Yesterday morning a woman drenched in blood locked herself to the entrance of City Hall demanding that city officials draft a resolution condemning the killing of “babies in Babylon.” -more-
NEW YORK — The owners of several Times Square buildings have filed a lawsuit against the makers of the upcoming “Spider-Man” movie for digitally altering a sign appearing in the motion picture. -more-
Alameda wins ACCAL track & field meet -more-
When Berkeley resident Rob Lipton answered his cell phone on April 1, the voice on the other end made him feel a helplessness known to so many of the Palestinian refugees with whom he was staying -more-
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In the opening scene of “Human Nature” a new comedy from “Being John Malkovich” screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, a pair of country mice use their rodent wiles to outwit a hawk. -more-
The Berkeley High boys’ volleyball team came close to taking another step forward on Thursday, but instead the ’Jackets may have taken a step in the wrong direction. -more-
Believe it or not, traffic hasn’t always been a problem in Berkeley. -more-
The San Francisco Film Society has announced that “Minute Matrimony”by Berkeley filmmaker Yoav Potash is the winner of a Golden Gate Award, given to recognize outstanding film production in the San Francisco Bay Area. -more-
The Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday night to restructure the district’s music program, but left the door open for future revisions. -more-
Today is Friday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2002. There are 263 days left in the year. -more-
Richards helped establish Ohlone Dog Park, and helped Finland get started -more-
Passage could have a $10 million annual impact on the timber industry -more-
OAKLAND — A public transportation system that carries thousands of people around the San Francisco Bay area is facing budget problems, which could mean job cuts, service cuts or fare hikes. -more-
SANTA ROSA — The defense spent the bulk of closing arguments picking apart the credibility of two alleged victims of a Roman Catholic priest accused of raping and molesting them. -more-
SAN JOSE — A federal judged has ordered control of eight Monterey County water companies to be taken away from the companies, citing violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. -more-
Affiliates traded more than 10 million megwatt hours of electricity amongst themselves -more-
PASADENA — AT&T Corp. is not renewing its contract as presenting sponsor of the annual Rose Bowl game, company spokesman John Heath said Thursday. The decision leaves the nation’s oldest bowl game without a major corporate backer. -more-
SAN JOSE — Troubled music-swapping service Napster Inc. laid off 30 employees in the third round of job cuts since October, the company said Thursday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Consumer advocates sued state power regulators in the California Supreme Court on Thursday in hopes of ensuring the public has a say in how much utilities charge for power and gas. -more-
NEW YORK — To get their children to eat a nutritious meal, some parents hide vegetables in desserts, mask meats in sauces or even dye foods their children’s favorite colors. -more-
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-
If art is born from struggle, life has offered a master painter’s environment to Palestinian children growing up during the Middle East conflict. -more-
Berkeley-based groups draw art from struggle 04-12-2002
News of the Weird 04-11-2002
Ask the Auditor: City faces tough budgetary decisions 04-10-2002
Levi Strauss plans to close six plants, lay off 3,600 04-09-2002
Victim’s family calls hit-and-run sentence ‘lenient’ 04-08-2002
Matinees provide a haven for hooky-players 04-06-2002
Blood spilt to protest Mideast violence By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-12-2002
Give Crew the credit it deserves Cynthia Papermaster 04-12-2002
Spider Man caught in legal web The Associated Press 04-12-2002
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 04-12-2002
Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 04-12-2002
Distance runners, sprinters not enough for Berkeley By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-12-2002
Berkeley activist faces Israeli tanks in West Bank By Matt Artz, Special to the Daily Planet 04-12-2002
Neighborhood members disappointed with League of Women Voters Zelda Bronstein 04-12-2002
‘Human Nature’ is definitively urban By Tim Molly, Special to the Daily Planet 04-12-2002
Things get testy as ’Jackets fall By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-12-2002
Bicycle advocate takes his message to schools By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-12-2002
Berkeley filmmaker is Golden Staff 04-12-2002
Sports this weekend Staff 04-12-2002
School Board approves music program changes By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-12-2002
History The Associated Press 04-12-2002
Berkeleyan Doris Richards pioneered dog parks By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-12-2002
Berkeley may ban cutting old growth forest Daily Planet Wire Service 04-12-2002
BART may slash jobs, hike fares Associated Press 04-12-2002
Woman still awaiting apology from priest The Associated Press 04-12-2002
Judge transfers control of 8 Monterey County water corps The Associated Press 04-12-2002
Enron duped California’s power, witnesses tell Senate The Associated Press 04-12-2002
AT&T wants out of Rose Bowl sponsorship pact The Associated Press 04-12-2002
30 more laid off at Napster The Associated Press 04-12-2002
Consumer group sues PUC By Karen Gaudette, The Associated Press 04-12-2002
Kid-friendly foods can be parent-pleasers, too By Samantha Critchell, The Associated Press 04-12-2002
Luscious peaches begin with planting By Lee Reich, The Associated Press 04-12-2002
School community upset about special ed report By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-11-2002
UC demonstration was anti-American, anti-Jewish Justin Rosenthal 04-11-2002
Out & About Calendar – Compiled by Guy Poole 04-11-2002
Storno, Carmen power Panthers past Salesian By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-11-2002
University clericals make noise about wage demands By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 04-11-2002
Local government is ‘rotted out to the core’ Raymond A. Chamberlin 04-11-2002
Trio of girls start flood of St. Mary’s track signings By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-11-2002
Alta Bates helps people cope with cancer By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 04-11-2002
War on terror is far from over Steve Geller 04-11-2002
Stanford tennis avoids The Big Sweep by beating Cal Staff 04-11-2002
Claremont Resort challenges union By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-11-2002
Berkeley’s train station is inferior Eric McCaughrin 04-11-2002
Today in History Staff 04-11-2002
FBI attorney says agents wrongly accused of framing Earth First! By Michelle Locke, The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Anti-Defamation League finds decline in anti-Semitic incidents in 2001 The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Anti-Semitism may inspire Jewish exodus to Israel By Andrew Friedman, Pacific News Service 04-11-2002
Ask the Rent Board By Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Staff 04-11-2002
Hallinan wants to know if SF archdiocese has unreported sex abuse complaints The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Gov. Davis opposes controversial curriculum collective bargaining bill The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Priest molestation trial delayed after Chronicle photographer assaulted By Kim Curtis, The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Farm bureau intervenes in air pollution lawsuit Staff 04-11-2002
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 04-11-2002
Dry weater lessens projected Sierra runoff The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Move to restrict recording rights could further slow digital TV By Gary Gentile, The Associated Press 04-11-2002
PG&E customers’ summer bills could drop a bit The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Consumer technology bill of rights proposed The Associated Press 04-11-2002
Anti- and pro-Israel demonstrators face off on UC campus; 79 arrested By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-10-2002
Kwan wins Sullivan Award over Cal swimmer Coughlin Daily Planet Wire Services 04-10-2002
It’s Up to Each of Us to Make Berkeley a Hate-Free Community Shirley Dean Mayor 04-10-2002
Authors Guild to members: de-link Amazon.com By Hillel Italie The Associated Press 04-10-2002
Compiled by Guy Poole Staff 04-10-2002
Green gov hopeful to speak tonight By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-10-2002
El Cerrito spikes BHS boys volleyball By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-10-2002
Save Berkeley’s neighborhoods Carrie Olson Berkeley 04-10-2002
Baptist seminary’s cottages ruled ‘structures of merit’ By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-10-2002
Prep scores Staff 04-10-2002
Today in History Staff 04-10-2002
News of the Weird Staff 04-10-2002
UC Regents make historic appointment By Sandra Marquez The Associated Press 04-10-2002
Earth First! says the facts are clear Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet Staff 04-10-2002
Walgreen, Oracle head list of latest Andersen losses By Dave Carpenter The Associated Press 04-10-2002
Delaware judge lets Hewlett lawsuit go forward By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press 04-10-2002
UC chancellor calls for safe environment, civil discussion By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-09-2002
Giambi saves the day By Jim Cour The Associated Press 04-09-2002
Gaia building’s cultural events will enrich Berkeley Susan Page Berkeley 04-09-2002
Compiled by Guy Poole 04-09-2002
PFA documentary captures a suburban war zone in SoCal By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet 04-09-2002
Police criticized for possible wrongful arrest By Devona Walker Daily Planet staff 04-09-2002
With perfect late-season run, Sacramento reigns in West By Greg Beacham The Associated Press 04-09-2002
League’s study of housing is flawed Howie Muir on behalf of the Berkeley Alliance of Neighborhood Associations 04-09-2002
Police continue weekend rape investigation By Jia-Rui Chong Daily Planet staff 04-09-2002
Show me the numbers Richard Thompson, Cal alumnus Korea 04-09-2002
Today in History Staff 04-09-2002
City does not provide adequate alternative transportation Ching Lam Berkeley 04-09-2002
Drug war attacks hemp foods and doctors who recommend pot By David Kravets The Associated Press 04-09-2002
Banks, law firms added to defendant list in Enron lawsuit By Kristen Hays The Associated Press 04-09-2002
Blaze destroys South Bay church The Associated Press 04-09-2002
GOP mulling strategy on Arctic-drilling vote By H. Josef Hebert The Associated Press 04-09-2002
Earth First! takes on FBI, Oakland police By Chris Nichols, Special to the Daily Planet 04-08-2002
Remember Holocaust, fight anti-Semitism Devora Liss 04-08-2002
Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 04-08-2002
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 04-08-2002
Stokes, Welch and Warren pull off doubles By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-08-2002
Library turns a new page Craig Hampshire, Daily Planet Staff 04-08-2002
Environmental scorecard biased Danny W. Critser 04-08-2002
Israelis turn blind eye to locally generated e-mail messages By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-08-2002
Reform Social Security Troy Lister 04-08-2002
Today in History Staff 04-08-2002
Hands off parking spaces Nancy Ward 04-08-2002
U.S. cannot mediate Israel-Palestine peace Marc Sapir 04-08-2002
Middle East violence charges rallies in California The Associated Press 04-08-2002
L.A. cardinal denies molestation; details vague By Kim Baca, The Associated Press 04-08-2002
Santa Cruz fights over peace park The Associated Press 04-08-2002
State pushing at all fronts to rework long-term power deals By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 04-08-2002
Edison executives awarded bonuses The Associated Press 04-08-2002
Activists protest against low UC minority enrollment By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-06-2002
Bataan Avenue named for World War II event By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 04-06-2002
Neighborhoods Count Shirley Dean 04-06-2002
Out & About Calendar – Compiled by Guy Poole 04-06-2002
Hutchinson, Brown team up to down Bruins By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-06-2002
PG&E increases its annual payment to city By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-06-2002
PFA artist in residence screens provocative videos by Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 04-06-2002
Bears sixth after one round Daily Planet Wire Services 04-06-2002
Division of Public Health honors 25 in community By Jia-Rui Chong, Daily Planet staff 04-06-2002
Author Ray Bradbury gets star on Walk of Fame The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Today in History Staff 04-06-2002
News of the Weird Staff 04-06-2002
Public Health Institute links soda consumption at school and obesity Bay City News Service 04-06-2002
Herbicide used in landscaping could be finding its way into compost The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Segregated testing meetings for parents raise eyebrows By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Water beds for cows — a moo-ving experience By Joseph B. Frazier, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Irish microchip maker Parthus announces merger with unit of American-Israeli firm By Shawn Pogatchink, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Through the eyes of Mrs. Mingus By Andy Sywak, Special to the Daily Planet 04-06-2002
Click and Clack Talk Cars Staff 04-06-2002
Ventura County woman sentenced to death for murdering sons The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Signs honoring drunk driving victims on California highways By Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Priest claims ‘no-tolerance’ attitude after named in Las Vegas lawsuit The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Governor Gray Davis declares April as ‘California Poetry Month’ By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Communications satellite pioneer dead at 92 By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
SF Examiner dropping Sunday edition to expand Friday edition The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Police look for clues in deaths of Santa Clara family By May Wong The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Parents must be notified of day care providers’ criminal histories The Associated Press 04-06-2002
ANWR debate: Tiny footprint, or giant spiderweb of roads? By H. Josef Hebert, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Four California rail routes still at ‘high risk,’ Amtrak warns By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
Final energy bill likely to offer little help for landowners By Judith Kohler, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
E-mails show LA archdiocese struggling to get handle on abuse cases By Leon Druin Keith, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
State pushing at all fronts to rework power deals By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 04-06-2002
New Mexico fire more than triples to 35,000 acres in Gila The Associated Press 04-06-2002
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