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Parking debate overheats at meeting

By John Geluardi Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday October 19, 2000
Tempers flared Tuesday night when 20 off-duty Berkeley police officers attended the City Council meeting to complain about what they said is woeful lack of parking for police department employees. -more-

Perspective

By Juliann Beckendorf and Carl Wilson
Thursday October 19, 2000
Safety problems not fixed nine years after hills fire -more-

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Thursday October 19, 2000

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Cougars maul St. Mary’s

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday October 19, 2000
Sandwiching two lackluster efforts around a stellar second game, the St. Mary’s girls’ volleyball team lost to the visiting Albany Cougars, 15-8, 16-14, 15-6, on Wednesday afternoon. -more-

Council approves landmark position

By John Geluardi Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday October 19, 2000
After listening to 35 people speak in favor of landmarking the West Berkeley Shellmound, the City Council unanimously voted to grant the site historic landmark status at Tuesday night’s council meeting. -more-

Asomugha excels on the field and in classBy Jared GreenDaily Planet StaffIn a game usually filled with trash-talking and bois

By Jared GreenDaily Planet Staff
Thursday October 19, 2000
In a game usually filled with trash-talking and boisterous personalities, Nnamdi Asomugha stands out. Not for his woofing or his antics, because he doesn’t do much of that. Asomugha is known for his quiet leadership, big hits and dependable play from his safety position for the Cal football team. -more-

Vigil shows support for new hotel worker union

By Kelly Davis Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday October 19, 2000
Religious protesters waved banners and sang songs outside the Berkeley Marina Radisson Hotel at a candlelight vigil Tuesday night. East Bay labor activists and members of religious groups organized the event to show support for the hotel workers’ new union. The union chapter, recognized in June, is now negotiating its first contract. -more-

Cal’s Fields to redshirt season

Daily Planet Wire Services
Thursday October 19, 2000
Cal head coach Tom Holmoe announced Wednesday that Marcus Fields would not play the remainder of the season due to a shoulder injury and has elected to apply for medical redshirt status and return for the 2001 campaign. -more-

Rainforest group calls Citibank ‘destructive’

By Mabel M. Tampinco Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday October 19, 2000
Alleging that Citibank is “the world’s most destructive bank,” members of the Rainforest Action Network led a protest outside the bank’s Shattuck Avenue branch Tuesday. -more-

Court declines to review vehicle forfeiture law

The Associated Press
Thursday October 19, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO — In a move that may lead to an expansion of vehicle seizure laws around the state, the California Supreme Court declined Wednesday to review a ruling that local governments can seize the vehicles of people suspected of dealing drugs or soliciting prostitutes from a car. -more-

Safeway warehouse workers go on strike

The Associated Press
Thursday October 19, 2000

Bush, Gore in dead even race coming out of debates

The Associated Press
Thursday October 19, 2000

Editorials

250 million-year-old bacteria may be revived

The Associated Press
Thursday October 19, 2000
In what sounds like something out of “Jurassic Park,” bacteria that lived before the dinosaurs and survived Earth’s biggest mass extinction have been reawakened after a 250-million-year sleep in a salt crystal, scientists say. -more-

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