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BUSD food program in the red

Rob Cunningham
Saturday May 06, 2000
Providing health, nutritious, organic food to children in the Berkeley public schools is a noble and worthy goal, but it’s also a costly one, the school board was reminded this week. -more-

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Musical instruction is more than afterthought at Crowden School

Joe Eskenazi
Saturday May 06, 2000
Anyone strolling past a school playground roundabout lunchtime is quite familiar with the great debates that permeate early school life: -more-

LBNL scientist distorts county board’s decision

Mark McDonald
Saturday May 06, 2000
The opinion piece by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) scientist Howard Matis (May 2) is not accurate regarding what occurred at the Alameda County Board of Education meeting (April 25) when they agreed to review their decision to advise parents and schools about the radioactive contamination at the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) museum. -more-

Panthers sweep home quad-meet

James Wiseman
Saturday May 06, 2000
The St. Mary’s High track team continued its leisurely stroll through the Alameda-Contra Costa Athletic League schedule on Thursday afternoon, taking first place in 10 of 14 events on both the boys’ and girls’ sides to win the respective meets, 123-43 and 128-53, over its closest competition, El Cerrito. The Panthers’ effort also yielded comfortable victories over Albany and Salesian at the quad-meet. -more-

Rotary hosting regional gathering

Marilyn Claessens
Saturday May 06, 2000
Rotarians will gather on the USS Hornet on Saturday night to do what they do best – raise money to help people around the world. -more-

Men’s basketball adds local guard

Staff
Saturday May 06, 2000
Having already addressed its void in the frontcourt with the spring signing of Gabriel Hughes and Saulius Kuzminskas, the Cal men’s basketball team went to work on the backcourt Friday, announcing the signing of Alhambra High guard Michael Lawson. -more-

Gunman robs woman outside apartment

Staff
Saturday May 06, 2000
An armed robbery was reported about 11 p.m. Thursday by a woman who was accosted by a gunman as she sat in her car in the 2300 block of Woolsey Street. -more-

‘Double duty’ for Berkeley High track and field teams

Staff
Saturday May 06, 2000
Berkeley High track and field coach Darrell Hampton couldn’t decide which was more important between today’s East Bay Athletic League qualifiers and the Sacramento Meet of Champions. So he’s bringing his ’Jackets to both. -more-

Bomb threat to rehab program was a hoax

Staff
Saturday May 06, 2000
A bomb threat at 7:30 p.m. Thursday forced the occupants of a drug rehabilitation program on Scenic Avenue to evacuate the building they occupy. -more-

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