The Week

 

News

Kennedy makes waves with his latest proposal with his latest proposal

Judith Scherr
Saturday April 01, 2000

The city-owned parking lot at Oxford and Addison streets is not yet available for development, but that hasn’t stopped Berkeley’s most prolific – and perhaps most controversial – developer from spreading the word about his plans to develop housing and provide theatre space for the Shotgun Players at the site. -more-


Caledar of Events & Activities

Saturday April 01, 2000


Saturday, April 1

-more-


Art with 'Good Vibes'

Joe Eskenazi
Saturday April 01, 2000

Barge into the Kala Institute, bark out the old cliché “stop the presses!” and you very well may trigger a major shutdown. That’s because the 25-year-old art institute’s 8,500-square-foot main studio is inundated with more varieties of presses than you can shake a lithograph at. There are giant presses and baby-sized presses, venerable old presses and shiny new presses, presses used for one form of printing or another, presses used to meld one form of printing with another and even a press sporting an eye-catching, 6-foot-wide crank wheel that, over the past quarter-century, at least one artist has probably stood behind and suddenly felt compelled to lapse into his or her Long John Silver impersonation. -more-


Saturday April 01, 2000

THEATER -more-


Berkeley picks up first league win

Al Provinziano
Saturday April 01, 2000

The Yellowjackets began their second league match of the season as an underdog on Friday, hosting rival Amador Valley at San Pablo Park in Berkeley. The ’Jackets, who missed out on a month of preseason practice due to the rain, managed to plough over this obstacle with a 12-2 victory over the Dons. The game was halted in the bottom of the fifth by the umpires, due to a 10-run “mercy rule.” -more-


Bock: Increase school funding

Rob Cunningham
Saturday April 01, 2000

By Rob Cunningham -more-


BHS tennis shuts down San Ramon

Nice Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 01, 2000

Any coach will tell you that, in team sports, you’re only as strong as your weakest link. The San Ramon boys tennis team learned that lesson on Friday afternoon at the Berkeley High tennis courts, winning the top two singles spots, but still falling to the notoriously deep Yellowjackets, 7-2. -more-


Angry? Just grab a carjack

Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 01, 2000

Daily Planet Staff -more-


Lacrosse looks for weekend win vs. SI

Friendly Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 01, 2000

The Berkeley High girls lacrosse team gets its second shot of the season at league rival St. Ignatius, in an 11 a.m. matchup this morning at the BHS football field. -more-


X-Plicit Players hold auditions

Saturday April 01, 2000

The X-Plicit Players, perhaps best known for performing nude, are holding auditions and open rehearsals for new members. -more-


Opinion