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Challenge for Some, Cakewalk for Others Border crossing WEEKEND | 16 AUGUST 9, 2013 VOLUME 21, NO. 28 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 19 High rent: Challenge for some, cakewalk for others MICHELLE LE MICHELLE LE The Madera apartment complex modeled its rental office after Sisters Cynthia, 15, and Briseyda, 11, share a room with their parents an Apple Store. The development’s “I am home” motto appears No place like home in a one-bedroom apartment. They worry that rent increases could throughout the complex. Our series on the high cost of force their family to move. housing in Mountain View continues this week with a look Huge demand for pricey at two very different apartment Struggling tenants new apartments complexes. face uncertain future By Daniel DeBolt By Daniel DeBolt room surrounded by members the 209-unit complex which of four other households in her cross the street from the opened in January at 455 West s rents in their once-af- building. “We are very con- downtown train station Evelyn Ave. “That’s usually not fordable neighborhood cerned about this situation,” AMountain View’s first the case.” Askyrocket, longtime said Pacheca, a teacher and new apartment complex in What’s more surprising is overlooking a courtyard. But apartment dwellers on Moun- community organizer. more than 10 years is luxurious what tenants here have been the rents here are rising and tain View’s California Street say The 1960s-era complex is and very popular. willing to pay for rent. A tenant now you can expect to pay they have no good options. like many on California Street, “We’re 100-percent occupied, on the second floor is paying $4,600 a month or more for a “They are my family, they are occupied by a mix of the which is really crazy,” said Jon $4,300 a month for a two- similar apartment in the com- not just my neighbors,” said working poor and young tech Moss, vice president of Pro- bedroom, two-bathroom apart- California Street resident Elena metheus Real Estate Group, of ment with hardwood floors See PRICEY LIVING, page 8 Pacheco, as she sat in her living See STRUGGLING, page 9 Mock-police Twitter account fools press lished on a satirical account run transplant who moved here from by a local computer programmer Pennsylvania two years ago. He MOUNTAIN VIEW MAN TWEETS FROM ‘ALTERNATE REALITY’ MVPD who tweets about an “alternate- said the fact that his story was reality Mountain View.” picked up says a lot about what By Nick Veronin made-up incident. It only took walked into and broken a window The story is at once humor- people will believe and what him 120 characters. in downtown Mountain View. ous and instructive, according people want to believe. Mountain View humor- The story reported that a man That tweet was not pushed out by to Matt Basta, who runs a fake “I think it’s pretty funny, but ist inadvertently duped — preoccupied with a YouTube the official Mountain View Police police Twitter account under the also sad that (a lot of) folks were Aa local news outlet into video, which he was watching on Department Twitter account, @ handle @MVPoliceBlotter. posting a real story about a his Google Glass headset — had MountainViewPD. 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