On a recent Sunday afternoon, golfers hit balls that sailed past a gaggle of geese and a lone duck resting on the yellowing fairway of Mountain View’s Shoreline Golf Links. The 18-hole course is part of a 750-acre wildlife refuge and recreation area, a feature that many players say is what makes the course memorable...

More than a dozen public parking spots in downtown Mountain View are slated to be temporarily unavailable to make way for a construction project on Castro Street. The City Council unanimously approved the closure of 13 parking spots in Lot 2 at its May 12 meeting. The item was part of the council’s consent agenda,...

Looking to cut down on pollution, Mountain View approved a citywide policy Tuesday that seeks to reduce the number of vehicles on the road. In a unanimous vote, the City Council backed major updates to a policy that requires developers to encourage sustainable forms of transportation, such as offering transit subsidies, bicycle facilities and carshare services. “I...

A developer’s plan to build an eight-story condominium complex at a prominent gateway to downtown Mountain View got the greenlight Tuesday evening after a legal dispute over parkland fees threatened to derail the project earlier this year. In a split 4-2 vote, the City Council approved a 140-unit condominium project with nearly 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail...

In the wake of multiple staff vacancies, Mountain View is setting up a new division within its public works department to address a backlog of transportation and street improvement projects. Public Works Director Jennifer Ng presented the plan for the new transportation division to the City Council earlier this month, as part of an update...

Since last Friday, Mountain View resident Mark Tashima has been told by city officials that he can’t drink or otherwise use the tap water in his home in the Cuesta Park neighborhood. That puts him in the same boat as about 65 other nearby households. On April 24, a city contractor breached a water main at the...

A project to add bike lanes in a part of Mountain View that is slated to gain hundreds of new homes looks like it will be put on hold for years, if not indefinitely. The City Council directed city staff last week to shelve a plan that would put in bike lanes on Terra Bella...

With the FIFA World Cup coming to the area this summer, Mountain View is looking to boost the liveliness of its downtown area. One of the ways it plans to do this is by letting people drink alcohol outdoors in certain areas during city-sponsored events. In a unanimous April 14 vote, with Councilmember Alison Hicks recused,...

A plan to pay for a new police and fire headquarters has sailed through the Mountain View City Council, with assurances from city staff that the $189 million project won’t have substantial cost overruns. In a unanimous April 14 vote, the City Council approved a plan to fund a new 75,000-square-foot public safety building at 1000...

After years of financial uncertainty, a developer is getting another chance to turn two public parking lots in downtown Mountain View into a hotel and office development. In a unanimous vote, the City Council authorized city staff last month to execute an amended lease and development agreement with RGC Mountain View, a commercial real estate company....