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Council places eviction controls on Nov. ballot
By William Inman
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday July 27, 2000
Complexities in the proposed rent control ballot measure kept the City Council and staff in their seats into the wee Wednesday morning hours tweaking the measure until a passing 5-1-2 vote could be taken. The measure will go before the voters Nov. 7. -more-
Lawyer in Stephans’ case wants to talk to witness, view photos
By Michael Coffino
Daily Planet Correspondent
Thursday July 27, 2000
A pretrial hearing in the case of a Berkeley teenager charged with battery on a peace officer and resisting arrest was rescheduled yesterday after lawyers for the defendant asked Berkeley Superior Court Judge Carol Brosnahan for additional time to gather evidence in the case. -more-
Housing authority won’t be changed before September
By Nina Wu
Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday July 27, 2000
The questions were too complex and too numerous to begin to answer at Tuesday evening’s Berkeley Housing Authority meeting, scheduled from 7 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. -more-
Local group protesting tower; worried about views, values
By Dan Greenman
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday July 27, 2000
When a 170-foot communication tower was erected beside the new Public Safety Building at McKinley Avenue and Addison Street in April, the neighbors were not too pleased. -more-
Editorial
Berkeley pastor Finegan dies
Staff
Wednesday July 26, 2000
Dr. Jack Finegan, 92, died July 15. A highly respected scholar and professor of the New Testament and archaeology, he was a summer session dean, director of the Bade Institute of Biblical Archeology at the Pacific School of Religion, and served for twenty-five years as pastor for the University Christian Church, in Berkeley. -more-
