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Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Painful 'tib-fib' bond connects former 49ers Smith, Young and San Jose State alum Parry at St. Francis (pressdemocrat.com) — At St. Francis High School in Mountain View, three assistant football coaches — Alex Smith, Bryant Young, and Neil Parry — are turning their shared history of devastating leg injuries into inspiration for local players. Their experiences with painful tib-fib fractures, long recoveries, and family resilience now shape how they mentor injured teens, support worried parents, and keep the Lancers focused on both safety and love of the game.
2. Express: Mountain View appoints deputy city manager (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View has promoted Assistant Community Development Director Lindsay Hagan to deputy city manager, with her new role starting Oct. 12. Local readers are also alerted that police are seeking help finding missing resident Elvis Tosi, last seen on Latham Street, and given quick snapshots of Los Altos School District board candidates and how to find up-to-date Mountain View area events.
3. Bryan Johnson: Adapting to technology and modernizing campuses (mv-voice.com) — Los Altos school board incumbent Bryan Johnson is seeking another term to help finish building the new San Antonio school campus in Mountain View and modernize aging facilities. He's also focused on better support for underserved students, thoughtful use of AI in classrooms, and a long-term facilities solution involving Bullis Charter School that affects Mountain View families in the district.
4. Not everyone is winning the AI goldrush — Silicon Valley techies have gone from $350K salaries to begging for jobs (nypost.com) — Mountain View appears as a backdrop in this look at how the AI boom is reshaping tech careers across Silicon Valley, with ex-Google and Amazon workers struggling to find new roles despite impressive résumés. The story follows laid-off engineers and scientists navigating shrinking software job postings, founding support groups, retraining in AI, and even launching quant trading ventures as companies pour money into automation while cutting staff.
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