Attorneys for Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney questioned witnesses in the opening week of their case against the FBI and Oakland Police, hoping to establish a timeline of events in the case. -more-
A tool used by historians to trace the history of a city is a special map, called a Sanborn Insurance Map. The maps were published for insurance agents to assess the risks of insuring a particular piece of property and were first published in 1867. -more-
The to Editor: -more-
Rare blend of rural and urban music reaches out to prison population -more-
Hard-hitting Berkeley takes over first place in Shoreline League -more-
Ding! Ding! -more-
A letter printed in yesterday’s edition regarding the League of Women Voters was written by Zelda Bronstein, the Chair of the Planning Commission. Below her name the Hearst-Curtis Neighborhood Association was placed inadvertantly. It has come to our attention that Bronstein has no affiliation with the Hearst-Curtis Neighborhood Association. The Daily Planet apologizes for the mistake. -more-
NEW YORK — The third time was the charm for Metropolitan Opera audiences who have been waiting for a chance to hear Vesselina Kasarova. -more-
When going up against a baseball team from a brand-new high school, it’s hard to know what to expect. But even the most cynical observer couldn’t have expected the Bad News Bears to show up. -more-
Scrapbooks, stories, videos, food and memories will be shared next Saturday at the Harmon House Reunion as the members of one of Berkeley’s eclectic communal houses say good-bye to their former South Berkeley residence. The house, a communal living space in Berkeley for working adults, students and graduate students since 1978, has been sold and will be renovated later this year. -more-
When the 45th San Francisco International Film Festival comes to the Pacific Film Archive on Friday, April 19, the “international” of the title proves itself. For two weeks the PFA will screen 34 films and 15 shorts from all points of the globe – from Berkeley to France to Senegal to Israel to China, and ports in between. -more-
Today is Saturday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2002. There are 262 days left in the year. -more-
LOS ANGELES — MGM has agreed to allow New Line Cinema to parody its James Bond film “Goldfinger” in the title of the new “Austin Powers” sequel. -more-
Trunks full of art draw admirers to Berkeley Art Museum -more-
LAS VEGAS — Nevada is challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing rule for making Yucca Mountain the nation’s nuclear waste dump. -more-
WASHINGTON — Several dozen Air Force cargo planes will be stationed at three California bases, providing hope the installations will remain open in the event of future base closures. -more-
Highlights of Nevada’s volcanic past: -more-
LOS ANGELES — Two Greenpeace activists were sentenced to a year’s probation Friday for taking part in a protest intended to stop the launch of an unarmed test missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base last year. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Authorities arrested a former employee and three others Friday who allegedly stole $1.3 million from the state Employment Development Department by issuing and cashing fraudulent disability insurance checks. -more-
SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Toxic Substances Control issued emergency regulations Friday designed to make sure hazardous waste isn’t used by terrorists. -more-
SANTA ROSA — A Sonoma County jury has cleared James Kunstek of elder neglect in the death of an 89-year-old Monte Rio woman. -more-
TONOPAH, Nev. — At one time, they spewed ash and lava. Now, they slumber in the southern Nevada desert where President Bush wants to build the nation’s nuclear waste dump. -more-
SANTA ROSA — A jury broke from deliberations with no verdict Friday in the rape and molestation case against a Santa Rosa priest. -more-
SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County this week agreed to a settlement in the suit involving a San Jose youth whose 1998 attempted suicide left him unable to speak and confined to a hospital bed. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The woman convicted of second-degree murder in the dog mauling death of her neighbor has a new set of defense attorneys and a chance to convince a San Francisco judge she deserves a new trial. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Sheriff’s and FBI officials here are investigating a possible hate crime after a Jewish man said he was beaten by two attackers, one who claimed to support Palestine, officials said. -more-
KATMANDU, Nepal — A bomb exploded near a school in northwestern Nepal on Saturday, killing three children and injuring four others, police said. -more-
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s the talk of Silicon Valley: How did someone break into the voice mail of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s chief financial officer, snag a sensitive message from his boss, Carly Fiorina, and leak it to the local newspaper? -more-
SACRAMENTO — The state could monitor power plants’ maintenance and operation to make sure plants aren’t being deliberately pulled off-line, under legislation sent to Gov. Gray Davis Thursday. -more-
OAKLEY — A government water-protection agency has denied funding to a coalition of environmental groups that hope to turn farm land into a tidal marsh. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Driven by declines in manufacturing, construction and real estate jobs, California’s unemployment rate rose slightly in March to 6.4 percent, according to preliminary figures released Friday. -more-
NEW YORK — The New York premiere of “Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones,” will raise money for the city’s underprivileged kids and children of the victims of Sept. 11, festival organizers said Wednesday. -more-
While I was walking around the 2002 Photo Marketing Association Convention in Orlando, Fla., I felt like a kid in a candy store. Dozens of new digital darkroom tools were introduced and shown. -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
Earth First! v. FBI trial ends week one By Chris Nichols, Special to the Daily Planet 04-13-2002
Sanborn Insurance Maps chart the growth of Berkeley By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 04-13-2002
Neighborhood group says they are not anti-development, not afraid of change The Hearst-Curtis-Delaware Neighbors 04-13-2002
HICK HOP By Roger Alford, The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Out & About Calendar compiled by Guy Poole 04-13-2002
Defense leads ’Jackets to win over O’Dowd By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-13-2002
Unions fight to represent BUSD service employees By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-13-2002
CORRECTION Staff 04-13-2002
A Bulgarian mezzo-soprano dazzles them at the Met The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Berkeley walks to an easy victory By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-13-2002
Harmon House communal home welcomes eclectic mix for pre-renovation reunion By Chris Nichols, Special to the Daily Planet 04-13-2002
International title proves itself at Film Fest By Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 04-13-2002
Sports shorts Staff 04-13-2002
History - The Associated Press 04-13-2002
It’s Goldfinger, baby Staff 04-13-2002
Prep scores Staff 04-13-2002
News of the Weird Staff 04-13-2002
Dumbo could fly, but could he paint? By Matthew Artz, Special to the Daily Planet 04-13-2002
Nevada sues Nuclear Regulatory Commission over Yucca Mountain nuclear dump plan The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Air Force to station 36 cargo planes in California The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Nuclear facts for Nevada and Yucca Mountain By The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Protesters get probation in missile defense protest The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Four accused of stealing $1.3 million from employment department The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Terrorism pact require new hazardous waste reports The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Jury clears Kunstek in elder abuse case The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Volcanic risk at Yucca Mountain heats nuke debate By Martin Griffith, The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Jury deliberates fate of priest The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Record Juvenile Hall suit settled The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Judge allows Knoller to argue for new trial The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Jewish man in Sacramento said he was beaten by Palestinian The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Bomb kills 3 children in Nepal Staff 04-13-2002
Intercepted HP phone message yields cautionary voice mail tale By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Senate approves state oversight of power plant maintenance By Don Thompson, The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Environmental groups are denied funding The Associated Press 04-13-2002
California’s Unemployment rises to 6.4 percent in March AP Business Writer 04-13-2002
NYC premiere of ’Star Wars’ prequel will raise money for children of Sept. 11 victims The Associated Press 04-13-2002
Camera Angles: New tools for the digital darkroom By Rick Sammon, The Associated Press 04-13-2002
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
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