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Council set to amend gas heater mandate

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday January 23, 2001
Berkeley became the first California city to adopt into law mandatory inspection of gas heaters in rental units. Tonight it will consider an amendment to charge property owners for the administrative costs of the new ordinance. -more-

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Perspective

By Jennifer Rakowski
Tuesday January 23, 2001
In 1975, Judge James Meredith approved a consent decree that attempted to address residence-based racial imbalance in St. Louis schools and to prevent lengthy and angry litigation. That same year my family moved to Brentwood a small suburb of St. Louis. I was five years old. -more-

Antennae appeal at meeting forefront

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday January 23, 2001
At tonight’s City Council meeting, a public hearing will be held on the appeal of neighbors who say the permit to place 12 wireless communications antennae on the roof of the Oaks Theater will create health risks. -more-

Landlord plans appeal of ZAB decision

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday January 23, 2001
A city board’s determination that five units in a building on Piedmont Avenue are illegal will be refuted by the property owner at tonight’s City Council meeting. -more-

Active, artistic teen mourned

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday January 23, 2001
Berkeley High School freshmen Everton Luis Santini died Saturday at Children’s Hospital in Oakland. -more-

Representative pleased with UC lab extensions

Daily Planet wire services
Tuesday January 23, 2001
The Department of Energy and the University of California have agreed to extend the school system's contract to manage the Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National laboratories through 2005. -more-

No relief from power woes at work week start

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 23, 2001

Security concerns keep utilities from notifying customers in advance

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 23, 2001

Bush nominee for energy commission a free-market advocate

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 23, 2001

Phone pricing issues go to court

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 23, 2001

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The Associated Press
Tuesday January 23, 2001

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The Associated Press
Tuesday January 23, 2001

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Study: Immigrant poverty on the decline in California

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 23, 2001
The assumption that immigrants are a burden to California’s economy is challenged by a study that found poverty levels have declined among long-term foreign-born residents, researchers said Monday. -more-

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