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Berkeley contractor turned author explores city’s history through old Berkeley Gazette stories
Whales and quails and bears – oh my! -more-
Ready to take the reins Daily Planet Staff
In a couple of weeks Deputy City Manager Weldon Rucker, 59, will slip into the role of interim city manager. The 40-year Berkeley resident has worked for the city in various capacities for 28 years and served as interim city manager from 1993-96. In the first part of this two-part interview, he talks about some of the challenges that lie ahead. -more-
Next veep could hail from Berkeley
It isn’t too often that Berkeley can claim one of its own as a vice presidential candidate. -more-
Program teaches youth business smarts
It’s Friday, a few hours before the close of the stock market. The day trader stares in horror at his computer screen. -more-
Students show campaign money’s influence
Money buys votes and two UC Berkeley political science doctoral students Matt Jarvis and Justin Buchler say they can prove it. -more-
Creativity levels playing field for kids of varying abilities/disabilities
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-
Berkeley contractor turned author explores city’s history through old Berkeley Gazette stories
Whales and quails and bears – oh my! -more-
ZAB hears plusses and minuses; LPC rejects Beth El plan
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
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
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-
Activists call for protester safety
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-
Holmoe feeling the heat
Tom Holmoe is a man under pressure. -more-
Neighbors protest radiation coming to theater near them “I am hoping to do work on getting progressive ideas heard and onto the
Leonard Schwartzburd is a psychologist. He knows more about anxiety than radiation. -more-
Local Dems support Gore and free speech rights
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-
UC workers rally for raises, may strike later in month
Clerical workers at UC Berkeley say they will not give up until they get what the want. -more-
‘Medical’ cannabis hearing delayed
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-
Cameras at BHS: is it 1984 or safe schooling?
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-
No contract yet for Radisson
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-
Remodel irks preservationists
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-
First day of school for BHS principal
Tuesday was the first day of school for Francis Lynch. -more-
The unkindest cut of all
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-
“Hellhound” could be the start of something big
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-
New BHS chief gets call
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-