’Jackets drop third straight; title hopes gone
By Jared Green
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
News
UC Regents drop system’s ban on affirmative action
By Ben Lumpkin
Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO – In a move affirmative action supporters hailed as a major victory, the University of California Board of Regents voted unanimously to drop its controversial 1995 ban on race-based admissions Wednesday.
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Eight individuals, one team named to Cal Hall of Fame
Daily Planet Wire Services
Thursday May 17, 2001
Eight different sports and seven different decades are represented in the 2001 class selected for induction in the University of California Athletic Hall of Fame, the school announced this week.
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Council squabbles over task force
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
A City Council task force, working to increase transit ridership and reduce fares, was derailed Tuesday because of bickering between progressive and moderate council factions.
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Bike-to-work day is every day for some
By Judith Scherr
Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
Today’s the annual bike-to-work day and a number of city officials will bolt their cars in their garages and teeter tentatively from Channing Way and Milvia Street, three blocks north to city hall.
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SLA trial lawyer wants quick trial for himself
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
LOS ANGELES — One of Sara Jane Olson’s defense lawyers plans to demand a quick trial – for himself – when he appears for arraignment on misdemeanor criminal charges related to the case of the former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive.
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Governor signs bill creating state power authority
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
SACRAMENTO — California will no longer be held captive by energy suppliers charging high prices for power, Gov. Gray Davis said Wednesday as he officially put California into the electricity wholesale business.
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Alien hunt signs up 3 millionth volunteer
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
Californians cut back on gas usage
SThe Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
State receives string of dreary economic news
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
No agreement for fishermen, environmentalists
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
Former trucker sought in family killings
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
Bush presses to increase oil production
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
Colin Powell trying to arrange new Mideast talks
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
FBI finds more evidence in Timothy McVeigh case
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
Senators propose help for Cuban dissidents
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
U.S. aid won’t go to groups advocating abortion rights
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
Arrest unveils draft-dodging scandal
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
Editorials
Street gangs place $25,000 bounty for Rampart cop killings
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
