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Landlordlawyer: ‘immoral’ charge arcane

By Michael CoffinoSpecial to the Daily Planet
Wednesday August 16, 2000

The lawyer for a Berkeley landlord facing nine federal charges, including conspiracy to bring aliens to the U.S. illegally and bringing foreigners to the U.S. for “immoral purposes,” has asked Federal District Court Judge Sandra Brown Armstrong to dismiss two of the charges on constitutional grounds. -more-


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Wednesday August 16, 2000


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Letters to the Editor

Wednesday August 16, 2000

Hoffman’s radiation health risk factors not based on science -more-


‘Urodeles’ is music to math man’s ears

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday August 16, 2000

Ever hear of an urodeles? How about a qoph? -more-


BHS students: ‘ambassadors’ to pariah nation

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday August 16, 2000

As many as 30 Berkeley High School students may get to spend two weeks as ambassadors to one of the United States’ most inveterate political foes. They’ll live in the homes and study the agrarian ways of their Cuban hosts. -more-


Rucker says he can help council

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday August 16, 2000

In the final part of a three-part interview with Deputy City Manager Weldon Rucker, who will begin a stint as interim city manager next week, Rucker speaks to the Daily Planet about how he plans to help the council streamline its workload. -more-


Suspects sought in 2 armed robberies

Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday August 16, 2000

Berkeley Police say that two armed robberies a week apart may be connected. -more-


Slowed project clogs avenue

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday August 15, 2000

University Avenue is a mess, with holes bored into the ground and orange and white sandwich boards dotting the streets and sidewalk. These board’s, often decorated with bright yellow “caution” tape are meant to protect passersby and automobiles from the gaps in the sidewalk and streets, but it’s not unusual to see the signs displaced and lying helter skelter on their sides. -more-


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Tuesday August 15, 2000


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Letters to the Editor

Tuesday August 15, 2000

Rucker talks about taking bureaucracy to the people

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday August 15, 2000

Deputy City Manger Weldon Rucker is getting ready to take the helm of the city as interim City Manager. In this, the second of a three-part interview, Rucker talks to the Daily Planet about the Neighborhood Services Initiative, a plan to divide the city into quadrants, with a NSI manager in each. -more-


Council majority hands in balance

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday August 15, 2000

In an election that could tip the scales in favor of the moderate council minority, more than a dozen City Council candidates appear ready to run for office. -more-


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Monday August 14, 2000


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

By Joe EskenaziDaily Planet Correspondent
Monday August 14, 2000

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


Letters to the Editor

Monday August 14, 2000

Patients got care during strike -more-


Monday August 14, 2000

MUSEUMS -more-


Ready to take the reins Daily Planet Staff

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Monday August 14, 2000

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

By Judith Scherr Berkeley Daily Planet
Monday August 14, 2000

It isn’t too often that Berkeley can claim one of its own as a vice presidential candidate. -more-


Program teaches youth business smarts

By Jennifer Dix Special to the Daily Planet
Monday August 14, 2000

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

By Joe Eskenazi Daily Planet Correspondent
Monday August 14, 2000

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

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-


Activists call for protester safety

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Friday August 11, 2000

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-


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Friday August 11, 2000


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A plea for peaceful protests

Friday August 11, 2000

Vice President Al Gore -more-


Holmoe feeling the heat

By Jared GreenDaily Planet Staff
Friday August 11, 2000

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

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Friday August 11, 2000

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


Local Dems support Gore and free speech rights

By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff
Friday August 11, 2000

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

By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff
Thursday August 10, 2000

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


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Thursday August 10, 2000

Letters to the Editor

Thursday August 10, 2000

Need help on Claremont -more-


‘Medical’ cannabis hearing delayed

By Michael Coffino Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday August 10, 2000

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-


Letters to the Editor

Thursday August 10, 2000

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Cameras at BHS: is it 1984 or safe schooling?

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Thursday August 10, 2000

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

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Thursday August 10, 2000

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-


Assault charge becomes murder

Daily Planet Staff
Thursday August 10, 2000

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