A California-based animal rights group is doing what it can to force circuses to stop using elephants in their acts, even invoking the Endangered Species Act in its quest. -more-
Panthers join Bay Shore Athletic League, will face schools closer to their own enrollment. -more-
After enduring yet another arson fire early Saturday morning, the School Board put off a decision to approve the installation of security cameras, which some say could deter such mayhem and protect the students at Berkeley High. -more-
University of California scientists say the northern half of the Hayward Fault that runs beneath the east San Francisco Bay area may not be as dangerous as previously thought. -more-
Another arson at Berkeley High School doesn’t bode well for the coming school year, just two weeks away. -more-
Robbery appears to be the motive in the shooting murder of Dwight Cornell Garland, 34, of Berkeley early Wednesday morning, Berkeley Police say. -more-
The baubles in Wing York Jue’s “community garden museum” dot the front yard of his home at 2232 McKinley St. which he and his wife Dorothy have shared for 61 years. Each of the treasures has a very unique history. -more-
If Peggy Schioler wins a slot on the Rent Stabilization Board, she will be a lone voice weighing in on the side of property owners. -more-
Neither police nor the Alameda County Coroner are revealing the name of the man murdered on the 1200 block of Haskell Street early Wednesday morning. -more-
The mantra of virtually every Hollywood horror film from “Frankenstein” to “Jurassic Park” has been the same: Don’t Mess with Mother Nature. Too bad, because that’s what humans do best. -more-
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-
Hoffman’s radiation health risk factors not based on science -more-
Ever hear of an urodeles? How about a qoph? -more-
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-
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-
Berkeley Police say that two armed robberies a week apart may be connected. -more-
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-
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-
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-
Whales and quails and bears – oh my! -more-
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-
It isn’t too often that Berkeley can claim one of its own as a vice presidential candidate. -more-
It’s Friday, a few hours before the close of the stock market. The day trader stares in horror at his computer screen. -more-
Money buys votes and two UC Berkeley political science doctoral students Matt Jarvis and Justin Buchler say they can prove it. -more-
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-
Whales and quails and bears – oh my! -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-
