The Week

John Dalton, access coordinator for Berkeley Commu
John Dalton, access coordinator for Berkeley Commu
 

News

Station goes digital

Joe Eskenazi Joe Eskenazi
Wednesday June 21, 2000

Berkeley Community Media is finally able to send its old equipment the way of carbon paper, floppy disks, wooden tennis racquets and 1,200-baud modems. In a long-awaited move, Berkeley-TV Channel 25 has landed a bevy of new cameras and computers, making the painstaking process of linear editing a thing of the past. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Wednesday June 21, 2000


Wednesday, June 21 -more-


Letters to the Editor

Wednesday June 21, 2000

Nuclear research not conducted in Berkeley -more-


Wednesday June 21, 2000

THEATER -more-


BUSD plans $116.5 million bond

Rob Cunningham
Wednesday June 21, 2000

A proposal to place a $116.5 million school bond and a special maintenance tax on the November ballot will be considered tonight by the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education. -more-


Quick response to ‘fire’ at BHS

Marilyn Claessens
Wednesday June 21, 2000

Court blocks Burma boycott

Judith Scherr
Wednesday June 21, 2000

Berkeley’s three-decade history of standing up to countries whose policies are said to violate human rights took an abrupt turn Monday when the Supreme Court upheld a challenge to a Massachusetts law boycotting Burma. -more-


Applicants sought for BCM board

Staff
Wednesday June 21, 2000

The Board of Directors of BCM is seeking applicants of diverse background and affiliation and with strong ties to community organizations and groups. -more-


Cat fight over city ordinance

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 20, 2000

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-


Out & About

Staff
Tuesday June 20, 2000

===Tuesday, June 20 -more-


State school bond plan is hardly an improvement

Thomas Elias
Tuesday June 20, 2000

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


Masterful photography: SFMoMA exhibit captures spirit of Walker Evans’ work

David H. Wright
Tuesday June 20, 2000

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-


THEATER

Tuesday June 20, 2000

AURORA THEATRE -more-


Budget proposals remain veiled

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 20, 2000

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


Plan may benefit city’s speeders

Tuesday June 20, 2000

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


MUSIC VENUES

Tuesday June 20, 2000

ASHKENAZ -more-


Defense on offensive in police assault case

Marilyn Claessens
Tuesday June 20, 2000

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-


State bill might make road safer

Tuesday June 20, 2000

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-


GALLERIES

Tuesday June 20, 2000

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


City Council considers 4% raises for non-union workers

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 20, 2000

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


Man takes cash from register

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday June 20, 2000

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


Sweet sound of freedom at Juneteenth

Dan Greenman
Monday June 19, 2000

With two blocks of Adeline Street closed to traffic, music echoing from both ends of the street and smoke from barbecues filling the summer air, Juneteenth was in full swing Sunday afternoon. -more-


Calendar of Events

Monday June 19, 2000

Monday, June 19 -more-


Last Planet delivers complex offering

John Angell Grant
Monday June 19, 2000

Raise speed limit, stop speeders

Judith Scherr
Monday June 19, 2000

How do you combat the speedsters racing down Claremont Avenue? Raise the speed limit, some say. -more-


Calendar

Monday June 19, 2000

MUSEUMS -more-


2 rapes reported to police

Staff
Monday June 19, 2000

Berkeley police are investigating two rape cases reported last week. -more-


Solar calendar planned for Cesar Chavez Park

Staff
Monday June 19, 2000

Organizers of the Cesar Chavez Memorial Solar Calendar will hold a community informational workshop Tuesday evening on the Berkeley Marina site where the project will be built. -more-


Berkeley woman charged with DUI

Staff
Monday June 19, 2000

Police officers investigating a suspicious vehicle about 6:45 a.m. Sunday on the 1500 block of Stuart Street found the driver sitting in the car with the engine running. The car had been in a collision, said Capt. Bobby Miller of the Berkeley Police Department. -more-


Agatha Christie play ends group’s season

Staff
Monday June 19, 2000

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley completes its 43rd season with an Agatha Christie mystery, “Murder At the Vicarage,” a Miss Marple classic. -more-


Talk examines tradition

Staff
Monday June 19, 2000

The Judah L. Magnes Museum presents “Women and Rituals,” a talk about old traditions, Tuesday, June 27 from 6-7:30 p.m. Rabbi Helen Cohn of San Francisco’s Congregation Emanu-El and Manni Liu, executive director of the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will he on hand for the talk. The museum is located at 2911 Russell St. -more-


An ecological neighborhood

Marilyn Claessens
Saturday June 17, 2000

The area of community gardens near the BART tracks in the Westbrae neighborhood already is known for the establishment of Berkeley EcoHouse on Hopkins Street, and now the nearby stretch of Ohlone Greenway is about to be upgraded with plantings and cultural landmarks. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday June 17, 2000

Saturday, June 17 -more-


A Helping Hand

Marilyn Claessens
Saturday June 17, 2000

Speaking up about their experiences, the newcomers to the Women’s Employment Resources Corp. traded hard luck stories about navigating the welfare system. -more-


Letters to the Editor

Saturday June 17, 2000

Project is wrong for San Pablo -more-


Calendar

Saturday June 17, 2000

THEATER -more-


Stadium lights exempt, UC says

Joe Eskenazi
Saturday June 17, 2000

After the 10-odd months of controversy, acrimony and delays, the Memorial Stadium permanent lighting debate all boils down to one incontrovertible fact: University officials don’t think nine light towers would look crappy and the stadium’s neighbors do. Period. -more-


Cooler weather arrives

Michelle Locke
Saturday June 17, 2000

OAKLAND – Cooling fog rolled back into Northern California Friday after an unusual midweek heat wave sent scores of people to the hospital. -more-


Juneteenth celebration set for Sunday

Judith Scherr
Saturday June 17, 2000

With the scent of barbecue in the summer air, the gold and green of kinti cloth decorating the booths, those sweet tones of the Berkeley High Jazz Band and Pete Escovedo’s red hot salsa sounds, Berkeley will remember the freeing of the slaves at its annual Juneteenth celebration. -more-


News Briefs

Staff
Saturday June 17, 2000

Berkeley attorney goes to China -more-


Berlioz work will close Berkeley Opera’s season

Staff
Saturday June 17, 2000

Berkeley Opera’s 2000 season, Shakespeare at the Opera, concludes July 14-23 with six performances of Berlioz’s opera, “Beatrice and Benedick.” -more-


Women in film, TV to meet

Staff
Saturday June 17, 2000

One final celebration

Dan Greenman
Friday June 16, 2000

As the sun set over the UC Berkeley Greek Theatre and the fog rolled in Thursday evening, the Class of 2000 said its final good bye to Berkeley High School. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Friday June 16, 2000

===Friday, June 16 -more-


Calendar of Events

Friday June 16, 2000

THEATER -more-


Stadium battle revived

Joe Eskenaz
Friday June 16, 2000

A light may be at the end of the tunnel in the ongoing permanent lighting at Memorial Stadium situation – and the neighbors of the historic stadium are expecting that it’s a train. -more-


High-tech firm comes to town

Marilyn Claessens
Friday June 16, 2000

Just call us Wireless Valley. That’s a new name for Berkeley coined by some high-tech newcomers from Sweden who make telephones, do research and don’t have anything to do with home furnishings. -more-


Report criticizes Pacifica actions

Judith Scherr
Friday June 16, 2000

The Pacifica Foundation, KPFA radio’s parent organization, may have violated the California Corporations Code, when it stripped the local advisory board members of their right to vote for members of the governing board, says a report released Monday by the Joint State Auditor’s Committee. -more-


Police Briefs

Staff
Friday June 16, 2000

Man foils ATM robber -more-


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-


Opinion

Editorials

City set to increase plant debris recycling schedule

Marilyn Claessens
Wednesday June 21, 2000

By Marilyn Claessens -more-


Class focuses on health proxy forms

Staff
Monday June 19, 2000

The Berkeley Adult School is hosting a workshop on the step-by-step process of completing a health proxy form, taught by Berkeley attorney Lynn Sherrell. -more-


Symphony concerts announced

Staff
Saturday June 17, 2000

Center offers arts sessions

Staff
Friday June 16, 2000

The JMCA Summer Performing Arts Camp will begin two-week sessions Monday at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. -more-


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-