Tag Archives: Mountain

Hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds during a high-altitude mountain ultramarathon led to the deaths of 21 experienced runners in northwestern China on Saturday, state media and the Associated Press reported. The 62-mile Huanghe Shilin Mountain Marathon race began in sunny conditions that morning. By 1 p.m. the weather turned to freezing rain, hail stones and gale winds, the state-run Global Times reported. Rescuers confirmed that 151 of the 172 total runners were safe, via AP, and eight… Source link

Google’s main campus. Photo by Michelle Le Visitors to Google’s tech campus in Mountain View can walk right up to the front doors of the Googleplex, enjoying the views of the public courtyard outside one of the largest companies in the world. But that could change soon. In an effort to reduce security risks at all of the company’s sites, Google is looking to revamp its 1995 headquarters — along with a second North Bayshore office building currently under construction — and clamp down… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google has filed a new set of proposals for two new neighborhoods in northern Mountain View, an ambitious endeavor that would create thousands of new homes — and represent the largest residential project in that city’s history. Two new neighborhoods of houses, office buildings, shops, restaurants, open spaces, and public areas would sprout north of U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, according to Google’s preliminary master plan proposal for North Bayshore that the… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google has filed a new set of proposals for two new neighborhoods in northern Mountain View, an ambitious endeavor that would create thousands of new homes — and represent the largest residential project in that city’s history. Two new neighborhoods of houses, office buildings, shops, restaurants, open spaces, and public areas would sprout north of U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, according to Google’s preliminary master plan proposal for North Bayshore that the… Source link

Authorities in Mountain View were investigating a reported suspicious package Friday morning at Google’s headquarters, according to Mountain View police. The preliminary investigation revealed the package was not dangerous, though the investigation was ongoing, police said. Officers responded to a Google building in the 2000 block of Casey Avenue on the reports of the suspicious package, police said. The Santa Clara County bomb squad was called to the scene. The building… Source link