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Museum Opens Extended Reality Exhibit

Museum Opens Extended Reality Exhibit

The Computer History Museum's new display traces nearly 60 years of augmented and virtual reality technology through more than 100 devices.

Live Poll

Would you use AI-powered smart glasses in your daily life?

For Mountain View, home to Google headquarters, coverage here follows city government, Santa Clara County, local school districts, technology, business and public safety. Reporting reaches neighborhoods across the city and surrounding communities.


Tech

Live Poll

Would you attend a feature film produced primarily by artificial intelligence software?

Artificial Intelligence

Utopai Studios Raises $60 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

The Mountain View startup plans to use its AI platform to bring three feature films to theaters by 2027.

Utopai Studios Raises $60 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

Crime

Terrorism

Mountain View Resident Arrested for Terroristic Threats

Police arrested George David Barnett following a disturbance at a local McDonald's.

Mountain View Resident Arrested for Terroristic Threats

Lifestyle

Administration

Mountain View School District Approves $700,000 Settlement

The board reached a deal to resolve sexual harassment claims made against the district's former superintendent.


Entertainment

Cultural

Mountain View Marks Día de Muertos at City Hall

Hundreds gathered at City Hall for the city's sixth Día de Muertos celebration, featuring dance, ofrendas and music.

Mountain View Marks Día de Muertos at City Hall

Business

Hospitality

Pyramid Global Takes Over Aloft Mountain View

Pyramid Global Hospitality has begun managing the 160-room Aloft hotel in Silicon Valley, expanding its work with Broadshore Capital Partners.

Pyramid Global Takes Over Aloft Mountain View

Reporting here tracks city council decisions, Santa Clara County policy and Mountain View Whisman School District, Los Altos School District and Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District alongside the technology employers that dominate the local economy. From Old Mountain View and Blossom Valley to Cuesta Park, Monta Loma and Shoreline West, neighborhood coverage extends into San Mateo County, Alameda County and San Benito County where stories cross the line. The concentration of major technology firms ties land use, commuter traffic and housing costs to the fortunes of the broader tech sector in ways that recur throughout city hall coverage. Development density, school district boundaries and transit access are the recurring subjects in local government reporting.


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