City Hall in Mountain View, Calif., in an August 2024 image. Dozens of households affected by a water main breach may be without potable water until at least Sunday. (Google Earth via Bay City News)

The Mountain View City Council declared a state of emergency after a water main breach this weekend left some households without potable water, the city said Monday.  

The emergency declaration was made on Saturday and the council will ratify the declaration at their Tuesday meeting, the city said. The declaration will allow the city to seek reimbursement from the state and the federal government for expenses related to the incident. 

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.