Mountain View News

San Jose city and transit officials are dreaming of a more bike-friendly city that could become reality for residents as soon as next spring.

A forged check in Mountain View led to three arrests Wednesday and the discovery of a semiautomatic handgun owned by a convicted felon, police said.

Earlier today, Google gave a detailed presentation about Chrome OS, the open-source, Web-centric operating system -- built around its Chrome browser -- that it announced in July to general excitement among tech types .

Christine Tran, a certified sommelier, talks about a bottle of wine during a wine tasting at Artisan Wine Depot, in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, Nov 6. 2009.

The victim of a Nov. 12 sexual assault by two men near the footbridge to Palo Alto at the southern end of Alma Street in Menlo Park is being "very, very uncooperative" with investigators from the Menlo Park Police Department, police said.

Google is planning to hold a special Chrome OS event at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA this Thursday morning, we've just been notified.

Following on from its acquisition of Pigeon Point Systems last year, Actel has announced IP core enhancements to its Fusion mixed-signal FPGAs that cater to platform management applications, particularly xTCA.

A 38-year-old San Jose resident accused of raping a woman in her Mountain View home in 2007 has pleaded no contest and was sentenced last week to 25 years to life in prison.

Alec Baldwin, Ron Howard and Tom Hanks attend the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' inaugural Governors Awards in LA where producer John Calley, actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis were... movies 22 minutes ago Kellan Lutz makes a stop in Boston to promote the upcoming release of "The ...

She had given the gunman what little cash she had in her Mountain View apartment, driven him to a bank and handed him what cash she could get from her ATM.

Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday - a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable.

NASA said preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct.

PG&E's $2.2 billion program to install 10 million "SmartMeters" on homes and businesses throughout California to better monitor energy consumption is off to a rough start.

In what environmentalists called a historic move Tuesday, Mountain View became one of the first cities in the country to approve goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

November 10, 2009 /EIN News/ -- Key Google application tools released as open source Google is expected to release some of its core tools for application development in open source.

The Mountain View-Los Altos High School District may ask voters to approve a bond to add classroom space and make schools more energy-efficient. Despite the tough economy, district officials say a poll conducted over the last couple of weeks shows local voters seem to support a bond measure the district has been discussing.

Caltrans and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority on Monday plan to throw the switch on a new ramp metering system along southbound Highway 101 between Palo Alto and Santa Clara.

Police in Mountain View are seeking the public's help in locating a 30-year-old woman who is believed to have a psychological illness that could impair her judgment.

A California State University, Sacramento student accused of beating to death his roommate has been charged with murder and assaulting a peace officer.

A program for autistic preschoolers at Slater Elementary School in Mountain View was scheduled for closure today after several potential cases of H1N1 flu were reported among staff members and students.