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-

Saturday, August 12

Whales and quails and bears – oh my! -more-

Patients got care during strike -more-

MUSEUMS -more-

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-

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-

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-

SAN FRANCISCO – The question weighing on the minds of representatives from civil rights and activist organizations speaking at a press conference at the Federal Building Thursday, was how to maintain the well-being of protesters on the streets of Los Angeles, during next week’s Democratic National Convention. -more-

Friday, August 11

Vice President Al Gore -more-

Tom Holmoe is a man under pressure. -more-

Leonard Schwartzburd is a psychologist. He knows more about anxiety than radiation. -more-

When the Democratic National Convention rolls into Los Angeles next week, over 10,000 police and security guards will be ready to control the crowds as thousands of delegates, politicians, observers and protesters flock to the area. -more-

Clerical workers at UC Berkeley say they will not give up until they get what the want. -more-

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Need help on Claremont -more-

The preliminary hearing in a felony drug possession case involving an Oakland medical marijuana club was once again postponed yesterday in Berkeley’s Superior Court when a key prosecution witness was not available to testify. -more-

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Berkeley High School students may feel a little like “1984” protagonist Winston Smith this year if the School Board OKs security cameras for the school. -more-

Nine months of protests ended in July with an agreement to unionize the workforce at the Berkeley Marina Radisson Hotel, but a contract has yet to be signed. -more-

Daily Planet Staff -more-

A permit to alter the facade of the old Houston’s Shoe Store on the 2200 block of Shattuck Avenue was issued a decade ago, but the remodeling was never done. -more-

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Tuesday was the first day of school for Francis Lynch. -more-

Monday morning, Lynn Kleinn and her neighbors put their bodies on the line for the protection of vegetation that serves as a natural barrier between her Alvarado Road neighborhood and the Claremont Hotel parking lot. -more-

Tuesday, August 8

An overflow audience squeezed into Intersection’s tiny theater space in San Francisco’s Mission district last week to see Campo Santo theater company present a superb world premiere production of Denis Johnson’s first play “Hellhound on My Trail.” -more-

Monday evening Superintendent Jack McLaughlin was directed by the school board to give a call to the successful candidate for the job of principal of Berkeley High School. -more-

Five years ago, one wouldn’t have known a creek rushed beneath the Berkeley-Albany border. -more-

Monday, August 7

BANANAs best for NIMBYs -more-

With one week to go for candidates for school board, rent board and City Council to file their formal intentions to seek office, only one candidate had completed the process by Friday afternoon. -more-

Turning loose 3,500 hungry teenagers into the city’s small downtown area at lunchtime has created friction between the students and businesses. -more-