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hen the Mountain View teen center opens later this year it will be adorned with a tile mosaic mural that teens helped design and build, titled “winds of progress.� The mural was under construction last week, a group of teens gluing down colorful pieces of broken tile over a marked, swirling layout. “I like how the community is involved in the creation of the work, rather than a cool piece of art showing up on the side of the building one day,� said Mountain View High School student Matt Maciag, a third-year member of the city’s Youth Advisory Committee, which had a large hand in the mural. Artist Leslie Scott had lead a group of middle- and high school-aged youth through the process of creating a vision for the mural, which includes the image of a tree. “They were very adamant about wanting a tree to represent the support they’ve received at the teen center,� Scott said. “The experience of participat-
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ing in the teen center and what they will take out into the world informs everything written into this mural.� “When we brainstormed, I asked them what was important to them what would they want to tell their community,� Scott said. The group was asked to finish sentences starting with “we are� and “we can� which lead to words and phrases on the mural such as “diverse� and “we are stronger than you think,� “we
are worthy� and “we can do anything.� After two days of tile-gluing, on Friday there was nothing left to add but grout between the tiles. Scott said the mural would be finished the following Wednesday. The new teen center at 253 Escuela Ave. will take a bit longer before it’s completed, possibly by late November. Email Daniel DeBolt at ddebolt@mv-voice.com
One injured in carport fire
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Teens put the finishing touches on a mosaic that will adorn the city’s new teen center.
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uthorities are looking for witnesses after a two-alarm fire broke out Saturday afternoon in a carport in Mountain View, injuring one and damaging 12 vehicles. At around 4:40 p.m., July 26, Mountain View dispatchers received reports of a car fire in the carport of an apartment complex on the 2000 block of Latham Street. When firefighters arrived, multiple cars were on fire with heavy flames and smoke, according to a press release from the Mountain View Fire Department. Fire spokeswoman Jamie Garrett said initially 18 firefighters were on-scene to respond to the blaze, with more joining them. Because of the location of the fire, they had multiple entry points to get in and put out the flame, she said. Firefighters were able to isolate the fire and keep it from spreading to surrounding businesses and apartments, and extinguished the
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Firefighters extinguish a fire that gutted a carport, injured one person and damaged a dozen vehicles.
f lames later that evening. One person sustained minor smoke inhalation injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Seven cars were completely destroyed in the fire, and five sustained “mild to moderate� damage, according to the press release. A nearby apartment and
adjacent car wash were also damaged by the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Mountain View Fire Department as well as the Mountain View Police Department. Witnesses are encouraged to contact the police department at 650-903-6395 or policepio@mountainview.gov. V