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Activist gets FBI call in connection with attacks

By Judith Scherr, Daily Planet staff
Saturday October 13, 2001

A Berkeley woman, a member of Women in Black, contacted by the FBI in connection to the Sept. 11 attacks, compared looking to her organization for clues to the attackers, with looking for alligators in Montana. -more-


Deep ’Jackets run roughshod over Alameda

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Saturday October 13, 2001

The Berkeley Yellowjackets ran roughshod over Alameda on Friday night, racking up 482 rushing yards on the way to a 48-14 home victory. -more-


Council OKs new district boundaries

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Saturday October 13, 2001

The City Council narrowly approved a controversial redistricting plan Tuesday that has moderate councilmembers accusing progressives of manipulating a census undercount to add an extra 4,500 students to District 8. -more-


Sports shorts

Staff
Saturday October 13, 2001

Cal women win Pac-10 opener -more-


Residents successfully rebuild their lives from hills’ fire ashes

By Gabriel Spitzer Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday October 13, 2001

Early on Oct. 20, 1991, John Traugott was finishing up a morning run in the Berkeley hills. The UC Berkeley English professor was rounding a curve a few blocks from his house when he noticed the eastern sky turning orange. -more-


Zoning Board approves Library Gardens project

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Saturday October 13, 2001

The Library Gardens development, a five-building, 176-unit residential complex to be built behind the Berkeley Public Library, was approved by the Zoning Adjustments Board Thursday night. -more-


Berkeley propelled back into national spotlight

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Friday October 12, 2001

An apparent misquote thrust Berkeley – once again – into the national spotlight on Wednesday when the a Wall Street Journal Web site columnist attacked Councilmember Dona Spring for anti-war comments that she says were falsely attributed to her. -more-


Out & About

— compiled by Guy Poole
Friday October 12, 2001


Friday, Oct. 12

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Those who’ve been there speak out

Members, Sansei Legacy Project:
Friday October 12, 2001

Editor: -more-


Documentary details the travels of a dollar

By Peter Crimmins, Daily Planet correspondent
Friday October 12, 2001

Arts and Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Friday October 12, 2001

’Jackets take down El Cerrito

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Friday October 12, 2001

Coming off of their toughest league match of the season, the Berkeley Yellowjackets resumed their demolishing of the ACCAL with a 15-6, 15-12, 15-3 win over El Cerrito. -more-


BHS principal will head north

By Jeffrey Obser, Daily Planet staff
Friday October 12, 2001

Berkeley High School Principal Frank Lynch will leave Berkeley to become superintendent of the Del Norte County Unified School District, perhaps as soon as Nov. 1. -more-


No more 50s

Chris Rasmussen
Friday October 12, 2001

Editor: -more-


Berkeley-De Anza makeup game depends on NCS

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Friday October 12, 2001

Officials from Berkeley High and De Anza High have agreed that the school’s football teams will make up their cancelled game if the North Coast Section pushes back the beginning of the playoffs. -more-


Commission reviews office space controversy

By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff
Friday October 12, 2001

West Berkeley artists and artisans who fear the effects of office development in their neighborhood took a stand at the regular meeting of the Planning Commission on Wednesday. -more-


Address energy now

Tom Lent
Friday October 12, 2001

Editor: -more-


Retired teachers pin hopes on pension increases

By Jeffrey Obser, Daily Planet staff
Friday October 12, 2001

John H. Mitchell, who taught in the Oakland public schools for 34 years, is one of California’s luckier retired teachers: the longtime Berkeley resident doesn’t have to sell his house and move somewhere cheap. -more-


Slam immigrant door shut

James K. Sayre, Oakland
Friday October 12, 2001

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UC Nobel Prize winner grateful for chance to think

By Gerasimos Rigas Special to the Daily Planet
Friday October 12, 2001

On George A. Akerlof’s first day as an assistant professor at UC Berkeley 35 years ago, a colleague asked him to name 10 economic ideas he was interested in pursuing. -more-


Berkeley High tries to cut down on truancy

By Gina Comparini, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday October 12, 2001

Take a walk around downtown at lunchtime and you’ll see many of Berkeley High School’s 3,400 or so students. -more-


Annual event celebrates culture of Indigenous people

By Gina Comparini, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday October 12, 2001

Millie Ketcheshawno, a Native American filmmaker who died last year, will be remembered during the 10th annual Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow and Indian Market to be held Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. -more-


Program helps new immigrants learn English

By Rachel Searles, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday October 12, 2001

Marcelle Ching’s fourth and fifth graders were forming a line according to birthdays, from January to December. One student wanted to place a reporter in the lineup. -more-


Screening for depression has new meaning

By Rachel Searles Special to the Daily Planet
Friday October 12, 2001

Approximately four out of 10 people who took advantage of National Depression Screening Day in Berkeley Thursday showed indications of post-traumatic stress disorder. Counselors say the high rate may be a result of anxiety about the Sept. 11 attacks and the possibility of others. -more-


Experts discuss effects of SF airport runway expansion

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Extending San Francisco International Airport’s runways by filling in part of the bay could be consistent with smart growth depending on the increase in air travel during the next few decades. -more-


Governor mandates budget cuts

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

SACRAMENTO — Citing a slowing economy and fiscal fallout from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday ordered state agency heads to prepare to cut their budgets by 15 percent next fiscal year. -more-


Access to criminal filings still faces online challenge

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A few weeks ago, online access to federal criminal filings suddenly stopped. Though court records remain publicly available on paper at courthouses, they were deemed too public when it came to the Internet. -more-


Florida anthrax compared to known strains

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

The anthrax that killed a Florida man was not stolen from a Department of Energy laboratory. It most certainly was not manufactured from scratch by terrorists. -more-


FBI says it may have information on more attacks

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

WASHINGTON — In a stark warning, the FBI said Thursday it has received information there may be additional terrorist attacks inside the United States or abroad in the next several days. -more-


Kabul raided during day

Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

The Associated Press -more-


N.Y. won’t accept millions from Saudi prince

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

NEW YORK — City officials rejected a $10 million relief check from a Saudi prince Thursday after he suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East were partly to blame for the World Trade Center attacks. -more-


Peace rallies confront changed terrain

StaffThe Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

BOSTON — His gray hair pulled back in a ponytail, a 52-year-old pacifist clutched an anti-war sign in a city square this week, again mobilized to decry an American war. -more-


Replacing window sills may be easiest

James and Morris Carey The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

Q: Recently my daughter visited – with her puppy, who promptly gnawed off an area around the corner of two wooden windowsills in the bedroom. How can I repair these without replacing the whole sill? They are wood with a stain finish. Thanks! -more-


Critic of Muslim fundamentalism wins Nobel Prize

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — V.S. Naipaul, a writer of aching humor and grim reality, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for his “incorruptible scrutiny” of postcolonial society and his critical assessments of Muslim fundamentalism. -more-


Lacking essentials, North Korea teems with everyday heroes

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea lacks food, electricity and other basic necessities, but the impoverished country has no shortage of propaganda-inspired heroes, from a mother of eight to a pneumatic hammer that was honored for its role in a rail project. -more-


Rebound sends Wall Street to pre-attack levels

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

NEW YORK — Boosted by some healthier-than-expected earnings reports, Wall Street surged higher Thursday, carrying the Dow Jones industrials and other market indexes to levels last seen before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. -more-


Boeing will focus on space, communications and missiles

StaffThe Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

SEAL BEACH — The Boeing Co. will stake near-term growth on its space, communications and missile operations instead of commercial aircraft, which has long been the core of the company, Boeing executives said Thursday. -more-


Genentech, medical center case coming to a close

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

LOS ANGELES — An attorney told a jury Thursday that biotech giant Genentech Inc. tried to avoid paying more than $400 million in royalties to City of Hope Medical Center involving drugs developed by the hospital over the past 25 years. -more-


Swissair granted creditor protection

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

ZURICH, Switzerland — Swissair has been granted protection from creditors in the United States and Canada, allowing it to obtain fuel for its North Atlantic flights, the airline said Thursday. -more-


Russian navy delays moving wreck of sub

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

MURMANSK, Russia— The docking of the gutted wreck of the Kursk nuclear submarine was postponed until next week because of the need to more thoroughly prepare for the delicate process, the Russian navy said Thursday. -more-


Palestinian killed while trying to plant bomb

The Associated Press
Friday October 12, 2001

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian militant from the Hamas group blew himself up while trying to plant a bomb along a road used frequently by Israelis in the West Bank, Israel said Thursday. Hamas said he died under “heroic” circumstances. -more-


Berkeley professor in mix of Nobel Prize winners

By Michelle Locke The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

Economist George Akerlof took used cars and came up with a new model demonstrating how buyers and sellers interact, becoming one of three Californians to win a Nobel Prize Wednesday. -more-


Guy Poole
Thursday October 11, 2001


Thursday, Oct. 11


No pure lands – time to end ‘final solutions’

Walter Truett Anderson Pacific News Service
Thursday October 11, 2001

There is a certain madness that strikes the human species from time to time, and its presence has been strongly evident since Sept. 11. -more-


Staff
Thursday October 11, 2001


Yosemite trip forum rejects finger-pointing

By Jeffrey Obser Daily Planet staff
Thursday October 11, 2001

At a Tuesday evening question-and-answer session on the Common Ground school’s ill-fated Yosemite trip of last week, parents, teachers and students of the program soundly rejected blame and finger-pointing as responses to the alleged misbehavior that cut short a planned two-day series of classes out in nature. -more-


Lee’s vote was against blank check

Adam David Miller Berkeley
Thursday October 11, 2001

Northbrae bakery campaign misfires

By Hank SimsDaily Planet staff
Thursday October 11, 2001

When Bette’s Oceanview Diner considered opening a “Bette’s To Go” branch in the sleepy neighborhood of Northbrae, many people who live in the community rose up against the plan. -more-


Northbrae bakery campaign misfires

By Hank SimsDaily Planet staff
Thursday October 11, 2001

When Bette’s Oceanview Diner considered opening a “Bette’s To Go” branch in the sleepy neighborhood of Northbrae, many people who live in the community rose up against the plan. -more-


With a will, gridlock’s not here to stay

Charles L. Smith Berkeley
Thursday October 11, 2001

Editor: -more-


Program credited with domestic violence drop

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Thursday October 11, 2001

The Domestic Violence Oversight Committee credited a 17 percent decline in domestic violence with a partnership between the police department and a victims’ advocacy organization. -more-


Terrorism panels debate California security

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

SACRAMENTO — State officials summoned two commissions Wednesday to review California’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks. -more-


Governor signs smart growth order

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

SACRAMENTO —Downtown areas will be preferred sites for state office buildings across California under an executive “smart growth” order signed Wednesday by Gov. Gray Davis. -more-


California representative named No.2 in House

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

WASHINGTON — California Rep. Nancy Pelosi won the race Wednesday for the No. 2 House Democratic leader and will become the top-ranking woman ever in Congress. Her election sparked debate over whether she will help or hinder her party. -more-


Supreme Court debates equal opportunity issue

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices used the case of a kitchen worker, fired after a seizure on the job, to argue with each other Wednesday about the government’s role in combating discrimination when workers sign away their right to sue. -more-


Troops in Macedonia raise suspicions

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

SKOPJE, Macedonia — A Western envoy in Macedonia raised doubts Wednesday about a government-declared amnesty for ethnic Albanian rebels, saying it was not in line with a Western-brokered peace accord. -more-


Americans, Japanese win Nobel Prize in chemistry

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Americans William S. Knowles and K. Barry Sharpless won the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Ryoji Noyori of Japan on Wednesday for molecular research used in making medicines. -more-


Opportunities for investors still exist

By John Cunniff The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

How timely the award of the Nobel prize in economics for research on how information and the lack of it can affect markets. In stocks, for example, the lack is almost unprecedented. -more-


Yahoo meets expectations, layoffs still possible

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

SAN JOSE — Yahoo! Inc. met Wall Street expectations for its third-quarter earnings Wednesday and only slightly reduced its targets for the current quarter, leading investors to send its shares up more than 3 percent in after-hours trading. -more-


BHS, De Anza officials to meet about cancelled football game

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday October 11, 2001

Officials from Berkeley High and De Anza High will meet today to sort out the ramifications of Friday’s cancelled football game between the two schools. -more-


Turnovers killing Cal, carrying 5-0 Oregon

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday October 11, 2001

Cal is 0-4 and are ranked 113th out of 116 Division IA teams for scoring defense. Oregon is 5-0 and are ninth in scoring offense. But if you listen to the teams’ head coaches, they make it sound as if the Ducks have been lucky, and the Bears simply the victims of plenty of bad breaks. -more-


Berkeley man wants Bonds’ 73rd dinger ball back

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds hit it and Alex Popov may have caught it, but Patrick Hayashi emerged from a scrum of Giants fans to become the happy owner of the ball the San Francisco slugger smacked Sunday for his 73rd homer. -more-


Police Briefs

Judith Scherr, Daily Planet staff
Thursday October 11, 2001

Berkeley police are reporting several cases where phony $100 bills were passed. -more-


High school principal may be out the door

By Jeffrey ObserDaily Planet staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

Berkeley High School held its breath Tuesday over the prospect of losing its latest principal – after only 13 months on the job. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

Wednesday, Oct. 10 -more-


Is Measure ‘G’ fire protection ‘just a pipe dream’?

Staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

By Walter Geist -more-


Arts

Staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

Neighbors oppose bond money usage for fire station

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

Neighbors of a proposed fire station in the north Berkeley hills are charging that the city is inappropriately using money earmarked to build the station for a multi-jurisdictional wildfire “command center.” -more-


Forum

Staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

Americans can’t sit still in face of terror -more-


Exhibition showcases disabled artists

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

Friday, the Arts Access Network held a preview exhibition of a festival set for next year that will present work by disabled artists as well as offer opportunities for the disabled to be creative. -more-


Briefs

Staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

A City Council super-majority refused to hear a motion Tuesday that would have placed the city on record, asking their representatives in Congress to “cease the bombing of Afghanistan (and) seek a legal, nonmilitary resolution” to the conflict there. It also called for the council meeting to be “closed in memory of the innocent civilians in Afghanistan being harmed and made refugees due to the bombing.” -more-


UC students, faculty weigh in on attacks

By Jason Felch Special to the Daily Planet
Wednesday October 10, 2001

As more than 400 anti-war protesters faced off with a smaller group of war-supporters on UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza Monday, the professors and students who study peace and conflict at the university were divided about which group to join. -more-


Teacher disciplined for burning flag

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

SACRAMENTO — A teacher who burned a flag in front of his sixth-graders and referred to the nation as “United Snakes” in what he called an example of “revolutionary teaching” could lose his job. -more-


Governor rejects e-mail privacy, spending bills

Staff
Wednesday October 10, 2001

The Associated Press -more-


County votes to build large juvenile facility

Bay City News
Wednesday October 10, 2001

OAKLAND – The political tug-of-war over the size of a juvenile detention facility in Alameda County shifted Tuesday once again in favor of those who advocate the construction of a larger facility in Dublin. -more-


School official won’t quit over e-mail

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

SAN DIEGO — A school board president who sent an e-mail suggesting two colleagues be shot for prolonging meetings with debate stepped down from the presidency but rejected demands that she resign from the board. -more-


Vigils planned for attacks anniversary

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

With prayers and flickering candles, to the sound of bagpipes and police sirens and patriotic hymns, Americans by the millions will break from their routines Thursday to mark the passage of one month since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. -more-


Yasser Arafat clamps down on land, people

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Embarrassed by anti-U.S. protests, Yasser Arafat’s government took two unprecedented steps Tuesday: it closed Gaza City’s universities to silence Islamic militants and barred foreign reporters from the Gaza Strip to prevent coverage of the events. -more-


United States strikes continue to streak skies of Afghanistan

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

WASHINGTON — The United States hit Afghanistan with a third day of airstrikes, crushing Taliban air defenses, radars and airports to the extent that American warplanes can fly virtually unchallenged night and day, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “The skies are now free,” President Bush said. -more-


Scientists share Noble Prize in physics

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Three U.S.-based scientists shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for creating a new state of matter: an ultra-cold gas that could aid in developing smaller and faster electronics. -more-


Creditors, PG&E meet to set reorganization hearings

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s largest utility is finding that the state Public Utilities Commission remains among the tallest of obstacles standing between it and a speedy resolution of its bankruptcy woes. -more-


Pontiac Aztek tops SUVs

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

WASHINGTON — A 2001 Pontiac Aztek got four of five stars in the government’s rating of rollover risk, the best score given yet to a sport utility vehicle. -more-


Texaco trying to close Chevron deal

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

HOUSTON — Texaco Inc. is selling its interests in two gas stations and refinery joint ventures to Shell Oil Co. and another partner for about $2.1 billion, paving the way for completion of Texaco’s $38.6 billion sale to Chevron Corp. -more-


Court won’t stop Microsoft antitrust case

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corp. lost a longshot appeal to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and all sides said they will focus on settling the government’s long-running antitrust case against the software company. -more-


EPA says gas mileage average on the decline

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

WASHINGTON — Less than 6 percent of the 2002 model cars and trucks arriving in showrooms get better than 30 miles per gallon, and new cars on average get slightly less gas mileage than the 2001 models. -more-


Versatile Schooler plays many roles for ’Jackets

By Tim HaranDaily Planet Correspondent
Wednesday October 10, 2001

Berkeley High football coaches call him “Mr. Everything.” It’s hard to argue with them. -more-


Demonstrators think U.S. should take peaceful path

By Judith Scherr and Chris O’Donnell Daily Planet staff and correspondent
Tuesday October 09, 2001

Aurora Levins Morales’ cousin died in the World Trade Center attacks, but the poet told a crowd of about 500 people outside the downtown BART station late Monday afternoon that she refused to vent her rage on the Afghani people. -more-


Tuesday October 09, 2001


Tuesday, Oct. 9

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Rep. Lee says minimize deaths

Tuesday October 09, 2001

Rep. Lee says minimize deaths -more-


District leader opposes breakup

By Ofelia Madrid Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday October 09, 2001

School Superintendent Michele Lawrence told parents and community advocates of Latino students that she opposes the breakup of Berkeley High School into small schools within the 3,400-student school. -more-


2000 Common Ground trip got A+

Tuesday October 09, 2001

2000 Common Ground trip got A+ -more-


Campus rally denounces bombings

By Jeffrey Obser Daily Planet staff
Tuesday October 09, 2001

One day after Afghanistan became the first military theater of the Bush Administration’s “war on terrorism,” hundreds of UC Berkeley students took to Sproul Plaza to denounce the American and British bombing campaign, while a few dozen dissenters held -more-


Article didn’t tell whole story

Tuesday October 09, 2001

Article didn’t tell whole story -more-


Taxes, crime, flagpoles top council agenda

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Tuesday October 09, 2001

The City Council will consider taking advantage of a new state law that allows sharing information between the Franchise Tax Board and city to make sure that local businesses are paying their full share of taxes. -more-


Setbacks are not necessary

Tuesday October 09, 2001

Setbacks are not necessary -more-


Council looks at redistricting ordinance

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Tuesday October 09, 2001

AIDS needs funds

Tuesday October 09, 2001

AIDS needs funds -more-


Scientists asked to aid bio-terrorism preparedness

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

Census 2000 deemed ‘well executed’ in many respects

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

WASHINGTON — There were problems with address lists and some people were counted without proof they were there, but last year’s national census was “well executed in many respects,” the National Research Council said Monday. -more-


FBI takes over Anthrax case; 300 seek testing

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The FBI on Monday took over the investigation into the anthrax death of a Florida man after the germ was found in the nose of a co-worker and on a computer keyboard in their office. Hundreds of people who worked near the men lined up to get medical tests. -more-


United States finds criticism worldwide

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

BERLIN — European nations threw their support behind U.S.-British attacks on Osama bin Laden and the Afghan rulers who protect him, but the military strikes sparked protests and sharp criticism across the Muslim world. -more-


Palestine warned Islamic military

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

JERUSALEM — Islamic militant leaders said Monday they were summoned by the Palestinian Authority over the weekend and warned there would be a tough response if they did not stop attacks on Israelis. -more-


Mild pullback for Monday’s stocks

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

NEW YORK — The stock market greeted news of U.S. military attacks on the Taliban in Afghanistan quietly Monday, with prices falling moderately as investors tried to discern what the action would mean for the country and the economy. -more-


Xerox wins reinstatement of patent infringement suit

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

STAMFORD, Conn. — A federal court has reinstated a suit by Xerox Corp. charging that Palm Inc. infringed its patent in the development of the handwriting recognition system for the Palm handheld computer. -more-


Intel CEO urges more research

The Associated Press
Tuesday October 09, 2001

SAN JOSE — Intel Corp.’s chief executive urged chip-makers Monday to continue innovating and competing despite the sour economy and pressure to fall back on industrywide standards. -more-


Bombing strikes home too

By Chris O’Connell, Special to the Daily Planet;Judith Scherr and Jon MaysDaily Planet staff
Monday October 08, 2001

Mecca Hassas of Oakland, 20, woke up Sunday morning to the news of the military strikes against Afghanistan, her homeland. -more-


Tragedy has brought us and youth together

Sumant Chakravart
Monday October 08, 2001

Editor: -more-


Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Monday October 08, 2001

Cal men beat Santa Clara on spectacular goal

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Monday October 08, 2001

Mike Munoz is fast becoming an impact player for the Cal men’s soccer team. The freshman leads the team with six assists on the season, and on Sunday he scored a spectacular overtime goal, giving the Bears a 1-0 overtime win over Santa Clara. -more-


Environmental enforcement seems uneven

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Monday October 08, 2001

The City Council will hear an information report tomorrow from the city manager about what the Community Environmental Advisory Board calls selective enforcement of the city’s environmental laws. -more-


Lee’s ‘no’ vote took very little political courage

John McDougall
Monday October 08, 2001

Bears let another one slip away, tie USF 3-3

Daily Planet Wire Services
Monday October 08, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO - Sixth-ranked California surrendered a 3-1 second half lead in a 3-3 double overtime tie against unranked San Francisco Sunday afternoon at Negoesco Stadium. -more-


Office growth still threatens west Berkeley industry

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Monday October 08, 2001

The city’s Planning Commission will again open hearings Wednesday on a controversial plan to temporarily halt the conversion of industrial space to office space in parts of west Berkeley. -more-


Numbers are off in UC Berkeley battle article

Daniella Thompson
Monday October 08, 2001

Editor: -more-


Cal water polo beats UOP

Daily Planet Wire Services
Monday October 08, 2001

Cal men’s water polo team, currently ranked fifth in the country, chalked up it’s fifth win of the season and second in conference play today, soundly defeating tenth-ranked Pacific, in Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley. -more-


Moms and children head to school — together

By Hadas Ragolsky Special to the Daily Planet
Monday October 08, 2001

Denisee Chabarria, 16, sat at home on a blue couch late last month with her 1-year-old son Randy in her lap, and tried to explain to him that they would be going to school together. -more-


‘Low-income’ housing needs to be redefined

Susan Graubard Archuletta
Monday October 08, 2001

Editor: -more-


Afghan immigrants await news

Associated Press
Monday October 08, 2001

The Associated Press -more-


California supermarkets, workers head toward wages showdown

By Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer
Monday October 08, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO – The $36,500 that John Reese earns annually checking and stocking groceries at an Albertson’s supermarket in San Jose makes him one of the best-paid retail clerks in the country. -more-


Vista holds Teach-In on tolerance

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

About 150 people attended the Vista Community College Teach In on Friday that provided alternative perspectives of the events of Sept. 11 as well as better understanding of potential impacts of any future U.S. military actions. -more-


Out and About Calendar

–Compiled by Guy Poole
Sunday October 07, 2001


Saturday, Oct. 6

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The brown shingle home: A distinctive Berkeley feature

By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet
Sunday October 07, 2001

Between 1895 and 1915 Berkeley established itself as a city with a distinctive architectural character. As Mission Revival is to Santa Barbara, and Pueblo Style is to Santa Fe, in the early decades of the 20th century, unpainted wood shingles were identified with Berkeley. -more-


Going boldly...

Rob Valentine
Sunday October 07, 2001

Editor: -more-


Poet adds black voice to discourse on terror attacks

By Alisa Weinstein Special to the Daily Planet
Sunday October 07, 2001

Three thousand miles away from the smoldering ruins that were once the World Trade Center, and the talk of war and terrorism in Washington, DC, Bay Area poet, Ishmael Reed, reminded a rapt Berkeley audience on Thursday that even in a time of crisis, it is OK to laugh at political absurdity. -more-


Poet adds black voice to discourse on terror attacks

By Alisa Weinstein Special to the Daily Planet
Sunday October 07, 2001

Three thousand miles away from the smoldering ruins that were once the World Trade Center, and the talk of war and terrorism in Washington, DC, Bay Area poet, Ishmael Reed, reminded a rapt Berkeley audience on Thursday that even in a time of crisis, it is OK to laugh at political absurdity. -more-


Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

Gaels hand Cal overtime loss

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

Cal women’s soccer head coach Kevin Boyd wants his team to be the best in the country. But on Friday afternoon, they weren’t even the best in the county. -more-


Proposed hotel runs into setback at ZAB meeting

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

The owners of the Berkeley Motel, who wish to replace their small building with a three-story hotel, received rough treatment at the hands of the Zoning Adjustments Board Thursday night. -more-


When it comes to politics, don’t forget the youth

Sarah Joye
Sunday October 07, 2001

Editor: -more-


Panthers’ comeback falls short at Pinole

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

MacFarland runs for 235 yards in Spartans’ victory -more-


Committee protests new school maintenance plan

By Jeffrey Obser, Daily Planet Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

Sunshine should be for all

Susan Levine
Sunday October 07, 2001

Editor: -more-


Bears down USF on rebound goal

Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO - Junior midfielder Patrick Fisher kicked a rebound of a shot by teammate Carl Acosta seven minutes into the second half to lift California (5-3-1) to a 2-1 nonconference victory over San Francisco Friday night at Negoesco Stadium. -more-


Oil still spilling from pipeline; suspect charged

By Maureen Clark Associated Press Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Oil continued to spew like a geyser from the trans-Alaska oil pipeline for a second day Friday, the result of a bullet hole shot in the line. -more-


Cal downs Ducks for first Pac-10 victory

Daily Planet Wire Services
Sunday October 07, 2001

Judge refuses to force employee to hand over documents allegedly stolen from Ford Motor Co.

By Ed Garsten, AP Auto Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

DETROIT — A judge refused Friday to force a Ford Motor Co. employee to hand over confidential human resources documents the automaker says he stole. -more-


Cancelled: Refs a no-show for Berkeley-De Anza game

Staff Report
Sunday October 07, 2001

The Berkeley High football team was supposed to play a game at De Anza on Friday night, but the officials never showed up, forcing the teams to cancel the game. -more-


Former girlfriend sues Stevie Wonder for $30 million

Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder’s ex-girlfriend has filed a $30 million palimony lawsuit accusing the singer of giving her a sexually transmitted disease. -more-


Most doctors’ groups fail solvency standards; seniors face HMO crunch

Associated Press
Sunday October 07, 2001

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Only 44 percent of doctors’ groups met state solvency standards in the first three months of this year, an indication that many are struggling financially. -more-


Judge approves plan to keep Edison from bankruptcy

By Gary Gentile, AP Business Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison said Friday it hopes to pay all its creditors by February after a federal judge approved a settlement agreement designed to keep the state’s second-largest utility out of bankruptcy. -more-


Feinstein says moratorium on student visas may not be necessary

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Friday she is prepared to drop her call for a six-month suspension of foreign student visas after worried education officials promised to do a better job of working with immigration authorities. -more-


News in brief from the San Francisco Bay area

By The Associated Press
Sunday October 07, 2001

OAKLAND — Two former vault manager for Loomis, Fargo & Co. pleaded innocent Friday in U.S. District Court to charges they stole $12.7 million. -more-


Berkeley researcher believes fire led to collapse of towers

By Jeffrey Gold, Associated Press Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A structural engineer examining the twisted bones of the World Trade Center said Friday he has tentatively concluded the towers collapsed because of intense fires fanned by jet fuel. -more-


National Guard troops deployed at two California airports

By Justin Pritchard Associated Press Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Dozens of armed California National Guard troops were deployed Friday at Los Angeles and San Francisco international airports to strengthen security and reassure travelers returning to the skies in the aftermath of last month’s terrorist attacks. -more-


Nevada’s medical marijuana applications delayed, officials blame sluggish mail

Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada’s new medical marijuana law took effect on Monday — and since then the state has received only one completed application. -more-


Attack helicopter available on eBay

Staff
Sunday October 07, 2001

SAN JOSE — An attack helicopter used during the Gulf War is up for sale on eBay, with bids starting at $800,000. -more-


High tech home appliances: The micro‘wave’ of the future

By Barbara Mayer, For AP Special Edition
Sunday October 07, 2001

Refrigerators that diagnose their own ills and microwaves that download recipes and cooking instructions from the Internet? Ready or not, here they come. -more-


Unsealed documents shed light on Wen Ho Lee plea deal talks

By Heather Clark, Associated Press Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

ALBUQUERQUE — Documents unsealed in the Wen Ho Lee case reveal that his plea bargain with the government last year nearly fell apart when his lawyers disclosed he actually copied more tapes than prosecutors had believed. -more-


Tom and Ray team up to tackle the tough car questions

By Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Sunday October 07, 2001

Dear Tom and Ray: -more-


Convergence of events jeopardize California budget, economy

By Alexa Haussler, Associated Press Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

SACRAMENTO — State departments were paring down budgets. Dot-coms were doling out pink slips. And a statewide power crisis left consumers nervous about spending their extra cash. -more-


Tech outlook dims as Sun, AMD issue first quarter earnings warnings

By Matthew Fordahl, AP Technology Writer
Sunday October 07, 2001

SAN JOSE — Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to cut 3,900 jobs and said Friday its quarterly losses will be wider than expected in part because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. -more-


Opinion

Editorials

Officials upgrade security at BART

By Carole-Anne Elliott, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday October 12, 2001

Riders at BART’s three Berkeley stations had mixed reactions Thursday to the system’s new efforts to strengthen security. -more-


Airports shelve expansion plans after hijacker attacks

The Associated Press
Thursday October 11, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Airports around the country are halting or revamping billions of dollars worth of expansion plans because of fewer fliers and greater security concerns after the Sept. 11 hijacker attacks. -more-


Judge: Firm didn’t manipulate natural gas market

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 10, 2001

A large Texas energy company did not illegally drive up the price of natural gas in California during the height of the state’s energy crisis last year, a federal regulatory judge ruled Tuesday. -more-


The true costs of heating with a fireplace

By Alice La Pierre
Tuesday October 09, 2001

As lazy autumn days fade into chilly winter nights, one can almost hear the clicking of thermostats around the Bay. Last winter’s dearth of electricity and skyrocketing gas prices sent many consumers into shock when they opened their utility bills to find that their bills may have doubled, or even tripled. -more-


U.S., allies launch missile attack against Taliban

By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent
Monday October 08, 2001

WASHINGTON – American and British forces unleashed a punishing air attack Sunday against military targets and Osama bin Laden’s training camps inside Afghanistan, striking at terrorists blamed for the attacks that murdered thousands in New York and Washington. -more-


Police Briefs

–Compiled by Hank Sims
Sunday October 07, 2001

On Tuesday, at about 12:30 p.m., a Shattuck Avenue bank was robbed, according to police. -more-