Week In Review, July 10-July 16: Ongoings at NASA Ames, Vargas in Bay Area and Goodbye Harry!

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

Sunday, July 10

Every week we scour Twitter to find the best tweets written by residents of Mountain View or about the city. Twitter has now become a 140-character source of information and many fun and interesting things can be learned if we know where to look. 

Monday, July 11

A little known theatre in Mountain View, the Pear Avenue Theatre just closed a very successful two-week run of A Raisin in the Sun. If you missed the show, here's the review.

For the last 30 years, NASA Ames scientists and staff have participated in one way or another in the launches of the space shuttle program. The final flight of the program, which occurred with Atlantis on July 8, gave many the opportunity to reflect on the program, NASA and themselves.

Tuesday, July 12

Jose Antonio Vargas returned to the Bay Area for the first time after his essay in The New York Times revealed that he's been here illegally since the age of 12. He spoke in San Francisco and shared how his life has changed since.

The situation of former Mountain View resident and undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas raises one main issue—the position school administrators and others are put in when they learn that one of the kids they work with has "no papers." Now other states across the country have begun to make it a crime to help people like Vargas.

Wednesday, July 13

Several Mountain View teenagers started a summer soccer camp and five years later they have more than 300 kids. Read about Kick Lead Dream and the relationships they've developed in the community and with the kids.

If your child curses, how do you react? Patch columnist Autumn Vandiver wonders what she'll do when, not if, her son drops an "f-bomb." How have you handle this in the pass? Share with other Mountain View parents!

Thursday, July 14

Fifteen movie screens sold out at Century 16 for opening night ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallow Part 2 and these fans were there for all the fun.

Patch columnist Joni Ratts had a problem with her fridge and tried to fix it herself. Needless to say, something else went wrong. Are you a Mr./Mrs. Fix it or not? 

Friday, July 15

If you've never waited hours on opening day for a movie, then you won't have to because Patch contributor Tara Haghighi took one for the team. The new and final movie in the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows Part 2, premiered at Century 16. Catch the highlights of her movie-going experience here.

Before the astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis dialed into NASA Ames on Friday for a press conference they first spoke with the President Barack Obama. Watch the Youtube clip here.

How about every second Saturday of the month you bring your inner child to Moffett Field and with NASA Ames scientists launch some rockets? It's fun and safe, and you can bring your kids.

Saturday, July 16

This July plenty of homes are available for sale in Mountain View. Take a stroll through the city and check out some of the houses and condos.