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Gobbling up a thankful feast

Judith Scherr/Daily Planet
Thursday November 22, 2001

Parents pitched in Wednesday to serve some 60 Emerson School first graders a Thanksgiving feast. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Staff
Thursday November 22, 2001


Thursday, Nov. 22

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Food for thought:a Thanksgiving menu

By the California Food Policy Advocates
Thursday November 22, 2001

Many of us will contribute turkeys, canned goods, gift certificates and volunteer time to help prevent hunger among low-income families this Thanksgiving holiday. To achieve an end to hunger for these same families in the weeks and months ahead, we propose a supplement to this traditional menu of charitable giving. In the spirit of strong families, healthy children, and successful communities this holiday season California Food Policy Advocates recommends that the public and state policy makers choose at least one option from the following menu of opportunities to reduce hunger. -more-


Doggin’ on Portland ... among other things

By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday November 22, 2001

It’s a historical drama without period costumes. An underworld crime story with nary a gunfight. A car salesman’s tale without any car chases. It is a tight little civic mystery thriller that’s too polite to raise its voice. -more-


Arts

Staff
Thursday November 22, 2001

21 Grand Nov. 29: 9 p.m., Lemon Lime Lights, Hillside, Moe! Staiano, $6; Nov. 30: 9 p.m., Fred Frith, Damon Smith, Marco Eneidi, Sabu Toyozumi Ensemble, Phillip Greenlief, $10; Dec. 1: 9 p.m., Toychestra, Rosin Coven, Darling Freakhead, $6; All ages. 21 Grand Ave., Oakland. 444-7263 -more-


San Benito ends ’Jackets’ season in first round of state tournament

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday November 22, 2001

The Berkeley High girls’ volleyball team had their season rudely ended on Tuesday night, falling in straight games, 15-11, 15-9, 15-5, to the San Benito (Hollister) Haybalers in the first round of the CIF state tournament. -more-


Activist calls for U.S. to end its involvement in Afghanistan

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Thursday November 22, 2001

Ann Fagan Ginger, executive director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute and former member of the city’s Peace and Justice Commission, issued an activist’s impassioned call to arms Tuesday night. -more-


WTC dead minding own business

Frank M. Rivers
Thursday November 22, 2001

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Bears ink local star

Daily Planet Wire Services
Thursday November 22, 2001

The University of California women’s volleyball program has signed local product Alicia Powers and Texas’ Jenna Brown to a National Letters of Intent, it was announced Wednesday by Golden Bear head coach Rich Feller. -more-


Station closure may hurt Berkeley’s fire service

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Thursday November 22, 2001

Community outcry and concern from neighboring cities about diminished fire service, has caused the Oakland City Council to rethink tearing down Fire Station No. 8 in north Oakland while a new station is built. -more-


No right wing in this galaxy

Tom McHenry
Thursday November 22, 2001

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Cal men overcome dreadful shooting to beat Santa Clara

Daily Planet Wire Services
Thursday November 22, 2001

Cal overcame a woeful shooting performance from three-point range and held on to beat Santa Clara, 67-60, Tuesday night in Haas Pavilion. With the win, the Bears are now 3-0 for the first time since 1995. -more-


Emeryville residents fight chain stores on San Pablo

By Mary Spicuzza Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday November 22, 2001

Edward Treuting sat inside Point Richmond’s Hidden City Cafe, dipping a homemade sausage patty into his over-easy eggs and talked about his vision for the Emeryville stretch of San Pablo Avenue. -more-


What do you say murder of reporters?

Anne Marselis
Thursday November 22, 2001

Councilmember Spring, you were so very quick to “condemn” the actions of the Untied States government after the terrorist attacks that murdered 5,000 innocent civilians during the normal conduct of their daily lives. -more-


Charred sweet home

Judith Scherr/Daily Planet
Thursday November 22, 2001

A mid-day fire at 2721 Garber St. on Tuesday caused about $75,000 in property damage, according to Deputy Fire Chief Debra Pryor. -more-


Air Quality District adopts industrial paint standards

Bay City News Service
Thursday November 22, 2001

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Wednesday adopted amendments that would reduce the number of smog-forming particles that are emitted by industrial paints. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco schools chief Arlene Ackerman said she plans job cuts in response to findings that voter-approved school repair and modernization funds were misspent and mismanaged. -more-


Years of breeding lead to some fat turkeys this year

By Paul Elias The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Pity the Thanksgiving turkey, selectively bred so fat for so long that simply walking can be a problem and sex is no longer possible. -more-


Dungeness crab fishermen strike for higher prices

By Colleen Valles The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Dungeness crab season should be in full swing along the California coast, but most fishermen’s boats are docked as they protest the prices they have been offered for their catches. -more-


$12 million awarded to county in HUD grants

Bay City News Service
Thursday November 22, 2001

The Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $12 million in grants to county programs that help the homeless. -more-


UC engineer’s design eliminates wing turbulence

Bay City News Service
Thursday November 22, 2001

BERKELEY – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley say they are working to patent a design for aircraft wings that could dramatically cut the strength of wake turbulence. -more-


SF will recanvass votes after state releases probe results

By Margie Mason The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — A six-month state probe of San Francisco’s November 2000 election has found “very unusual” ballot-counting discrepancies in a limited sample that could suggest a problem “large enough to affect the results of several contests,” Secretary of State Bill Jones said Wednesday. -more-


Scientists push the publishing of code powering genetic research

By Paul Elias The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Before computer whiz Steven E. Brenner accepted his tenure-track research post at the University of California-Berkeley last year, he demanded that the school’s intellectual property police leave him alone. -more-


Lower bail request denied in fatal dog mauling case

By Ron Harris The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — A judge denied a request to reduce bail for the man who kept two dogs that mauled a San Francisco woman to death, saying Wednesday he considers Robert Noel a flight risk based on alleged connections with the Aryan Brotherhood gang. -more-


SF airport security ponders walkout

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Security screeners at San Francisco International airport are unhappy about the new airport security law, and they’re thinking of walking off the job during the year’s busiest travel weekend. -more-


Insider trading charges dismissed against former Granny Goose Foods executive

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors considered Wednesday whether to appeal a federal judge’s ruling dismissing insider trading charges against a former chief executive of now-defunct Granny Goose Foods, Inc. -more-


CA budget crisis Davis’ latest test

By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SACRAMENTO — In a flash this fall, California’s power woes fizzled and a budget crunch took hold as the new crisis — and with that change came a new political challenge for Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. -more-


Entertainment industry hurt by ban

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Filming bans at four city-owned airports since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are causing entertainment industry job losses that some in Hollywood fear could lead to more runaway production. -more-


Charity, travel marks first post-attack Thanksgiving

By Christina Almeida The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

Turkeys, cranberry sauce and automatic weapons. -more-


Tribes push for full police powers

By Michelle DeArmond The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

LOS ANGELES — If it weren’t for the intervention of local sheriff’s deputies, Tim Moore figures Indian security officers would have kicked him out of his Colorado River home years ago. -more-


Ralph Burns, music arranger, dead at 79

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Ralph Burns, who won Academy Awards, an Emmy and a Tony as a music arranger after making a name for himself in jazz as a piano player in the Woody Herman band, died Wednesday. He was 79. -more-


Free Web censorship avoidance service ends

By Anick Jesdanun The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

NEW YORK — A California company partly funded by the CIA has discontinued a free service that allowed Internet users to bypass Web censorship by governments and corporations. -more-


Christmas tree industry loses some ho, ho, ho

By Susan Gallagher The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

HELENA, Mont. — The Christmas tree harvest at the Hardy Plantation near Creston is over for the season, and Janet Hardy figures there won’t be many more. -more-


SDG&E gets approval on a rate hike for Mexico power

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Gas & Electric Co. can raise electricity rates to recoup the $2 million cost of upgrading lines to Mexico, federal regulators said Wednesday. -more-


Family dog kills 3-week-old infant

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

RIALTO — Jealousy may have prompted two Siberian huskies to maul an infant girl to death in her bassinet, authorities speculated. -more-


Californians spend a lot for housing

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

Californians frequently spend more than 30 percent of their incomes for home mortgages or rent. The following is a look at Census Bureau estimates of California cities with a population over 250,000 people. The first column is the city; the second column is the percentage of city residents with a home mortgage who spend more than 30 percent of their take-home income on the mortgage; the third column is the percentage of renters in the city who pay more than 30 percent of their take-home income on rent. -more-


Rental companies accused of selling wrecks without warning

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Some of the nation’s biggest car rental companies are selling wrecked vehicles without making the proper disclosures, endangering the public and harming consumers, according to lawsuits filed in California in recent months. -more-


Passenger allegedly kicks airliner’s emergency exit door

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

LOS ANGELES — A man who was believed to be unhappy with his seat assignment was taken into custody Wednesday for kicking an airliner’s emergency exit door during a flight from South Korea to Los Angeles, authorities said. -more-


UC enrollment soars after a promise to decrease

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Claiming the university has violated an 11-year-old agreement to steadily reduce its student population, city officials reacted angrily at the high enrollment figures released Monday for fall semester enrollment at UC Berkeley. -more-


Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole
Wednesday November 21, 2001


Wednesday, Nov. 21

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Please, Mr. Bush...

Julie Ngai and Natalie Cowan
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Dear George W. Bush -more-


Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Wednesday November 21, 2001

21 Grand Nov. 29: 9 p.m., Lemon Lime Lights, Hillside, Moe! Staiano, $6; Nov. 30: 9 p.m., Fred Frith, Damon Smith, Marco Eneidi, Sabu Toyozumi Ensemble, Phillip Greenlief, $10; Dec. 1: 9 p.m., Toychestra, Rosin Coven, Darling Freakhead, $6; All ages. 21 Grand Ave., Oakland. 444-7263 -more-


Young quarterback throws St. Mary’s forward

By Tim Haran, Daily Planet Correspondent
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Even though St. Mary’s High School football team didn’t beat Pinole Valley, head coach Jay Lawson considers the Panthers’ Oct. 5 35-27 loss against the eventual Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League champion as the defining moment in his team’s season. -more-


Tipped off, Woman helps fight crime by making public a little safer

By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff
Wednesday November 21, 2001

The lunchtime crowd at the North Berkeley Senior Center is a tough audience for a performer. Dishes clatter, conversations continue, servers move among the tables trying to get food to hungry and sometimes impatient diners. -more-


Why aren’t woman standing up against war in Afghanistan?

Zelda Bronstein
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Editor: -more-


New regionalism movement goes beyond borders

David Scharfenberg Special to the Daily Planet
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Think regionally and act, well, regionally. -more-


No excuse for terrorist attacks

Carol Denney
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Cal State Hayward’s enrollment on the rise

Bay City News Service
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Student registration marks all-time high -more-


The principle’s one person one vote, remember?

Jennifer Elrod
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Editor: -more-


Conservancy to buy Delta island

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

SACRAMENTO — The Nature Conservancy will use $35 million in state grants to purchase and improve a large wildlife sanctuary in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, it was announced Tuesday. -more-


Students near bottom in science test

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

SACRAMENTO — The scores of California students were among the worst in the country in a national science exam given last year to fourth and eighth graders, state officials said Tuesday. -more-


Police Blotter

– Hank Sims
Wednesday November 21, 2001


Taqueria Cancun patrons robbed -more-


Jury convicts man in slaying of teen

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

SANTA BARBARA — A jury found a 22-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday for the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Los Angeles and shot because of his half brother’s unpaid drug debt. -more-


‘Critical’ areas of airport lose private security

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

OAKLAND — The Oakland International Airport’s troubled security system is getting an overhaul. -more-


1,000 pounds of turkey, ham intended for the needy stolen

SThe Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

SAN MATEO — Just in time for Thanksgiving, some 1,000 pounds of frozen turkeys and ham were stolen from a local community services agency that was preparing to distribute the food to needy families. -more-


March trial date set for Oakland police defendants

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

OAKLAND — Three former Oakland police officers accused of beating suspects and planting evidence will face a March trial, a judge decided Tuesday. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Assisted suicide law reprieved in Oregon

By William McCall, The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge on Tuesday extended a court order that has temporarily blocked a move by the U.S. government to dismantle an Oregon law allowing physician-assisted suicide, the only one of its kind in the nation. -more-


All’s quiet...in three historic desert mining towns

By David Ferrell, Los Angeles Times
Wednesday November 21, 2001

RANDSBURG — Three old gold mining towns still stand in the dry hills south of Ridgecrest, but you can’t buy a restaurant dinner in any of them. The only gas station shut down years ago. The bank closed after World War I. There are no supermarkets or clothing stores, no movie theaters, no traffic lights. -more-


Euros miffed that new CD won’t play on all machines

By Ron Harris, The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

Call it the Imbruglia Imbroglio. -more-


Grid to stop giving key data to power buyers

By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

SACRAMENTO — California power grid operators must stop giving the state’s energy traders advance notice of its electricity needs, unless it provides that information to all market participants, federal energy regulators ordered Tuesday. -more-


Nonprofit provides gift of mobility

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Tuesday November 20, 2001

Global provider of wheelchairs to disabled launches prototype in town -more-


Out & About Calendar

– Compiled by Guy Poole
Tuesday November 20, 2001


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UC should conduct ecologically-based research

By Josh Miner
Tuesday November 20, 2001

I was happy to see Hank Sims’ article on the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources’ (CNR) proposal for developing the Gill Tract. Located on San Pablo in northwest Albany, the Gill Tract is the largest intact piece of agricultural land left in the Bay Area. The politics surrounding the CNR’s approach to agricultural research helps to understand their lack of interest in keeping the Gill Tract as a resource for conducting ecologically-based research. -more-


Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Tuesday November 20, 2001

Resolution nears for Pacifica Foundation

By Judith Scherr, Daily Planet staff
Tuesday November 20, 2001

The fight that’s raged between those who want a more democratic rule at the Pacifica Foundation and the majority of Pacifica Board of Directors inched closer to a positive end during the weekend, when the board adopted a plan to transition to a more representative governance. -more-


Sept. 11 Response Calendar

Staff
Tuesday November 20, 2001

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Learn S.F. lessons

Yolanda Huang
Tuesday November 20, 2001

Editor: -more-


UC Berkeley announces 2001 enrollment figures

Daily Planet wire services
Tuesday November 20, 2001

University of California, Berkeley, officials released final enrollment figures Monday for fall 2001 undergraduate and graduate students. -more-


Latino is owner

Robert Cabrera
Tuesday November 20, 2001

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Waking up to solar energy

By Alice LaPierre
Tuesday November 20, 2001

A power play article two weeks ago discussed using the sun’s energy to preheat water for a home or business. It is the fastest way to reduce energy bills – using the sun for the least initial investment – and requires the least amount of maintenance. But there are other ways to use the sun’s energy to reduce your energy bills. -more-


Now they get it?

Nat Mastick
Tuesday November 20, 2001

Editor: -more-


Report says Californians are carpool champs

By Justin Pritchard The Associated Press
Tuesday November 20, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — With co-workers or even complete strangers, Californians love to pile into cars. Home of some of the nation’s longest commutes, the state has three of the nation’s top four cities where workers are most likely to carpool. -more-


Oakland library goes wireless

Staff
Tuesday November 20, 2001

OAKLAND — The Oakland Public Library is introducing a wireless local area network that will connect 120 computers in 17 sites. -more-


Local psychologist combats African HIV through performance

By Wanda Sabir, Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday November 20, 2001

Last year, 2.5 million sub-Saharan Africans died from AIDS. -more-


Turkey in the dorm – some students avoiding Thanksgiving travel

By Martha Irvine The Associate Press
Tuesday November 20, 2001

A post-Sept. 11 fear of flying has some college students planning a rare Thanksgiving dinner away from home this year. -more-


Merged oil giant to let go workers

By Michael Liedke, The Associated Press
Tuesday November 20, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — ChevonTexaco Corp. Monday said it will lay off about 500 more workers than management anticipated as part of the newly merged oil giant’s effort to save an additional $600 million annually in its combined operations. -more-


Economy predicted to continue weakening

By Michael Liedke, The Associated Press
Tuesday November 20, 2001

Feds see decline into first quarter of 2002 -more-


A new job for Al Gore

By Will Lester, The Associated Press
Tuesday November 20, 2001

Former politician named vice chairman of LA financial services firm -more-


Wine grape growers set harvest record

By Linda Ashton, The Associated Press
Tuesday November 20, 2001

YAKIMA, Wash. — Washington wine grape growers are raising their glasses to a record harvest of 97,600 tons, up 9 percent from last year, largely because of more vines planted. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Tuesday November 20, 2001


Survey finds job -more-


City prepares for threat of terrorist attacks

By John Geluardi\, Daily Planet staff
Monday November 19, 2001

In another sign of how the world has changed since Sept. 11, the City Council approved an update Tuesday that will include terrorist attacks in Berkeley’s Disaster Preparedness Plan. -more-


Out & About Calendar

Staff
Monday November 19, 2001


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Thanks to City Council for voting for peace

Staff
Monday November 19, 2001

The Berkeley Daily Planet received this letter addressed to the Berkeley City Council: -more-


Arts

Staff
Monday November 19, 2001

924 Gilman St. Nov. 23: The Stitches, Starvations, Neon King Kong, Kill Devil Hills, Problem; Nov. 24: Tilt, Missing Link, Cry Baby Cry; Nov. 30: Shitlist, Atrocious Madness, Fuerza X, Catheter, S Bitch, Delta Force; All shows start a 8 p.m. unless noted; Most are $5; 924 Gilman St. 525-9926 -more-


Luckless Bears drop 7th straight Big Game

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Monday November 19, 2001

This is what it comes down to for the Cal football team this season: even when Stanford played its worst, the Bears couldn’t beat them. -more-


Women activists — past and present — speak out

By Ofelia Madrid, Special to the Daily Planet
Monday November 19, 2001

Images of protesters, peace signs and power struggles circled around three generations of women as they discussed their own experiences as activists to a packed room of around 100 people yesterday afternoon. -more-


Traffic issues need solutions, not study

John Selawsky
Monday November 19, 2001

The Berkeley Daily Planet received this letter addressed to Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean and the City Council: -more-


’Jackets slay Dragons for NCS title

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Monday November 19, 2001

Guilliard-Young dominates with 12 blocks for Berkeley -more-


Boy Scout honored for saving girl’s life

By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff
Monday November 19, 2001

Not many Boy Scouts — only about one percent — achieve the organization’s highest rank, that of Eagle Scout. Berkeley’s Troop Six has had an exceptionally distinguished year, as four of its members have advanced into the order of the Eagle. -more-


Mayor needs to stand up for city, or be replaced

Malcolm Burnstein
Monday November 19, 2001

Editor: -more-


Duffy wins third straight North Coast title

Staff Report
Monday November 19, 2001

Three St. Mary’s runners qualify for state meet -more-


Photo exhibit pays tribute to peace movement

By Carole-Anne Elliott Special to the Daily Planet
Monday November 19, 2001

Hundreds of students surround the police car holding civil rights activist Jack Weinberg, one moment in a 36-hour protest on the UC Berkeley campus. -more-


Canada has many foreign college students

Richard Thompson,
Monday November 19, 2001

Editor: -more-


Panthers fall in NCS first round

Staff Report
Monday November 19, 2001

The St. Mary’s High football team’s season came to an end on Saturday with a North Coast Section playoff loss to Campolindo, 23-20. -more-


UC gets $1 million to fight sudden Oak death

Bay City News Service
Monday November 19, 2001

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation says it is donating a total of $1 million to the University of California campuses in Davis and Berkeley to study Sudden Oak Death. -more-


Cal water polo upsets top-ranked Stanford

Daily Planet Wire Services
Monday November 19, 2001

STANFORD – The No. 6 ranked California men’s water polo team (13-6) upset No. 1 ranked and previously unbeaten Stanford (17-1), 4-3, Saturday in the Big Splash at the Avery Aquatic Center. The upset gave the Bears their third consecutive Steve Heaston Trophy. Heaston was the former Cal water polo coach (1989-98) who led the Bears to three NCAA titles and passed away in 1999. -more-


Bay Briefs

Staff
Monday November 19, 2001

S.F. election dept. faces changes -more-


Calif. Senator’s son gunned down during robbery

The Associated Press
Monday November 19, 2001

McPherson dies from gunshot to chest; Willie Brown offers $10,000 reward -more-


More state teachers expected to gain national certification

The Associated Press
Monday November 19, 2001

SACRAMENTO – The number of nationally certified public schoolteachers in California is expected to jump sharply this year, thanks in part to bonuses the state gives those who earn the honor, state officials said in a conference call with reporters Sunday. -more-


Kaiser Foundation Health Plan fined $500,000 in 19-year-old patient’s death

By Jennifer Coleman Associated Press Writer
Monday November 19, 2001

SACRAMENTO – State HMO regulators fined the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. $500,000 for failing to give a timely referral to a 19-year-old man who later died. -more-


Yahoo to cut 400 jobs as it rearms for future growth

By Brian Bergstein AP Business Writer
Monday November 19, 2001

SUNNYVALE – Yahoo! Inc. will cut 400 jobs, more than 12 percent of its work force, as it reorganizes in search of “sustainable, profitable growth,” the Internet company told analysts this week. -more-


Education leaders react to Davis budget-cutting proposals

By Alexa Haussler Associated Press Writer
Monday November 19, 2001

SACRAMENTO – California education leaders say they expected schools would come under the ax in an attempt to stem an expected $12.4 billion budget shortfall. -more-


Honda mechanics working without contract

Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff
Saturday November 17, 2001

More than 80 automobile owners every day drive, tow or roll their problems into the Jim Doten Honda service department. For many Berkeleyans, the Shattuck Avenue auto shop, a department of the family-owned Jim Doten Honda dealership, is the best in the city. -more-


Out & About Calendar

– Compiled by Guy Poole
Saturday November 17, 2001


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Windmills in Berkeley have become rare

By Susan Cerny
Saturday November 17, 2001

Windmills that pumped water from wells up to a holding tank above were once common backyard structures in Berkeley and they appear in many old photographs. Other sources of domestic water were wells with hand pumps and water piped from hillside reservoirs or springs. -more-


Berkeley on Berkeley

By Steven Finacom
Saturday November 17, 2001

The Berkeley City Council’s 5-4 resolution regarding the bombing in Afghanistan has launched a passionate and continuing debate over the nature of patriotism and whether local government officials should take positions on foreign policy. -more-


Photographs from Ground Zero exhibited on UC campus

By Alisa Weinstein and Gerasimos Rigas Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday November 17, 2001

As soon as the first airplane hit the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, photographers and ordinary citizens alike grabbed their cameras and rushed toward the scene to record history as it unfolded. -more-


Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Saturday November 17, 2001

Sampson, Bears just too much for Eastern Washington in BCA

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday November 17, 2001

Freshman named MVP of tourney -more-


Japanese officials applaud Berkeley

By Judith Scherr, Daily Planet staff
Saturday November 17, 2001

Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. -more-


Muddy waters

Dave Blake
Saturday November 17, 2001

Editor, -more-


Bay Area workers hustled all week in transporting ‘Harry Potter’ to theaters

The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

UNION CITY — As would-be wizards hustled this week to track down tickets for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” warehouse workers were hustling to deliver the film to theaters in hundreds of hefty metal canisters in time for its premiere. -more-


St. Mary’s drops Cal in NCAA first round

By Dean Caparaz,Daily Planet Correspondent
Saturday November 17, 2001

STANFORD – Cal ended its season in frustrating fashion, as Saint Mary’s defeated the Golden Bears, 3-2, in the first round of the NCAA women’s soccer tournament Friday evening at Stanford. -more-


City Council OKs emergency aid for housing at Flamingo Motel

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Saturday November 17, 2001

The City Council approved $175,000 Tuesday for an emergency housing program at the Flamingo Motel, which serves the most vulnerable homeless – those with serious mental disabilities. -more-


Amendment would make healthier city

Kirstin Miller
Saturday November 17, 2001

Editor: -more-


Ramadan month celebrated with prayer, fasting

By Hadas Ragolsky, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday November 17, 2001

Osama Saied, treasurer of the Berkeley Masjid Foundation, the only mosque in the city, fasted during Ramadan for the first time when he was a 10-year-old boy in Egypt. -more-


Police Blotter

– Hank Sims
Saturday November 17, 2001

Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Saturday November 17, 2001

MARTINEZ — A juvenile computer hacker faces sentencing in January after pleading guilty to defacing NASA and U.S. Army Web pages last summer with his own Web page protesting the music industry’s suit against Napster. -more-


Crop of candidates solidifying for statewide election

By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

SACRAMENTO – Some familiar names are popping up in the field of candidates for statewide office next year. -more-


Ballots turn up missing in disputed mayoral race

The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

COMPTON — A box of 1,500 unused absentee ballots from the city’s hotly contested mayoral election turned up missing, adding another bizarre twist to a lawsuit alleging that voter fraud, bribery, perjury and death threats tainted the election. -more-


LAPD officers sue officials over criminal allegations

The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Three police officers who were arrested during a corruption scandal filed a lawsuit against their employer and the district attorney’s office, claiming their reputations were destroyed and they were publicly humiliated. -more-


‘Harry Potter’ goes bump in the night...

By David German The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

Toll of midnight lures fans to movie theaters

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Ridge affirms $20 billion in federal aid for New York during visit to Trade Center site

By Elizabeth LaSure, The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

NEW YORK — Homeland security Director Tom Ridge, standing next to rumbling machinery in the World Trade Center rubble, on Friday affirmed the Bush administration’s commitment to $20 billion in aid to the city. -more-


Education leaders react to Davis budget-cutting proposals

By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

SACRAMENTO — California education leaders say they expected schools would come under the ax in an attempt to stem an expected $12.4 billion budget shortfall. -more-


HP, Compaq CEOs reject $22 million in merger bonuses

By Michael Liedke, The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Facing a potential shareholder revolt against the proposed marriage of their companies, Hewlett Packard Co. CEO Carly Fiorina and Compaq Computer Corp. CEO Michael Capellas have withdrawn from a bonus program that would have paid them $22.4 million for completing the merger. -more-


Texas storms leave two missing and four dead

By Natalie Gott, The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

AUSTIN, Texas — Central Texas braced for more rain Friday after storms and flooding claimed four lives, left two people missing, turned streets into rivers and spawned several tornadoes. -more-


Woman pushed into subway path

The Associated Press
Saturday November 17, 2001

NEW YORK — A woman was shoved into the path of a subway train, a push so hard that her white clogs remained on the edge of the platform, police said. A homeless man was accused of attempted murder. -more-


Mourning 1,200 daily tobacco deaths

By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff
Friday November 16, 2001

In keeping with its namesake, Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park is a monument to hope, to the future. Most days, its most notable feature is the Peace Wall, with its hand-drawn tiles made by children around the world, each wishing for the end of war. -more-


Out & About Calendar

Staff
Friday November 16, 2001


Friday, Nov. 16

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Boycott Berkeley, support America

Shawn P. O’Donnell
Friday November 16, 2001

The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter addressed to the Berkeley Common (sic) Council: -more-


A woman of two worlds

ByAdam David Miller, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday November 16, 2001

The above statements are pulled from a recent conversation with teacher and poet Grace Morizawa at her home in Berkeley. -more-


Art & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Friday November 16, 2001

’Jackets outlast Castro Valley in a thriller

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 16, 2001

Berkeley to face nemesis O’Dowd for NCS championship Saturday -more-


Shooting star show expected Sunday

By Pamela Reynolds, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday November 16, 2001

Better get wishing – if Jiminy Cricket was right, there’s no way your wishes won’t come true this weekend. Astronomers predict this year’s Leonid meteor shower will be the best in 30 years. -more-


Thanks for council courage

Helene Knox
Friday November 16, 2001

The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter addressed to the City Council: -more-


Bears beat Princeton with sharp outside shooting

Daily Planet Wire Services
Friday November 16, 2001

Eastern Washington shocks No. 10 St. Joseph’s in BCA Classic opener -more-


Low-income students may get free, cheaper bus rides

By Jeffrey Obser, Daily Planet staff
Friday November 16, 2001

Free AC Transit bus passes for students from low-income families may become a reality next year, but only if the Bay Area’s regional transit board votes next month to subsidize a program that will benefit Alameda and Contra Costa counties. -more-


Military courts not appropriate

Dennis Burke
Friday November 16, 2001

Editor, -more-


Golden Bears women’s basketball signs three recruits

Daily Planet Wire Services
Friday November 16, 2001

California women’s basketball head coach Caren Horstmeyer announced Thursday the signing of one of the top junior college post players in the country and two outstanding prep athletes. Timea Ivanyi, Renee Wright and Sarah Pool have all signed National Letters of Intent to play basketball at Cal beginning with the 2002-03 season. -more-


Cell towers rules changed, Southside timeline adopted

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Friday November 16, 2001

The Planning Commission took action on two controversial city issues during its meeting Wednesday night. -more-


Free speech on the Web

Becky O’Malley
Friday November 16, 2001

The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter addressed to the City Council: -more-


UC budget outlook grim

By Michelle Locke, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — The budget outlook for the University of California is bleak, with cuts likely this year and next that may force officials to cap enrollment and increase student fees. -more-


In support of Berkeley, CA

Elizabeth Jordan
Friday November 16, 2001

Support free speech radio

David Eifler and Pat Martin
Friday November 16, 2001

Editor: -more-


City Council returns to the redistricting drawing boards

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Friday November 16, 2001

Now that the recently-approved redistricting plan has apparently been thwarted, the bitterly divided City Council will have to pick up the pieces and start the process again. -more-


Berkeley will gain world respect from vote

Joel Hamburger
Friday November 16, 2001

The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter addressed to the City Council: -more-


Navy drops plans to use Big Sur as bombing range

By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

WASHINGTON — The Navy has dropped plans to use an old military base between Big Sur and the Hearst Castle as a practice range for 3,000 bombing missions a year. -more-


U.S. actions lead to more violence

Diana Perry
Friday November 16, 2001

Editor: -more-


Debacle could happen again

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Friday November 16, 2001

The day before a citizen’s group submitted a petition with more than 8,000 signatures challenging a recently-approved redistricting plan, the City Council began considering options to prevent U.S. Census Bureau blunders from throwing a highly political process into chaos. -more-


Debate is healthy

Paul Cox, C. E.
Friday November 16, 2001

The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter addressed to Reid Edwards, chair of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce: -more-


Foreign students fear holiday travels could bar U.S. re-entry

By Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

Nadia El-Guendy faces an anguishing choice: If she doesn’t return to Egypt next month, she may not see her 75-year-old father again. But if she leaves the country, she fears she might not be allowed to return and finish her Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Kentucky. -more-


Bush’s call to volunteerism hides motives

Bruce Joff
Friday November 16, 2001

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Use the fireplace as a focal point

By Carol McGarvey The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

If you have a fireplace mantel, you have the ideal spot to showcase trimmings for the year-end holidays. You also have a firebox below to add holiday glow and sparkle with a crackling fire or with the gentle twinkle of candles. -more-


Don’t knock my city

Edith Monk Hallberk
Friday November 16, 2001

Editor; -more-


Fixing hollow-core doors

By James and Morris Carey, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

It was in the 2000 big-screen blockbuster “Charlie’s Angels” that one angel, Alex, played by Lucy Liu, displayed her lack of baking skills. To woo her boyfriend, Alex whipped up blueberry muffins. The baked goods turned out to be better weapons than enticers. One of the angels hurled one across a room, only to have it lodge in a hollow-core door. The other angels appropriately dubbed Alex’s quick breads “Chinese Fighting Muffins.” -more-


Proud to be from Berkeley

Kathleen Roberts
Friday November 16, 2001

The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter addressed to the City Council: -more-


The Gardener’s Guide: Growing various cranberries

By Lee Rich The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

For gardeners, Thanksgiving is a special holiday, a time to celebrate the harvest and put it on the table, just as the Pilgrims did hundreds of years ago. Most gardeners today grow some form of the traditional fare of corn, beans, or squash. But do you know anyone who grows cranberries? -more-


In solidarity with those who espouse peace

Dorinda Guadalupe Moreno
Friday November 16, 2001

The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter written to Councilmember Dona Spring: -more-


Yahoo to cut 400 jobs as it rearms for future growth

By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

SUNNYVALE — Yahoo! Inc. will cut 400 jobs, more than 12 percent of its work force, as it reorganizes in search of “sustainable, profitable growth,” the Internet company told analysts Thursday. -more-


Many problems with approved district lines

Robert Cabrera
Friday November 16, 2001

Editor: -more-


Providian suffers another Wall Street beating

By Michael Liedke, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — Crippled credit card issuer Providian Financial Corp. endured another Wall Street beating Thursday as investors expressed disappointment with the company’s turnaround efforts and news that its loan losses continued to rise in October. -more-


Shop Berkeley; bike there too

Hank Resnik
Friday November 16, 2001

Why the hush hush on Microsoft?

By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

SAN JOSE — Not many high-tech companies talk openly about the proposed Microsoft antitrust settlement. Even fewer criticize the deal in public, despite private misgivings. -more-


Agilent to cut 4,000 more jobs, meets expectations

By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

SAN JOSE — Test-and-measurement equipment maker Agilent Technologies Inc. will cut another 4,000 jobs despite meeting Wall Street’s expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter. -more-


Online music co. to lay off 15 percent

The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

REDWOOD CITY — Troubled Internet music company Liquid Audio will lay off 15 percent of its work force, the second round of deep staff cuts announced by the company this year. -more-


Santa Clara funded for water projects

The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara Valley Water District is slated to receive $46.8 million in federal money for projects to control flooding and protect wildlife and habitat, the district announced Wednesday. -more-


Novell to cut 19 percent of its force

By Rich Vosecka, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

SALT LAKE CITY — Networking software company Novell said Thursday it will cut 1,400 jobs — about 19 percent of its work force — in an effort to save money in a weak market. -more-


UC students protest labor violations in street theater act

Story and Photos by Kimberlee Bortfeld
Friday November 16, 2001

A UC Berkeley student organization protested labor violations Thursday by staging a baseball game at Sather Gate: “The Workers” vs. “The Bosses.” Their goal was to raise awareness of workers’ rights -more-


Former SLA fugitive wants to withdraw her guilty plea

By Linda Deutsch, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

LOS ANGELES — Saying she “cannot plead guilty when I am not,” 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson renounced her plea agreement stemming from charges of attempting to blow up police cars in a Symbionese Liberation Army conspiracy to murder officers. -more-


Opinion

Editorials

U.S. Mint lays off hundreds as bank practices coin surplus

By Dan Robish The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

PHILADELPHIA — A surplus of coins caused in part by fewer cash purchases in the softening economy has led the U.S. Mint to begin layoffs. -more-


State considering four-level terror threat warning system

By Don Thompson, The Associated Press
Wednesday November 21, 2001

SACRAMENTO — California is considering a four-tier system to decide when to warn the public about possible terrorist threats, Gov. Gray Davis’ new security adviser said Tuesday. -more-


Middle East scholars meet to discuss post Sept. 11 foreign policy

By Ritu Bhatanagar Associated Press Writer
Monday November 19, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO – Middle East studies scholars say the fundamental Islamist movement won’t end with the capture or killing of suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants. -more-


Prof. Cornell West challenges audience to walk its talk

By Chris O’Connell, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday November 17, 2001

After making his way through a packed and sweltering Pauley Ballroom Thursday night to give the Mario Savio Memorial Lecture, Dr. Cornell West was concerned that police might shut the event down because it was too crowded. -more-


Many CSU teaching grads feel ill prepared

By Chelsea J. Carter, The Associated Press
Friday November 16, 2001

LONG BEACH — Although the nation’s largest public university system is turning out a record number of new teachers, a quarter of them don’t believe they are well enough prepared to teach math and English in kindergarten through eighth grade. -more-


Freedom is to differ

Linda Calbreath
Friday November 16, 2001

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Columns

San Diego appeals panel throws out challenge to anti-El Toro airport initiative

The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

SAN DIEGO — A state appeals court on Wednesday threw out a challenge to an anti-airport initiative at the former Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro. -more-


Las Vegas crowds expected to shrink this Thanksgiving

By Lisa Snedeker The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

LAS VEGAS — While the glittering Las Vegas Strip may not be as crowded over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend as last year, those who do come are expected to spend more money, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reports. -more-


No snow at Olympic venues, but folks aren’t worried

By Patty Henetz The Associated Press
Thursday November 22, 2001

PARK CITY, Utah — It’s Thanksgiving week and the American flags on Park Avenue flutter in a quiet breeze, the sun hangs in a sapphire sky and a few gauzy clouds trail over the Wasatch Mountains. -more-