Week in Review, May 1-7: Bin Laden Dead, Bloggers on Patch and Mother's Day

Did you miss the news in Mountain View this week? Here's a quick recap of local issues, personalities, events and photos.

May 1

• What started as a way to heal from the tragedy turned into a vehicle that brought people together to raise funds for Japan. The Run for Japan fundraiser took place Sunday, May 1 at Shoreline Park with about 800 people registered to run or walk

May 2

• The news of Osama bin Laden's death spread like wildfire. Here are some local Army service members, the community and me.

• The future of High Speed Rail is the topic of columnist Jarrett Mullen's column this week. He posits that in order to save the project, save Caltrain and save money, a viaduct through the Peninsula might be inevitable.

May 3

• Author Guy Kawasaki stopped by Mountain View to participate in The Founders Conference. He spoke about his new book, Enchantment. "You have to enchant people to come to work for you, investors, people to buy from you, partners," he said.

• Explore motherhood with columnist Autumn Vandiver. This week's column explores how divorce can affect children and how parents can still work to create a wholesome and healthy environment.

May 4

• Mountain View Patch launched two blogs today! Keep up with Alicia Crank as she investigates and reports on the Silicon Valley single's scene. Also save money and the environment with Lisa Schmidt. Want to blog! Let me know!

• The Santa Clara County began its discussion's this week about supervisorial districts at the Citizens Redistricting Commission. Some residents could find themselves in new districts for November’s election based on changes under consideration by the commission.

May 5

• The twelve Patch sites in the South Bay published a series of articles on immigration and its effect on the local communities. Mountain View Patch ran an article on how the stalled immigration debate in Congress affects H-1B visa holders in Silicon Valley.

• Follow columnist Joni Ratt's through a typical Mother's Day at her house—over the generations.

• The Silicon Valley Chapter of the Red Cross honored three Mountain View men—Mike Tyler, Josh Cottrell and Juan Gomez—at its 5th Annual Heroes Celebration Thursday afternoon at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, for their good samaritan acts that helped save the lives of two people.

May 6

• In this week's "Bit & Bytes" we summarize some of the week's news. Of note, LinkedIn chooses NYSE over Nasdaq, Y Combinator Ranked Second Best Start-Up Accelerator and Krillion acquired.

May 7

• Caltrain will increase space for bicycles on its weekday train service. The project will convert 10 standard gallery cars into bike cars, allowing each weekday train set to increase its capacity to 80 spaces in two bike cars.