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Nominees selected for city’s rent board

By Matt Artz, Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

An alliance of progressive organizations sponsored a nominating convention at a packed North Berkeley Senior Center Saturday to select five candidates for the November Rent Board election. The approximately 120 pro-rent control residents in attendance selected a diverse slate that appears poised to use the rent board to further press tenants’ rights. -more-


Berkeley's planned boycott of Israel

Mark Tarses
Monday April 29, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Hope springs eternal for Boller, Bears

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

Senior QB completes 10 of 11 in annual Spring Game as starters win a 42-0 romp -more-


Cal event explores healing virtues of reparations

The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

Lawyers and activists discussed how the country can heal lingering wounds of slavery through reparations at a two-day symposium at the University of California’s Boalt Hall School of Law. -more-


History

Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

Today’s Highlight in History: -more-


A case for standardized tests

Gessica Johnston
Monday April 29, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Sports shorts

Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

Errors help Bears beat UW -more-


Budget shortfall TBA

by Jamie Luck, Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

Some city projects may be axed at special meeting -more-


Racism in the Middle East?

Rachel M. Schorr
Monday April 29, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Sports this weekend

Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

Tuesday -more-


Environmentalism is honored at Bay Festival

By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

The annual Berkeley Bay Festival entertained and educated residents from around the Bay Area on Saturday, offering boat rides, live music, environmental education workshops and even a solar cooker demonstration. -more-


Heightened security backfiring

Tod H. Mikuriya
Monday April 29, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


History

Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

Today’s Highlight in History: -more-


Features

SF fire department rescues man from rip tide

The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — A man out for an early morning swim with two friends was dragged away from the city’s Ocean Beach by a rip tide Sunday, prompting a surfer and the San Francisco Fire Department to come to his aid. -more-


Prankster gets 30 months for duping cat and dog owner

The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — A California man has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for tricking owners of lost pets to wire him money. -more-


Landlords befuddled at how to prevent dog mauling tragedies

By PAUL GLADER, The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Property manager Mark Schultz doesn’t want a rerun of San Francisco’s dog mauling tragedy, so he’s boosting liability insurance by $1 million at an apartment complex he manages. -more-


Train takes honors at California Music Awards

By Ron Harris, The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

San Francisco group wins Best Album, Outstanding Songwriter; No Doubt’s Stefani named Outstanding Female Vocalist -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

Perks pay off at Oakland public schools -more-


HP lawyers give scathing closing argument in Compaq merger case

By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

SAN JOSE – Hewlett-Packard Co. heir Walter Hewlett fell way short of proving his lawsuit against the company and should just admit he lost his fight to stop the Compaq Computer Corp. acquisition, HP attorneys argued in a scathing legal brief. -more-


SF Ferry Building to become public market

By Paul Glader, The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Once a front door to the city by the bay, the historic “Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street” soon will have a market of its own. -more-


First Ford-Firestone case in California ready to go to trial

By Chelsea J. Carter, The Associated Press
Monday April 29, 2002

Survivors say they won’t settle with tire company after losing grandfather, 13-year old -more-


Editorial

News of the Weird

Staff
Monday April 29, 2002

High times for pilot -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

News of the Weird 04-29-2002

News of the Weird 04-27-2002

Eastshore State Park plan nearing maturity 04-26-2002

News of the Weird 04-25-2002

News

Nominees selected for city’s rent board By Matt Artz, Daily Planet Staff 04-29-2002

Berkeley's planned boycott of Israel Mark Tarses 04-29-2002

Hope springs eternal for Boller, Bears By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-29-2002

Cal event explores healing virtues of reparations The Associated Press 04-29-2002

History Staff 04-29-2002

A case for standardized tests Gessica Johnston 04-29-2002

Sports shorts Staff 04-29-2002

Budget shortfall TBA by Jamie Luck, Daily Planet Staff 04-29-2002

Racism in the Middle East? Rachel M. Schorr 04-29-2002

Sports this weekend Staff 04-29-2002

Environmentalism is honored at Bay Festival By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 04-29-2002

Heightened security backfiring Tod H. Mikuriya 04-29-2002

History Staff 04-29-2002

SF fire department rescues man from rip tide The Associated Press 04-29-2002

Prankster gets 30 months for duping cat and dog owner The Associated Press 04-29-2002

Landlords befuddled at how to prevent dog mauling tragedies By PAUL GLADER, The Associated Press 04-29-2002

Train takes honors at California Music Awards By Ron Harris, The Associated Press 04-29-2002

Bay Area Briefs Staff 04-29-2002

HP lawyers give scathing closing argument in Compaq merger case By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 04-29-2002

SF Ferry Building to become public market By Paul Glader, The Associated Press 04-29-2002

First Ford-Firestone case in California ready to go to trial By Chelsea J. Carter, The Associated Press 04-29-2002

Council looks at finance reform by Jamie Luck, Special to the Daily Planet 04-27-2002

Quiet Berkeley streets are full of surprises By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 04-27-2002

Judi Bari trial is about civil rights - J. B. Neilands 04-27-2002

‘Homebody/Kabul’ – Kushner sends Berkeley Rep audiences on fascinating journey through Afghanistan By John Angell Grant, Special to the Daily Planet 04-27-2002

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 04-27-2002

Out & About Calendar Staff 04-27-2002

Panthers drop second straight extra-inning game By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-27-2002

Food activist weighs School Board run By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff 04-27-2002

Berkeley school chiefs should expain need for standardized tests, or oppose them Joseph Brulenski 04-27-2002

ABC insists Peter Jennings take $3 million pay cut By Frazier Moore, The Associated Press 04-27-2002

Sports shorts Staff 04-27-2002

Nader attacks Congress on energy, campaign finance policies at Cal By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff 04-27-2002

Support clearn energy in California Beth Gunston 04-27-2002

Reworking of ‘Long Day’s Journey’ adds little to classic play By Jacob Coakley Special to the Daily Planet 04-27-2002

Prep scores Staff 04-27-2002

Transportation is number one issue at Southside Plan meeting By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 04-27-2002

California Assembly: Vote yes on clean energy SB532 Daniel Wolfe 04-27-2002

SF Intl. Film Festival showcases Berkeley directors By Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 04-27-2002

History Staff 04-27-2002

Immigration laws face scrutiny at ethics conference By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 04-27-2002

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 04-27-2002

Governor puts $25 billion in education bonds on November ballot The Associated Press 04-27-2002

Shorebirds migrating past Northwest to the Arctic By Elizabeth Murtaugh, The Associated Press 04-27-2002

Future’s bright with glass block walls The Associated Press 04-27-2002

Japanese-Americans re-create World War II internment experience By Deborah Kong, The Associated Press 04-27-2002

A year later, no breaks in Chandra Levy’s disappearance By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 04-27-2002

Chronology of events in the year since Chandra Levy disappeared The Associated Press 04-27-2002

UC Berkeley dance program founder David Wood dies at 77 By Kathleen Maclay, UC Berkeley 04-27-2002

Doris Hoffmann, early face of Alzheimer’s in documentary, dies at 94 Staff 04-27-2002

Veritas backup software thriving on security worries By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press 04-27-2002

UCB suspends pro-Palestine student group over Wheeler Hall takeover By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-26-2002

New citizen votes for clean energy, SB532 Anastassia Shaitarova 04-26-2002

NPR icons bring East Coast wit & angst to Zellerbach Hall By Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 04-26-2002

Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 04-26-2002

Out & About Calendar Staff 04-26-2002

Berkeley, El Cerrito split track meet By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-26-2002

School Board tangles over maintenance budget By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 04-26-2002

California should clean up its energy policy Lauren Perlman 04-26-2002

‘Jihad’ explores dynamics of Islamist movements By Andy Sywak Special to the Daily Planet 04-26-2002

Gauchos blast BHS By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 04-26-2002

Protesters call on UCB to end animal research By Jamie Luck, Special to the Daily Planet 04-26-2002

If people love Berkeley, let them create new cities like it - don’t overcrowd this one Drew Keeling 04-26-2002

Sports this weekend Staff 04-26-2002

Earth First! exuberant in FBI/OPD conspiracy trial By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 04-26-2002

Responsibility for securing a clean energy future rests on us Cat Hare 04-26-2002

Prep scores Staff 04-26-2002

History Staff 04-26-2002

Not all who oppose Israel’s policies are anti-Semitic Gray Brechin 04-26-2002

16 sexual predators go free By Kim Curtis, The Associated Press 04-26-2002

Ghilottii denied release By Kim Curtis, The Associated Press 04-26-2002

Livermore lab director says no more nuclear testing By Martha Mendoza, The Associated Press 04-26-2002

Local man arrested in airport security sting Daily Planet Wire Report 04-26-2002

State sued over timber logging practices By Don Thompson, The Associated Press 04-26-2002

New wholesale power market design approved By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 04-26-2002

Five glasses of water per day keeps the doctor away The Associated Press 04-26-2002

Home and Garden – Q&A By Morris and James Carey The Associated Press 04-26-2002

California existing home prices hit record in March By Simon Avery, The Associated Press 04-26-2002

Airport scanner reduction hurts InVision Tech. The Associated Press/Dow Jones 04-26-2002

City Council looks back at Israel vote By Jamie Luck Special to the Daily Planet 04-25-2002

Panthers drop extra-inning thriller to Albany By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 04-25-2002

Teacher challenges standardized tests Martha Hoppe Berkeley 04-25-2002

O Music, Where Art Thou? Staff 04-25-2002

Staff 04-25-2002

Staff 04-25-2002

Berkeley High releases new blueprint for change By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff 04-25-2002

Support human rights for Palestinians Sami Kitmitto Berkeley 04-25-2002

Sony’s summer sequels seek super size sales By David Germain The Associated Press 04-25-2002

City Council denounces plan for Dublin juvenile facility By Chris Nichols Daily Planet Staff 04-25-2002

City Council spoke clearly against Israel boycott Hilla Abel Berkeley 04-25-2002

Bush official defends U.S. treatment of Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-25-2002

What the Israelis and the Palestinians really want Harry Lieberman Berkeley 04-25-2002

History The Associated Press 04-25-2002

University clerical workers rally again, prepare for possible strike By Jamie Luck Special to the Daily Planet 04-25-2002

Rep. Barbara Lee wins integrity award The Associated Press 04-25-2002

Berkeley cyclist sues AIDS Ride charity Staff 04-25-2002

Calif. teachers’ bid to select textbooks slips as bill stalls in Assembly committee By Stefanie Frith The Associated Press 04-25-2002

Calif. cities can ban gun shows, high court rules By David Kravets The Associated PRess 04-25-2002

California’s first new prison since 1995 nixed in Senate By Don Thompson The Associated Press 04-25-2002

State Board of Education adopts new standardized test By Stefanie Frith The Associated Press 04-25-2002

Supreme Court squelches Lake Tahoe development By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press 04-25-2002

Berkeley software company sues for consumers’ right to copy commercial DVDs By Ron Harris The Associated Press 04-25-2002

Microsoft agrees to support AMD’s next Athlon microprocessor chip By Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press 04-25-2002

South Berkeley explosion injures construction crew By Jamie Luck Special to the Daily Planet 04-23-2002

St. Mary’s jumper hurtles toward 2008 Olympics By Nathan Fox Daily Planet Correspondent 04-23-2002

Rally for more school funding John Selawsky Director, Berkeley Board of Education 04-23-2002

‘Scorpion King’ stings competition, opens with $36.1 million weekend The Associated Press 04-23-2002

Staff 04-23-2002

Schultz retires from School Board; Riddle seeks vacant seat By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-23-2002

Richard Cherry belongs on BHS team The Berkeley Athletic Fund 04-23-2002

Berkeley group protects world’s islands By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 04-23-2002

Save the El Cerrito Theater Michael Mejia Richmond 04-23-2002

History The Associated Press 04-23-2002

Long live the atheist Carol Denny Berkeley 04-23-2002

News of the Weird The Associated Press 04-23-2002

Gore criticizes Bush administration’s environmental policies By Karin MillerThe Associated Press 04-23-2002

Bush defends his environmental record as Gore and others criticize his record; promotes “clear skies” anti-smog plan By Ron Fournier The Associated Press 04-23-2002

Trash talk: New York mayor’s proposed recycling halt angers environmental groups By Larry McShane The Associated Press 04-23-2002

California shaves $3.5 billion off cost of power contracts By Paul Glader The Associated Press 04-23-2002

Measure boosting benefits retroactively sent to Davis By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press 04-23-2002

A day in the life ... campesinos from Latin America work long days in Arizona fields By Luke Turf The Associated Press 04-23-2002

California court allows local bans of gun shows on public property By DAVID KRAVETS Associated Press Writer 04-23-2002

Southern farmers pin hopes on growing demand for goat meat By Elliott Minor The Associated Press 04-23-2002

Cable network for women gets minuscule ratings in first survey The Associated Press 04-23-2002

‘Dateline NBC’ and General Motors make peace after flaming truck incident The Associated Press 04-23-2002

Univison to unveil new strategy, programs for Galavision cable By Gary Gentile The Associated Press 04-23-2002