In The News: Concertgoer's LiveNation Lawsuit, Phoning E.T. and Startup Fever

A lot happens in Mountain View. A lot. The city of approximately 75,000 people increases to more than 100,000 in the daytime, when people come from other Bay Area cities to work.

On weekends, attractions like Shoreline Amphitheatre, the Center for the Performing Arts and the hundreds of restaurants in the city serve as great day trips.

With so much going on and a lot of media attention focused on Mountain View, we decided to help you sort through it and compile some of the top news stories for you in one place. Feel free to add links of stuff we may have missed in the comment section below.

• A Van Warped tour concertgoer sues after Shoreline Amphitheater Concert, the San Jose Mercury News reported on July 6. The lawsuit filed by Monterey resident Nina Kooroshfar claims that a can of the Monster energy drink thrown into the audience by All-American Rejects singer Tyler Ritter hit her in the head.

• A couple returns home to find a burglary in process in their El Camino Real apartment on Sunday, reports the Mountain View Voice.

• Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, writes in The Huffington Post that if contact is made with an extra-terrestrial being, it would be thanks to efforts of Bay Area scientists, including the ones at the site in Mountain View.

• Mountain View attracts many smart and risky people. Some start businesses, some work for them, some fund them. The startup might be successful, or it might not. Do you have the guts to play? That's what MV-resident Louis Perrochon hopes, as he's created a board game to simulate startup life with "Startup Fever." Read about Perrochon and his game in The New York Times.

• This weekend, the Mountain View Buddhist Temple will host its annual Obon Festival. Read the San Jose Mercury News as it goes behind the scenes to give us a glimpse at the intricate costumes, called a yukata, and the people who help drape the garments on the dancers.