A resident was burglarized by a “hot prowler” around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. She said she was late in getting up to go to work, opened her living room window in her first floor apartment on the 2000 block of Delaware Street. -more-

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Some like it hot, and some like it cold. And after Berkeley High’s 12-6 loss to league rival Davis in the scorching heat on Wednesday afternoon, it was painfully obvious which team had what preference. -more-

While the State of California enjoys a budget surplus because of strong income tax collection, local governments and local schools see a rising gap between the cost of services and the unrestricted revenues available from the taxes they rely on - sales tax (cities) and property tax (cities, counties, and schools). -more-

HAYWARD – After hearing from both sides of the issue, the Alameda County Board of Education decided late Tuesday night not to rescind its call for a moratorium against school field trips to Lawrence Hall of Science. -more-

The site of the Hinks parking garage on Kittredge Street west of the library is targeted as the site of a new $50 million development with more than 150 rental apartments to be built next year. -more-

The St. Mary’s boys golf team completed the 18-hole course know as the 2000 regular season on Wednesday, shooting a 217 at Tilden Park Golf Course to defeat Pinole Valley, and improve to 14-4 on the year. -more-

The recent outcry over Alameda County school children visiting the Lawrence Hall of Science and being exposed to tritium emissions from DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory should FINALLY awaken the university community to this local radiation health hazard. Cal students must understand that the debate over radiation up at the children’s museum is but the tip of the iceberg. Concerns over tritium exposure reach down into the Central Campus and its radiation labs, raising additional questions about radiation exposure and Cal students. -more-

Judging from the seven or eight times people broke in with enthusiastic applause and the standing ovation the two-term mayor got when her State of the City address was delivered, the crowd that filled almost every seat in the City Council Chambers Tuesday night loved Mayor Shirley Dean’s speech. -more-

As one might suspect, members of the liberal-progressive council faction took issue with some of the statements Mayor Shirley Dean made in her State of the City address. -more-