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Grades changed for pay at BHS

Rob Cunningham
Thursday June 15, 2000

A Berkeley High School senior apparently was paid money to change the grading records for 20 fellow students, the Daily Planet has learned. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Thursday June 15, 2000

Thursday, June 15 -more-


Letters to th Editor

Thursday June 15, 2000

Let city clerk join city manager -more-


Thursday June 15, 2000

THEATER -more-


City renews contract for Easy Does It

Judith Scherr
Thursday June 15, 2000

Two groups of deeply divided wheelchair users rolled into the City Council chambers Tuesday night to wage battle over which of two agencies would provide emergency services to the disabled community. -more-


UC clerical workers push for new deal

Marilyn Claessens
Thursday June 15, 2000

The singers in the Kool Breeze band at UC Berkeley’s Staff Appreciation Day Wednesday at the Campanile sang about temperatures rising, and certainly some of the university’s clerical staff are hot under the collar. -more-


Speech looks to Mexican election

Staff
Thursday June 15, 2000

The Institute of Governmental Studies and the Goldman School of Public Policy will present a special lecture Friday on the upcoming Mexican presidential elections. -more-


Darwin’s personal evolution

Joe Eskenazi
Thursday June 15, 2000

Charles Darwin managed to develop and disseminate the most earth-shattering works natural history has ever seen – when he wasn’t overcome by his frequent and lifelong bane/hobby of vomiting. -more-


News Briefs

Staff
Thursday June 15, 2000

Juneteenth celebrated -more-


Hotel workers rally

Rob Cunningham
Wednesday June 14, 2000

A court found top officials from the Berkeley Radisson Marina guilty Tuesday of violating workers’ rights, including the right to unionize. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Wednesday June 14, 2000

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Calendar

Wednesday June 14, 2000

THEATER -more-


Renewed focus for football camp

Tim Pyle
Wednesday June 14, 2000

Attorneys for Reddy, son back in court

Judith Scherr
Wednesday June 14, 2000

OAKLAND – Attorneys for a millionaire landlord and his son, facing federal charges on international transport and exploitation of illegal immigrants, set dates for pretrial motions and hearings in United States District Judge Sandra Armstrong’s courtroom Tuesday. -more-


St. Mary’s coach a familiar site at camp

Joe Eskenazi
Wednesday June 14, 2000

Well, it happened again. -more-


‘Genius’ grants awarded to local scholars

Staff
Wednesday June 14, 2000

Three of the 25 prestigious MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowships awarded Tuesday went to scholars with Berkeley ties: one lives here, one works here and one just spent a semester teaching here. -more-


Nonprofit developer gets $450,000 loan

Judith Scherr
Wednesday June 14, 2000

A 29-unit low-income/special needs housing complex leapt over its first hurdle Tuesday night, when the City Council voted unanimously to lend nonprofit developer Affordable Housing Associates $450,000 to help purchase property in the 1700 block of University Avenue. -more-


News Briefs

Staff
Wednesday June 14, 2000

Families invited to museum -more-


Repaving work begins along College Avenue

Marilyn Claessens
Tuesday June 13, 2000

College Avenue is in the first phase of its $2.14 million re-paving project – finally. The removal of the old pot-holed pavement began this week and the actual paving is scheduled to begin July 17. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Tuesday June 13, 2000

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Letters to the Editor

Tuesday June 13, 2000

Gas prices are high in many states -more-


Tuesday June 13, 2000

THEATER -more-


Long night ahead

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 13, 2000

The major TV networks are likely to be disappointed when they bring their dishes to town tonight, show up at the City Council meeting, cameras on shoulders, ready for a heated discussion of Betty Olds’ proposal to ban cyclists from using cell phones as they ride the city’s rutted roads. -more-


Former interim manager may get job again

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 13, 2000

If the council taps Deputy City Manager Weldon Rucker to take the reins of the city – at least temporarily – he’ll know what he’s getting into. -more-


Berkeley native dies

Staff
Tuesday June 13, 2000

A memorial celebration was held Sunday for Noah Baum, a Berkeley-born lawyer, who died on the evening of May 31. He was 34. -more-


ZAB hears views on Kennedy project

Judith Scherr
Monday June 12, 2000

Calendar of Events & Activities

Monday June 12, 2000

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Letters to the Editor

Monday June 12, 2000

Proposal adds to city’s stereotype -more-


Monday June 12, 2000

THEATER -more-


Shakespeare goes underground

John Angell Grant
Monday June 12, 2000

Developer seeks use permit for downtown Hinks site

Marilyn Claessens
Monday June 12, 2000

Developer John DeClercq of TransAction Companies Ltd. has submitted plans to the city for a new residence/parking structure on Kittredge Street behind the Berkeley Central Public Library. -more-


Perfect fair weather

Dan Greenman
Monday June 12, 2000

People could not have asked for a better weekend to attend the 30th annual Live Oak Park Fair. -more-


Times have changed along Telegraph

Marilyn Claessens
Monday June 12, 2000

Rape, unlawful sex case reported to police

Staff
Monday June 12, 2000

Berkeley police received two reports of sex-related offenses Wednesday, one involving a rape and one involving unlawful sexual intercourse. -more-


Campus to build AIDS memorial

Staff
Monday June 12, 2000

The Berkeley Campus AIDS Memorial Committee will host a reception and fund-raiser today to kick off the fund-raising campaign to build the memorial, and all the campus and local community are invited to attend, learn more about the memorial plans and help make the proposed memorial a reality. -more-


Outdoor seating’s absence lamented at cafe

Marilyn Claessens
Sunday June 11, 2000

Calendar of Events & Activities

Sunday June 11, 2000

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Berkeley cultural haven turns 25

Joe Eskenazi
Sunday June 11, 2000

In Latin American circles, “El Mano de Dios,” (the hand of God) usually refers to Argentine superstar Diego Maradona’s only slightly illegal fisting of the ball into the English net en route to victory in the 1986 World Cup. -more-


Letters to the Editor

Sunday June 11, 2000

Landlord, tenant share view on rent control -more-


‘Man Without a World’ right at home at Fine Arts Cinema

Peter Crimmins
Sunday June 11, 2000

The Fine Arts Cinema is again hosting live music accompanying silent film, as is their wont. This time it’s not local musicians making melodies for the movies but a four-piece combo, touring the West Coast with instruments and film canisters. -more-


Plans propose human touch in city services

Judith Scherr
Sunday June 11, 2000

Imagine. -more-


Theatre Bay Area chooses new exec

Staff
Sunday June 11, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO – Theatre Bay Area, the largest regional theatre services organization in the nation, has named Cate Foltin as executive director following a nationwide search. -more-


Long odds for Natural Law candidate

Dan Greenman
Sunday June 11, 2000

As a third-party candidate running against a popular congressional incumbent, Ellen Jefferds knows she has little chance of winning an election in November. But with nothing to lose, Jefferds wants to inform the public about alternatives to mainstream American politics. -more-


Weekend fire drill planned at Tilden

Staff
Sunday June 11, 2000

On Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and again on June 25 at 9:30 a.m., East Bay fire departments will conduct a Mutual Response Area-Training/Drill in Tilden Park. -more-


Musical event to promote dialogue

Staff
Sunday June 11, 2000

The East Bay Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group will sponsor a musical dialogue on June 17 at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Arts Magnet School Theater, located on Lincoln Street between Shattuck and Milvia. The concert, entitled “Arab and Jew: A Dialogue in Music,” will feature Ohad “Udi” Bar-David, an Israeli cellist, and Simon Shaheen, a Palestinian violinist and composer. -more-


Three new office buildings planned for West Berkeley

Marilyn Claessens
Friday June 09, 2000

Office space throughout the East Bay is just about filled up, but three new office buildings are in the works for West Berkeley. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Friday June 09, 2000

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‘Shrew’d staging of Shakespeare classic

John Angell Grant
Friday June 09, 2000

ORINDA – Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew,” a slapstick comedy about a man who beats his rebellious wife into submission, reflects an Elizabethan social view that makes modern day audiences uncomfortable. -more-


Keene offered job in Arizona

Judith Scherr
Friday June 09, 2000

Staff
Friday June 09, 2000

THEATER -more-


Schools consider tax and big bond

Rob Cunningham
Friday June 09, 2000

CIL receives grant

Staff
Friday June 09, 2000

This week the Center for Independent Living (CIL), Berkeley and Oakland, and the World Institute on Disability (WID), Oakland, received a three-year grant from The California Endowment to work on increasing the economic independence of people with disabilities in California. -more-


Berkeley Art Center holds series of events for three weekends

Staff
Friday June 09, 2000

The Berkeley Arts Center’s Words in Collision: Summer Performance Arts Series begins this today and runs through Saturday, June 24. -more-


BART plans presented

Staff
Friday June 09, 2000

News Briefs

Staff
Friday June 09, 2000

Live Oak Park Fair held this Saturday, Sunday -more-


School board honors BHS students

Staff
Friday June 09, 2000

The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education took more than an hour of its meeting Wednesday night to honor some of Berkeley High School’s outstanding students. -more-


Opinion

Editorials

Berkeleyan wins top honor at Cal State Hayward

Staff
Thursday June 15, 2000

Berkeley resident Daryl Preston, a teacher of physics to both undergraduate students and to other university professors, has been named the outstanding professor for 2000 at CSU Hayward. -more-


Eckbo, landscape architect and former Cal professor, dies at 89

Staff
Monday June 12, 2000

Garrett Eckbo, a landscape architect whose work on new towns, gardens, homes, parks and other public spaces made him a leader of the modern landscape movement, has died at the age of 89. -more-


Lawrence Hall of Science to hold series of ‘Fundays’

Staff
Sunday June 11, 2000

The Lawrence Hall of Science’s Summer Science Fundays begin Wednesday, June 21 and last all summer. -more-


Fire season arrives; be safe

Staff
Friday June 09, 2000

The California fire season is here again and the Berkeley Fire Department would like to remind everyone to be careful. Here are some hints to remain fire safe. -more-