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Comcast is more than doubling the number of high-definition channels available to its Bay Area cable customers, but customers will need the right kind of boxes and, for now, live in the right areas to get them.

Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 5:16 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 5:16 a.m. The nation's stores reported another month of dreary sales declines, wiping out any hope of a recovery in retailing in the near future.

In this May 27, 2009 file photo, shoppers wait in line to check out at Costco in Mountain View, Calif.

A mother who was cleared of child endangerment charges in 2007 after leaving her toddler locked in her car is now suing the city for false arrest.

Neighbors of JJ&F Food Store in Palo Alto on Wednesday signaled their support for a development that would keep the popular grocery in town, even as its owner publicly mulled a move to Mountain View.

Google Inc. is hoping to gain greater control over how personal computers work by developing a free operating system that will attack Microsoft Corp.'s golden goose - its long-dominant Windows franchise.

A three-alarm fire spread through the walls of a Mountain View condominium complex this morning, in an apparent accident caused during bathroom renovations.

Local firefighters were quick to get a grass fire under control along Highway 237 near Middlefield Road on Tuesday afternoon.

LaserCard Corp., which is already providing ID cards for Italy's government, has now been awarded an $800,000 contract to supply its optical memory cards to the Carabinieri, the Italian national police force.

After more than five years officially in testing mode, Gmail is finally graduating from "beta." Google Inc.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, July 06, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- As service-oriented architecture deployments mature, there is growing recognition that effective governance is central to ensuring that the enterprise SOA does not dissolve into disparate and redundant Web services silos.

The International Space University had its official opening ceremony on Tuesday, putting Mountain View among other world-class cities, such as Barcelona and Beijing, deemed fit to host the august summer program.

Emergency workers had to use the Jaws of Life Wednesday night to extract a 30-year-old man from his vehicle when in crashed off U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto, fire officials said.

Emergency workers had to use the Jaws of Life Wednesday night to extract a 30-year-old man from his vehicle when in crashed off U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto, according to the fire department.

July 1, 7:54 PM Comment RSS 4th of July fireworks at Shoreline, Moutain View. Photo: LiveNation Vacationing in the Bay Area or staying local? This 4th, visit a South Bay venue and get tickets for Fireworks with the San Francisco Symphony at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.

The Mountain View City Council signed off Tuesday night on a new 53-home development off of Grant Road and Levin Avenue, despite objections from Los Altos city officials who claim the project will increase traffic in their town.

The Mountain View Fire Department has a new battalion chief in Cliff Del Carlo, a 27-year veteran of the department.

California's effort to require cities to provide their "fair share" of housing gained some muscle last month when state Attorney General Jerry Brown sued Pleasanton over the city's housing cap.

The Mountain View City Council is looking to make its position on Hangar One crystal clear, and at a meeting tonight will consider adopting a strongly worded statement in support of re-skinning the structure and arranging a meeting to help move restoration efforts along.

A look at the rights and due process given to tenured public school teachers in California - especially when they've been accused of wrongdoing - makes one thing clear: There's nothing simple about it.