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Anti- and pro-Israel demonstrators face off on UC campus; 79 arrested

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

UC Berkeley police arrested 79 pro-Palestinian activists Tuesday afternoon, capping a day of protests against Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and University of California investment in Israel. -more-


Kwan wins Sullivan Award over Cal swimmer Coughlin

Daily Planet Wire Services
Wednesday April 10, 2002

NEW YORK - Natalie Coughlin, a 19-year-old sophomore swimmer at Cal, was one of five finalists for the 72nd Annual AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award that recognizes the top amateur athlete in the nation. The award was presented to skating’s Michelle Kwan at the ceremony at the award’s new presentation site, The New York Athletic Club, Tuesday night in New York City. -more-


It’s Up to Each of Us to Make Berkeley a Hate-Free Community

Shirley Dean Mayor
Wednesday April 10, 2002

The number of hate crimes occurring in Berkeley is appalling and deeply disturbing. Today, a member of my staff heard the hate and threats left on the answering machine of a prominent local rabbi. Last Thursday, two clearly identifiable Orthodox Jews were severely beaten, anti-Semitic graffiti was sprayed on trash cans, and a brick was thrown through a window of Hillel House. -more-


Authors Guild to members: de-link Amazon.com

By Hillel Italie The Associated Press
Wednesday April 10, 2002

NEW YORK — Angered at Amazon.com for offering used editions of current books, the Authors Guild is urging members to remove links on their Web sites to the online retailer. -more-


Compiled by Guy Poole

Staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002


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Green gov hopeful to speak tonight

By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

Peter Miguel Camejo, Green Party candidate for governor, will attempt to distinguish himself from Democrat Gov. Gray Davis and Republican Bill Simon tonight at 7 p.m. at an event sponsored by the UC Berkeley Campus Greens. -more-


El Cerrito spikes BHS boys volleyball

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

The Berkeley boys’ volleyball team got a good look at league power El Cerrito on Tuesday, and it wasn’t particularly pleasant for the ’Jackets. El Cerrito pounded them early and often, winning 15-1, 15-4, 15-7. -more-


Save Berkeley’s neighborhoods

Carrie Olson Berkeley
Wednesday April 10, 2002

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Baptist seminary’s cottages ruled ‘structures of merit’

By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated two cottages on the American Baptist Seminary of the West as “structures of merit” Tuesday, effectively entangling the city in a potential lawsuit. -more-


Prep scores

Staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

Boys Tennis – Berkeley 5, De Anza 0 -more-


Today in History

Staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

Today is Wednesday, April 10, the 100th day of 2002. There are 265 days left in the year. -more-


News of the Weird

Staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

Wedding invitation causes anthrax scare -more-


UC Regents make historic appointment

By Sandra Marquez The Associated Press
Wednesday April 10, 2002

LOS ANGELES — A physicist who served as chief scientist for NASA was appointed chancellor of the University of California at Riverside on Monday, becoming the second Hispanic to head a campus in the system’s 134-year history. -more-


Earth First! says the facts are clear

Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday April 10, 2002

Lisa Bari, daughter of the late Judi Bari, spoke at a press conference after day two of the Earth First! trial against the FBI. “We all hope this is going to work and this is going to clear my mother’s name,” said Bari, 21, who just graduated from UC Berkeley in December 2001. -more-


Walgreen, Oracle head list of latest Andersen losses

By Dave Carpenter The Associated Press
Wednesday April 10, 2002

CHICAGO — Another big client from its home city and affiliates in three more countries — Brazil, Chile and Poland — have joined the fast-growing parade of those fleeing Arthur Andersen LLP. -more-


Delaware judge lets Hewlett lawsuit go forward

By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press
Wednesday April 10, 2002

SAN JOSE — A judge in Delaware has left open the possibility that dissident Hewlett-Packard Co. director Walter Hewlett still can torpedo the company’s $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. -more-


UC chancellor calls for safe environment, civil discussion

By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 09, 2002

In response to vandalism at the Jewish student center and attacks on Jewish community members during the last two weeks, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl called for a civil discourse and a safe environment for discussion at the university on Monday morning. -more-


Giambi saves the day

By Jim Cour The Associated Press
Tuesday April 09, 2002

SEATTLE — Art Howe wanted to talk about his left fielder’s defense, too. -more-


Gaia building’s cultural events will enrich Berkeley

Susan Page Berkeley
Tuesday April 09, 2002

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Compiled by Guy Poole
Tuesday April 09, 2002


Tuesday, April 9


PFA documentary captures a suburban war zone in SoCal

By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday April 09, 2002

In 1995, the year the Oklahoma City federal building was razed by an ex-soldier with a truckload of fertilizer, a small news item from a San Diego suburb surfaced in papers and on televisions across the country. A man named Shawn Nelson stole an army tank and went on a 23-minute joy ride through Clairmont, plowing over parked cars and streetlights like they were children’s toys. -more-


Police criticized for possible wrongful arrest

By Devona Walker Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 09, 2002

Berkeley Police Chief Dash Butler says many things may be levied at the police department, but crookedness isn’t one of them. -more-


With perfect late-season run, Sacramento reigns in West

By Greg Beacham The Associated Press
Tuesday April 09, 2002

SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento Kings’ penchant for the dramatic apparently doesn’t extend beyond the court. They’ve taken much of the excitement out of the final days of the NBA’s regular season. -more-


League’s study of housing is flawed

Howie Muir on behalf of the Berkeley Alliance of Neighborhood Associations
Tuesday April 09, 2002

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Police continue weekend rape investigation

By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 09, 2002

Berkeley Police are still investigating a sexual assault that occurred about 8 p.m. on Saturday. The incident reportedly happened at the Marina, though BPD spokesperson Capt. Bobby Miller would neither confirm nor deny the location, for fear of endangering the ongoing investigation. -more-


Show me the numbers

Richard Thompson, Cal alumnus Korea
Tuesday April 09, 2002

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Today in History

Staff
Tuesday April 09, 2002

Tuesday, April 9 is the 99th day of 2002. There are 266 days left in the year. -more-


City does not provide adequate alternative transportation

Ching Lam Berkeley
Tuesday April 09, 2002

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Drug war attacks hemp foods and doctors who recommend pot

By David Kravets The Associated Press
Tuesday April 09, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — The government fought a two-pronged battle in the drug war Monday, arguing in a federal appeals court that it can ban hemp foods and strip doctors of their licenses for recommending marijuana. -more-


Banks, law firms added to defendant list in Enron lawsuit

By Kristen Hays The Associated Press
Tuesday April 09, 2002

HOUSTON — Enron Corp. couldn’t maintain its illusion as a swaggering energy giant without help from nine investment banks and two law firms, said attorneys who added them as defendants in a securities fraud lawsuit in Houston. -more-


Blaze destroys South Bay church

The Associated Press
Tuesday April 09, 2002

LOS ALTOS HILLS — Federal and county officials are investigating the cause of a fire that gutted a church with a large Middle Eastern congregation, forcing churchgoers to pray for peace in the street. -more-


GOP mulling strategy on Arctic-drilling vote

By H. Josef Hebert The Associated Press
Tuesday April 09, 2002

WASHINGTON — Republican senators may abandon a vote in the Senate on oil drilling in an Arctic wildlife refuge, believing they would fall well short of the votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster, congressional and administration officials said Monday. -more-


Earth First! takes on FBI, Oakland police

By Chris Nichols, Special to the Daily Planet
Monday April 08, 2002

After a long and arduous wait, Earth First!, the environmental action movement, will have its day in court to sue the FBI and the Oakland Police Department for alleged civil rights violations. -more-


Remember Holocaust, fight anti-Semitism

Devora Liss
Monday April 08, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole
Monday April 08, 2002


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Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Monday April 08, 2002

Stokes, Welch and Warren pull off doubles

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 08, 2002

Girls shine for St. Mary’s at OAL Invitional, while Panther boys continue to improve -more-


Library turns a new page

Craig Hampshire, Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 08, 2002

Berkeley celebrates grand re-opening of larger, renovated Central Library -more-


Environmental scorecard biased

Danny W. Critser
Monday April 08, 2002

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Israelis turn blind eye to locally generated e-mail messages

By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 08, 2002

Israeli government officials have blocked approximately half of the messages originating from the Berkeley-based Web site www.progressiveportal.com, but founder Steve Freedkin is still looking for alternative avenues to get them through. -more-


Reform Social Security

Troy Lister
Monday April 08, 2002

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Today in History

Staff
Monday April 08, 2002

Today is Monday, April 8, the 98th day of 2002. There are 267 days left in the year. -more-


Hands off parking spaces

Nancy Ward
Monday April 08, 2002

For over a month, the City of Berkeley has posted barriers on the 2200 block of Derby Street reading “no parking” for a certain period in front of six of our houses. At the end of the period they added two weeks to the prohibition. They did this a third time. During this time no work was done. Now they have changed the signs to “no parking” until Dec. 2. -more-


U.S. cannot mediate Israel-Palestine peace

Marc Sapir
Monday April 08, 2002

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Middle East violence charges rallies in California

The Associated Press
Monday April 08, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Escalating violence in the Middle East over the weekend spurred heated demonstrations throughout the state and across the country Sunday afternoon, with protesters screaming chants, torching flags and even scuffling over their beliefs. -more-


L.A. cardinal denies molestation; details vague

By Kim Baca, The Associated Press
Monday April 08, 2002

Fresno police investigating 51-year-old woman’s claim of 1969 incident -more-


Santa Cruz fights over peace park

The Associated Press
Monday April 08, 2002

SANTA CRUZ — A proposed peace park has spawned a heated battle among residents, prompting the city council to hire a professional facilitator to calm tensions. -more-


State pushing at all fronts to rework long-term power deals

By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press
Monday April 08, 2002

SACRAMENTO – Through complaints with the federal government and a mobilized cadre of lawyers, the state of California is trying to shed some of the long-term power contracts tying it to much higher than market rates. -more-


Edison executives awarded bonuses

The Associated Press
Monday April 08, 2002

LOS ANGELES – Executives of Edison International were given bonuses in 2001 after the company, parent to troubled utility Southern California Edison, climbed out of debt and dodged bankruptcy. -more-


Activists protest against low UC minority enrollment

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

In a second straight day of protests, a small group of UC Berkeley students and Oakland school teachers picketed in front of the university’s California Hall Friday, objecting to a decline in the number of African-American, Latino and Native American students admitted to the university for the 2002-2003 school year. -more-


Bataan Avenue named for World War II event

By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

During World War II the population of the Bay Area increased dramatically. The Kaiser shipyards in Richmond for example employed thousands and claimed to produce a “ship-a-day.” -more-


Neighborhoods Count

Shirley Dean
Saturday April 06, 2002

On March 30, our local League of Women Voters published an open letter to the Council and the community entitled “Getting Beyond Fear of Change to a Thriving Community.” The article disagreed with the recent Council action to downzone an area around the 1100 block of Hearst. Since then, I have heard from the neighborhood and two members of the Planning Commission have published letters expressing their disagreement with the League’s letter. Now, I’d like to add my own two cents on this important subject. Our need for housing and where it ought to be built will have an enormous impact on Berkeley’s future. -more-



Out & About Calendar

– Compiled by Guy Poole
Saturday April 06, 2002


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Hutchinson, Brown team up to down Bruins

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Cal starter goes 8 2/3 for the win, while closer gets one-pitch save -more-


PG&E increases its annual payment to city

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Pacific Gas & Electric announced this week that its annual payment to the city for use of public roads to run gas and electric service is $842,000, a $175,000 increase over last year. -more-


PFA artist in residence screens provocative videos

by Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

‘I prefer stories about squalor,” said Esme to the narrator in J.D. Salinger’s short story, “To Esme – With Love And Squalor.” -more-


Bears sixth after one round

Daily Planet Wire Services
Saturday April 06, 2002

After a three-week break from competition, No. 20 California was tied for sixth after Friday’s opening round of the PING/ASU Invitational but was only two strokes out of first place. The Golden Bears carded a 294, their 12th round under 300 this season, to share sixth place with No. 3 Tulsa. -more-


Division of Public Health honors 25 in community

By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

As part of National Public Health Week, 25 members of the Berkeley community, involved in projects from domestic violence to mobile clinics, were honored Tuesday night by the city of Berkeley’s Division of Public Health. -more-


Author Ray Bradbury gets star on Walk of Fame

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Ray Bradbury, author of “The Martian Chronicles” and other science fiction classics, received a star Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as the city kicked off a monthlong reading campaign. -more-


Today in History

Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Today is Saturday, April 6, the 96th day of 2002. There are 269 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Clocks go forward one hour. -more-


News of the Weird

Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Big Brother is watching -more-


Public Health Institute links soda consumption at school and obesity

Bay City News Service
Saturday April 06, 2002

The Public Health Institute today released a report analyzing soda contracts at the state’s 25 largest school districts to address how marketing practices to increase soda consumption ultimately contribute to California’s growing obesity epidemic. -more-


Herbicide used in landscaping could be finding its way into compost

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SANTA ROSA — Gardeners and compost producers worry that an herbicide used in landscaping and farming is finding its way into the compost, and could wind up hurting plants instead of helping them. -more-


Segregated testing meetings for parents raise eyebrows

By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

ELK GROVE — Middle school principal Philip Moore knows Hispanic and black students typically have lower scores on standardized tests than white or Asian students, so he called segregated meetings for parents to discuss how to prepare for the tests. -more-


Water beds for cows — a moo-ving experience

By Joseph B. Frazier, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. — They say happy cows are more productive cows. Arie Jongeneel is hoping his herd of Holsteins, resplendent on their water beds, will bring forth a dairy deluge. -more-


Irish microchip maker Parthus announces merger with unit of American-Israeli firm

By Shawn Pogatchink, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

DUBLIN, Ireland — Microchip maker Parthus Technologies PLC of Ireland said Friday it plans to merge with Ceva Inc., a division of an American-Israeli technology concern DSP Group. -more-


Through the eyes of Mrs. Mingus

By Andy Sywak, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

Click and Clack Talk Cars

Staff
Saturday April 06, 2002

Setting matters straight about warranties -more-


Ventura County woman sentenced to death for murdering sons

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

VENTURA — A Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced a Santa Rosa Valley woman to death for killing three of her four sons. -more-


Signs honoring drunk driving victims on California highways

By Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

CUPERTINO — Three families wept and embraced while unveiling new state highway signs Friday memorializing their loved ones, victims of drunk drivers on California roads. -more-


Priest claims ‘no-tolerance’ attitude after named in Las Vegas lawsuit

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SANTA ROSA — The Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese needs to abandon old practices of dealing with sexual abuse, and will begin turning over to police all credible cases of such abuse involving priests, Bishop Daniel Walsh said. -more-


Governor Gray Davis declares April as ‘California Poetry Month’

By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SACRAMENTO — State’s poets honored/April devoted to verse/Governor’s order. -more-


Communications satellite pioneer dead at 92

By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SAN JOSE — John Robinson Pierce, an electrical engineer who pioneered satellite communications and coined the word “transistor,” has died. He was 92. -more-


SF Examiner dropping Sunday edition to expand Friday edition

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Examiner no longer will publish on Sundays in favor of expanding its Friday edition with more weekend sports and entertainment information. -more-


Police look for clues in deaths of Santa Clara family

By May Wong The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SANTA CLARA — Poems and paper flowers dotted the halls of the school where Elsa Schiefer was known as a bright, athletic, cheerful girl. -more-


Parents must be notified of day care providers’ criminal histories

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Child care providers must tell parents their workers’ criminal histories, but they aren’t allowed to reveal the nature of their crimes, troubling parents and providers alike. -more-


ANWR debate: Tiny footprint, or giant spiderweb of roads?

By H. Josef Hebert, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

WASHINGTON — An industrial footprint covering 2,000 acres — or a spiderweb of roads, rigs and pipelines over an area of Alaska hundreds of times that size? -more-


Four California rail routes still at ‘high risk,’ Amtrak warns

By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Amtrak officials warned Friday that California’s four long-distance routes remain at “high risk” despite signs of help from Congress as it seeks to secure $1.2 billion in federal funding. -more-


Final energy bill likely to offer little help for landowners

By Judith Kohler, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

DENVER — A consultant for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said Friday an energy bill now before Congress probably won’t help landowners who have to allow oil and gas companies on their property. -more-


E-mails show LA archdiocese struggling to get handle on abuse cases

By Leon Druin Keith, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Leaked e-mails sent by officials and attorneys with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles paint a picture of an organization scrambling to defend its handling of sexual abuse by priests even as more allegations surface. -more-


State pushing at all fronts to rework power deals

By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

SACRAMENTO — Through complaints with the federal government and a mobilized cadre of lawyers, the state of California is trying to shed some of the long-term power contracts tying it to much higher than market rates. -more-


New Mexico fire more than triples to 35,000 acres in Gila

The Associated Press
Saturday April 06, 2002

RESERVE, N.M. — Firefighters dug fire lines to impede a fast-moving blaze that charred 37,000 acres of forest land, drawing within three miles of the main ranchhouse of a well known cattle ranch. -more-


Berkeley native trapped in Bethlehem

By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Berkeley native Kenneth Cardwell and Oakland native Myron Collins, professors at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, are among the 12 Lasallian brothers, a group of Catholic priests, still surrounded by Israeli troops at Bethlehem University. -more-


Revolting, the peace protest was anything but

Tom Wandall
Friday April 05, 2002

Editor: -more-


Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole
Friday April 05, 2002


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Story of Mozart returns to the big screen — through the eyes of the film’s director

by Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet
Friday April 05, 2002

The advent of DVD technology for home theaters has made the concept of “director’s cut” nearly obsolete. With so much “alternative” footage and running commentary for most movies packed onto those little discs, there is very little thunder left to merit a theatrical re-release of a film. -more-


Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Freshman impresses as Panthers pound Redwood

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Tully throws five-inning shutout, strikes out eight to end St. Mary’s losing streak -more-


UC enrollment down next year

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Some students concerned with decline in minority admissions -more-


Kudos to Zoning Adjustment Board

Victor Pineda
Friday April 05, 2002

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Author Michael Moore continues to pound Bush, war or no war

By John Flesher, The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The publisher almost pulled the plug on Michael Moore’s latest book, fearing a backlash because of its bare-knuckle attacks on President Bush. -more-


Sports shorts

Staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Cope wins at Worlds -more-


Local Web site used to urge peace

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Friday April 05, 2002

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Nevada Power to appeal PUC ruling on $922 million rate hike

The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

LAS VEGAS — Nevada Power Co. said it will ask the state Public Utilities Commission to reconsider its order that rejected almost half of the $922 million rate increase the utility sought to recover the cost of buying power last year. -more-


The Jews are attacked near campus

By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 05, 2002

On Thursday morning at 2 a.m. , two Orthodox Jews were reportedly attacked within one block of the Clark Kerr neighborhood. Witnesses say they believe the crime was just another bloody example of increased anti-Semitism. -more-


BHS crew deserves P.E. credit

Cynthia Papermaster
Friday April 05, 2002

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Imprisoned Indian activist sues FBI for violating civil rights

The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

WASHINGTON — FBI agents and Director Louis Freeh denied imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier a fair chance at clemency and parole when they publicly protested against him in 2000, a lawsuit filed Thursday alleged. -more-


Today in History

Staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Today is Friday, April 5, the 95th day of 2002. There are 270 days left in the year. -more-


New HIV infections on the rise in SF

The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — New HIV infections are on the rise in the San Francisco Bay area, in part, because a small proportion of gay men who are having unprotected sex, a new study shows. -more-


High-tech firms worried about violence in Israel

The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

SANTA CLARA — Silicon Valley firms are worried about the increasing violence in Israel, a major hub of the world’s high-tech industry. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Salmonella poisoning causes FDA warning on cheese -more-


Senate passes $25 billion school bond issue for ballot

By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

SACRAMENTO — More than $25 billion in education bonds to help fix up deteriorating schools was approved by the state Senate Thursday, sending the issue to Gov. Gray Davis. -more-


Scientists identify new insect species in Southern California

By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

SAN DIEGO — Scientists said Thursday they have discovered at least a half-dozen new species of insect in Southern California, some of them in the midst of the nation’s seventh-largest city. -more-


Colorado river rafters want voters to guarantee access

By Robert Weller The Associated Pressv
Friday April 05, 2002

DENVER — Colorado rafting groups, battling a lawsuit aimed at restricting passage through private property, will try to put an initiative on the ballot guaranteeing access rights. -more-


Home Matters: Home repairs are no longer a guy thing

The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

Day-to-day maintenance isn’t gender-specific. Nowhere is it written that leaking faucets are a “guy thing” or wallpaper is “women’s work.” -more-


Luscious peaches begin with planting

By Lee Reich The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

A truly ripe peach is one that makes you jut your head forward with each bite to keep yourself from being showered with juice. You rarely can buy such a fruit, but you can grow it. Get it off to a good start with correct planting. -more-


Installing decorative ceiling medallions

James and Morris Carey
Friday April 05, 2002

If you regularly read our column you know that we are third-generation contractors. You also might recall that we grew up in a home built by our grandfather at the turn of the 20th century. The home was Mediterranean-style construction, plaster in and out, with spacious rooms and high ceilings. Not only were the ceilings high, in some rooms they were coved at the perimeter and had decorative cornice or picture mold. Other rooms, such as the living room and dining room, had intricate plaster moldings that bordered the ceiling and ornate ceiling medallions used as foils for chandeliers. -more-


Questions and Answers

By Morris and James Carey The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

Questions and Answers -more-


Livermore is like a very near Napa Valley

By Susan Fornoff, San Francisco Chronicle
Friday April 05, 2002

LIVERMORE — The golf nut wants to go to Monterey. The wine lover lobbies for Napa. Yet, they agree on one thing: They want a magic carpet to drop them in the middle of some fun without having to wait behind lines of cars or people. -more-


A year into bankruptcy: Did PG&E choose wisely?

By Karen Gaudette The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — It was April 5, 2001, and Gov. Gray Davis was assuring millions of Californians watching the evening news that the state was coming to grips with its energy crisis. -more-


Cloth keyboard is chic, but frustrating

By Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press
Friday April 05, 2002

It’s the holy grail of handheld computing: A technology that makes it just as easy to enter information into a mobile device as it is to type into a desktop personal computer. -more-


Berkeley-funded cultural center destroyed

By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Berkeley High wins second straight San Marin title

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

NOVATO - It’s called the San Marin Tournament, but they might want to rename it the ’Jacket Classic. -more-


Tuesday’s protesters were unorganized, ridiculous

Eric Meyerson Berkeley
Thursday April 04, 2002

Editor: -more-


The Band’s ‘The Last Waltz’ takes another spin

By Scott Bauer The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

Eric Clapton and Robbie Robertson challenging each other with progressively intense guitar licks. -more-


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Thursday April 04, 2002


Thursday, April 4


School district lessens cuts to music program

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Panthers go winless in tourney

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Developer Kennedy is doing a good thing with the New Arts Theater

Victor Pineda Cal Grad, Former Student Senator and Berkeley Resident
Thursday April 04, 2002

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Newly released UC study says regular churchgoing links with longer lives

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Paul McCartney enriches us and endures

Elliot Stephen Cohen Berkeley
Thursday April 04, 2002

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Today in History

Staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

Today is Thursday, April 4, the 94th day of 2002. There are 271 days left in the year. -more-


League is wrong, we’ve had enough development

James K. Sayre Oakland
Thursday April 04, 2002

Editor: -more-


News of the Weird

Staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

A pizza reward for fire safety -more-


Insurance on Golden Gate Bridge expected to double

The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


ZAB continues Alta Bates debate to April 25 meeting

By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Dow to use microbes to clean up groundwater contamination

By Jessica Brice The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Police release 911 tape from SF fatal dog mauling incident

The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Improvements planned for Redwood Highway U.S. 199

The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Teen birth rates down statewide

The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

SACRAMENTO — The rate of teen births in California dropped 31.3 percent since 1990, Gov. Gray Davis announced Wednesday. -more-


INS says no evidence orphans were brought to United States

The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Valdez owners say ship should return to Alaska

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Drought puts the Southwest, East at high risk for wildfire

By Chuck Oxley The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Senate committee balks at banning houses on old nuclear meltdown sites

By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Printers quietly become standout technology

By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Investigators say Enron now cooperating

By Jennifer Coleman The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-


Opinion

Editorials

Ask the Auditor: City faces tough budgetary decisions

By Ann-Marie Hogan Special to the Daily Planet
Wednesday April 10, 2002

A recent article about budget problems in the city of Oakland noted that Oakland city council members “resented” the fact that they were being asked to make decisions regarding which programs to cut, and which to save. Let’s hope the Berkeley city council doesn’t feel that way about making tough decisions, since substantial budget cuts are on the horizon -more-


Levi Strauss plans to close six plants, lay off 3,600

By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press
Tuesday April 09, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Levi Strauss & Co. said Monday it will close six U.S. plants and lay off 3,600 employees, or 22 percent of its work force, as the long-slumping company looks overseas to produce blue jeans that became a piece of Americana. -more-


Victim’s family calls hit-and-run sentence ‘lenient’

The Associated Press
Monday April 08, 2002

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE – A family has criticized a judge’s sentence for a man accused of a 2000 hit-and-run accident that killed a 66-year-old woman here. -more-


Matinees provide a haven for hooky-players

By Molly Bentley, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 06, 2002

It’s Tuesday and I shouldn’t be here. I have research to do and income taxes to file. Instead, I’m eating popcorn in a movie theater and it’s not even noon. That would be fine if this were an arts theater with a limited run of a documentary. Instead, I’m watching “Death to Smoochy,” a movie that even Roger Ebert panned. I can still make something of this day if I leave now. -more-


Path to be dedicated to Anne Brower, local environmentalist

By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff
Friday April 05, 2002

Though Anne Brower was often overshadowed by her husband David, Berkeley will be honoring the woman who was a worthy environmentalist in her own right by dedicating a path in her name on Stevenson Avenue on Saturday. -more-


EPA sued over red-legged frog

The Associated Press
Thursday April 04, 2002

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-