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Mayor’s state of the city address calls for unity

John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 03, 2001
Mayor Shirley Dean outlined her vision of the city’s future Tuesday, which included a citywide conversion to solar power, creating affordable housing and a controversial 500-space garage under Civic Center Park. -more-

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Thursday May 03, 2001

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A neighbor tries to save a very special little girl

By Tom Yamaguchi
Thursday May 03, 2001
It was a mother's worst nightmare. She went to wake her daughter to get up for school, but the child would not wake up. She was unconscious and unresponsive to her mother's panicked reaction. I happened to hear the cry of my West Berkeley neighbor and went out that morning to find out what the matter was. “My baby!” she cried. “Does anyone know CPR!” came the cry from a family immobilized by grief. -more-

Arts & Entertainment

Thursday May 03, 2001
924 Gilman St. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless noted $5; $2 for a year membership. All ages. May 4: Plan 9, Zodiac Killers, Reverend B. Dangerous Freakshow, Dory Tourette & The Skirtheads, Knockoffs; May 5: Shikabane, Phobia, Harum Scarum, Vulgar Pigeons, Insidious Sorrow; May 11: Subincision, Next to Nothing, Fracus, Thrice, The Average Joe; May 12: The Sick, Impalid, Creuvo, Tearing Down Standards. 525-9926 -more-

Cal makes crew coach Gladstone new AD

By Jared GreenDaily Planet Staff
Thursday May 03, 2001
In a surprise move this week, Cal Chancellor Robert Berdahl announced he had hired crew coach Steve Gladstone to be athletics director of the university. -more-

Speech stirs up parking controversy

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 03, 2001
Mayor Shirley Dean’s unveiling of a plan to construct a 500-space parking garage under Civic Center Park was barely unveiled before controversy erupted. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Thursday May 03, 2001
Support and strengthen the United Nations -more-

Bears pound USF

Daily Planet Wire Services
Thursday May 03, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO – Behind outstanding pitching from freshman right-hander Brian Montalbo and a 17-hit attack, Cal powered past San Francisco, 12-1, Tuesday at Benedetti Diamond. -more-

Standardized tests rules schools

By Ben LumpkinDaily Planet staff
Thursday May 03, 2001
Students sound off on taking statewide exams -more-

’Quakes beat Cal in exhibition

Daily Planet Wire Services
Thursday May 03, 2001
The California men’s soccer team was blanked by the San Jose Earthquakes, 6-0, Tuesday afternoon in an exhibition at Golden Bear Soccer Field. -more-

Measures in place to help school deal with meningitis death

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 03, 2001
A 9-year-old girl who died Tuesday morning of bacterial meningitis set off a rapid community response from city health and school officials, who hoped to prevent the spread of both the disease and the rumors it engendered. -more-

Sports shorts

Staff
Thursday May 03, 2001
Panthers sign letters of intent -more-

Police say two should be happy morning scuffle didn’t slice them

By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 03, 2001
Are you wondering about those two men you saw plunging through the giant plate glass window of north Berkeley’s famous Cheese Board Pizza Wednesday morning? -more-

One killed, seven injured as hijacked L.A. transit bus crashes

The Associated Press
Thursday May 03, 2001

Vallejo man found guilty of kidnapping 8-year-old girl

The Associated Press
Thursday May 03, 2001

Feinstein cosponsors bill requiring better gas mileage for SUVs

The Associated Press
Thursday May 03, 2001

The new economy is really old stuff

By John Cunniff The Associated Press
Thursday May 03, 2001

Editorials

Man pleads guilty to helping Reddy

The Associated Press
Thursday May 03, 2001
OAKLAND — A man charged with smuggling two teenage girls from India into the country for a wealthy Berkeley landlord by posing as their father pleaded guilty as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, according to court documents. -more-

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