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Berkeley runners to ‘Breeze’ through Devil Mountain

Bay City News
Tuesday May 01, 2001

Four of the seven Berkeley girls who ran a marathon in Rome last month to raise money to create a lounge at Oakland Children's Hospital in memory of a friend who died of cancer are at it again. -more-


Community helps nonprofits rebuild together

By Diwata Fonte Special to the Daily Planet
Monday April 30, 2001

Nine community organizations and 29 households saved about $500,000 when 1,500 local volunteers completed a flurry of building repairs last Saturday. -more-


State retirement funds benefitting from power crisis

The Associated Press
Saturday April 28, 2001

OAKLAND — Dozens of state legislators, more than a million state workers – and even Gov. Gray Davis may be indirectly profiting from California’s power woes. Calpers, the state retirement and pension system, has more than a billion dollars invested in power generators. -more-


Microsoft sued for patent infringement

The Associated Press
Friday April 27, 2001

SAN JOSE — A small digital rights management company filed a lawsuit Thursday against Microsoft Corp., claiming patent infringement. -more-


Price caps may end up hindering energy crisis

The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Chief federal energy regulator Curtis Hebert has made it his refrain: Price caps on wholesale electricity will hinder, not help, California’s energy crisis. Price caps will discourage the construction of desperately needed new power plants. -more-


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