Express: Today's news and events in Mountain View

2 PM Friday, April 26, 2013

TopStories from the Mountain View Voice staff Toxic vapors found in NASA Ames buildings The Department of Defense has found toxic vapors in several buildings at Moffett Federal Airfield, b... (Friday, 12:52 PM) Historic Pearson house demolished After years of abandonment and several attempts to save it, the 130-year-old home of early Mountain ... (Thursday, 2:10 PM) Google offers to fund city's bike projects Mountain View city officials are in talks with Google about using some of the internet giant's billi... (Friday, 12:43 PM) Getting ready for the Spring Parade The 35th annual Spring Parade will hit Castro Street this Saturday, April 27 at noon. Mary Kay Marin... (Thursday, 3:47 PM) • Mountain View Voice Home Page BestBets This week's events Friday, April 26 Gardening: Gamble Garden Spring Tour The 26th is the first day of Gamble Garden's 28th Annual Spring Tour, which will feature six gardens, each showcasing landscaping designs. There will also be a marketplace selling plants and garden gifts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. $40. Register online. Weekend, April 27 & 28 Community: Spring Parade "Wild About Mountain View" is the theme of the city's 35th annual Spring Parade on Saturday, April 27, noon to 3 p.m. The parade starts on Castro Street at Villa Street downtown, with food, games and activities in Pioneer Park. Music: A Night at the Opera The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra presents the fourth and final program of its Main Stage Concert series in the 2012-2013 series, "A Night at the Opera." 8-10 p.m. First Palo Alto United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. Free. Theater: Miss Saigon The Palo Alto Players present "Miss Saigon," a musical about an American G.I. and a Vietnamese bar girl who fall in love in 1975 only to be separated in the chaos of the fall of Saigon. April 27 is opening night. 8 p.m. Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Tickets $18-$32. Music: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, founded in 1988 during the era of Herbert von Karajan, the first permanently established wind quintet, will perform at Bing Concert Hall. 2:30-4:30 p.m. 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Tickets are $10-$60 Art: Andy Warhol and Celebrity As a Pop artist trained in advertising, Andy Warhol was obsessed with fame and the media. This exhibition, titled "More than Fifteen Minutes: Andy Warhol and Celebrity," features prints, drawings, and Polaroid photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Mao Tse Tung, Mick Jagger and other contemporary icons, exploring ideas about fame, ephemerality and the legacy of Andy Warhol. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. • Master Community Calendar TownSquare Mountain View's Online Gathering Place Plastic bag ban starts Monday Shoppers take note: Mountain View's ban on plastic grocery bags begins on Earth Day, Monday, April 2... 200 apartments proposed for Castro and El Camino In a long-sought redevelopment, a four-story apartment building with retail on the ground floor may ... LASD eyes former mayor's property As Target proposes to rebuild its Showers Drive store, Los Altos School District officials are appar... • Town Square Home Page

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