The Mountain View City Council has voted 4-to-1 to begin drafting work
plans to ban plastic bags and polystyrene take-out food containers.
The plastic bag ordinance would also require stores to charge either ten or 15 cents for a paper bag.
The work plans are expected to be completed by this spring.
If Mountain View adopts the plastic bag ban, it would follow San Jose, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale.
Palo Alto is the only city in the county that has a ban on polystyrene containers.
Get ready to drive down Matrix Boulevard.
The City of San Jose has given the go ahead to give that name to a part of Old Bayshore Highway.
The change is being made because the stretch between Airport
Parkway and North Fourth Street will soon be home to the Matrix Casino
complex.
City Director of Planning Joe Horwedel says that
planning officials go through a specific set of steps after such a
change is approved.
Horwedel emphasizes that all costs are picked up by the company requesting the name change.
Vandalism of a peace mural in San Jose has prompted Supervisor David Cortese to put out a one-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible.
The mural on the corner of Huran Drive and Santiago Avenue was painted by area kids, teens and volunteers, and includes peace symbols and messages promoting peace. Full Story
The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has received a $5 million contribution from developer John Sobrato and his family.
The money will go toward equipment for a new 168-bed hospital wing
at the hospital, which will be named the John and Susan Sobrato
Pavilion.
Hospital officials says the donation is the largest gift to VMC
since it was founded in 1876 and is the biggest private donation to any
county hospital west of the Mississippi.
The Mountain View City Council has voted 4-to-1 to begin drafting work
plans to ban plastic bags and polystyrene take-out food containers.
Get ready to drive down Matrix Boulevard.
Vandalism of a peace mural in San Jose has prompted Supervisor David Cortese to put out a one-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible.
The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has received a $5 million contribution from developer John Sobrato and his family.
