The building had been destroyed three times before. Each time, Palestinian refugees in the Dheisheh camp in the West Bank rebuilt it with the help of Berkeley’s Middle East Children’s Alliance. -more-
NOVATO - It’s called the San Marin Tournament, but they might want to rename it the ’Jacket Classic. -more-
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Eric Clapton and Robbie Robertson challenging each other with progressively intense guitar licks. -more-
The Berkeley Unified School District administration has scaled back plans to cut the music program next year, recommending fewer teacher layoffs than it proposed earlier this year. But some teachers and parents still have concerns about the layoffs and the larger class sizes that will result. -more-
NOVATO – The St. Mary’s Panthers pulled off another huge comeback against El Cerrito on Wednesday, but this time they couldn’t hold on for the win as the Gauchos mounted a comeback of their own to win, 10-9, in extra innings at the San Marin Tournament. Jacob Lucas’s single scored Randy Minix in the bottom of the eighth inning to end the game and send the Panthers home winless in three tries in the tournament. -more-
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Church is good for you, according to a new Bay Area study, which will be published in today’s edition of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. -more-
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Today is Thursday, April 4, the 94th day of 2002. There are 271 days left in the year. -more-
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SAN FRANCISCO — Insurance costs for the Golden Gate Bridge will more than double as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks, and the new policy will not include any coverage in case of future terrorism. -more-
In a switch of votes after three role call votes were completed on Tuesday night, the Zoning Adjustments Board finally decided 5-3 to continue discussion of the renovation plans for the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Marking the end of a five-year lawsuit, Dow Chemical Co. announced plans Wednesday to contribute $3 million for San Francisco Bay protection while using new technology to clean up groundwater contamination at its nearby Pittsburg chemical facility. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — An elderly neighbor frantically called police as Diane Whipple was fatally mauled outside her apartment door, saying she was too afraid to intervene, according to a tape of her 911 calls. -more-
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The first in a series of safety projects to improve the narrow canyon stretch of the Redwood Highway that winds above the Smith River in Northern California has been put out for bid, officials say. -more-
SACRAMENTO — The rate of teen births in California dropped 31.3 percent since 1990, Gov. Gray Davis announced Wednesday. -more-
SANTA ANA — Federal immigration officials say there is no evidence that hundreds of Afghan women and children, including orphans, have been brought to the United States. -more-
SEATTLE — The company that owns the tanker Exxon Valdez argued before a federal appeals court Wednesday that the ship should be allowed to return to Alaska’s Prince William Sound, where it spilled 11 million gallons of oil in 1989. -more-
BOISE, Idaho — Wide swaths of the Southwest and a patchwork of forests along the East Coast are at the highest risk for wildfire this summer, National Interagency Fire Center officials said Wednesday. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Legislation that would forever ban Ventura County from approving houses on 2,800 acres surrounding an old nuclear meltdown site suffered a temporary setback Wednesday. -more-
SAN JOSE — While most of the high-tech world perpetually focuses on the next new thing, a familiar device quietly has gotten so good as to be almost stunning: the printer. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Enron executives have been cooperating with a Senate committee investigating the state’s energy crisis, under threat of a Senate vote to find them in contempt of a legislative subpoena, the committee’s chairman said Wednesday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO— In an effort to save the threatened red-legged frog, a group of environmentalists has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -more-
EPA sued over red-legged frog 04-04-2002
Four Marin County ‘family’ members plead innocent 04-03-2002
Million-dollar dinosaur egg lands in Lawrence Hall of Science 04-02-2002
England’s Queen mother Elizabeth dies 04-01-2002
News of the Weird 03-30-2002
Police probing alleged child abuse by priests 03-29-2002
Berkeley-funded cultural center destroyed By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002
Berkeley High wins second straight San Marin title By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-04-2002
Tuesday’s protesters were unorganized, ridiculous Eric Meyerson Berkeley 04-04-2002
The Band’s ‘The Last Waltz’ takes another spin By Scott Bauer The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Staff 04-04-2002
School district lessens cuts to music program By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002
Panthers go winless in tourney By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-04-2002
Developer Kennedy is doing a good thing with the New Arts Theater Victor Pineda Cal Grad, Former Student Senator and Berkeley Resident 04-04-2002
Newly released UC study says regular churchgoing links with longer lives By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002
Paul McCartney enriches us and endures Elliot Stephen Cohen Berkeley 04-04-2002
Today in History Staff 04-04-2002
League is wrong, we’ve had enough development James K. Sayre Oakland 04-04-2002
News of the Weird Staff 04-04-2002
Insurance on Golden Gate Bridge expected to double The Associated Press 04-04-2002
ZAB continues Alta Bates debate to April 25 meeting By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-04-2002
Dow to use microbes to clean up groundwater contamination By Jessica Brice The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Police release 911 tape from SF fatal dog mauling incident The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Improvements planned for Redwood Highway U.S. 199 The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Teen birth rates down statewide The Associated Press 04-04-2002
INS says no evidence orphans were brought to United States The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Valdez owners say ship should return to Alaska By Gene Johnson The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Drought puts the Southwest, East at high risk for wildfire By Chuck Oxley The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Senate committee balks at banning houses on old nuclear meltdown sites By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Printers quietly become standout technology By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Investigators say Enron now cooperating By Jennifer Coleman The Associated Press 04-04-2002
Protest takes over University Avenue By Jia-Rui Chong and Devona Walker Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002
Berkeley bats remain hot as ’Jackets reach tourney final By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-03-2002
A solution for the P.E. conundrum at BHS Jim Sinai Berkeley 04-03-2002
Compiled by Guy Poole 04-03-2002
UC recalls students from Israel By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002
Gabriel Hughes to transfer from Cal Staff Report 04-03-2002
DNA testing of inmates is wrong Michael Bauce Berkeley 04-03-2002
Plainclothes officers to stalk parking meters By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002
St. Mary’s slaughtered by league rival Salesian By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-03-2002
Don’t turn tennis courts into parking lot Sincerely, Senta Pugh Chamberlain 04-03-2002
Today in History Staff 04-03-2002
Experts dissect Enron, criticize reform legislation By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-03-2002
Dead infant found in San Francisco’s financial district The Associated Press 04-03-2002
Bay Area Briefs Staff 04-03-2002
San Jose airport starts runway construction By Michelle R. Smith The Associated Press 04-03-2002
Mill Valley mother, child found safe after lost in Maui The Associated Press 04-03-2002
Paul McCartney packs Oakland Coliseum concert with Beatles tunes By Kim Curtis The Associated Press 04-03-2002
Gemstar-TV Guide shares drop on accounting concerns By Gary Gentile The Associated Press 04-03-2002
Microsoft’s linking competitors with state adversaries may not be enough By D. Ian Hopper The Associated Press 04-03-2002
PeopleSoft shares skid after first-quarter revenue warning The Associated Press 04-03-2002
BHS slugger leads the ‘Jackets in Giambi, Bonds fashion By Nathan FoxDaily Planet Correspondent 04-02-2002
League, the Hearst zoning is consistent with Plan Zelda Bronstein,ChairPlanning Commission 04-02-2002
Alta Bates renovation could go forward today By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-02-2002
Postal Service must stop cutting its services to save finances Dr. Mickey Frazier Sr. 04-02-2002
Some athletics included in school district budget cuts By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-02-2002
Friday deaths double city’s homicide rate By Devona Walker Daily Planet staff 04-02-2002
Today in History Staff 04-02-2002
News of the Weird Staff 04-02-2002
Attorneys argue over John Walker Lindh’s conspiracy By Larry MargasakThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Abalone divers deal with new rules By Margie MasonThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Some facts and rules governing abalone diving Staff 04-02-2002
State authorities to visit Littleton in beach death case The Associated Press 04-02-2002
Baseball fans, concertgoers face traffic woes around Oakland Coliseum By Michelle R. SmithThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Woman shot and wounded; husband arrested after San Jose standoff The Associated Press 04-02-2002
Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange win round against feds By David KravetsThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
California beekeepers lead country, but worry about their future The Associated Press 04-02-2002
States using tobacco settlement money to balance their budgets By Paul QuearryThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Priest sex abuse case settles at $1.2 million By Chelsea J. CarterThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Data storage rivals try to profit from Compaq-HP fiasco By Justin PopeThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Walter Hewlett excluded on HP’s board candidate list By Matthew FordahlThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Silicon Valley ’most wired’ area in nation By Justin PopeThe Associated Press 04-02-2002
Israeli reservist pans military campaign By K.L. Alexander, Special to the Daily Planet 04-01-2002
The East Bay belongs to us James K. Sayre 04-01-2002
Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 04-01-2002
Girls shine, boys stumble for St. Mary’s at Stanford meet By Jared Green, Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002
Strike ends, rebuilding network next task for radio news reporters By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-01-2002
Arrogance to blame for speaker series departure Baird Whaley 04-01-2002
Bears salvage doubleheader Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002
Coming attractions for Shattuck is a five-story theater/apartment complex By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 04-01-2002
Schools get connected Planet Wire Report 04-01-2002
LWV distorted facts to prove a point Rob Wrenn 04-01-2002
Trojans sweep Cal Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002
Cal ruggers remain undefeated with win in British Columbia Daily Planet Wire Services 04-01-2002
HISTORY Staff 04-01-2002
NEWS OF THE WEIRD The Associated Press 04-01-2002
NEWS OF THE WEIRD Staff 04-01-2002
Man convicted in dog-mauling case says he fears for his life The Associated Press 04-01-2002
Windsor standoff ends with 2 dead Staff 04-01-2002
Zinfandel grape might become state fruit By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 04-01-2002
Less abalone this season as concerns rise about maintaining fishery By Margie Mason, Associated Press Writer 04-01-2002
Fallen priest’s Healdsburg parish still reeling By Kim Curtis, The Associated Press 04-01-2002
Report: Ex-LAPD deputy chief investigated for money laundering The Associated Press 04-01-2002
Government trains cyberdefenders By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 04-01-2002
Botox awaits FDA approval The Associated Press 04-01-2002
East Bay honors Cesar Chavez By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 03-30-2002
Keeler Avenue in Cragmont tract was named for Berkeley poet, naturalist and artist By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 03-30-2002
War, snake oil and circuses Philip Farruggio 03-30-2002
Spike Lee documentary tails convicted football hero Jim Brown By Christy LeMire, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 03-30-2002
’Jackets bash Pinole Valley By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 03-30-2002
Embattled lecture series leaves town By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 03-30-2002
Getting beyond fear of change to a thriving community Nancy Bickel 03-30-2002
Broadway returns a portion of money given to help buy theater tickets By Michael Kuchwara, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Golden Bears win series opener against Stanford SDaily Planet Wire Services 03-30-2002
Talks breaking down between workers, KSL By Devona Walker, Daily Planet staff 03-30-2002
‘Fight Club’ director is ‘pleased with himself’ for ‘Panic Room’ By Christy LeMire, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Grand jurd finds county morgue substandard By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 03-30-2002
New translation hopes to show ‘Kamasutra’ in new light By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Today in History Staff 03-30-2002
Joe Joe Rawlings: a new literary hero for kids By Alexandra R. Moses, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Oakland police cracks down on car sideshows Staff 03-30-2002
Lindh treated the same as U.S. soldiers, government says By Larry Margasak, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Palestinian refugee charged with assaulting an INS agent By Chelsea J. Carter The Associated Press 03-30-2002
LA police receiving allegations of long-ago clergy abuse The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Earthquake rattles Baja California The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Jack rabbits attack walkers in Sonoma County, man bitten The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Audit shows school bus safety program’s costs $67 million each year By Don Thompson, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Bush administration moves to repudiate biologists’ Alaska report By John Heilprin, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
FBI to turn over findings in 1975 disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa to local prosecutors The Associated Press 03-30-2002
NY corrections dept. ends sale of inmate art By Rik Stevens, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Skeletal remains found at Kentucky construction site The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Historians decry Liberty Bell home’s location By Joann Loviglio, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Artificial heart patient says his motivation is to someday go home By Dylan T. Lovan, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Domestic steel producers raise prices By Dan Nephin, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Documentary outlines Columbine killers’ warning signs By Jon Sarche, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Navy: former Nebraska priest court martialed for lewd conduct By Kevin O’Hanlon, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Oprah declines Bush’s invitation to Afghanistan The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Home Matters: Plan now to counter chaos The Associated Press 03-30-2002
on the house Questions & Answers by James and Morris Carey James and Morris Carey 03-30-2002
Making room for guests By Carol McGarvey, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Show off style in the kitchen By Carol McGarvey, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Sierra fir logs sent to South Africa to be recycled into California furniture The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Allergan awaits FDA approval to market Botox for cosmetic use By Simon Avery, The Associated Press 03-30-2002
Superintendent may give students say in BHS cuts By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 03-29-2002
Ferries: Get on Board Jerri Holan 03-29-2002
Going solo ... By Matt Artz, Special to the Daily Planet 03-29-2002
Arts and Entertainament Calendar Staff 03-29-2002
Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 03-29-2002
Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 03-29-2002
’Jackets come out flat, still get a win By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 03-29-2002
Youth Radio wins a Peabody Award By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 03-29-2002
Violence begets violence Gray Brechin 03-29-2002
Images of a fight for freedom By Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 03-29-2002
Error-prone ’Jackets spiked by Richmond By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 03-29-2002
Disaster Council prepares priorities to present city By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 03-29-2002
Eviro-Friendly ferry would be nice Martin Ilian 03-29-2002
PBS’ ‘Media Matters’ gives the inside story on journalism By Lynn Elber, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Sports shorts Staff 03-29-2002
Today in History Staff 03-29-2002
Merced mother: there was no way to predict slaughter The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Oscar-winning filmmaker Billy Wilder dies at 95 By Anthony Breznican, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Victims of possible double homicide-suicide grew up together By Jessica Brice, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Late storms punch Sierra snowpack to near-normal By Don Thompson, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
As weather warms, California leads climb in gas prices By Michelle Morgante, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Click and Clack Talk Cars Staff 03-29-2002
Floor-to-ceiling excitement by James and Morris Carey 03-29-2002
by James and Morris Carey Tip of the week: Removing hard-water stains 03-29-2002
Planning vegetable families’ seating arrangements By Lee Reich, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Startups Moxi Digital, digeo to merge By May Wong, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Walter Hewlett sues HP Director claims it improperly won Compaq votes By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Endwave to cut 30 percent of work force, or 100 positions The Associated Press 03-29-2002
Entertainment workers to seek duties on films made in Canada The Associated Press 03-30-2002
PG&E wins approval to repay some creditors The Associated Press 03-30-2002
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