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Pot growing limits on council agenda

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Saturday March 17, 2001
The City Council will have to hash out one final problem in the Medical Marijuana Ordinance it will consider Tuesday night – what amounts individuals and collectives will be allowed to grow and possess. -more-

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Saturday March 17, 2001

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Subterranean take on ‘Tempest’ tale taxing

By John Angell Grant Daily Planet Correspondent
Saturday March 17, 2001
Last weekend Subterranean Shakespeare began its 14th season of low-budget productions of the Bard at LaVal’s Subterranean with a modern-dress production of Shakespeare’s last play “The Tempest.” -more-

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Berkeley teams face bigger foes

By Jared GreenDaily Planet Staff
Saturday March 17, 2001
For the first time ever, two Berkeley high school basketball teams could bring home state championships in the same season. But if the Berkeley Lady ’Jackets and the St. Mary’s Panthers are to win their respective titles, they will both have to overcome bigger, stronger opponents. -more-

Students learn from microsociety

By Ben LumpkinDaily Planet Staff
Saturday March 17, 2001
Fifth-graders Erin Williams and Keila Russell lead busy lives. -more-

Bears fall to Fresno St. in NCAA tournament

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Demetrius Porter scored a career-high 27 points and helped stem three second-half comebacks by California as ninth-seeded Fresno State beat the Bears 82-70 on Friday night in the first round of the South Regional. -more-

Hundreds turn out for David Horowitz speech, discussion

By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff
Saturday March 17, 2001
In the 1960s, then UC Berkeley master’s student and campus activist David Horowitz was hauled before the campus administration and disciplined for holding an unscheduled “rally” for a liberal cause. -more-

Bears fall to powerful ASU to open Pac-10 play

By Ralph Gaston Daily Planet Correspondent
Saturday March 17, 2001
Last year, Arizona State was a team experts predicted would be hampered by inexperience and youth. They only won the Pac-10 championship and advanced to a NCAA regional final. Cal’s baseball team has such lofty goals, but they are now the inexperienced team in the Pac-10, and their inexperience showed this afternoon in a frustrating 7-4 loss to the Sun Devils at Evans Diamond. -more-

East Bay Depot gets temporary reprieve

Daily Planet Staff
Saturday March 17, 2001
It’s got boxes of old buttons, stacks of paper of all shapes, sizes and colors, lots of paper clips and ribbons. -more-

Maps can be important in understanding history

By Stephanie Manning and Susan Cerny
Saturday March 17, 2001
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ACLU, school district settle banned book dispute

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001

State jobless rate lowest in three decades

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001

Dow closes week 821 points down

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001

Editorials

Census leaves social agencies worried

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001
LOS ANGELES — At the downtown headquarters of Chicana Service Action Center, soon-to-be released U.S. Census Bureau statistics represent more than numbers. -more-

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