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‘The Illusion’ is odd, rambling story
by John Angell Grant
Daily Planet Theater Critic
Tuesday September 12, 2000
Tony Kushner's epic Pulitzer and Tony Award winner “Angels in America” is the most important American stage work of the past 25 years. -more-
Letters to the Editor
Pacific News Service
Tuesday September 12, 2000
Wild animals belong in nature -more-
Marina area employees to receive living wages
By Josh Parr
Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday September 12, 2000
If all goes as planned, the Berkeley Marina restaurants and hotel will be paying higher wages to their employees by Oct. 20. The Berkeley City Council is poised to expand its Living Wage Ordinance at tonight’s meeting, requiring established Marina businesses to pay their employees a minimum of $9.75 -more-
ADA trainings on council agenda Daily Planet Staff If all goes as planned, the Berkeley Marina restaurants and hotel will be pa
By Josh Parr
Tuesday September 12, 2000
A quick read-through of tonight’s City Council agenda is akin to looking at a Jackson Pollock painting. It’s as if the city’s issues were poured through a fan and splattered across 2,000 pages of paper – well, 631 to be exact. Undergrounding utilities contrasts sharply with the obligatory monthly renewal of needle exchange programs. Expanding the Living Wage Ordinance compliments a “buy Berkeley” campaign, billboard removal within the city limits, meets Berkeley police undergoing American Disabilities Act trainings. As with a Pollock painting, the underlying balance comes from the contrast, the incongruity, the arbitrary limit of the canvas itself, or in this case, the limited time constraints of the council meeting and the finite patience of the council members. -more-
Prescription drug coverage debated
The Associated Press
Tuesday September 12, 2000
The Associated Press -more-
Features
EPA blasts lax communication on Superfund fire
The Associated Press
Tuesday September 12, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO — After nearly four weeks of effort by two fire departments, an underground hazardous waste landfill fire still smolders at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. -more-
Approval expected for transforming terminal
The Associated Press
Tuesday September 12, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO — A plan to transform the Transbay Terminal into a hub for public transportation is expected to be approved this week despite difficulty funding the $904 million project. -more-
Decision may cause wave of drug appeals Judges say they know ruling will dramatically change trial policy
The Associated Press
Tuesday September 12, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court Monday reversed a precedent in how drug convicts are sentenced, potentially ushering in a wave of new appeals. -more-
Bay Area residents react to Lee plea bargain
Bay City News
Tuesday September 12, 2000
Bay area Asian Americans today reacted with a mixture of anger and relief to news that jailed Chinese-American scientist Wen Ho Lee might be freed, despite late word that a plea agreement had been postponed. -more-
LAPD ‘fosters hostility,’ according to report
The Associated Press
Tuesday September 12, 2000
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department needs more aggressive independent review and a permanent special prosecutor to investigate misconduct, according to a police union-commissioned report Monday. -more-
Biggest state scholarship program created
The Associated Press
Tuesday September 12, 2000
SACRAMENTO — California is promising to spend at least $1.2 billion a year to create the nation’s biggest state scholarship program, covering college tuition for all low- and middle-income students with at least a C average. -more-
Man seems to have bled to death after wounding leg
Staff
Tuesday September 12, 2000
Berkeley homicide detectives responded to a call Friday from the daughter of an 84-year-old man found dead in his home after he apparently bled to death from a puncture wound to the leg. -more-
Editorial
Man arrested for hacking into Livermore lab
The Associated Press
Tuesday September 12, 2000
The Associated Press -more-
