Fur could fly once again at tonight’s City Council meeting, when policy makers consider a law requiring cat and dog owners to either spay or neuter their animals or pay the piper for the privilege of not doing so. -more-

===Tuesday, June 20 -more-

There are times when half a loaf is definitely worse than none – especially when accepting half a loaf sets a very bad precedent. -more-

Walker Evans is the Old Master photographer most frequently studied by young photographers today. Images from his 1936 series depicting three tenant farmer families in Alabama are in our history books and his architectural studies from that era are also familiar classics, but the whole range of his work is much broader, including a variety of experiments and enigmas. Now at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a vast exhibition surveying his work from his tentative beginnings in 1927 until his health failed in 1974. -more-

AURORA THEATRE -more-

A public hearing on the budget could bring out citizens for tonight’s full council agenda. -more-

I read with interest your story about the move to raise the speed limit on Claremont Avenue. -more-

ASHKENAZ -more-

Court dates are set for next month for Berkeley High graduate Keith Stephens, who was charged with two misdemeanors for his part in a June 1 brawl with two police officers. -more-

In your June 19 edition, two bicycle activists (from North Berkeley, if I read my phone book correctly) argue against changing the posted speed limit on Claremont Ave. to help police officers enforce more speeding tickets. Their shared rationale is that the state legislature might soon pass a bill that would uphold more tickets under existing limits. -more-

A.C.C.I. GALLERY -more-

Among the items on the council’s consent calendar for tonight is a 4 percent raise for non-union employees. -more-

A man robbed the cash register in Walgreen’s Drug Store at 1050 Gilman St. about 9:50 p.m. Friday. -more-