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2 PM Friday, August 24, 2012

TopStories from the Mountain View Voice staff A chance to dance If Leanne Rinelli's students were worried about having only five days to master a series of dances t... (Friday, 1:36 PM) Real estate investor gets five-year federal sentence A longtime Palo Alto and Mountain View real estate investor has received a five-year federal prison ... (Friday, 11:03 AM) MVHS music teacher begins last year of long career Longtime MVHS music teacher Robin Kramer (seen conducting in the attached video)will retire in June.... (Thursday, 2:24 PM) • Mountain View Voice Home Page BestBets This week's events Friday, Aug. 24 Dance: Ballroom wheelchair competition Cheryl Burke Dance studio hosts the American DanceWheels Foundation (ADF) for its first Northern California Ballroom Wheelchair Dance Competition tonight, Aug. 24, 5-7 p.m. Free admission. 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd. #-A1 , Mountain View. Weekend, Aug. 25 & 26 Community: Palo Alto Festival of the Arts Downtown Palo Alto becomes street-fair city this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26, when the 31st annual Festival of the Arts brings 300 artists' booths, children's activities, food and drink, a sculpture garden and Italian street painting to University Avenue and its environs. Admission is free to the event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Outdoors: Arastradero Nature Hike Acterra staff botanist Paul Heiple leads a free hike at Arastradero Preserve from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. Hikers will learn about the local wildlife: what they eat, where they live, and what clues people can spot to know they are there. Authors: Litquake San Francisco's Litquake festival comes down the Peninsula this year, with literary salons, a talk on Jewish humor with KQED radio host Michael Krasny, children's book events, and live music at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center at 3921 Fabian Way in Palo Alto. Music: Daniel Wood & Co. The historic Rengstorff House's Sundays in the Garden program features Daniel Wood and his jazz-inspired horn and alphorn on Sunday, Aug. 26. 2-3 p.m. Free. Rengstorff House, 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. • Master Community Calendar TownSquare Mountain View's Online Gathering Place School dispute will cost Los Altos district The pitched battle between the Los Altos school district and Bullis Charter School unfortunately sho... Merlone Geier seeks permit for "intimidating" fence San Antonio Shopping Center developer Merlone Geier has not given up on its controversial efforts to... • Town Square Home Page

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