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-
The Berkeley High women’s water polo team lost 9-6 to DeAnza in what amounted to a scrimmage Thursday afternoon. -more-
“Institutional expansion” or “livable neighborhood”? -more-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
SAN FRANCISCO — Pedestrians are more likely to get hit by a car in Sacramento County than any other place in California, according to a new study released Thursday. -more-
MARTINEZ — The night before she was last seen alive, Selina Bishop thought she had resolved an argument with her boyfriend over his “big plan” and was under the impression they were going to go away somewhere together, her diary shows. -more-
SAN DIEGO — Despite the rise in home ownership across the country, blacks and Latinos were nearly twice as likely to be turned down for mortgage loans than whites, according to a study released Thursday. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation Thursday allowing independent voters to participate in primary elections, moving to salvage a wide-open process thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Targeting a major cause of California air pollution, state regulators approved a plan Thursday to cut soot from diesel engines 75 percent over the next decade. -more-
WASHINGTON — Capping a bitter 12-year battle, the government on Thursday approved use of the abortion pill RU-486, a major victory for abortion-rights advocates that could dramatically alter abortion in this country. -more-
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Marijuana is on the ballot across the West this fall, from proposals to allow its medicinal use in Colorado and Nevada to measures that would let it flourish in Alaska and the pot-growing “Emerald Triangle” of Northern California. Recent polls suggest the proposals are likely to pass in both Nevada and Colorado. In the past four years, similar medical-marijuana measures have become law in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Maine and Hawaii. -more-
Ah, the good old days when a smoker could buy a cigar for a nickel and you really could spend only a nickel or a dime in a five-and-dime store. When it came to gardening, it seemed that the grass was greener, the sweet corn was sweeter and the apples were redder – or were they? -more-
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-
Group encourages dialogue on death 09-29-2000
HIV patients stop medication 09-28-2000
Alameda supervisor angry over Davis’ foster care veto 09-27-2000
POLICE LOGS 09-26-2000
Former UC Berkeley Art Museum, Archive director dies at 76 09-25-2000
Home health worker gets love, but no benefits 09-23-2000
Letter lands Shirek opponent in hot water By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 09-29-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 09-29-2000
Letters to the Editor 09-29-2000
Yellowjackets fall to DeAnza, but it doesn’t count By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 09-29-2000
Campus pavilions may be leveled By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff 09-29-2000
Bears searching for an identity By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 09-29-2000
New ideas for BHS food court By William Inman Daily Planet Staff 09-29-2000
Giesel, Faumuina to redshirt for surgeries Daily Planet Wire Services 09-29-2000
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown By Joe Eskenazi Daily Planet Correspondent 09-29-2000
Ferry ordered to continue service By Carla Mozee Special to the Daily Planet 09-29-2000
Sacramento County riskiest to pedestrians By Justin Pritchard The Associated Press 09-29-2000
Selina Bishop was wary of scheme The Associated Press 09-29-2000
Racial gap still exists between homeowners By Kimberley Lamke The Associated Press 09-29-2000
Registered Independents can vote in state primaries By Scott Lindlaw The Associated Press 09-29-2000
Plan will cut diesel emissions 75 percent By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press 09-29-2000
FDA approves abortion pill after 12-year fight By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press 09-29-2000
Nevada voters to decide easing pot restrictions By Brendan Riley The Associated Press 09-29-2000
Apples are redder than ever The Associated Press 09-29-2000
House a ‘structure of merit’ By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff 09-28-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities Staff 09-28-2000
Letters to the Editor 09-28-2000
St. Mary’s tailback enjoys new starting status By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 09-28-2000
Lecture shows businesses how to be Earth friendly By William Inman Daily Planet Staff 09-28-2000
Cal goalkeeper Zabala named Pac-10 player of the week Daily Planet Wire Services 09-28-2000
Retrofit threatens recycling center By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff 09-28-2000
Bonds woman gets her man by Rachelle A. Jones Special to the Daily Planet 09-28-2000
Housing executive convicted of bribery By David Kravets The Associated Press 09-28-2000
Landlord sentenced to live in own building Bay City News 09-28-2000
Bush adjusts message as he heads to the East Coast By Tom Raum The Associated Press 09-28-2000
Prescription drugs a big campaign issues Staff 09-28-2000
Health care interests unite in antibiotic campaign By Jennifer Coleman The Associated Press 09-28-2000
Furnaces believed to be cause of fires The Associated Press 09-28-2000
Greenpeace protesters follow oil tanker The Associated Press 09-28-2000
Davis vetoes substitute allegiance bill The Associated Press 09-28-2000
Counties save paper by voting electronically The Associated Press 09-28-2000
Protesters take the streets By William InmanDaily Planet Staff 09-27-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 09-27-2000
Morally straight and gay By Patrick Letellier 09-27-2000
Forum advocates affordable housing By Erika Fricke Special to the Daily Planet 09-27-2000
Letters to the Editor 09-27-2000
Hills’ fire danger assessed as anniversary nears By David Kaplowitz Special to the Daily Planet 09-27-2000
Counties begin to fight against CalFed water plan By John Howard The Associated Press 09-27-2000
Judge dismisses certain aspects of Proposition 21 suit Bay City News 09-27-2000
FTC finds gas pricing practices that raise ‘competitive concerns’ By John Hughes The Associated Press 09-27-2000
California above national income, poverty levels By Audrey Cooper The Associated Press 09-27-2000
Farmers say high energy costs could rise food prices up By Kiley Russell The Associated Press 09-27-2000
Sacramento at risk for overdevelopment The Associated Press 09-27-2000
State gets top marks in teaching evolution The Associated Press 09-27-2000
Popular teacher retires Breaking ground on integration was just a start By William Inman Daily Planet Staff 09-26-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 09-26-2000
Perspective By Andrea Cukor For Citizens for Responsible ire 09-26-2000
Fire safety issue gains prominence By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff 09-26-2000
Letters to the Editor 09-26-2000
Gov. Davis vetoes measure requiring Internet sales tax By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press 09-26-2000
State faces crisis of lazy teens The Associated Press 09-26-2000
POLITICAL NOTES 09-26-2000
Dion Aroner blasts children’s hospital Bay City News 09-26-2000
Community remembers Oakland Black Panther The Associated Press 09-26-2000
Balancing development, preservation The Associated Press 09-26-2000
Judges in Napster trial not involved in tech decisions The Associated Press 09-26-2000
HUD may freeze some foreclosure proceedings The Associated Press 09-26-2000
Smog enforcements of cars from Mexico nonexistent The Associated Press 09-26-2000
Hot spring may have claimed another victim Justin Pritchard The Associated Press 09-26-2000
Gov. Davis signs child safety bill The Associated Press 09-26-2000
Sex offender scales wire fence to escape The Associated Press 09-26-2000
Berkeley as they want to be By William Inman Daily Planet Staff 09-25-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 09-25-2000
Pollster diminish effect of presidential campaigns By Richard Rodriguez Pacific News Service 09-25-2000
Offense sputters in Bears’ loss By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 09-25-2000
Council plans to scrutinize agenda policy By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff 09-25-2000
UCLA upset by Oregon’s ‘Quack Attack’ 09-25-2000
Social investment helps U.S. security By Olga R. Rodríguez Special To The Daily Planet 09-25-2000
Yellowjackets can’t stop Dos Palos rushing attack By Tuukka Hess Daily Planet Correspondent 09-25-2000
San Pablo association celebrates 50 years By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 09-25-2000
Sports shorts Staff 09-25-2000
ArtCar festival an avant-garde success By Ana Campoy Special To The Daily Planet 09-25-2000
Musicians protest dot-com takeover of space The Associated Press 09-25-2000
Clinton pursues conservation, campaign cash The Associated Press 09-25-2000
Thieves using lax DMV policies to get fake licenses The Associated Press 09-25-2000
Parole for battered woman convicted of murder Ok’d The Associated Press 09-25-2000
Child car booster seat requirement toughens State could mandate children be 6 years or 60 pounds State could mandate children be The Associated Press 09-25-2000
School Board Details Bond Measure By William InmanDaily Planet Staff 09-23-2000
Bears can’t upset Bruins By Tim Haran Daily Planet Correspondent 09-23-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 09-23-2000
Letter to the editor 09-23-2000
Candidates court gay/lesbian Demos By Annelise Wunderlich Special to the Daily Planet 09-23-2000
Panthers smother DeAnza By Sean Gates Daily Planet Correspondent 09-23-2000
Section 8 faces crisis Special to the Daily Planet By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff 09-23-2000
Cal’s Ervin golden in Sydney The Associated Press 09-23-2000
City Council delays its Swink house decision By Josh Parr Daily Planet Staff 09-23-2000
Libraries, dot-coms compete for their personnel By Rachael Post Special to the Daily Planet 09-23-2000
Waiting tables, working for dreams By Bret Sigler Special to the Daily Planet 09-23-2000
Local AIDS workers, activists to protest controversial group’s lucrative medical marijuana club The Associated Press 09-23-2000
UCs refuse to block Napster on campus Staff 09-23-2000
Davis vetoes bike registration bill The Associated Press 09-23-2000
Power trouble in San Diego just the beginning The Associated Press 09-23-2000
California county becomes hotbed of intrigue The Associated Press 09-23-2000
Scientists call for an end to state’s ban on human cloning research The Associated Press 09-23-2000
Scientist’s supporters seek pardon The Associated Press 09-23-2000
Dentist traded treatment for tax breaks from IRS The Associated Press 09-23-2000
Calif. man fined for selling pot on Internet The Associated Press 09-23-2000
“Dr. Laura” may be canceled due to bad ratings, protests Associated Press 09-23-2000
Valley tomato farmers handcuffed by grower organization’s bankruptcy, give away 75 tons Associated Press 09-23-2000
Anti-panhandling ordinance may violate free speech The Associated Press 09-23-2000
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