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Alta Bates workers go on 3-day strike

By Judith ScherrDaily Planet staff
Tuesday April 17, 2001
Union activists know the drill: -more-

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Tuesday April 17, 2001

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Tuesday April 17, 2001
Pedestrian deaths in Berkeley are a public health emergency -more-

‘Hedda Gabler’ offers great performances

By John Angell Grant Daily Planet correspondent
Tuesday April 17, 2001
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s 1890 masterpiece “Hedda Gabler” tells the story of a big woman newly locked into a confining marriage with a small man – at a time when there were limited options for what women could do with their lives. -more-

Arts & Entertainment

Tuesday April 17, 2001
Action Movie: The Play Through April 21, Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m. Non-stop action and martial arts mayhem with comedy, surprise plot twists, and the occasional movie reference thrown in. $7 - $12 The Eighth Street Studio 2525 Eighth St. 464-4468 -more-

City studies raising cab fare subsidy

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 17, 2001
The City Council will consider suggestions tonight from the Commission on Aging on ways to salvage a faltering subsidized taxi service for the elderly and disabled. -more-

Maternal health care plan could get grant

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 17, 2001
Tonight the City Council will likely accept a $50,000 grant from the Alameda Alliance for Health, for a contract with Positive Outlook Consultant Services to provide substance abuse counseling to pregnant and parenting African American women. -more-

King Middle School earns statewide honor

By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 17, 2001
Martin Luther King Middle School has been named a California Distinguished School for 2001. -more-

Berkeley author wins Pulitzer for fiction

The Associated Press
Tuesday April 17, 2001
A love of comic books and of the history of mid-20th century New York led Michael Chabon to write “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” the book that won him a Pulitzer on Monday. -more-

Court rejects anonymous prisoners’ testimony at trial testimony

The Associated Press
Tuesday April 17, 2001

Elian Gonzalez coverage wins Pulitzer Prizes

The Associated Press
Tuesday April 17, 2001

Consumers may be right on target

By John Cunniff The Associated Press
Tuesday April 17, 2001

‘Kindergarten to College’ provides tools to students

Daily Planet wire services
Tuesday April 17, 2001

Editorials

PG&E Corp. reports losses of $4.1 billion

The Associated Press
Tuesday April 17, 2001
PG&E Corp., the parent of Northern California’s bankrupt utility, reported a $4.1 billion fourth-quarter loss Monday in a grudging acknowledgment that the company might not be able to charge its customers for last year’s soaring electricity costs. -more-

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