Amid objections from some community members, the Mountain View City Council has backed a plan to allow for more housing in select areas south of El Camino Real, a part of the city that is currently made up of mostly single-family homes. In a 6-1 vote, the city council approved a motion to update land use...

Mountain View is forging ahead with updates to its historic preservation ordinance and list of historic buildings, despite objections from some community members who say their properties are not historically significant and shouldn’t be on the list. In a unanimous Dec. 9 vote, the City Council directed staff to move forward with plans to clarify eligibility...

Five years after Mountain View closed off three blocks of downtown Castro Street to vehicle traffic, the city is looking to add large, central crosswalks at two main intersections to create a continuous route for pedestrians walking down the center of the blocked off street. The first phase of the project, which city staff presented to the...

Mountain View’s north entrance to downtown Castro Street is finally getting a makeover after years of lingering half-measures, temporary traffic signs and roadway cones, with proposed changes that will finally eliminate all vehicle traffic crossing the Caltrain tracks. The transit project, which the city’s Council Transportation Committee reviewed Tuesday, would eliminate northbound traffic on Castro Street across...

Constructed more than five decades ago, the bicycle and pedestrian path along Shoreline Boulevard between Villa Street and Wright Avenue is in poor condition, with tree roots causing cracked and raised asphalt. That could all change starting next year, after the Mountain View City Council voted last month to move ahead with an $8.7 million improvement...

The Mountain View City Council voted Tuesday to approve a new mixed-use housing project that will add hundreds of apartments at one of Mountain View’s most prominent intersections, preserving elements of the existing historic bank building on the site. While councilmembers sang the praises of the developer’s efforts to win over the community, build housing...

A 15-story builder’s remedy project in Mountain View could become one of the city’s tallest structures, towering above the surrounding one- to three-story homes and commercial buildings in a neighborhood near U.S. Highway 101. Mario Ambra, a former Mountain View Mayor who was removed from office by a civil grand jury more than two decades ago, is proposing to...

Driving under the influence was the top reason for vehicle crashes in Mountain View last year, a trend the Mountain View Police Department is looking to reverse with a $75,000 state grant that will help pay police overtime for traffic and DUI enforcement efforts, training and education. In 2024, there were 336 reported collisions in Mountain...

Plans to construct a six-story housing development that would add hundreds of new apartments to a prominent intersection in downtown Mountain View are poised to move ahead with the City Council set to take a final vote on the project next month. The developer Greystar wants to replace the Chase Bank at the corner of El Camino...