The Week

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News

‘Inaccurate’ images fuel stadium lights fight

By Sarah Mueller Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday July 01, 2000

Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday July 01, 2000


Saturday, July 1

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Volunteers turn slab of concrete into colorful, lively garden

By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff
Saturday July 01, 2000

In downtown Berkeley, in the midst of heavy traffic, loud road construction and pedestrians rushing to and from places, there is a narrow walkway that leads you between two buildings. At the end of the walkway, there is a calm, quiet place to take a break. -more-


Letters to the Editor

Saturday July 01, 2000

Maio’s proposal is intriguing -more-


BHS principal may be reassigned

By Rob Cunningham Daily Planet Staff
Saturday July 01, 2000

After one of the most tumultuous years in the school’s history, Berkeley High Principal Theresa Saunders may leave her post to be reassigned to a district position. -more-


One City Council contest heats up

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Saturday July 01, 2000

For some, summer sun means barbecues and bucolic vacations. But for others, summer is the time to gear up for fall elections. -more-


Merchants cope with ‘construction zone’

By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff
Saturday July 01, 2000

While a series of recent and ongoing construction projects in downtown Berkeley will ultimately bring improvements to the area’s appearance, it has left store and cafe owners with mixed feelings. -more-


Kiwanis Club of Berkeley awards $32,000 to graduating seniors

By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff
Saturday July 01, 2000

At a luncheon last week, the Kiwanis Club of Berkeley awarded 12 local graduating high school students with $32,000 in scholarships. -more-


‘Victim of success’

Marilyn Claessens
Thursday June 29, 2000

Shambhala Booksellers, the 32-year-old Berkeley bookstore that was a pioneer in offering titles in Eastern and other religions of the world and their sacred traditions, may be forced to close its doors. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Thursday June 29, 2000

Thursday, June 29

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Letters to the Editor

Thursday June 29, 2000

Monuments are worthy legacy -more-


Filmmakers focus on a revolutionary

By Peter CrimminsDaily Planet Correspondent
Thursday June 29, 2000

After 14 years in jail, Laura Whitehorn is the star of a movie. And she’s not happy about it. -more-


Thursday June 29, 2000

THEATER -more-


Spay, neuter or pay

By William Inman Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday June 29, 2000

The City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night requiring pet owners to spay and neuter their animals or pay for the right not to. -more-


Progressives win city budget battle

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Thursday June 29, 2000

Sharply divided along traditional faction lines, the council approved a spending plan for the $3.5 million – the “little fringe at the end” of the budget, as Councilmember Polly Armstrong described it – the council is authorized to disburse. -more-


Police arrest man in gutter

Staff
Thursday June 29, 2000

Police found a man sleeping in a gutter about 6:30 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Ridge Road. When an officer came up next to him and tried to wake him, he was slow to awaken, but finally shook his head and got up, said Capt. Bobby Miller of the Berkeley Police Department. -more-


Resident foils burglary attempt

Staff
Thursday June 29, 2000

A man who gained entrance to a residential hall at 1777 Euclid Ave. Sunday night was thwarted in his burglary attempt. -more-


Stroll to honor ‘Local Legacies’

By Marilyn Claessens Daily Planet Staff
Thursday June 29, 2000

This year’s annual Solano Avenue Stroll Sept. 10, in addition to the food, entertainment and crafts fair, silent auction and a parade, will highlight the 26-year-old Stroll’s recognition by the Library of Congress. -more-


Barbara T. Christian – Cal professor, literary feminism scholar – dies at 56

Staff
Thursday June 29, 2000

Barbara T. Christian, an acclaimed professor of African-American Studies at UC Berkeley, and a pioneer of contemporary American literary feminism, died Sunday at her home in Berkeley from cancer. She was 56. -more-


Hotel robbery attempt foiled

Staff
Thursday June 29, 2000

An attempted robbery was foiled about 6 a.m. Monday after three would-be robbers gained entry to rooms at the Ramada Inn at 920 University Ave. -more-


Graffiti is ongoing struggle

Marilyn Claessens
Wednesday June 28, 2000

The handwriting is on the walls, on the trash cans and on traffic signs – anywhere taggers leave their marks for the world to see – and the city spends more than $250,000 a year to fight it with cleanup crews daily. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Wednesday June 28, 2000

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Letters to the Editor

Wednesday June 28, 2000

Nuclear vs. nuclear weapons research in Berkeley -more-



Race and BHS

Rob Cunningham
Wednesday June 28, 2000

Much attention has been paid in recent months to the troubling academic achievement gap between white students and students of color at Berkeley High School, but the parallel “discipline gap” at the campus is not being openly addressed. -more-


Forum: ‘E-health care’ faces roadblocks

Jessie Seyfer
Wednesday June 28, 2000

The Human Genome Project is a perfect example of how the Internet has changed science by making vast databases of information available to scientists at the click of a mouse. In the same way, the Internet could revolutionize America’s dauntingly complex health care industry. -more-


Cal researchers dig into Presidio’s past

Joe Eskenazi
Wednesday June 28, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO – You are what you eat, right? Well, a few hundred years down the road the only way people might know anything about you is because of the stuff you didn’t eat – the bones, the cans, the bottles. After all, as any sanitation worker, detective or crazed stalker will tell you, one can tell a lot about somebody by sifting through his garbage. -more-


New academic officials chosen at UC Berkeley Two new vice provosts at UC Berkeley, who will play central roles in academic adm

Staff
Wednesday June 28, 2000

Two new vice provosts at UC Berkeley, who will play central roles in academic administration, have been selected, officials announced Tuesday. -more-


In search of new city manager

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 27, 2000

The next city manager will be selected by a supermajority if the mayor has her way. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Tuesday June 27, 2000

Tuesday, June 27

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Berkeley must adopt a more functional design for Interstate 80 bridge

Tuesday June 27, 2000

An open letter to Mayor Shirley Dean and members of the Berkeley City Council: -more-


Shotgun’s Jungle Book misses mark

John Angell Grant
Tuesday June 27, 2000

Shotgun Players opened its fourth outdoor annual summer theatrical tour Sunday afternoon at Willard Park with an original adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s collection of animal stories “The Jungle Book.” -more-


Tuesday June 27, 2000

MUSIC VENUES

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Home invasion robbery suspect remains at large

Marilyn Claessens and Rob Cunningham
Tuesday June 27, 2000

A San Jose man was arrested Monday in connection with a botched home invasion robbery in South Berkeley, but his alleged accomplice remained on the loose. -more-


Letters to the Editor

Tuesday June 27, 2000

Seems to be anarchy in our city government

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Nader inspires faithful Greens

Joe Eskenazi
Tuesday June 27, 2000

OAKLAND – Now more than ever, candidates, party officials and voters seem to be saying that it’s getting easier to be Green. -more-


Only organic coffee for ‘City Hall Café’

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 27, 2000

When the hard hats and dump trucks clear out of City Hall and the public flows back in, citizens may be greeted by more than new furniture, repainted walls and council agendas. -more-


Budget, bonds, pets top council agenda

Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 27, 2000

On this week’s council agenda there are two different proposals to streamline the city’s tortuous council meetings. One was written by City Auditor Ann-Marie Hogan and the other by Mayor Shirley Dean. -more-


Crews start to cut down trees

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday June 27, 2000

A plan to spruce up downtown took a highly visible step forward Monday as crews began cutting down trees along University Avenue, part of a taxpayer-funded revitalization effort. -more-


East Bay firefighters train in Tilden Park

Marilyn Claessens
Monday June 26, 2000

The firefighters from six departments who came to Tilden Park Sunday were training to fight a major fire – everyone’s worst nightmare, but always a threat in the East Bay Hills. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Monday June 26, 2000

Monday, June 26

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Letters to the Editor

Monday June 26, 2000

Zero-emission vehicles needed

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Monday June 26, 2000

THEATER

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Rental issue closer to fall ballot

Judith Scherr
Monday June 26, 2000

Balancing property owners’ and tenants’ rights is a delicate dance, especially in today’s tight housing market. -more-


Disabled rights campus gets U.S. funding

Dan Greenman
Monday June 26, 2000

The Ed Roberts Campus proposed for the Ashby BART station got a boost from the federal government Saturday, when United States Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater presented the sponsoring organization with a check for $300,000. -more-


Media camp focuses teens’ energy

Peter Crimmins
Monday June 26, 2000

Barbara Zimmerman, professor of film theory in Ithaca, N.Y., recently described the Bay Area as a “media paradise.” All that flickers and streams and pixilates is in our town, and the East Bay Media Center has begun its annual Summer Media Camp to de-mystify the tools for young people in this virtual Eden. -more-


Opinion

Editorials

Pepper spray was not enough to stop robber

Staff
Saturday July 01, 2000

Bay Briefs

Staff
Thursday June 29, 2000

Phone repairs taking time -more-


New academic officials chosen at UC Berkeley

Wednesday June 28, 2000

Two new vice provosts at UC Berkeley, who will play central roles in academic administration, have been selected, officials announced Tuesday. -more-


British diplomat to speak at university

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday June 27, 2000

Peter Gooderham, Counsellor of Politico-Military/European Affairs at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., will be the featured speaker at a noontime lecture Thursday on the UC Berkeley campus. -more-