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LeConte safety hazard concerns mount

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff

Friday December 14, 2001

Dangerous playground equipment, exposed piping and moldy bathroom floors are just a few of the safety hazards at LeConte School that parents and principal Patricia Saddler have been urging the district to fix for months. -more-

Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole

Friday December 14, 2001

Friday, Dec. 14

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Psychic abilities?

Dan Dugan

Friday December 14, 2001

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Some like it hot

Sari Friedman

Friday December 14, 2001

For a good time you can search the bathroom walls for phone numbers, try a quirky new salsa recipe or get into your favorite pajamas to watch yet another rerun of “Sex in the City.” -more-

Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff

Friday December 14, 2001

924 Gilman Dec. 14: Hot Water Music, American Steel, F-Minus, Trial By Fire; Dec. 15: Strung Out, Limp, The Frisk, The Deadlines, The Creeps; Dec. 16: 5 p.m., Good Riddance, Missing 23rd, Downway, Audio Crush; Dec. 21: Kepi, Bonfire Madigan, Kevin Seconds; Dec. 22: The Lab Rats, Onetime Angels, A great Divide, Last Great Liar, Gabriel’s Ratchet; Dec. 23: 5 p.m., Over My Dead Body, Panic, Breaker Breaker, Some Still Believe; All shows start a 8 p.m. unless noted; Most are $5; 924 Gilman St. 525-9926 -more-

Berkeley girls on a hot streak, beat Encinal 10-0

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff

Friday December 14, 2001

Berkeley High girls’ soccer coach Suzanne Sillett intentionally scheduled a very tough pre-league schedule for her team this year, intending to get the young ’Jackets ready for ACCAL play. But if the first two games are any indication, Sillett didn’t need to worry too much. -more-

Pacifica wars’ end in sight

By Judith Scherr, Daily Planet staff

Friday December 14, 2001

After almost three years of strife, peace may be returning to the five listener-sponsored Pacifica Foundation radio stations. -more-

Skeptics will write psychic test

Daniel Sabsay,

Friday December 14, 2001

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A’s lose 2-time MVP Giambi to Yankees

By Ben Walker, The Associated Press

Friday December 14, 2001

NEW YORK – His long hair trimmed and his goatee shaved, Jason Giambi stepped into Yankee Stadium wearing a three-piece suit and looking like a new man. -more-

Advocates support parking study hold

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff

Friday December 14, 2001

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Try transit first, the balanced approach

Wendy Alfsen

Friday December 14, 2001

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Cal’s Coughlin named USOC female athlete of the month

Daily Planet Wire Services

Friday December 14, 2001

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Cal swimmer Natalie Coughlin was named the female November 2001 Athlete and Team of the Month Award winner for athletic accomplishments during the month by the United States Olympic Committee on Wednesday. -more-

Ecocity plan unworkable

Michael Katz and Becky O’Malley

Friday December 14, 2001

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Clarification

Staff

Friday December 14, 2001

Jolyn Warford, Regional Marketing Coordinator for Whole Foods, said she provided the Planet with inaccurate information for its Dec. 5 story, “Protesters say hemp is food not drugs.” Warford said that, contrary to her previous statements, Whole Foods will continue to stock hemp food despite a new federal regulation banning the products. She said Whole Foods does not believe hemp food contains enough THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, to justify the ban. -more-

Hemp foods already comply – no THC

Richard Rose

Friday December 14, 2001

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Lakireddy judge pulls out of case

By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff

Friday December 14, 2001

Citing a “conflict of interest,” the federal court judge presiding over the trial of Vijay and Prasad Lakireddy, sons of jailed Berkeley landlord Lakireddy Bali Reddy, has handed the case to a colleague. -more-