Page One

Activists protest against low UC minority enrollment

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

In a second straight day of protests, a small group of UC Berkeley students and Oakland school teachers picketed in front of the university’s California Hall Friday, objecting to a decline in the number of African-American, Latino and Native American students admitted to the university for the 2002-2003 school year. -more-



Bataan Avenue named for World War II event

By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

During World War II the population of the Bay Area increased dramatically. The Kaiser shipyards in Richmond for example employed thousands and claimed to produce a “ship-a-day.” -more-



Neighborhoods Count

Shirley Dean
Saturday April 06, 2002

On March 30, our local League of Women Voters published an open letter to the Council and the community entitled “Getting Beyond Fear of Change to a Thriving Community.” The article disagreed with the recent Council action to downzone an area around the 1100 block of Hearst. Since then, I have heard from the neighborhood and two members of the Planning Commission have published letters expressing their disagreement with the League’s letter. Now, I’d like to add my own two cents on this important subject. Our need for housing and where it ought to be built will have an enormous impact on Berkeley’s future. -more-





Out & About Calendar

– Compiled by Guy Poole
Saturday April 06, 2002


<\h3> Saturday, April 6 -more-



Hutchinson, Brown team up to down Bruins

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Cal starter goes 8 2/3 for the win, while closer gets one-pitch save -more-



PG&E increases its annual payment to city

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Pacific Gas & Electric announced this week that its annual payment to the city for use of public roads to run gas and electric service is $842,000, a $175,000 increase over last year. -more-



PFA artist in residence screens provocative videos

by Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

‘I prefer stories about squalor,” said Esme to the narrator in J.D. Salinger’s short story, “To Esme – With Love And Squalor.” -more-



Bears sixth after one round

Daily Planet Wire Services
Saturday April 06, 2002

After a three-week break from competition, No. 20 California was tied for sixth after Friday’s opening round of the PING/ASU Invitational but was only two strokes out of first place. The Golden Bears carded a 294, their 12th round under 300 this season, to share sixth place with No. 3 Tulsa. -more-



Division of Public Health honors 25 in community

By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

As part of National Public Health Week, 25 members of the Berkeley community, involved in projects from domestic violence to mobile clinics, were honored Tuesday night by the city of Berkeley’s Division of Public Health. -more-



Author Ray Bradbury gets star on Walk of Fame

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Ray Bradbury, author of “The Martian Chronicles” and other science fiction classics, received a star Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as the city kicked off a monthlong reading campaign. -more-



Today in History

Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Today is Saturday, April 6, the 96th day of 2002. There are 269 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Clocks go forward one hour. -more-



News of the Weird

Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Big Brother is watching -more-



Features

Public Health Institute links soda consumption at school and obesity

Bay City News Service
Saturday April 06, 2002

The Public Health Institute today released a report analyzing soda contracts at the state’s 25 largest school districts to address how marketing practices to increase soda consumption ultimately contribute to California’s growing obesity epidemic. -more-


Herbicide used in landscaping could be finding its way into compost

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SANTA ROSA — Gardeners and compost producers worry that an herbicide used in landscaping and farming is finding its way into the compost, and could wind up hurting plants instead of helping them. -more-


Segregated testing meetings for parents raise eyebrows

By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

ELK GROVE — Middle school principal Philip Moore knows Hispanic and black students typically have lower scores on standardized tests than white or Asian students, so he called segregated meetings for parents to discuss how to prepare for the tests. -more-


Water beds for cows — a moo-ving experience

By Joseph B. Frazier, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. — They say happy cows are more productive cows. Arie Jongeneel is hoping his herd of Holsteins, resplendent on their water beds, will bring forth a dairy deluge. -more-


Irish microchip maker Parthus announces merger with unit of American-Israeli firm

By Shawn Pogatchink, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

DUBLIN, Ireland — Microchip maker Parthus Technologies PLC of Ireland said Friday it plans to merge with Ceva Inc., a division of an American-Israeli technology concern DSP Group. -more-


Through the eyes of Mrs. Mingus

By Andy Sywak, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

Click and Clack Talk Cars

Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Setting matters straight about warranties -more-


Ventura County woman sentenced to death for murdering sons

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

VENTURA — A Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced a Santa Rosa Valley woman to death for killing three of her four sons. -more-


Signs honoring drunk driving victims on California highways

By Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

CUPERTINO — Three families wept and embraced while unveiling new state highway signs Friday memorializing their loved ones, victims of drunk drivers on California roads. -more-


Priest claims ‘no-tolerance’ attitude after named in Las Vegas lawsuit

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SANTA ROSA — The Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese needs to abandon old practices of dealing with sexual abuse, and will begin turning over to police all credible cases of such abuse involving priests, Bishop Daniel Walsh said. -more-


Governor Gray Davis declares April as ‘California Poetry Month’

By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SACRAMENTO — State’s poets honored/April devoted to verse/Governor’s order. -more-


Communications satellite pioneer dead at 92

By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SAN JOSE — John Robinson Pierce, an electrical engineer who pioneered satellite communications and coined the word “transistor,” has died. He was 92. -more-


SF Examiner dropping Sunday edition to expand Friday edition

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Examiner no longer will publish on Sundays in favor of expanding its Friday edition with more weekend sports and entertainment information. -more-


Police look for clues in deaths of Santa Clara family

By May Wong The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SANTA CLARA — Poems and paper flowers dotted the halls of the school where Elsa Schiefer was known as a bright, athletic, cheerful girl. -more-


Election Section

Parents must be notified of day care providers’ criminal histories

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Child care providers must tell parents their workers’ criminal histories, but they aren’t allowed to reveal the nature of their crimes, troubling parents and providers alike. -more-


ANWR debate: Tiny footprint, or giant spiderweb of roads?

By H. Josef Hebert, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

WASHINGTON — An industrial footprint covering 2,000 acres — or a spiderweb of roads, rigs and pipelines over an area of Alaska hundreds of times that size? -more-


Four California rail routes still at ‘high risk,’ Amtrak warns

By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Amtrak officials warned Friday that California’s four long-distance routes remain at “high risk” despite signs of help from Congress as it seeks to secure $1.2 billion in federal funding. -more-


Final energy bill likely to offer little help for landowners

By Judith Kohler, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

DENVER — A consultant for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said Friday an energy bill now before Congress probably won’t help landowners who have to allow oil and gas companies on their property. -more-


E-mails show LA archdiocese struggling to get handle on abuse cases

By Leon Druin Keith, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Leaked e-mails sent by officials and attorneys with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles paint a picture of an organization scrambling to defend its handling of sexual abuse by priests even as more allegations surface. -more-


State pushing at all fronts to rework power deals

By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SACRAMENTO — Through complaints with the federal government and a mobilized cadre of lawyers, the state of California is trying to shed some of the long-term power contracts tying it to much higher than market rates. -more-


New Mexico fire more than triples to 35,000 acres in Gila

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

RESERVE, N.M. — Firefighters dug fire lines to impede a fast-moving blaze that charred 37,000 acres of forest land, drawing within three miles of the main ranchhouse of a well known cattle ranch. -more-


Editorial

Matinees provide a haven for hooky-players

By Molly Bentley, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

It’s Tuesday and I shouldn’t be here. I have research to do and income taxes to file. Instead, I’m eating popcorn in a movie theater and it’s not even noon. That would be fine if this were an arts theater with a limited run of a documentary. Instead, I’m watching “Death to Smoochy,” a movie that even Roger Ebert panned. I can still make something of this day if I leave now. -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Matinees provide a haven for hooky-players 04-06-2002

Path to be dedicated to Anne Brower, local environmentalist 04-05-2002

EPA sued over red-legged frog 04-04-2002

Four Marin County ‘family’ members plead innocent 04-03-2002

Million-dollar dinosaur egg lands in Lawrence Hall of Science 04-02-2002

England’s Queen mother Elizabeth dies 04-01-2002

News

Activists protest against low UC minority enrollment By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-06-2002

Bataan Avenue named for World War II event By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 04-06-2002

Neighborhoods Count Shirley Dean 04-06-2002

Art & Entertainment Calendar 924 Gilman Apr. 6: All Bets Off, Time in Malta, Animosity, Breath In, For the Crown; Apr. 12: Missing 23rd, Himsa, Bleeding Through, Belvedere; Apr. 13: Labrats, Damage Done; Apr. 19: Ludicra, Sbitch, Watch Them Die, Beware, Staff 04-06-2002

Out & About Calendar – Compiled by Guy Poole 04-06-2002

Hutchinson, Brown team up to down Bruins By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-06-2002

PG&E increases its annual payment to city By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-06-2002

PFA artist in residence screens provocative videos by Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 04-06-2002

Bears sixth after one round Daily Planet Wire Services 04-06-2002

Division of Public Health honors 25 in community By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 04-06-2002

Author Ray Bradbury gets star on Walk of Fame The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Today in History Staff 04-06-2002

News of the Weird Staff 04-06-2002

Public Health Institute links soda consumption at school and obesity Bay City News Service 04-06-2002

Herbicide used in landscaping could be finding its way into compost The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Segregated testing meetings for parents raise eyebrows By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Water beds for cows — a moo-ving experience By Joseph B. Frazier, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Irish microchip maker Parthus announces merger with unit of American-Israeli firm By Shawn Pogatchink, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Through the eyes of Mrs. Mingus By Andy Sywak, Special to the Daily Planet 04-06-2002

Click and Clack Talk Cars Staff 04-06-2002

Ventura County woman sentenced to death for murdering sons The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Signs honoring drunk driving victims on California highways By Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Priest claims ‘no-tolerance’ attitude after named in Las Vegas lawsuit The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Governor Gray Davis declares April as ‘California Poetry Month’ By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Communications satellite pioneer dead at 92 By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

SF Examiner dropping Sunday edition to expand Friday edition The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Police look for clues in deaths of Santa Clara family By May Wong The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Parents must be notified of day care providers’ criminal histories The Associated Press 04-06-2002

ANWR debate: Tiny footprint, or giant spiderweb of roads? By H. Josef Hebert, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Four California rail routes still at ‘high risk,’ Amtrak warns By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Final energy bill likely to offer little help for landowners By Judith Kohler, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

E-mails show LA archdiocese struggling to get handle on abuse cases By Leon Druin Keith, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

State pushing at all fronts to rework power deals By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 04-06-2002

New Mexico fire more than triples to 35,000 acres in Gila The Associated Press 04-06-2002

Berkeley native trapped in Bethlehem By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 04-05-2002

Revolting, the peace protest was anything but Tom Wandall 04-05-2002

Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 04-05-2002

Story of Mozart returns to the big screen — through the eyes of the film’s director by Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet 04-05-2002

Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 04-05-2002

Freshman impresses as Panthers pound Redwood By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-05-2002

UC enrollment down next year By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-05-2002

Kudos to Zoning Adjustment Board Victor Pineda 04-05-2002

Author Michael Moore continues to pound Bush, war or no war By John Flesher, The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Sports shorts Staff 04-05-2002

Local Web site used to urge peace By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-05-2002

Protesters: Think about tactics before you block off traffic Ruth Bird 04-05-2002

Nevada Power to appeal PUC ruling on $922 million rate hike The Associated Press 04-05-2002

The Jews are attacked near campus By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-05-2002

BHS crew deserves P.E. credit Cynthia Papermaster 04-05-2002

Imprisoned Indian activist sues FBI for violating civil rights The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Today in History Staff 04-05-2002

New HIV infections on the rise in SF The Associated Press 04-05-2002

High-tech firms worried about violence in Israel The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Bay Area Briefs Staff 04-05-2002

Senate passes $25 billion school bond issue for ballot By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Scientists identify new insect species in Southern California By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Colorado river rafters want voters to guarantee access By Robert Weller The Associated Pressv 04-05-2002

Home Matters: Home repairs are no longer a guy thing The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Luscious peaches begin with planting By Lee Reich The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Installing decorative ceiling medallions James and Morris Carey 04-05-2002

Questions and Answers By Morris and James Carey The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Livermore is like a very near Napa Valley By Susan Fornoff, San Francisco Chronicle 04-05-2002

A year into bankruptcy: Did PG&E choose wisely? By Karen Gaudette The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Cloth keyboard is chic, but frustrating By Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press 04-05-2002

Berkeley-funded cultural center destroyed By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002

Berkeley High wins second straight San Marin title By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-04-2002

Tuesday’s protesters were unorganized, ridiculous Eric Meyerson Berkeley 04-04-2002

The Band’s ‘The Last Waltz’ takes another spin By Scott Bauer The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Staff 04-04-2002

School district lessens cuts to music program By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002

Panthers go winless in tourney By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-04-2002

Developer Kennedy is doing a good thing with the New Arts Theater Victor Pineda Cal Grad, Former Student Senator and Berkeley Resident 04-04-2002

Newly released UC study says regular churchgoing links with longer lives By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002

Paul McCartney enriches us and endures Elliot Stephen Cohen Berkeley 04-04-2002

Today in History Staff 04-04-2002

League is wrong, we’ve had enough development James K. Sayre Oakland 04-04-2002

News of the Weird Staff 04-04-2002

Insurance on Golden Gate Bridge expected to double The Associated Press 04-04-2002

ZAB continues Alta Bates debate to April 25 meeting By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002

Dow to use microbes to clean up groundwater contamination By Jessica Brice The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Police release 911 tape from SF fatal dog mauling incident The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Improvements planned for Redwood Highway U.S. 199 The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Teen birth rates down statewide The Associated Press 04-04-2002

INS says no evidence orphans were brought to United States The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Valdez owners say ship should return to Alaska By Gene Johnson The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Drought puts the Southwest, East at high risk for wildfire By Chuck Oxley The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Senate committee balks at banning houses on old nuclear meltdown sites By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Printers quietly become standout technology By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Investigators say Enron now cooperating By Jennifer Coleman The Associated Press 04-04-2002

Protest takes over University Avenue By Jia-Rui Chong and Devona Walker Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002

Berkeley bats remain hot as ’Jackets reach tourney final By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-03-2002

A solution for the P.E. conundrum at BHS Jim Sinai Berkeley 04-03-2002

Compiled by Guy Poole 04-03-2002

UC recalls students from Israel By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002

Gabriel Hughes to transfer from Cal Staff Report 04-03-2002

DNA testing of inmates is wrong Michael Bauce Berkeley 04-03-2002

Plainclothes officers to stalk parking meters By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002

St. Mary’s slaughtered by league rival Salesian By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-03-2002

Don’t turn tennis courts into parking lot Sincerely, Senta Pugh Chamberlain 04-03-2002

Today in History Staff 04-03-2002

Experts dissect Enron, criticize reform legislation By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002

Dead infant found in San Francisco’s financial district The Associated Press 04-03-2002

Bay Area Briefs Staff 04-03-2002

San Jose airport starts runway construction By Michelle R. Smith The Associated Press 04-03-2002

Mill Valley mother, child found safe after lost in Maui The Associated Press 04-03-2002

Paul McCartney packs Oakland Coliseum concert with Beatles tunes By Kim Curtis The Associated Press 04-03-2002

Gemstar-TV Guide shares drop on accounting concerns By Gary Gentile The Associated Press 04-03-2002

Microsoft’s linking competitors with state adversaries may not be enough By D. Ian Hopper The Associated Press 04-03-2002

PeopleSoft shares skid after first-quarter revenue warning The Associated Press 04-03-2002

BHS slugger leads the ‘Jackets in Giambi, Bonds fashion By Nathan FoxDaily Planet Correspondent 04-02-2002

League, the Hearst zoning is consistent with Plan Zelda Bronstein,ChairPlanning Commission 04-02-2002

Staff 04-02-2002

Alta Bates renovation could go forward today By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-02-2002

Postal Service must stop cutting its services to save finances Dr. Mickey Frazier Sr. 04-02-2002

Some athletics included in school district budget cuts By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-02-2002

Friday deaths double city’s homicide rate By Devona Walker Daily Planet staff 04-02-2002

Today in History Staff 04-02-2002

News of the Weird Staff 04-02-2002

Attorneys argue over John Walker Lindh’s conspiracy By Larry MargasakThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Abalone divers deal with new rules By Margie MasonThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Some facts and rules governing abalone diving Staff 04-02-2002

State authorities to visit Littleton in beach death case The Associated Press 04-02-2002

Baseball fans, concertgoers face traffic woes around Oakland Coliseum By Michelle R. SmithThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Woman shot and wounded; husband arrested after San Jose standoff The Associated Press 04-02-2002

Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange win round against feds By David KravetsThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

California beekeepers lead country, but worry about their future The Associated Press 04-02-2002

States using tobacco settlement money to balance their budgets By Paul QuearryThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Priest sex abuse case settles at $1.2 million By Chelsea J. CarterThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Data storage rivals try to profit from Compaq-HP fiasco By Justin PopeThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Walter Hewlett excluded on HP’s board candidate list By Matthew FordahlThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Silicon Valley ’most wired’ area in nation By Justin PopeThe Associated Press 04-02-2002

Israeli reservist pans military campaign By K.L. Alexander, Special to the Daily Planet 04-01-2002

The East Bay belongs to us James K. Sayre 04-01-2002

Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 04-01-2002

Girls shine, boys stumble for St. Mary’s at Stanford meet By Jared Green, Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002

Strike ends, rebuilding network next task for radio news reporters By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-01-2002

Arrogance to blame for speaker series departure Baird Whaley 04-01-2002

Bears salvage doubleheader Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002

Coming attractions for Shattuck is a five-story theater/apartment complex By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 04-01-2002

Schools get connected Planet Wire Report 04-01-2002

LWV distorted facts to prove a point Rob Wrenn 04-01-2002

Trojans sweep Cal Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002

Cal ruggers remain undefeated with win in British Columbia Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002

HISTORY Staff 04-01-2002

NEWS OF THE WEIRD The Associated Press 04-01-2002

NEWS OF THE WEIRD Staff 04-01-2002

Man convicted in dog-mauling case says he fears for his life The Associated Press 04-01-2002

Windsor standoff ends with 2 dead Staff 04-01-2002

Zinfandel grape might become state fruit By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 04-01-2002

Less abalone this season as concerns rise about maintaining fishery By Margie Mason, Associated Press Writer 04-01-2002

Fallen priest’s Healdsburg parish still reeling By Kim Curtis, The Associated Press 04-01-2002

Report: Ex-LAPD deputy chief investigated for money laundering The Associated Press 04-01-2002

Government trains cyberdefenders By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 04-01-2002

Botox awaits FDA approval The Associated Press 04-01-2002