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2 PM Friday, April 20, 2012

TopStories from the Mountain View Voice staff VIDEO: Voices Around Town | Plastic Bag Ban Would you support a plastic bag ban in Mountain View or your city? (Friday, 1:29 PM) Algae turns waste into fuel Worried about the scarcity of fossil fuels? Researchers at Mountain View's NASA Ames say they have a... (Friday, 10:48 AM) Two laptops stolen from local business Two laptops were stolen from MOOG CSA Engineering on the first of the month in a burglary that was n... (Thursday, 6:18 PM) • Mountain View Voice Home Page BestBets This week's events Friday, April 20 Art: Fanny Retsek A free reception and artist talk are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, April 20, for a solo exhibition of prints and drawings by Fanny Retsek. The artist's social-justice-themed works are on display through June 10 at the Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Weekend, April 21 & 22 Family: Earth Day The Los Altos History Museum hosts free Earth Day activities focusing on water conservation on Saturday, April 21, noon-4 p.m. A magic show is set for 1 p.m. Los Altos History Museum, 51 South San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Music: Stanford New Ensemble In a free concert scheduled for 8 p.m Saturday, April 21, the Stanford New Ensemble will perform newly composed works by Israeli composer Yinam Leef, and Suddhaseel Sen's arrangement of "Four Songs" by Rabindranath Tagore, featuring soprano Koyel Bhattacharyya. Composers are scheduled to attend the event, which is in Campbell Recital Hall at Stanford University. Community: Bonsai show Demonstrations, tree sales and raffles are planned for the Kusumura Bonsai Club's 52nd annual bonsai show, scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 21 and 22, at the Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Admission is free. Tour: Stanford Historic House & Garden Tour The eighth annual Stanford Historic House & Garden Tour will visit five pre-World War II houses in the Old Campus residential area. The tour goes from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 22. Tickets are $30. • Master Community Calendar TownSquare Mountain View's Online Gathering Place City looks for solution to North Bayshore traffic woes On Tuesday the City Council took a small step towards addressing the bumper to bumper traffic in and... Push to rename MV's post office for fallen soldier A Mountain View post office could be renamed in memory of U.S. Army Lt. Ken Ballard, who was killed... City-wide ban on plastic bags is back on the table The City Council could approve a ban on disposable plastic shopping bags in October -- earlier than ... • Town Square Home Page

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