to $8,000 or more, varying by care level and amenities. Base rates cover housing and meals, but...

Palo Alto council's Tuesday special meeting may finally disclose the secret appraisal for the $65.5 million Cubberley purchase, giving voters key...

Target is adding 2,000 seasonal positions across the Bay Area ahead of holiday shopping.

• Roles include cashier, guest service, stocking, online...

Mountain View residents can take part in the No Kings demonstration on October 17 from 12-2pm to support nonpartisan voter engagement along El...

The Makers Market on Castro Street transformed residents from downtown spectators into active participants, building connections while supporting...

Local teams delivered strong performances in Friday's Week 7 action.

• Los Altos rolled to a 40-21 victory over Santa Clara
• Mountain View fell...

A 49ers-backed PAC has poured $295,425 into Santa Clara's District 2 race, with $270,137 supporting Kimberley Williams and $25,288 opposing Yvonne...

Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed Proposition 42, a measure designed to nullify the proposed billionaire tax in Prop. 40.

Funded by Sergey Brin, Prop. 42...

IdaRose Sylvester has secured the widest support so far with 7 of 10 voter guide endorsements.

• Erik Poicon follows with 5 endorsements
• James Kuszmaul holds 4
  Nine guides remain unpublished as of October 9.

Mountain View and Los Altos residents are sharing useful free items this week across platforms like trashnothing and Nextdoor.

• Pet supplies: Dog...

Downtown visitors and workers face a temporary MVWiFi outage from construction, with fixes expected to take several days.

• Service status: Free...

Support biodiversity in this Los Altos urban woodland by joining Grassroots Ecology volunteers.

• Remove invasive weeds and spread mulch across...

Catch The Invisible Man in Mountain View’s Black & White Classic Movie Series on Monday, October 19, 2026 — a sci-fi thriller about a scientist whose invisibility experiment spirals into dangerous consequences.

Raymond Goins, a community organizer living in transitional housing at the Opportunity Center, is running as Palo Alto's first Democratic Socialist of...

Mountain View residents can boost MVHS toward $250,000 in athletic-facility funding by voting once daily at fridaynight5glights.com or the T-Life app...

Mountain View's eight City Council candidates outlined sharp differences on key local pressures ahead of the November vote.

• Housing: Cox and...