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4 blocks cleared due to gas leak

By Jia-Rui Chong Special to the Daily Planet
Wednesday February 27, 2002

At about 1 p.m. a backhoe digging a drain on the corner of Sacramento Street and Blake Street broke a main high-pressure gas pipeline. -more-



Heartbreaking loss to O’Dowd ends ’Jackets’ season

By Dean Caparaz Daily Planet Correspondent
Wednesday February 27, 2002

Johnnie Bryant hit a jumper in the lane with no time left to give Bishop O’Dowd a thrilling 50-49 North Coast Section first-round playoff win over Berkeley High Tuesday night in Oakland. -more-



Berkeley is already dense enough

Carrie Olson Berkeley
Wednesday February 27, 2002

Dear Editor: -more-



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Wednesday February 27, 2002


Wednesday, Feb. 27



Assembly takes historic step on student housing

By David ScharfenbergDaily Planet staff
Wednesday February 27, 2002

State Assemblywoman Dion Aroner (D-Berkeley) and student leaders rallied around a proposed $15 million bond for new student housing at a press conference at UC Berkeley Tuesday morning. -more-



Lady Panthers survive foul trouble, move on to face Kennedy again

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday February 27, 2002

The St. Mary’s High girls’ basketball team took a 20-point lead in the second half against McKinleyville on Tuesday night in Berkeley, then survived foul trouble and a late push by the visiting Panthers to hold on for a 56-48 win in the first round of the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs. -more-



How dense is dense enough?

Howard Muir Berkeley
Wednesday February 27, 2002

It has become clear to me that a civic dialogue needs to be developed in Berkeley on the subject of residential density. The new General Plan harbors many assumptions, some of which may be more justified than others. -more-



Problem Pigeons peeve neighbors

The Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

WALNUT CREEK — Bob Teachout knows a thing or two about pigeons. He keeps about 400 of them at his Walnut Creek home and has been racing pigeons for 40 years. -more-



St. Mary’s boys pound Antioch

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday February 27, 2002

With two minutes gone in Tuesday’s North Coast Section first-round game between St. Mary’s High and Antioch High in Berkeley, the visiting Panthers were up 4-3. Then the home Panthers turned up the heat. -more-



Save the Cerrito Theater

Lori Dair Friends of the Cerrito Theater El Cerrito
Wednesday February 27, 2002

Editor: -more-



Redistricting takes a step back

By Devonian Walker Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday February 27, 2002

In the minds of some, City Council will be taking a step back in the redistricting process, holding a special meeting at noon tomorrow to consider four proposals — not the original two agreed upon last week. -more-



U.S. policy in Colombia is financial quicksand

Kirk Jorgensen
Wednesday February 27, 2002

Editor: -more-



This Day in History

Staff
Wednesday February 27, 2002

Today’s Highlight in History: -more-



We all must live and learn when it comes to race

James Donnelley Berkeley
Wednesday February 27, 2002

Editor: -more-



Features

Defendants claimed that dogs never threatened anyone

The Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

LOS ANGELES — After a litany of testimony from neighbors saying they were terrorized by two huge dogs, prosecutors showed jurors evidence that the dog owners claimed their presa canarios never scared anyone. -more-


‘Promise’ not to assume Jews are pro-Israeli

Robert Lipton Ph.D. Prevention Research Center Berkeley
Wednesday February 27, 2002

I would like to compliment you and Peter Crimmins on your report on the Promises screening. -more-


Lawmakers want to do something about ’e-waste’

The Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

SACRAMENTO — Two state senators have introduced legislation to deal with so-called “e-waste,” millions of obsolete computers and televisions that are banned from landfill sites because they contain lead and other toxins. -more-


Bush’ actions are not at all patriotic

Nancy Alexander
Wednesday February 27, 2002

Editor: -more-


Salinas celebrates the Steinbeck’s 100th B-Day

The Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

SALINAS — The town that once labeled homegrown author John Steinbeck a “no-good” is hosting dinners and parties in his honor to celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday. -more-


Western regional housing director is fired after 2 months

The Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — After less than two months on the job, the western regional director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Monday he was fired. -more-


Hewlett claims HP, Compaq hiding potential windfall for CEOs

By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

SAN JOSE – Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. have cleverly hidden that their chief executives would reap tens of millions of dollars if their $21.5 billion merger goes through, the deal’s leading opponent charged Tuesday. -more-


Labels say jobs will be lost if musicians break contracts

By Gary Gentile The Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

BEVERLY HILLS – A group of independent record labels and small businesses that serve the recording industry believes jobs will be lost if recording artists are allowed to break their contracts before labels recoup their investments. -more-


Editorial

Elizabeth Taylor turns 70

Associated Press
Wednesday February 27, 2002

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Good grief, Elizabeth Taylor is 70! -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Elizabeth Taylor turns 70 02-27-2002

Caption did not represent Hemlocks 02-27-2002

Today in History 02-26-2002

OBITUARIES 02-25-2002

BHS boys’ face O’Dowd 02-25-2002

Plane crashes near San Jose high school 02-23-2002

Family, friends respond to reporter’s death 02-22-2002

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

News

4 blocks cleared due to gas leak By Jia-Rui Chong Special to the Daily Planet 02-27-2002

Heartbreaking loss to O’Dowd ends ’Jackets’ season By Dean Caparaz Daily Planet Correspondent 02-27-2002

Berkeley is already dense enough Carrie Olson Berkeley 02-27-2002

Staff 02-27-2002

Assembly takes historic step on student housing By David ScharfenbergDaily Planet staff 02-27-2002

Lady Panthers survive foul trouble, move on to face Kennedy again By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 02-27-2002

How dense is dense enough? Howard Muir Berkeley 02-27-2002

Problem Pigeons peeve neighbors The Associated Press 02-27-2002

St. Mary’s boys pound Antioch By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 02-27-2002

Save the Cerrito Theater Lori Dair Friends of the Cerrito Theater El Cerrito 02-27-2002

Redistricting takes a step back By Devonian Walker Daily Planet Staff 02-27-2002

U.S. policy in Colombia is financial quicksand Kirk Jorgensen 02-27-2002

This Day in History Staff 02-27-2002

We all must live and learn when it comes to race James Donnelley Berkeley 02-27-2002

Defendants claimed that dogs never threatened anyone The Associated Press 02-27-2002

‘Promise’ not to assume Jews are pro-Israeli Robert Lipton Ph.D. Prevention Research Center Berkeley 02-27-2002

Lawmakers want to do something about ’e-waste’ The Associated Press 02-27-2002

Bush’ actions are not at all patriotic Nancy Alexander 02-27-2002

Salinas celebrates the Steinbeck’s 100th B-Day The Associated Press 02-27-2002

Western regional housing director is fired after 2 months The Associated Press 02-27-2002

Hewlett claims HP, Compaq hiding potential windfall for CEOs By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press 02-27-2002

Labels say jobs will be lost if musicians break contracts By Gary Gentile The Associated Press 02-27-2002

Students ‘disgusted’ by redistricting Staff 02-26-2002

School district mismanagement similar to Enron’s James K. Sayre Oakland 02-26-2002

Staff 02-26-2002

Young man wrongfully detained by BPD By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 02-26-2002

Student no longer hearing city’s ‘lip service’ Josh Fryday University of California, Berkeley 02-26-2002

Library Gardens may top last hurdle By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 02-26-2002

Last ZAB meeting was a real heartbreaker David Olson Berkele 02-26-2002

Board stands up for music By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 02-26-2002

Once again war wins over education, reader says Berkeley Jane Stillwater Berkeley 02-26-2002

Latinos gasp for breath By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 02-26-2002

News of the Weird Staff 02-26-2002

Berkeley directors offer ‘Promises’ to the Academy By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet 02-26-2002

Cal hearings to address intellectual property rights, antitrust laws Daily Planet Wire Report 02-26-2002

High-tech exec sentenced in teen sex scandal The Associated Press 02-26-2002

Vegas’ MGM under fire from black community By Lisa Snedeker The Associated Press 02-26-2002

Palm, 3Com ordered to post $50m bond in patent-infringement case The Associated Press 02-26-2002

Recession solution is new products Staff 02-26-2002

Lawsuit filed against Chevron alleges toxic and carcinogenic dumping Staff 02-26-2002

Slain reporter remembered by classmates, colleagues The Associated Press 02-26-2002

A radical ‘way of dying’ By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 02-25-2002

Give students a fighting chance for a voice 02-25-2002

Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 02-25-2002

Seniors lead Bears past USC By Dean Caparaz, Daily Planet Correspondent 02-25-2002

Immigrants put out of work by the Feds, protesters say Molly Bentley, Special to the Daily Planet 02-25-2002

Transportation is evolution not a vacuum Roy Nakadegawa 02-25-2002

St. Mary’s boys win second straight BSAL championship By Tim Haran, Daily Planet Correspondent 02-25-2002

PUC wants to terminate federal power contracts Daily Planet Wire Report 02-25-2002

Thanks to council for watching over, apologies for being misunderstood John H. DeClercq 02-25-2002

Lady Panthers can’t hold early lead, fall to Kennedy By Tim Haran, Daily Planet Correspondent 02-25-2002

Marina nomads may soon be forced to migrate By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 02-25-2002

School bureaucrats needs to downsizing Yolanada Huang 02-25-2002

’Jackets claim ACCAL title By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 02-25-2002

Today in History Staff 02-25-2002

Cal rugby completes Canadian sweep By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 02-25-2002

UC students, lobbyists share $30m capital building By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 02-25-2002

Prop 10 generates $20m for children’s health By Grant Smith, Special to the Daily Planet 02-25-2002

Presidio tug of war still in the balance By Paul Glader, The Associated Press 02-25-2002

Woman arrested in stabbing death of 13-year-old son The Associated Press 02-25-2002

Nuke dump foes try to gather support from California cities The Associated Press 02-25-2002

Computer dumping documented in China Staff 02-25-2002

High-tech hits the road The Associated Press 02-25-2002

Adobe to release new Photoshop The Associated Press 02-25-2002

14th Dist. Stretch By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 02-23-2002

1906 earthquake spawned West Berkeley plants Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 02-23-2002

Wanted: Berkeley library old-timers Sayre Van Young 02-23-2002

A BIG, BAD, MOVIE By Christy Lemie The Associated Press 02-23-2002

Art & Entertainment Calendar Staff 02-23-2002

Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 02-23-2002

Berkeley High seniors shine in last home game By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 02-23-2002

Bayer, Aventis to Merge Wire and Staff Report 02-23-2002

Magnet School is vital, should not close Steve Geller 02-23-2002

Alice Cooper is PTA’s patriot Staff 02-23-2002

Hutchinson throws complete game to beat Boston College Daily Planet Wire Services 02-23-2002

Cal professor helps to defy aging process Guy Poole, Daily Planet staff 02-23-2002

Check-stealing is not only mailbox threat Susan. Libby 02-23-2002

Judge’s order music to Napster’s ears 924 Gilman Feb. 23: From Ashes Arise, Artimus Pyle, Brainoil, Down in Flames, Dystrophy, Scholastic Deth; Mar. 1: Street to Nowhere, Thick as Thieves, Calimigo, Scociopath, Samsara, Dead in the End; Mar. 2: Funera By Ron Harris, The Associated Press 02-23-2002

Golden Bears fall to UCLA Daily Planet Wire Services 02-23-2002

Hemlocks kick off new legalization effort By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 02-23-2002

Sports shorts Staff 02-23-2002

School bureaucrats needs to downsizing Yolanada Huang 02-23-2002

News of the Weird Staff 02-23-2002

Murdered journalist mourned at Stanford Staff 02-23-2002

Group accused in baby’s starvation death back in court By Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press 02-23-2002

Homeless man who allegedly killed elderly woman pleads innocent The Associated Press 02-23-2002

PG&E backing term-limits effort By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 02-23-2002

State unemployment rate creeps up in January By Simon Avery, The Associated Press 02-23-2002

PG&E to forge ahead with reorganization The Associated Press 02-23-2002

Community protests budget cuts By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 02-22-2002

McCain-Feingold finance reform bill needs to be examined Doris “Granny D” Haddock 02-22-2002

Caught Being Human by Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 02-22-2002

Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 02-22-2002

Out & About Calendar – Compiled by Guy Poole 02-22-2002

Lady Panthers survive a scare from Holy Names By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 02-22-2002

City Council chooses two redistricting plans By Devona Walker, Daily Planet staff 02-22-2002

Ramsey is the clear choice for Assembly, for Berkeley John Cecil 02-22-2002

Singing Sugar Mama’s number by Jai-Rui Chong, special to the Daily Planet 02-22-2002

St. Mary’s boys, girls head to BSAL finals By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 02-22-2002

School and city officials meet, crunch some issues and numbers By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 02-22-2002

De-Cal courses are just a part of living in Berkeley Daniel Velton 02-22-2002

Internet game plays on the unpredictability of Bob Dylan By David Bauder, The Associated Press 02-22-2002

Bears pound UCLA to take over third place By Dean Caparaz, Daily Planet Correspondent 02-22-2002

Today in History Staff 02-22-2002

Sports this weekend Staff 02-22-2002

Riordan doubles the amount collected by Davis in recent weeks By Alexa Haussler, The Associated Press 02-22-2002

Registration drive turns out few new voters By Kelly Virella, Special to the Daily Planet 02-22-2002

Group accused in baby’s starvation death back in court By Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press 02-22-2002

Questions on the house James and Morris Carey 02-22-2002

Sick-house symptoms and solutions James and Morris Carey 02-22-2002

PG&E admits it may have kept complex deals off its books By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press 02-22-2002

Boeing to lay off 1,000 in Los Angeles The Associated Press 02-22-2002

Global Crossing shareholders to file alternate bid By Simon Avery, The Associated Press 02-22-2002

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