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Tree demolitions anger residents

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday March 21, 2001

A woman upset by the apparent violation of a city agreement to save eight New Zealand pine trees in front of the Central Library, halted the destruction of their concrete planter boxes and several remaining stumps Tuesday. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Compiled by Chason Wainwright
Wednesday March 21, 2001


Wednesday, Mar. 21

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Letters to the Editor

Wednesday March 21, 2001

Beth El question not about good works but good development -more-


Arts & Entertainment

Wednesday March 21, 2001

924 Gilman St. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless noted $5; $2 for a year membership March 23: 18 Visions, Walls of Jericho, Time In Malta, Undying, Betray the Species; March 24: Workin’ Stiffs, The Bodies, Strychnine, East Bay Chasers, For the Alliance 525-9926 -more-


Revolving door for Willard

By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday March 21, 2001

One class minus -more-


Study claims there’s not a crisis in parking

By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday March 21, 2001

The much anticipated Transportation Demand Management study, jointly sponsored by the city and the university, revealed some surprising facts about the state of parking in Berkeley: “Lack of parking has more to do with perception than reality,” said Jeffrey Tumlin, a principal for Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates, the group which conducted the study. -more-


Group promotes boycott of Starbucks

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday March 21, 2001

For some, Starbucks is java heaven. For others, it’s the enemy. -more-


Board agenda includes academic schedule, smoking resolution

By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet staff
Wednesday March 21, 2001

The school board is expected to approve the 2001-2002 academic schedule for kindergarten through 12th-grade at its regular board meeting tonight. -more-


Stocks fall sharply after Fed rate cut

The Associated Press
Wednesday March 21, 2001

NEW YORK — Investors, disappointed by the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cut, turned their fury on Wall Street yet again Tuesday, sending prices skidding and leaving the Dow Jones industrials at their lowest level in two years. -more-


Developers appeal 48-unit project permit

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday March 20, 2001

The City Council will decide tonight whether to hear an appeal by developers of a proposed four-story project consisting of 48 units of housing with a floor of commercial space at 2700 San Pablo Ave. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Compiled by Chason Wainwright
Tuesday March 20, 2001


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Letters to the Editor

Tuesday March 20, 2001

Proposed regs for medical pot already found viable -more-


Arts & Entertainment

Tuesday March 20, 2001

Habitot Children’s Museum “Back to the Farm.”An interactive exhibit gives children the chance to wiggle through tunnels like an earthworm, look into a mirrored fish pond, don farm animal costumes, ride on a John Deere tractor and more. $4 adults; $6 children age 7 and under; $3 for each additional child age 7 and under. Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kittredge Street and Shattuck Avenue 647-1111 or www.habitot.org -more-


Sexual diversity training for police

By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday March 20, 2001

City Council members, community activists and others gathered late Monday afternoon to celebrate the first day of training for the Berkeley Police Department in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues. -more-


Council reviews Wozniak position

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday March 20, 2001

The City Council will consider a variety of issues including the controversy surrounding Gordon Wozniak’s position on the Community Environmental Advisory Commission. -more-


POLICE LOGS

Staff
Tuesday March 20, 2001

A 26-year-old woman returning home from a party was allegedly dragged behind a house by three men and forced to perform oral sex on one of them, police said. -more-


Students stay outside chancellor’s mansion

Bay City News
Tuesday March 20, 2001

Some 30 students spent the night outside the mansion of University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl Monday night to urge the university to work on affordable housing issues. -more-


Mercury News head steps down to urge look at practices

The Associated Press
Tuesday March 20, 2001

SAN JOSE — Jay Harris, chairman and publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, resigned Monday, saying he hoped his action would prompt the newspaper’s parent company, Knight Ridder, to “closely examine the wisdom” of the paper’s profit targets. -more-


Market Watch

The Associated Press
Tuesday March 20, 2001

NEW YORK — Investors hoping for a big interest rate cut sent blue chip stocks higher Monday, helping Wall Street’s major indexes recover after last week’s beating. But analysts warned that the market’s mood will likely sour again if the Federal Reserve doesn’t deliver the aggressive action the market wants. -more-


Arts standards draw school board attention

By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff
Monday March 19, 2001

The Berkeley School Board will consider at its regular meeting Wednesday whether to adopt new Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards published by the California State Board of Education in January. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Monday March 19, 2001


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Letters to the Editor

Monday March 19, 2001

KPFA value is its diverse programs -more-


Conversation with James Schevill: reflection on false dreams, words and real stories

By Adam David Miller
Monday March 19, 2001

Recently, I was privileged to spend several afternoons visiting with James Schevill, esteemed friend and poet, Berkeley born and bred. I would like to share something of our talks about his life and work with Daily Planet readers -more-


Panthers slay Crossroads giant, win state title

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Monday March 19, 2001

Guards lead St. Mary’s past bigger foe -more-


Rules make it tough for disabled to get training and go to work

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Monday March 19, 2001

Aroner calls for legislation to stop punishing disabled who go to work -more-


Roberson’s heroics fall just short as Lady ’Jackets lose

Staff
Monday March 19, 2001

Senior scores 13 points in fourth quarter to lead furious comeback, but Berkeley falls to Narbonne in title game for third time -more-


BHA begins to address needs of Section 8 program

Daily Planet Staff
Monday March 19, 2001

In an attempt to facilitate rent hikes for Berkeley landlords approved by HUD two years ago, the interim manager of the Berkeley Housing Authority discussed the procedure with the Black Property Owners Association on Thursday. -more-


Cal rugby wins own Invitational

Daily Planet Wire Services
Monday March 19, 2001

It took a while, but the Cal rugby team eked out a 25-0 win over Army Sunday to clinch its own Invitational Tournament. -more-


17-year-old San Pablo boy drowns in Lake Anza

Daily Planet Wire Reports
Monday March 19, 2001

A 17-year old boy from San Pablo drowned in Lake Anza Saturday afternoon, despite his friends’ attempts to rescue him. -more-


Traffic study finally here

Staff
Monday March 19, 2001

A joint city and university study has been released, about eight months after it had been anticipated. The study addresses traffic congestion and transit use in and around the campus area. It will play an important role in informing planning programs and strategies of the university and the city, particularly around such volatile questions as whether to increase parking. -more-


Benecia’s solar houses failed to bring anticipated savings

The Associated Press
Monday March 19, 2001

20-year-old experimental neighborhood not living up to promises, owners say -more-


Emeryville-bound train derails; one person dead

By Joe Ruff Associated Press Writer
Monday March 19, 2001

Overnight Amtrak crash injures 90; investigators unsure what caused wreck -more-


Bay Briefs

Staff
Monday March 19, 2001

Grant awarded to battle cancer -more-


Census technology changes backroom politics to mouse-driven activism for redistricting

By Jennifer KerrAssociated Press Writer
Monday March 19, 2001

OAKLAND – In the upstairs room of a mission-style library, two dozen men and women lean over giant maps of the East Bay and consult color-coded computer printouts showing where Hispanics, blacks, Asians, Republicans and Democrats live. -more-


AltaVista to roll out online newsstand

By Michael Liedtke AP Business Writer
Monday March 19, 2001

Search engine hopes to keep results more current -more-


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-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Compiled by Chason Wainwright
Saturday March 17, 2001


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Letters to the Editor

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-


Arts & Entertainment

Saturday March 17, 2001

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

Berkeley Observed -more-


ACLU, school district settle banned book dispute

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001

ANAHEIM — Biographies on homosexuals will be returned to a school library under terms of a settlement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Anaheim Union High School District. -more-


State jobless rate lowest in three decades

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001

SACRAMENTO — California may be in the midst of an energy crisis and a high-tech slowdown, but those developments are not yet affecting the state’s employment rate, which is at a three-decade low. -more-


Dow closes week 821 points down

The Associated Press
Saturday March 17, 2001

NEW YORK — It felt at first like stocks had perhaps hit bottom this past week – and not just once, but twice. -more-


Debate strong over controversial speech

By John Geluardi and Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Friday March 16, 2001

Only about 25 people turned out Thursday evening outside the Valley Life Sciences building to protest a speech on the UC Berkeley campus by David Horowitz, author of a controversial ad run in the Daily Californian opposing reparations for African Americans. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Compiled by Chason Wainwright
Friday March 16, 2001


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Letters to the Editor

Friday March 16, 2001

Pacifica radio is about listener participation -more-


Arts & Entertainment

Friday March 16, 2001

Judah L. Magnes Museum “Telling Time: To Everything There Is A Season” Through May, 2002 An exhibit structured around the seasons of the year and the seasons of life with objects ranging from the sacred and the secular, to the provocative and the whimsical. 2911 Russell St. 549-6950 -more-


Lampley looks to lead Bears past Fresno St.

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Friday March 16, 2001

When the Cal Bears tip off their NCAA Tournament opening round game tonight, they will be taking on a legend: Jerry Tarkanian, the ultimate rebel of big-time college basketball. But what they face on the court will be even tougher: a run-and-gun Bulldog squad that is as talented as any team in the country. -more-


Panel goal is to tackle BHS violence issue

By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff
Friday March 16, 2001

A joint committee of city and school district leaders vowed to get tough on violence at Berkeley High School Thursday after hearing a student paint a grim portrait of life at the school. -more-


St. Mary’s runs, throws and jumps past rivals

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Friday March 16, 2001

Panthers dominate Albany, St. Joe’s in first league meet -more-


Contaminated water spills over into Bay

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Friday March 16, 2001

An accidental spill of 630 gallons of water contaminated with chrome 6 that was being pumped out of the skate bowls at Harrison Field last Sunday has flowed into the Bay. -more-


Woman hit by truck said to be near death

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Friday March 16, 2001

Bouquets of flowers surround the traffic-light pole at Hearst and Shattuck avenues near where Jane Ash was struck by a cement truck Tuesday. The 35-year-old Berkeley resident, a controller in the tuberculosis section of the State Department of Health, is said by a nursing supervisor to be near death at Alameda County Medical Center. -more-


Runaway transit bus hits Center Street pole

By Judith Scherr and Chason Wainwright Daily Planet staff
Friday March 16, 2001

An AC transit bus, parked on the northeast corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Streets, took off on its own Thursday about 4 p.m., knocking over a traffic signal and sending a passerby and her baby to the hospital, witnesses said. -more-


Builders sue city over ban on live-work lofts

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — A powerful builders group sued the City of San Francisco Wednesday for banning live-work projects. -more-


Governor names Gap founder, lobbyist to state school board

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

Gov. Gray Davis named the founder of the Gap clothing chain and a business and education lobbyist to the state Board of Education. -more-


Judge hears arguments on full execution viewing

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

California’s next execution, scheduled for later this month, is mired in new litigation that’s not from the condemned inmate who dropped his appeals. -more-


UC students still back affirmative action

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Students indignant over the University of California’s ban on affirmative action are threatening to stop recruiting minority prospects. -more-


NASA links two major telescopes

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

PASADENA — Astronomers have successfully linked the world’s two largest telescopes to create a single optical instrument powerful enough to pinpoint planets orbiting other stars. -more-


Prosecutors try to tie alleged terrorist to network

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors in the case of an Algerian accused of a terrorist conspiracy on Thursday began laying groundwork to try to tie him to a worldwide network that allegedly aids Islamic extremists. -more-


Assembly approves power fine proposal

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

SACRAMENTO — Reacting to suspicion that some power suppliers have shut down California plants to raise prices, the Assembly approved a proposal Thursday that would let state regulators fine generators that cannot justify their outages. -more-


SUMMER WOES

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

WASHINGTON — Power blackouts “appear inevitable” in California this summer and could spill into neighboring Western states, the Bush administration says, even as stocks of a gasoline additive raise concerns of another summer of price spikes at the pump. -more-


Following the laws of nature will help water garden

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

Lake Michigan has a lesson for the thousands of homeowners who will install water gardens in their backyards this year. So does the Hudson River. -more-


Collapsing shrubs common when touched

By Lee Reich The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

Mimosa is both inedible and homely, but you might want to grow it anyway for entertainment purposes. Touch the leaves on this tropical shrub and they suddenly collapse. -more-


Books can help gardeners

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

Gardening books preview your horticultural treasures: -more-


Diversity, starting early helps cultivate herb garden

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

They were growing and gathering herbs in the Appalachians of Western North Carolina probably before the 19th century, when the mountain folk called it “wildcrafting.” -more-


Being whimsical does not pay off with laminating

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

In the wacky world of plastic laminates, river rocks never wash away, grass doesn’t need cutting, a heap of jellybeans never gets stale and a red-and-white checked picnic cloth doesn’t have to be laundered. -more-


‘Oresteia’ is vengeful first part in trilogy

By John Angell Grant Daily Planet Correspondent
Friday March 16, 2001

Berkeley Repertory Theater opened the first show in its striking, new-built, steeply vertical 600-seat Roda Theater Wednesday with an ambitious production of “Agamemnon,” the first part of 5 century B.C. Greek playwright Aeschylus’ epic trilogy “The Oresteia.” -more-


Napster song swaping down over 50 percent since policing

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — The number of songs being traded through Napster Inc. has dropped sharply since the company began policing its system for unauthorized songs, a research firm reported Thursday. -more-


Oracle meets lowered expectations

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Software maker Oracle Corp. offered little hope Thursday of a quick recovery from a sudden sales slump that diminished its quarterly earnings, meeting analysts’ lowered expectations. -more-


Market Watch

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

NEW YORK — The stock market stabilized Thursday following three days of volatile trading, but tense investors traded cautiously amid continuing uncertainty about the economy in this country and overseas. -more-


AIDS medicine may be sold below cost to Africa

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

NEW YORK — Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. says it will sell a second AIDS medication at below cost to African countries, a decision hailed by activists who have been urging drug makers to drastically reduce prices in poverty-stricken nations. -more-


Census shows 20 percent of Americans have disabilities

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

WASHINGTON — Half the adult Americans with disabilities have jobs, and the employed typically earn less than the average American, new Census Bureau estimates show. -more-


Lab employees stage one-day strike

By John GeluardiDaily Planet Staff
Thursday March 15, 2001

Claiming the University of California has not fairly negotiated a new labor contract, laboratory technicians and firefighters staged a one-day strike at the entrance to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Wednesday. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

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Thursday March 15, 2001


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Letters to the Editor

Thursday March 15, 2001

Comments taken out of context -more-


Arts & Entertainment

Thursday March 15, 2001

924 Gilman St. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless noted $5; $2 for a year membership March 16: The P.A.W.N.S., Kill the Messenger, Phoenix Thunderstone, Lesser of Two, Dory Tourette & The Skirtheads; March 17: The Hoods, Benumb, Above The World, Chrome Disorder, Eulogy; March 23: 18 Visions, Walls of Jericho, Time In Malta, Undying, Betray the Species; March 24: Workin’ Stiffs, The Bodies, Strychnine, East Bay Chasers, For the Alliance; March 30: Deathreat, Ahimsa, F*** God In the Face, The Black, Creation Is Crucifixion 525-9926 -more-


Panthers get ready for league play by dominating Redwood

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday March 15, 2001

The St. Mary’s baseball team finally got on track Wednesday, beating Redwood Christian 11-0 in just five innings. The Panthers (2-5) open league play Friday, visting St. Joseph’s to kick off BSAL play. -more-


Students create play from scratchTeachers skeptical at first, kids prove them wrong

By Ben LumpkinDaily Planet staff
Thursday March 15, 2001

Malcolm X arts magnet school teachers Marilyn Hiratzka and Jennifer Adcock have directed enough student theatrical productions to know what’s doable and what’s dream. -more-


Horwitz’s streak hits 17 as Bears beat Columbia 5-2

By Ralph Gaston Daily Planet Correspondent
Thursday March 15, 2001

In a game that took only two hours to complete, Andrew Sproul pitched five solid innings and Brian Horwitz had three hits and drove in a run to lead California past Columbia, 5-2, this afternoon at Evans Diamond. The win was the third in a row for the Bears, and improves their record to 13-9 on the season. -more-


CHP high-speed pursuit turns fatal

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Thursday March 15, 2001

The California Highway Patrol’s high-speed pursuit of a suspect alleged to be driving erratically ended at San Pablo and Ashby avenues in the death of a 33-year-old man from San Francisco, police said. -more-


Lampley piles up more awards

Staff Report
Thursday March 15, 2001

Cal senior Sean Lampley continued to add to his pile of awards on Wednesday, picking up an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention. The award comes on the heels of Lampley being named the Pac-10 Player of the Year on Monday. -more-


Fire dancing ignites many people’s interest

By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff
Thursday March 15, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO – At 9 p.m. on a quiet night 20 to 30 people moved trance-like around the stage of a small park in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, waving their arms in large circles while weaving amongst each other. In each of their hands they carried a flaming torch. -more-


Dow falls below 10,000; investors worry

The Associated Press
Thursday March 15, 2001

NEW YORK — The prospect of the economic slowdown spreading around the globe shook Wall Street Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones industrials below 10,000 and setting the blue chip index up for its worst week in more than 11 years. The drop followed a nosedive in prices overseas as investors simply had no reason to buy. -more-


Consumer-producer knowledge gap widens

By John Cunniff The Associated Press
Thursday March 15, 2001

Debate on a new bankruptcy law isn’t just about credit card abuses, as it sometimes seems, but over a much larger issue, that of the power of professional marketers over amateur consumers. -more-


Napster says it’s obeying, record companies are not

The Associated Press
Thursday March 15, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Napster Inc. told a federal judge it is complying with her order to police its system for unauthorized songs, but the company gave the recording industry low marks for allegedly failing to share the workload and provide required information. -more-


Economists urge Fed to cut rates

The Associated Press
Thursday March 15, 2001

NEW YORK — With corporate America unable to quiet its drumbeat of earnings and revenue warnings, economists and analysts say a dramatic rate cut by the Federal Reserve is needed to jolt sagging financial markets and restore investor confidence. -more-


Opinion

Editorials

Lawsuit against bookstore chains allowed to continued

The Associated Press
Wednesday March 21, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge Tuesday allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc. filed by independent booksellers who allege the chains receive illegal preferential treatment from publishers for secret deals and steep discounts. -more-


The bad news hasn’t sunk in yet

By John Cunniff The Associated Press
Tuesday March 20, 2001

NEW YORK — For people who’d turn blue were an errant wind to blow away a $20 bill, investors seem remarkably detached, even blase, about seeing more than $4 trillion in equity assets disappear into the air. -more-


Singing officers release CD to educate kids

By Karen A. Davis Associated Press Writer
Monday March 19, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO – Several crooning Newark cops were rocking in their dress blues at Parkway Heights Middle School this week to promote the release of their new CD — all in the name of traffic safety education. -more-


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-


S.F. officials say AIDS ads promote unsafe sex

The Associated Press
Friday March 16, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — City officials may soon boot advertisements portraying healthy, attractive models popping AIDS drugs, saying the message is unrealistic and promotes unsafe sex contributing to increased infection rates. -more-


Treasury secretary stresses income tax cuts as economic stimulus

The Associated Press
Thursday March 15, 2001

WASHINGTON — Meeting with a group of pivotal Senate moderates Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill stressed the importance that President Bush is giving across-the-board income tax cuts as a tonic for the flagging economy. -more-