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In the hands of fate City of Franklin community opposes magnet school’s closure

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff
Thursday February 21, 2002

Parents at City of Franklin Microsociety Magnet School said they will strongly oppose the proposed closure of the school, and criticized Superintendent Michele Lawrence for recommending the move without parental input, during a series of interviews with the Daily Planet Wednesday. -more-


Bears rumble over Victoria in Canadian opener

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday February 21, 2002

Dave Guest made five of six penalty kicks and the Bears held the visiting University of Victoria men’s rugby team to one try on Wednesday as Cal won 27-7 at Witter Field. -more-


Willard/Bateman neighborhoods aren’t the only ones with traffic problems

Doris Willingham Berkeley
Thursday February 21, 2002

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Staff
Thursday February 21, 2002

Thursday, Feb. 21


Registration drive turns up apathy on campus

By Mary Spicuzza Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday February 21, 2002

Michael Lehet, a 22-year-old UC Berkeley student, devoured a package of crackers as he explained why he isn’t a registered voter. Tuesday was the registration deadline for anyone hoping to vote in the March 5 primary election, but Lehet stood inside Sproul Hall, looking at the rain. Elections failed to interest him. -more-


Gov. Davis, come see how your budget cuts affect our schools

Anthony Chavez Berkeley
Thursday February 21, 2002

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B-TV reveals bare essentials of the first amendment

By Guy Poole Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday February 21, 2002

Two programs on BTV channel 25 depicting “sexually explicit” material has sparked a free speech debate that may in fact put some of the channel’s funding in jeopardy. -more-


Corporation Yard needs more than just a makeover

L A Wood Berkeley
Thursday February 21, 2002

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Tobacco tax going to children, families

Daily Planet staff
Thursday February 21, 2002

Alameda County is using the $20 million a year it receives from the Proposition 10 tobacco tax approved by voters in 1998 to improve the quality of life for children and families through the Every Child Counts program, part of the Children and Families Commission. -more-


Making Headlines

Staff
Thursday February 21, 2002

Today is Thursday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2002. There are 313 days left in the year. -more-


Features

New program by Google lets Web sites bid for advertising

By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press
Thursday February 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Popular online search engine maker Google Inc. is introducing a new program that allows Web sites to be displayed more prominently by paying more money — an advertising-driven system derided by critics as an invitation to deceptive business practices. -more-


Czar warns against cyber complacency

By Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press
Thursday February 21, 2002

SAN JOSE — Much like the airline industry before Sept. 11, high-tech companies, customers and government agencies are well aware of security vulnerabilities but are reluctant to pay to fix them, President Bush’s top computer security adviser said Tuesday. -more-


Analyst suggests $5 billion in new state budget cuts

By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press
Thursday February 21, 2002

SACRAMENTO — Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill warned Wednesday that “the fiscal situation has deteriorated” and lawmakers must make deeper-than-expected budget cuts to lift the state from its financial straits. -more-


Editorial

Oakland to pay off man arrested by pair of ‘Riders’

Daily Planet Wire Report
Thursday February 21, 2002

OAKLAND — City of Oakland officials have decided to pay $195,000 to a man who spent 287 days in custody after he was arrested by a pair of officers who have been accused of criminal misconduct in a case against the so-called “Riders.” -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Oakland to pay off man arrested by pair of ‘Riders’ 02-21-2002

News of the Weird 02-20-2002

‘Less is More’— Take the Berkeley Unplugged challenge 02-19-2002

Cabinet member, trailblazing Common Cause founder dead at 89 02-18-2002

Ask the Rent Board 02-16-2002

UC class debates Prop. 45, term limits ballot measure 02-15-2002

News

In the hands of fate City of Franklin community opposes magnet school’s closure By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 02-21-2002

Bears rumble over Victoria in Canadian opener By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 02-21-2002

Willard/Bateman neighborhoods aren’t the only ones with traffic problems Doris Willingham Berkeley 02-21-2002

Staff 02-21-2002

Registration drive turns up apathy on campus By Mary Spicuzza Special to the Daily Planet 02-21-2002

Gov. Davis, come see how your budget cuts affect our schools Anthony Chavez Berkeley 02-21-2002

B-TV reveals bare essentials of the first amendment By Guy Poole Special to the Daily Planet 02-21-2002

Corporation Yard needs more than just a makeover L A Wood Berkeley 02-21-2002

Tobacco tax going to children, families Daily Planet staff 02-21-2002

Making Headlines Staff 02-21-2002

New program by Google lets Web sites bid for advertising By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 02-21-2002

Czar warns against cyber complacency By Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press 02-21-2002

Analyst suggests $5 billion in new state budget cuts By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press 02-21-2002

Parents like small schools more than educators By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 02-20-2002

Cal rugby ready for Canadian challenge By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 02-20-2002

Council silent on ‘nonaction’ against Cal By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 02-20-2002

Sports shorts 02-20-2002

School board weighs budget cuts; City of Franklin closure very likely By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 02-20-2002

Gov. Davis kicks off re-election campaign at weekend convention By Malcolm Gay Special to the Daily Planet 02-20-2002

Today in History Staff 02-20-2002

Council chooses plans from Cohen, Rizzo for further study Staff 02-20-2002

San Francisco residents don’t trust elections department The Associated Press 02-20-2002

Half Moon Bay man claims his share of $193 million lottery By Colleen Valles The Associated Press 02-20-2002

Survey finds employer-sponsored insurance rates rose 9.9 percent The Associated Press 02-20-2002

Bay Area Briefs Staff 02-20-2002

Cheney says Iraq ’harbors terrorist groups’ SBy Erica Werner The Associated Press 02-20-2002

Venture capitalists’ losses worsen as industry copes with dot-com collapse The Associated Press 02-20-2002

Failing Global Crossing gave contracts to son of one key executive The Associated Press 02-20-2002

Cancer patients hurt by ImClone downturn By Paul Elias The Associated Press 02-20-2002

Pacifica goes to task on $4.8 million deficit By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 02-19-2002

Just hanging around pays off big for unexpected gold-medalist By Jim Litke The Associated Press 02-19-2002

CIA far more threatening than John Walker Lindh Arthur B. Waugh Berkeley 02-19-2002

Compiled by Guy Poole 02-19-2002

East Bay park officials banking on Measure K funds By Devona WalkerDaily Planet Staff 02-19-2002

St. Mary’s boys, girls both get first-round byes Staff Report 02-19-2002

Why not allow Cal, Alta Bates to choke all the life out of Berkeley? Sedge Thomson Berkeley 02-19-2002

Today in History Staff 02-19-2002

Restaurateurs should donate to needy what they now throw away Charlie Smith Berkeley 02-19-2002

The World Briefly Staff 02-19-2002

What has 18 legs and often predetermines the results of Olympic events? Tom Mitsoff Orange Co. 02-19-2002

Stars, makers of ‘Sex with Strangers’ come to town By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 02-19-2002

Re: ‘Cabbies learn about sensitivity’ Helen Wheeler Berkeley  02-19-2002

Feds now responsible for nation’s airline security The Associated Press 02-19-2002

Few lottery dollars go to education The Associated Press 02-19-2002

Davis’ anti-Riordan ads do little for voters By Jim Wasserman The Associated Pres 02-19-2002

PETsMART stocks skyrocketing The Associated Press 02-19-2002

Disney chief to face fire at shareholders meeting The Associated Press 02-19-2002

Are thieves checking your mail? By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 02-18-2002

Berkeley High boys’ soccer loses NCS quarterfinal on penalty kicks By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 02-18-2002

Right turn only is wrong for Telegraph Ave. Rob Pratt, Coalition to Save Telegraph 02-18-2002

Staff 02-18-2002

School is out for Cal sex class The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Huskies upset Golden Bears The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Rapid Transit needs a solution for street traffic Charles Siegel Berkeley 02-18-2002

Veteran teacher reflects on career of caring By Mary Barrett Special to the Daily Planet 02-18-2002

Cal avoids LBSU sweep Daily Planet Wire Services 02-18-2002

How about a lonely vote against the DEA? Steve Geller Berkeley 02-18-2002

Farrakhan condemns Bush, war on terrorism The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Bears lose final home game to Washington Daily Planet Wire Services 02-18-2002

BART official says 'Don’t siphon from the already depleted general fund, and Vote No on 42’ Roy Nakadegawa PE BART Director, District 3 Berkeley, CA, 94707 02-18-2002

Today in History Staff 02-18-2002

Sports Shorts Staff 02-18-2002

Legendary Berkeley anthropologist, J. Desmond Clark, dies The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Berkeley residents can unplug to win cash Planet Staff Report 02-18-2002

Oakland to increase flights as SFO’s expansion plans waylay Staff and Wire Report 02-18-2002

Berkeley smokers may have to back up Daily Planet Staff 02-18-2002

Mars may be ‘loaded’ with water, experts say The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Illegal car show turns deadly in Oakland The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Bush called ‘liar’ for nuke waste campaign remarks The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Big family’s house hit with graffiti The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Online scalpers try to raid record lottery purse By Paul Glader The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Stores selling winning tickets rejoice, ticketholders silent The Associated Press 02-18-2002

UC named lead plaintiff in Enron lawsuit By Kristen Hays The Associated Press 02-18-2002

Hills fire station clears hurdle By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff 02-16-2002

Bears suffer late collapse, fall to Long Beach State By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 02-16-2002

Last chance to voice opposition to downzoning Lynda Hart Berkeley 02-16-2002

The power behind the veil Sari Friedman 02-16-2002

Staff 02-16-2002

Staff 02-16-2002

Schools may face a $3 million budget cut By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 02-16-2002

Open letter to Gov. Davis to stop new Bay Bridge Andrew Berna-Hicks Oakland 02-16-2002

ZAB grants affordable senior housing project the go ahead By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff 02-16-2002

Using terror to squeeze our rights Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. Berkeley 02-16-2002

Today in History Staff 02-16-2002

Berkeley Observed Looking back, seeing ahead By Susan Cerny Special to the Daily Planet 02-16-2002

Lindh’s trial date tentatively set By Larry Margasak The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Californians look for luck to win $175 million Lotto jackpot By Daisy Ngyuen The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Riordan challenges GOP to change or face extinction By Erica Werner The Associated Press 02-16-2002

In race for his political life, Condit is reaching out — to anybody By Brian Melley The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Legislation would end new drilling off Central Coast By Mark Sherman The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Davis, Democrats gather to prepare for re-election campaign By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Biologists ready to release condors in northern Arizona By Arthur H. Rothstien The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Farrakhan urges rappers to turn away from violence By Leon Drouin Kieth The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Former Enron chair wrote repeatedly to urge Bush’s support for self-serving legislation By Natalie Gott The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Global Crossing paid millions to its chairman’s own firms By Simon Avery The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Biotech companies scramble to meet pet cloning demand By Paul Elias The Associated Press 02-16-2002

PayPal’s shares gain 55 percent in debut By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Judge orders California to dump ’hanging chad’ machines by 2004 By Leon Drouin Keith The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Medical sleuths try to figure out mysterious rash affecting students By Michael Rubinkam The Associated Press 02-16-2002

Loving your body on Valentine’s Day By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 02-15-2002

Shelf talks of cutting library funds M.L.King Middle School 02-15-2002

A king and a lion bring in street sounds of the Middle East By Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 02-15-2002

Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 02-15-2002

Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 02-15-2002

Tate carries sluggish ’Jackets past Gauchos By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 02-15-2002

Claremont workers continue protests against management By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staf 02-15-2002

Education funding, corrections John Selawsky 02-15-2002

Taking on the medical insurance system with ‘John Q’ By David Germain The Associated Press 02-15-2002

Cal men get past Cougars Staff 02-15-2002

Southside Plan pelted during public hearing By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff 02-15-2002

Our health should not suffer because of city decisions Michael Bauce 02-15-2002

Big Medicine surfaces as a new public enemy in movies and on TV By Theresa Agovino, The Associated Press 02-15-2002

Prep Scores Staff 02-15-2002

Chocolate is not so sweet a valentine for child labor protesters By Claudine LoMonaco, Special to the Daily Planet 02-15-2002

We don’t spend nearly enough on education Trina Ostrander 02-15-2002

Bears beat WSU for second time Daily Planet Wire Services 02-15-2002

Today in History Staff 02-15-2002

Environmentalists sue DOE over radioactive material By Jessica Brice, The Associated Press 02-15-2002

Schools, health care top issues for California voters The Associated Press 02-15-2002

Click and Clack Talk Cars by Tom and Ray Magliozzi 02-15-2002

Installing a suspended ceiling James and Morris Carey 02-15-2002

Tip of the week: Bee Attacks Facts James and Morris Carey 02-15-2002

Questions and Answers James and Morris Carey 02-15-2002

A pineapple plant brings the tropics up north By Lee Reich, The Associated Press 02-15-2002

Couples swarm Vegas for quickie Valentine’s Day nuptials By Angie Wagner, Associated Press Writer 02-15-2002

President’s Day weekend could mean full house for Las Vegas By Lisa Snedeker, The Associated Press 02-15-2002

Court nullifies logging permits in Tongass National Forest By David Kravets, The Associated Press 02-15-2002

Construction activity down in California The Associated Press 02-15-2002

East Bay MUD may bypass PG&E and sell its own electricity cheaper The Associated Press 02-15-2002

HP heir and dissident director hopes to be deal breaker By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 02-15-2002