🌱 Patch AM: Could your Mountain View property land on the historic register next year?

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In today's newsletter:

• Could your Mountain View property land on the historic register next year?
• How a $3.6M creek fix could protect your trail access
• What this new county education leadership means for Mountain View schools

Also on today's calendar: New Year's Eve Celebration & Dance Party at 4 Star Hotel and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy with periods of rain, with a high of 61 and low of 50 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 60, low: 43.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 59 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Mountain View historic register update stirs up controversy (losaltosonline.com) — Mountain View is moving to overhaul its historic places register, a change that could affect whether your property is listed and how easily it can be removed. City Council has ordered staff to tighten criteria and clarify the process, with a final vote expected next year. Some longtime residents and business owners are pushing back, arguing age alone shouldn’t make their buildings historic.
   

2. City of Mountain View partners with school district on $3.6M fix for crumbling creek banks (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View is moving ahead with a $3.6 million project to stabilize dangerously eroding Stevens Creek banks that threaten the Stevens Creek Trail and a nearby school campus. Partnering with Mountain View Whisman School District, the city will cover most costs and manage permits, construction, and long-term monitoring, with work expected to start next summer during the dry season.
   

3. Speiser elected vice president of board of education (losaltosonline.com) — Leadership at the Santa Clara County Board of Education just shifted, with Jessica Speiser, who represents an area including Mountain View’s school districts, elected vice president. Her new role, alongside president Victoria Chon, will shape county-level decisions affecting Mountain View Whisman and Mountain View–Los Altos schools in the coming year.
   

4. New look MV basketball gets ready for league season (losaltosonline.com) — Mountain View High’s boys basketball team is retooling after key graduations and a major transfer, leaning on speed, pressure defense, and new backcourt leaders to chase another CCS playoff berth. With SCVAL De Anza play looming in January, coach Kevin Mack says this smaller, hard-working group is focused on creating offense from defense and staying in the league’s top tier.
   

5. Housing advocates fall short in bids for Sierra Club leadership (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View Council member Lucas Ramirez joined a slate of pro-housing candidates who unsuccessfully tried to win leadership roles in the Sierra Club’s Loma Prieta Chapter, sparking unusually high turnout. The race highlighted tensions between traditional conservation priorities and newer activists who see dense housing as key to climate goals, with veteran, committee-backed candidates ultimately sweeping the seats.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mountain View

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• Alvin Mata: Live Music @ Shashi Hotel
  Shashi Hotel Mountain View Palo Alto, 1625 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 28

• Official 49ers FanClub Watch Parties
  Savvy Cellar Wine Bar , 750 W Evelyn Ave , Mountain View
  4:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Monday Meditation & Mindfulness
  Woodland Library , 1975 Grant Road , Los Altos
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Library Closes at 5:00pm for New Year's Eve
  Woodland Library , 1975 Grant Road , Los Altos
• New Year's Eve Celebration & Dance Party at 4 Star Hotel
  Hyatt Centric Mountain View , 409 San Antonio Rd , Mountain View
  7:30 pm

Thursday January 1

• Woodland Branch Library Closed for New Year's Day
  Woodland Library , 1975 Grant Road , Los Altos

Saturday January 3

• T80: Service Project - Lights
  Boy Scout Troop 80 of Mountain View CA , 1667 Miramonte Ave , Mountain View
  1:00 pm
• Boys JV Soccer @ Santa Clara
  Santa Clara High School , 3000 Benton St , Santa Clara
  4:00 pm
• Boys Sophomore Basketball @ Saratoga High School
  Saratoga High School , 20300 Herriman Ave , Saratoga
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Project Management Techniques Training Course in East Palo Alto, CA
  Regus - Palo Alto - Embarcadero Place , 2100 Geng Rd Suit 210 , Palo Alto
  9:00 am
• Senior Nutrition and Enrichment Programs
  Alviso Branch Library , 5050 North 1st Street , Alviso
  10:00 am
• Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe
  East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
  10:30 am
• Free Meals at the Library / Comida gratis en la biblioteca
  East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
  3:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update on Gracie's "streetcat to housecat story".
  Many of you followed my posts about Gracie, the tan and brown Siamese cat, who was a neighborhood stray that I eventually adopted a year and a half… (Nextdoor Bentley Square)
• Back by popular demand...
  our 11th NYE's party in the last twelve years! The new year symbolizes change and an opportunity for a better future. Announcing a New Year… (Nextdoor Del Medio)

• Walmart posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Mountain View. Apply here.
• ABM posted a job opening for Janitorial Cleaner in Mountain View. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mountain View here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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