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Radisson workers get their union

Judith Scherr
Friday June 23, 2000

Berkeley Marina Radisson Hotel workers and their supporters were celebrating victory Thursday, with the news that hotel management had accepted unionization. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Friday June 23, 2000

Friday, June 23

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Davis' transportation plan may come up short

Thomas Elias
Friday June 23, 2000

Few California governors have made themselves as visible as Gray Davis did for one week this spring, as he traveled the state pushing his transportation plan. He set the price tag at $5.2 billion in all his speeches and press releases, even though the actual cost would be three times that. -more-


PFA salutes Library of Congress

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

Throughout July, the Pacific Film Archive will present restored prints of two dozen classic Hollywood features, in a series saluting the 200th anniversary of the Library of Congress. All the films are in preservation-quality 35mm. -more-


Friday June 23, 2000

THEATER

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Telegraph quotas up for debate

Marilyn Claessens
Friday June 23, 2000

Business and property owners and city officials offered mixed opinions about the value of retaining zoning quotas for restaurants and hair salons on Telegraph Avenue during a planning meeting Wednesday. -more-


Kala Institute awards fellowships

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

Last week Kala Art Institute of Berkeley announced the winners of this year’s Fellowship awards. -more-


Letters to the Editor

Friday June 23, 2000

Developer is missing real issue on San Pablo

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Board gives green light to school bond and tax

Rob Cunningham
Friday June 23, 2000

As expected, the Berkeley Unified School Board voted Wednesday night to place a school bond and a special tax measure on the November ballot. -more-


Shotgun Players present Kipling book

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

The Shotgun Players will present a theatrical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s coming-of-age epic, “The Jungle Book” on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. The play, adapted by King Middle School teacher Richard J. Silberg, will feature giant puppets, live music and theatrical acrobatics by Bay Area performers. -more-


Trial for parking activist

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

Rick Young, the second-year Boalt Hall law student who has been protesting the university’s plans for construction of a three-story 1,000- to 1,400-car parking structure, will go to trial Aug. 4 on misdemeanor charges. -more-


Editor leaving Daily Planet

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

Rob Cunningham, who has served as editor of the Berkeley Daily Planet since its launch last year, will step down from his post on July 15, Publisher Arnold Lee announced today. Cunningham will be succeeded by Judith Scherr, who has worked as the newspaper’s lead reporter since May 1999. -more-


New housing unveiled

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

Resources for Community Development, a Berkeley-based organization that builds affordable housing, is having a grand opening of Miramar Court and the Mariposa Apartments at Alameda Point, the former Alameda Naval Air Station on June 29 from 4-6 p.m. -more-


Artists to visit Paris

Joe Eskenazi
Friday June 23, 2000

Ah Paris – the city that has never heard of soap, deodorant, pooper-scoopers or artistic constraints. -more-


Deer’s head found in store’s meat case

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

Two incidents of vandalism occurred this week in the Safeway supermarket at 1444 Shattuck Ave. -more-


Project would revive an ancient calendar

Joe Eskenazi
Thursday June 22, 2000

Calendar of Events & Activities

Thursday June 22, 2000


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Letters to the Editor

Thursday June 22, 2000

San Pablo project meets most of area’s concerns -more-


Thursday June 22, 2000

THEATER -more-


One-sided city budget presentation

Judith Scherr
Thursday June 22, 2000

Jobs for youth and health services for low-income people are among the programs that made it to the proposed liberal/progressive budget presented at Tuesday night’s council session. The council will vote on the proposals next week. -more-


Mayor: Process lacking ‘reason’

Judith Scherr
Thursday June 22, 2000

Most every year, around this time, the mayor and the liberal/progressive faction of the council each publish dueling versions of how to spend the few dollars left over from the city’s fixed costs. -more-


Length of police review period questioned

Marilyn Claessens
Thursday June 22, 2000

The Berkeley Police Review Commission reviewed its concerns last week about the rule that allows the commission only 120 days to investigate complaints of misconduct against Berkeley Police Officers. -more-


News Briefs

Staff
Thursday June 22, 2000

BART elevators will be closed for major repairs -more-


Extended BART hours for annual Pride Parade

Staff
Thursday June 22, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO – On Sunday, BART will operate longer trains for the San Francisco Pride 2000 Parade in San Francisco. -more-


Police Briefs

Staff
Thursday June 22, 2000

Drug arrests made -more-


Police arrest 2 for graffiti

Staff
Thursday June 22, 2000

Four young men were arrested for allegedly defacing two buildings with black spray paint about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. -more-


Knife allegedly used in assault

Staff
Thursday June 22, 2000

A family fight erupted about 10 p.m. Monday on the 1200 block of Ninth Street when a woman’s two daughters visited her and her partner. -more-


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


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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

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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

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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

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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

Opinion

Editorials

Assault arrest made

Daily Planet Staff
Friday June 23, 2000

A woman seated on the trunk of her car at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in a commercial parking lot at 2930 Sacramento St., was threatened by a driver who drove toward her car at high speed. -more-


Teach-in looks at Korean War

Staff
Thursday June 22, 2000

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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