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Letter lands Shirek opponent in hot water

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Friday September 29, 2000
Multicolor campaign signs have begun sprouting on telephone poles and in front yards, but you really know it’s election season when colorful accusations burst onto the scene. -more-

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Friday September 29, 2000
Letter obsessed using usual tactics -more-

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Friday September 29, 2000
Ebony Museum of Arts -more-

Yellowjackets fall to DeAnza, but it doesn’t count

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Friday September 29, 2000
The Berkeley High women’s water polo team lost 9-6 to DeAnza in what amounted to a scrimmage Thursday afternoon. -more-

Campus pavilions may be leveled

By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff
Friday September 29, 2000
“Institutional expansion” or “livable neighborhood”? -more-

Bears searching for an identity

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Friday September 29, 2000
As the Cal Bears head into their Pac-10 opener on Saturday, most of the questions concerning the offense haven’t been answered by the team’s first three games. Can Kyle Boller bring the offense together? Will any receivers distinguish themselves as starters? Will the Bears ever make a long-range field goal? -more-

New ideas for BHS food court

By William Inman Daily Planet Staff
Friday September 29, 2000
Talks between the Berkeley Unified School District, Mayor Shirley Dean’s office and the Downtown Berkeley Association over a proposed food court at Berkeley High School have taken on the proportions of a Bill Clinton speech – they keep going and going and going. -more-

Giesel, Faumuina to redshirt for surgeries

Daily Planet Wire Services
Friday September 29, 2000
Cal announced today that two members of its freshmen class, defensive tackle Jonathan Giesel and running back Pana Faumuina, had suffered injuries in the last two weeks and would be lost for the season. Both are eligible to apply for medical redshirt status and are expected to return in full health next fall as redshirt-freshmen. -more-

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown

By Joe Eskenazi Daily Planet Correspondent
Friday September 29, 2000
Come this evening and it’ll be a scant 239 years until the world is disrupted by the Y6K problem on the Jewish calendar. -more-

Ferry ordered to continue service

By Carla Mozee Special to the Daily Planet
Friday September 29, 2000
The tour and cruise operator, Red and White Fleet, was ordered Thursday by the state Public Utility Commission to continue running its weekday ferry service from Richmond to San Francisco. -more-

Sacramento County riskiest to pedestrians

By Justin Pritchard The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

Selina Bishop was wary of scheme

The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

Racial gap still exists between homeowners

By Kimberley Lamke The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

Registered Independents can vote in state primaries

By Scott Lindlaw The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

Plan will cut diesel emissions 75 percent

By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

FDA approves abortion pill after 12-year fight

By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

Nevada voters to decide easing pot restrictions

By Brendan Riley The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

Apples are redder than ever

The Associated Press
Friday September 29, 2000

Editorials

Group encourages dialogue on death

By Annelise Wunderlich Special to the Daily Planet
Friday September 29, 2000
A panel of experts from the growing field of death and dying addressed some 70 people Wednesday night at Herrick Hospital in an effort to stimulate public dialogue about a part of life most of us put off as long as possible. -more-

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