SAN FRANCISCO — Some Northern California counties are hoping to win approval for a committee of government creditors in the Pacific Gas and Electric bankruptcy case. -more-

Proud American wants ineffective war to end

Phoebe Ann Sorgen, Berkeley

Thursday November 01, 2001

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Parents keep kids from trick-or-treating

By Mike McPhate and Lena Warmack Special to the Daily Planet

Wednesday October 31, 2001

As Attorney General John Ashcroft’s warning Monday of a new, “credible” threat of terrorism during the next week further heightened national anxiety, many Bay Area parents said the neighborhood ritual of trick-or- treating will be replaced today by more secure alternatives. -more-

Teen who admitted to school shooting commits suicide in jail

By Ben Fox The Associated Press

Tuesday October 30, 2001

SAN DIEGO — An 18-year-old who admitted to a March shooting spree that wounded five people at his high school committed suicide early Monday, hanging himself in his jail cell. -more-

UCSF shows off planned biotech research hub

The Associated Press

Monday October 29, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO – Rising from landfill across from Pacific Bell Park is the planned biotechnology research facility Genentech Hall, the city’s new economic hope. -more-

This is not Viet Nam – 6,000 innocents died

Timothy McCluskey

Sunday October 28, 2001

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Local auto dealers see a strange rise in sales

By Bruce Gerstman, Special to the Daily Planet

Sunday October 28, 2001

Some local car dealers, who are experiencing a jump in business, are attributing this phenomenon to two main factors: zero-percent financing and patriotism. -more-