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Creativity levels playing field for kids of varying abilities/disabilities

By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 12, 2000
A mural commemorating the 10th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act will grace the Ed Roberts Campus in a few years. The campus at the Ashby BART station, is proposed for the future home of a number of agencies which support people with special needs. -more-

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Saturday August 12, 2000

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Berkeley contractor turned author explores city’s history through old Berkeley Gazette stories

By Joe Eskenazi Daily Planet Correspondent
Saturday August 12, 2000
Whales and quails and bears – oh my! -more-

Saturday August 12, 2000
Patients got care during strike -more-

Saturday August 12, 2000
MUSEUMS -more-

ZAB hears plusses and minuses; LPC rejects Beth El plan

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 12, 2000
At the second hearing in a week on a project to build a 35,000 square-foot synagogue and school for the Congregation Beth El at the Napoleon Byrne landmark site at 1301 Oxford St., friends and foes of the plan went before the Zoning Adjustments Board Thursday to formally comment on the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Report. -more-

Oxford site holds history

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 12, 2000
It was suspected that arson claimed the oldest and grandest Italianate villa in Berkeley the Byrne House – in January of 1985, says Susan Cerny in the book “Berkeley Landmarks.” -more-

Dioxin Conference educates, activates

By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 12, 2000
Hundreds of activists are coming together this week at UC Berkeley to discuss ways to save communities from dioxins, a chemical which the Enviornmental Protection Agency and others say causes birth defects, cancer and other illnesses. -more-

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