District 5 may provide council pacifist
Those who work and know her are saying if anyone can promote civil discourse on Berkeley’s City Council, it’s District 5 Councilmember elect Miriam “Mim” Hawley. -more-
Those who work and know her are saying if anyone can promote civil discourse on Berkeley’s City Council, it’s District 5 Councilmember elect Miriam “Mim” Hawley. -more-
Berkeley Daily Planet Staff Reports -more-
The rainy weather on Tuesday washed several coats of paint off a building near University and Oxford streets and into nearby storm drains and gutters alarming nearby business owners and passersby. -more-
Beating the rains Tuesday morning, volunteers and Berkeley police began at about 6 a.m. to distribute roughly 250 holiday food baskets to needy families and organizations. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Online music retailer EMusic.com is set to deploy a new technology to identify its songs that are being traded online by Napster users and demand that the free-for-all stop. -more-
OAKLAND— A woman was found guilty Tuesday of murdering her sister to steal her identity and her money, then stuffing her dismembered body into a freezer. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of illegal immigrants won a step toward legal residency Tuesday when an appeals court reinstated a lawsuit contending that an illegal Immigration and Naturalization Service policy barred their applications for legal status. -more-
SANTA ANA — Just two weeks after Orange County voters passed a measure directing that the county’s tobacco funds should go mostly for health care, the Board of Supervisors has decided to consider spending this year’s allotment to pay off government debt instead. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Food bank officials in Los Angeles and Orange counties are preparing for Thanksgiving week with donation levels they say are at an all-time low. -more-
LOS ANGELES — When Vijai Rajan’s parents applied six years ago to have her become an American citizen, they believed it would just be a formality. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Dot-com heavy San Mateo County recorded the lowest percentage of people living below the poverty level in 1997, while farming-dependent Imperial County had the worst poverty figures in the state, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. -more-
LOS ANGELES — A woman being deported to China jumped from a jetway at Los Angeles International Airport and was badly injured, authorities said. -more-
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — Two Earth-monitoring satellites blasted into orbit on a Boeing Delta II rocket Tuesday on missions to monitor the planet’s atmosphere, forests, urban centers and oceans. -more-
FRESNO — In time for Thanksgiving, the United Farm Workers union ended its 16-year boycott of Californa table grapes Tuesday, saying the original goals of UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez had been largely met. -more-
LOS ANGELES — The City Council approved a $15 million settlement Tuesday with a man shot in the back and paralyzed by police officers who then allegedly planted a gun next to him. -more-
SACRAMENTO — The state may need to find more money to implement the sweeping drug treatment initiative adopted by voters this month, Senate President Pro Tem John Burton said in a letter made public Tuesday. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Advocates for the homeless have sued the city of Los Angeles, Police Chief Bernard C. Parks and the commander of the police department’s Central Division to stop the department’s recent practice of strictly enforcing loitering and other laws in the skid row area. -more-
Al Gore’s ballot-by-ballot fight for the White House was given new life Tuesday night, when the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the “will of the people” demanded that manual recounts be added in the state’s election totals. Their work approved, weary election officials plowed through ballots into the night. -more-
One of the Bay area's most precious commodities – parking – is fast fading at Oakland International Airport this holiday season. -more-
The most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner in the country to be devoted solely to basic research on the brain was unveiled Monday at the University of California, Berkeley. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The stock of online auctioneer eBay Inc. plummeted by more than 20 percent Monday after a Wall Street analyst raised doubts about the company’s ambitious growth goals. -more-
Ebay stock takes a plunge 11-22-2000
New roller coaster regulations hashed out 11-21-2000
Death row inmate up for Nobel Peace Prize 11-20-2000
Supporters second-guess their campaign decisions 11-18-2000
Silicon Valley faces family vs. work problems 11-17-2000
Parishioner from Berkeley arrested at conference 11-16-2000
District 5 may provide council pacifist John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 11-22-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 11-22-2000
Letters to the Editor 11-22-2000
Students charged with sexual assault Staff 11-22-2000
Rain causes paint runoff By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-22-2000
Volunteers, police hand out turkey baskets to needy families By Chason Weinwright Daily Planet Staff 11-22-2000
EMusic set to use technology against Napster The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Woman found guilty of murdering and impersonating sister The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Illegal immigrants get help with citizenship from court The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Council changes recipient for tobacco funds The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Food donations at all-time low in Southern California The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Disabled woman becomes citizen under new law The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Imperial, San Mateo counties on opposite ends of poverty The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Deportee critically injured in escape attempt at airport The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Satellites put into orbit to study the Earth’s atmosphere The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Grape boycott called off in time for Thanksgiving The Associated Press 11-22-2000
LAPD settles lawsuit with man paralyzed by shooting The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Money needed for drug proposition The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Homeless advocates sue city of Los Angeles The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Disputed dimpled ballots could become key The Associated Press 11-22-2000
Oakland airport still has parking spots available Bay City News 11-22-2000
Powerful brain scanner inaugurates new era of research Daily Planet wire services 11-22-2000
Little progress in KPFA, Pacifica dispute By Jon Mays Daily Planet Staff 11-21-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 11-21-2000
Letters to the Editor 11-21-2000
Students publish new newspaper By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-21-2000
Berkeley Guides need bigger budget By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 11-21-2000
ZAB members questioned on conflict of interest By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 11-21-2000
Groups give award to library fund-raisers By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-21-2000
State mental health services said to be lacking The Associated Press 11-21-2000
Report: Working poor far from self sufficiency The Associated Press 11-21-2000
Council says youth rehab programs need help The Associated Press 11-21-2000
Judge moves from courtroom to mission to help homeless The Associated Press 11-21-2000
America waits for Gore, Bush lawyers The Associated Press 11-21-2000
Police investigate attempted murder Daily Planet wire report 11-21-2000
Psychologists warn against pointing fingers after rape case By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 11-20-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 11-20-2000
Letters to the Editor 11-20-2000
Mistakes cost Bears in first overtime Big Game By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff Daily Planet Sta 11-20-2000
Police’s explicit language angers parents By Juliet Leyba Daily planet Staff 11-20-2000
Both thin and fat skewer Nobel Laureate By Erika Fricke Special to the Daily Planet 11-20-2000
Bush, Gore gathering lawyers for coming battle The Associated Press 11-20-2000
S.F. State students feeling the housing crunch The Associated Press 11-20-2000
Some state electors fear system will push Bush The Associated Press 11-20-2000
Father speaks out on son’s behalf By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-18-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 11-18-2000
Closing the technology gap By Jennifer Dix Special to the Daily Planet 11-18-2000
Letters to the Editor 11-18-2000
‘Dinner with Friends’ is enjoyable vanilla story By John Angell Grant Special to the Daily Planet 11-18-2000
Cal seniors don’t want to finish without the Axe By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 11-18-2000
Victim, 12, advised to stay home from school By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 11-18-2000
Pacific Film Archive presents French film maker Peter CrimminsSpecial to the Daily Planet 11-18-2000
Middle school is site for media frenzy By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-18-2000
Berkeley celebrates Native American Heritage month By Angel Gonzalez Special to the Daily Planet 11-18-2000
Court slows presidential tally as Bush adds votes The Associated Press 11-18-2000
LAPD convictions threatened by jury allegations The Associated Press 11-18-2000
UC seeks more graduate students Daily Planet wire services 11-18-2000
Berkeley students test human ‘sixth sense’ Daily Planet wire services 11-18-2000
Lawyers try to keep Yosemite murderer documents secret The Associated Press 11-18-2000
Clinton’s forest legacy could be complete The Associated Press 11-18-2000
Mental patients at service told castration is answer The Associated Press 11-18-2000
‘Electricity in a box’ could bring power to many The Associated Press 11-18-2000
Scientist identify beach bacteria suspects The Associated Press 11-18-2000
Dual protests 11-17-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 11-17-2000
Letters to the Editor 11-17-2000
Young Bears need to step up and help Lampley 11-17-2000
Video and Film Festival offers up choices this weekend By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet 11-17-2000
Disabled say open meeting law unfair By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 11-17-2000
Southside redevelopment to focus on traffic,housing By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-17-2000
Pac-10 looks wide open 11-17-2000
Nationwide protest targets Pacifica radio By Jon Mays Daily Planet Staff 11-17-2000
Experienced Bears looking to make a splash New coach inherits veteran squad, senior backcourt 11-17-2000
Doctor reports Haiti’s heath care system in need By Carla Mozeé Special to the Daily Planet 11-17-2000
Activist wants PG&E to ‘come clean’ on pollution The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Activists ask EPA to deny altered corn The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Man pleads guilty to moving endangered tadpoles, frogs The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Regents approve report on controversial Berkeley project The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Former Clinton press secretary Mike McCurry joins dot-com world The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Commission approves eco-friendly development The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Lotto winner to give church some cash The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Babbit says no major changes likely with next president The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Vote machine inventor eyes recount from his home in Berkeley The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Gore wins recount battle in Florida The Associated Press 11-17-2000
San Diego State will keep Aztec name, may change logo The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Court rejects attempt to thwart ACLU’s schools lawsuit The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Emotions run high for Clinton’s Vietnam trip The Associated Press 11-17-2000
LAPD convictions could be the first of many to come The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Clean ethanol on tap when MTBE phaseout ends The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Civil rights leader Hosea Williams dies at 74 The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Sweating house in the winter is not uncommon The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Create an instant guest room for the holidays The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Keep mistakes to a minimum when installing sheet-vinyl flooring in home The Associated Press 11-17-2000
Homeless voucher program OK’d John GeluardiDaily Planet Staff 11-16-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 11-16-2000
Letters to the Editor 11-16-2000
O’Dowd ends Berkeley’s NCS hopes By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 11-16-2000
International community eyes election By Ana Campoy Special to the Daily Planet 11-16-2000
Cal stands up to Bulldog big men By Tuukka Hess Daily Planet Correspondent 11-16-2000
Council approves Underhill resolution John GeluardiDaily Planet Staff 11-16-2000
Bears fall to Texas in 2nd-round game The Associated Press 11-16-2000
Charges dropped against alleged protest leaders The Associated Press 11-16-2000
Simmonds and Roner named All-Pac-10 for men’s soccer shorts 11-16-2000
Police seek body ID By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-16-2000
Some find simplicity makes their lives better By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff 11-16-2000
Lt. Governor says UC should snuff out tobacco investments The Associated Press 11-16-2000
State warns of rotating blackouts The Associated Press 11-16-2000
MP3.com ends disputes with settlement The Associated Press 11-16-2000
Officers convicted in L.A. corruption trial The Associated Press 11-16-2000
Court upholds Prop. 10 tobacco tax as valid The Associated Press 11-16-2000