Council looks at finance reform
by Jamie Luck, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 27, 2002
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Quiet Berkeley streets are full of surprises
By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 27, 2002
There are several residential streets in Berkeley which are almost pristine examples of early 20th century development. Walking down one of these quiet streets (often by-passed and hidden because of street barriers) is to experience a different era. -more-
Judi Bari trial is about civil rights
- J. B. Neilands
Saturday April 27, 2002
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‘Homebody/Kabul’ – Kushner sends Berkeley Rep audiences on fascinating journey through Afghanistan
By John Angell Grant, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 27, 2002
American playwright Tony Kushner wrote the most famous play of 1990s with his seven-hour, two-part creation “Angels in America,” which won a Pulitzer Prize and many other awards. “Angels” was commissioned by San Francisco’s Eureka Theater, then under the direction of Tony Taccone, who now heads the Berkeley Rep. -more-
Arts & Entertainment Calendar “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” Through May 4: Thur. - Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m., William Shakespeare’s tale of lost hopes and love regained. Directed by Jon Wai-keung Lowe. $14. La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, 234-60
Staff
Saturday April 27, 2002
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Panthers drop second straight extra-inning game
By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 27, 2002
The St. Mary’s High baseball team lost their second straight extra-inning game on Friday, as Andy Duncan’s sacrifice fly brought home the winning run for St. Joseph in the ninth inning of a 12-11 final at Washington Park in Alameda. -more-
Food activist weighs School Board run
By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 27, 2002
Joy Moore, a community nutrition outreach worker for the City of Berkeley, is considering a run for the Board of Education in November. -more-
Berkeley school chiefs should expain need for standardized tests, or oppose them
Joseph Brulenski
Saturday April 27, 2002
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ABC insists Peter Jennings take $3 million pay cut
By Frazier Moore, The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
NEW YORK — ABC’s need to reverse years of excessive spending by its news division may be prompting the network to ask Peter Jennings to take a substantial pay cut, an industry analyst said Friday. -more-
Nader attacks Congress on energy, campaign finance policies at Cal
By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 27, 2002
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader criticized Congress for watering down energy and campaign finance legislation and railed against corporate influence on politics at a UC Berkeley appearance Friday afternoon. -more-
Reworking of ‘Long Day’s Journey’ adds little to classic play
By Jacob Coakley
Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 27, 2002
Eugene O’Neill is one of America’s greatest playwrights. Over the course of his career he almost single-handedly lifted American playwriting from being looked at as narrow and provincial to internationally-respected and first-rate. -more-
Transportation is number one issue at Southside Plan meeting
By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 27, 2002
Officials called for transportation to be the number one priority of the developing Southside Plan at this week's Berkeley Planning Commission meeting. -more-
California Assembly: Vote yes on clean energy SB532
Daniel Wolfe
Saturday April 27, 2002
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SF Intl. Film Festival showcases Berkeley directors
By Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday April 27, 2002
The audiences cuing up outside Bay Area theaters for the San Francisco International Film Festival – continuing until May 2 – are not only getting the first and sometimes only look at films from around the world, they are getting a chance to see and hear makers of those films in person. -more-
Features
Immigration laws face scrutiny at ethics conference
By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 27, 2002
Scholars and legal experts gathered at UC Berkeley to debate the changing face of immigration laws in the United States at The 6th Annual Travers Ethics Conference. -more-
Student convicted of plotting attack at De Anza College DeGuzman faces up to 94 years in prison for assembling arsenal
By Jessica Brice, The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Al Joseph DeGuzman, who assembled an arsenal of guns and homemade bombs while plotting a killing spree of fellow students at De Anza College, was convicted on 108 counts Friday of possessing and planning to use those weapons. -more-
Governor puts $25 billion in education bonds on November ballot
The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
LOS ANGELES — Measures to put $25.3 billion in education bond measures before California voters in two elections were signed by Gov. Gray Davis on Friday. -more-
Shorebirds migrating past Northwest to the Arctic
By Elizabeth Murtaugh, The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
HOQUIAM, Wash. — In a rush to get to their arctic breeding grounds, hundreds of thousands of migrating shorebirds are making their annual pit stops along the coast of Washington. -more-
Future’s bright with glass block walls
The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
As artistry and functionality creep back into modern home design, glass block re-emerges, not just as a privacy solution for bathroom windows, but as an attractive way to keep light flowing in throughout the home. -more-
Japanese-Americans re-create World War II internment experience
By Deborah Kong, The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — At noon on Saturday, Japanese-American men, women and children in fedoras and flowered dresses will report to a government building, attach tags with government-issued numbers to their suitcases and buttonholes, and ride a bus to a place with fences and guard towers. -more-
A year later, no breaks in Chandra Levy’s disappearance
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
WASHINGTON — Chandra Levy has been gone for a year now and her parents see no end to the uncertainty that fuels their anguish. -more-
Chronology of events in the year since Chandra Levy disappeared
The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
A chronology of events in the disappearance of Chandra Levy: -more-
UC Berkeley dance program founder David Wood dies at 77
By Kathleen Maclay, UC Berkeley
Saturday April 27, 2002
Berkeley - David Wood, a renowned dancer, choreographer and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, who founded the campus's dance program, died on April 21 of complications from Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. He was 77. -more-
Doris Hoffmann, early face of Alzheimer’s in documentary, dies at 94
Staff
Saturday April 27, 2002
OAKLAND, Calif. — Doris Goodday Hoffmann, an Alzheimer’s patient who put a face on the devastating disease in her daughter’s Oscar-nominated film, has died. She was 94. -more-
Veritas backup software thriving on security worries
By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press
Saturday April 27, 2002
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Veritas Software Corp., one of the world’s top-selling software makers, always seemed to take a back seat to other high-tech heavyweights — until Sept. 11. -more-
