Bears looking at a wide-open Pac-10 race
Throw those preseason predictions right out the window. The Pac-10 women’s basketball race is up for grabs, and no one can say who will end up in the winner’s circle. -more-
Throw those preseason predictions right out the window. The Pac-10 women’s basketball race is up for grabs, and no one can say who will end up in the winner’s circle. -more-
Suspicious fire heats up border labor dispute -more-
Police Chief Dash Butler has unofficially made it known around the department that he intends to retire by August pending the city’s adoption of a new retirement plan. -more-
When the Cal men’s basketball team tips off the Pac-10 season against Arizona Thursday evening, they face a team that has seen more trouble than anyone could have imagined. -more-
Community members and AC Transit administrators agree, the current complaint system is not working. -more-
On the heels of a successful union drive by restaurant workers at the Berkeley marina, another group of employees in the city has called for a union. -more-
When the downtown Berkeley YMCA reopens its Family Center later this month, it will provide new services for non-member families with disabled children, foster families, pregnant teens and teen mothers. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Boosting electricity bills for millions of homes an average of $5 a month, a plan floated Wednesday by state regulators, would give California’s strapped utilities a quick infusion of cash. -more-
SAN JOSE — The San Jose Mercury News has fired a reporting intern who had been suspended for plagiarism, after more evidence of copying work from other publications was discovered. -more-
NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve lit a match under the financial thermometer. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The state’s third-largest health insurer violated patient confidentiality by accidentally e-mailing the names of 12,000 patients to the wrong doctors, company officials acknowledged. -more-
E-mail violates 12,000 patients’ confidentiality 01-04-2001
Innovator of forestry policy dies at 88 01-03-2001
New campaign contribution limits have loopholes 01-02-2001
Berkeley man killed in snowboarding accident 12-30-2000
Wallace plans to improve AC Transit urban services 12-29-2000
Bears looking at a wide-open Pac-10 race By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 01-04-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities — compiled by Chason Wainwright 01-04-2001
Perspective By David Bacon Pacific News Service 01-04-2001
Retirement plan may mean chief goes By John GeluardiDaily Planet Staff 01-04-2001
Arizona trying to overcome adversity and tragedy By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 01-04-2001
Letters to the Editor 01-04-2001
AC Transit complaint system not serving its riders By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 01-04-2001
Recycling workers want a union By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 01-04-2001
YMCA to offer new non-member family services By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff 01-04-2001
Proposed electricity rate hikes less than expected Daily Planet Staff By John Howard The Associated Press 01-04-2001
Intern fired for plagiarism The Associated Press 01-04-2001
Feds stop possible recession avalanche By John Cunniff The Associated Press 01-04-2001
Class helps with snuffing out habit By Chason Wainwright Daily Planet Staff 01-03-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 01-03-2001
Letters to the Editor 01-03-2001
Student breakfast program part of study By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 01-03-2001
Housing project closer to approval By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 01-03-2001
Bay Area homicide rates drop Daily Planet staff and The Associated Press 01-03-2001
Garage death is apparent suicide Daily Planet Staff 01-03-2001
PG&E says it will run out of cash by early February The Associated Press 01-03-2001
Fire at needle exchange building ruled as arson Bay City News 01-03-2001
Student, counselor killed in school bus crash The Associated Press 01-03-2001
Intel joins crowded MP3 market The Associated Press 01-03-2001
Location allowed to count for insurance The Associated Press 01-03-2001
Market Watch The Associated Press 01-03-2001
Yahoo! to ban Nazi artifacts from auctions The Associated Press 01-03-2001
BRIEFS Staff 01-03-2001
Maverick priest refuses to give up By Mary BarrettSpecial to the Daily Planet 01-02-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 01-02-2001
The wireless communication revolution could make Asia the center of the economy By Franz Schurmann Pacific News Service 01-02-2001
Reviewing the year gone by By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 01-02-2001
Controversial baby abandonment law puts pressure on hospitals John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 01-02-2001
City offers tree hauling Bay City News Service 01-02-2001
New laws include sales tax cut, higher minimum wage The Associated Press 01-02-2001
East Bay activist headed for Vatican to protest By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff 01-02-2001
West Berkeley group files suit to overturn shellmound landmark status John GeluardiDaily Planet Staff 12-30-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities 12-30-2000
Letters to the Editor 12-30-2000
Berkeley boys can’t handle Bulldog big men By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 12-30-2000
Hepatitus C touches many, but funding is almost absent By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 12-30-2000
Bears come back to top Yale in battle of the brains By Dan GreenmanDaily Planet Staff 12-30-2000
Finding shelter from the storm By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 12-30-2000
Another accident at University & Shattuck Sean Broadnax/Daily Planet Staff 12-30-2000
Meals on Wheels needs volunteers Bay City News Service 12-30-2000
DEA agent sentenced to a year for murder plot The Associated Press 12-30-2000
New charges in abandonment case The Associated Press 12-30-2000
Lessons learned shaped education secretary By Jennifer Kerr Associated Press Writer 12-30-2000
State power companies could buy back plants By Karen Gaudette Associated Press Writer 12-30-2000
Companies paying the price for years of rate cuts By Ben Fox Associated Press Writer 12-30-2000
Court upholds California ban on some conjugal visits The Associated Press 12-30-2000
Controversy continues over kava tea effects By Jean Christensen Associated Press Writer 12-30-2000
Bush nominee wants to ‘better’ use federal lands The Associated Press 12-30-2000
Ban on fetal tissue research ruled unconstitutional By David Kravets Associated Press Writer 12-30-2000
Shifting faiths can make holidays uncomfortable The Associated Press 12-30-2000
Popular company uses unusual headquarters The Associated Press 12-30-2000
Failing corporation blames cheap imports The Associated Press 12-30-2000
Berkeley wins physical game with late goal By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 12-29-2000
Calendar of Events & Activities Compiled by Chason Wainwright 12-29-2000
Eco Park to offer recycled goods Staff 12-29-2000
Arts & Entertainment 12-29-2000
White nails clutch shots to edge SJSU StaffDaily Planet Wire Services 12-29-2000
Interest groups support, criticize AC Transit By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 12-29-2000
Conflict headed to court By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 12-29-2000
Prenatal care good, yet not sufficient By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 12-29-2000
Kwanzaa celebration at library By Dan Greenman Daily Planet Staff 12-29-2000
Building a backyard deck can be complicated The Associated Press 12-29-2000
Weed control dependent on having healthy turf The Associated Press 12-29-2000
Bay Briefs 12-29-2000
Police use anonymous tip to recover stolen koalas The Associated Press 12-29-2000
Gun groups to sue over assault weapon registration deadline By Don Thompson Associated Press Writer 12-29-2000
Mental hospital murder was over tobacco, police say The Associated Press 12-29-2000
Montgomery Ward shutting down after 125 years By Martha Irvine Associated Press Writer 12-29-2000