Jesse Silverman, a junior at Berkeley High School, says he won’t be so quick to cast blame on urban designers for a misplaced parking lot anymore. -more-
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ALAMEDA — The woman who accused Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Darrell Russell of videotaping her being raped by two of his friends testified Monday that she blacked out after Russell mixed her a drink. -more-
The newly-formed Hate Crime Emergency Response Team is getting impatient with the city’s handling of hate crimes and plans to funnel its frustrations at a rally on the steps of old City Hall today. -more-
Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2002. There are 203 days left in the year. -more-
For many local children, the start of summer is a time to relax and be carefree. However, for many other local kids the start of summer means an end to free meal programs at local schools. -more-
LOS ANGELES – Bugs is coming back, doc. -more-
Another day of warm weather and high winds elevated fire danger to its highest point of the year Monday — a level experts say is unusual for the month of June. -more-
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PHILADELPHIA – Feverishly ill and hallucinating, Frederic Chopin was staying on the island of Majorca in 1839 with his mistress, writer George Sand. It was raining, and he was trying to finish his preludes — 24 in all, one in each key. -more-
UC Berkeley has announced new incentives for staff and faculty to carpool and take public transportation to work. In addition, the university has expressed interest in joining with other large Berkeley employers to obtain bus passes for its workers. -more-
LOS ANGELES – Members of the television industry, expressing concern about the impact of media consolidation on programming quality and diversity, has asked for a federal study of the issue. -more-
On Friday morning a UC Berkeley maintenance crew accidentally discharged soapy water into Strawberry Creek, which runs through the campus. -more-
LOS ANGELES – The moon slowly passed in front of the sun Monday in a partial eclipse that dimmed skies in the western United States, Mexico, Canada and Asia. -more-
LOS ANGELES – Gov. Gray Davis launched a scathing attack ad against his Republican opponent Bill Simon on Monday, the first of what will likely be an onslaught of negative commercials in the five months until election day. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – After escaping serious damage in the early stages of the high-tech wreck, venture capitalists suffered even deeper financial wounds than stock market investors last year, according to industry figures released Monday. -more-
LOS ANGELES – A jury awarded the City of Hope medical research center $300.1 million in compensatory damages Monday after finding that Genentech Inc. broke its promise to pay royalties on drugs based on City of Hope research. -more-
SACRAMENTO – An energy company could lose its permit to build a power plant if it didn’t start construction within two years under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate. -more-
SACRAMENTO – California could be the first state to allow workers to take paid leaves from their jobs to care for a seriously ill family member or a new child under a bill approved Monday by the Senate. -more-
ETNA – A 600-acre fire raced through wilderness near the Oregon border on Monday, while week-old blazes that consumed nearly 45,000 acres throughout the state were finally on the way to being contained. -more-
OAKLAND – A 4-year-old girl who suffered head injuries when she fell from a ride at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo has been upgraded to fair condition. -more-
Jurors on Monday reached a partial verdict in the Bari vs. FBI and Oakland Police Department trial and could reach a final judgment today. -more-
Partial verdict reached in Earth First! case 06-11-2002
California prosecutors search for victims of priest sexual abuse 06-10-2002
Autopsy can’t say if Butte County body is missing daughter 06-08-2002
‘Not in our Name’ stands against war, occupation of West Bank 06-07-2002
LA boy’s death ruled accidental 06-06-2002
Study: TV diversity still lags in quantity, quality 06-05-2002
BHS students design a city By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 06-11-2002
News of the Weird The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Medical Herbs affirms its commitment to patients Dorrit Geshuri Marijuana ActivistProject Director, Medical Herbs 06-11-2002
Out and About Staff 06-11-2002
Woman says Russell slipped her a ‘mickey’ By Justin Pritchard The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Protesters demand hate crime policy By Kurtis Alexander Daily Planet Staff 06-11-2002
History The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Proposal would encourage sprawl Marcy Greenhut BEST 06-11-2002
There’s free lunch for kids who need it By Chris Nichols Daily Planet Staff 06-11-2002
Unenforced laws are useless Donna Cummings 06-11-2002
Bugs to return in new Looney Tunes movie The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Officials prepare for a hot fire season By Kurtis Alexander Daily Planet Staff 06-11-2002
Civil rights group not just a Jewish group Renata Polt Berkeley 06-11-2002
Professor reconstructs unfinished Chopin prelude from artist’s notes Catherine Lucey The Associated Press 06-11-2002
UC offers carpool, public transit incentives By David ScharfenbergDaily Planet staff 06-11-2002
Media mergers threatening popular culture The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Maintenance crew dumps soapy water into Strawberry Creek By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 06-11-2002
Partial solar eclipse dims skies across swath of Earth By Paul Chavez The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Davis goes negative in ad of general election The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Venture capitalists sustained 27.8 percent loss in 2001 By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 06-11-2002
City of Hope awarded $300 million in suit By Gary Gentile The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Senate approves deadline on plant construction Staff 06-11-2002
Calif. bill would allow paid leaves to care for family By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press 06-11-2002
Blaze races through wilderness Staff 06-11-2002
Girl injured in theme park ride upgraded to fair condition The Associated Press 06-11-2002
South Berkeley’s revitalization: A mixed blessing By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-10-2002
Concerns about big housing amid small homes -Honor Thompson 06-10-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-10-2002
Japan’s victory set off celebration at home, deadly riots in Russia By Phil Brown, The Associated Press 06-10-2002
Artists and housing advocates join forces By Neil G. Greene, Special to the Daily Planet 06-10-2002
Time to listen to Dwight -Kate Bernier 06-10-2002
ESPY nomination for Cal’s Coughlin Daily Planet Wire Services 06-10-2002
Newspaper: FBI and CIA worked covertly to harass UC students The Associated Press 06-10-2002
Berkeley High teacher bids farewell By Katie Flynn, Daily Planet Intern 06-10-2002
Killer mom pleads guilty as charged By RON HARRIS Associated Press Writer 06-10-2002
Northern California wildfire forces evacuation of 150 homes on Sunday Staff 06-10-2002
Bay Briefs Staff 06-10-2002
Art, Gravy at Live Oak Park By Neil G. Greene, Special to the Daily Planet 06-10-2002
’Undercover Brother’ makes leap from Web to big screen By Gary Gentile, The Associated Press 06-10-2002
Yahoo reformats main, shopping and mail pages The Associated Press 06-10-2002
Girl’s fall from ride latest incident at Vallejo’s Six Flags Marine World By Karen Gaudette, The Associated Press 06-10-2002
Napa Valley Wine Auction draws $320,000 bid By Michelle Locke, Associated Press Writer 06-10-2002
Famed Ghirardelli chocolate company celebrates 150 years The Associated Press 06-10-2002
FBI questioning dive shop owners in scuba inquiry By Seth Hettena, Associated Press Writer 06-10-2002
California struggling with growing numbers of elderly inmates The Associated Press 06-10-2002
Monterey aquarium hopes to capture, display great white shark The Associated Press 06-10-2002
Berkeley teen charged in south shooting By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-08-2002
Award winning building has connection to bestseller Seabiscuit By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 06-08-2002
Have mercy on travelers, truckers who want to park overnight Searle Whitney 06-08-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-08-2002
Suzuki famed watercolors at this year's open studios By Ian M. Stewart, Special to the Daily Planet 06-08-2002
Arts Calendar Staff 06-08-2002
10 percent of class will play on in college By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 06-08-2002
It’s official: District attorney drops charges against UC protesters By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff 06-08-2002
‘Affordable’ housing should be affordable Rhiannon 06-08-2002
Wine tasting basics: Swirl, sniff, sip ... and spit! By Linda Ashton, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Beckham, England get revenge on Argentina By Phil Brown, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Open Studios show a special forum for public and artists By Matthew Artz, Special to the Daily Planet 06-08-2002
ABC News starts its own reality program with a study of Boston By David Bauder, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Tyson-Lewis could be last big money-grab for both The Associated Press 06-08-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-08-2002
UC Berkeley cancels study abroad in India this fall Staff 06-08-2002
Bankrupt Advanced TelCom Group rebuffs bid from Integra Telecom The Associated Press 06-08-2002
ReplayTV customers want rights heard in Hollywood, Silicon Valley By Simon Avery, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Undercooked chicken products recalled Staff 06-08-2002
Esai Morales, Penelope Cruz honored at Awards Staff 06-08-2002
Scientists at Livermore react to new jurisdiction By Martha Mendoza, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Largest Western Catholic hospital system settles fraud charges By Don Thompson, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Minn. doctor pleads guilty to killing son, stabbing husband By Ron Harris, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Wildfire burns nine homes, 23,500 acres north of Los Angeles By Ryan Pearson, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Click and Clack Talk Cars Tom And Ray Magliozzi 06-08-2002
Lawmakers suggest budget cuts, including Davis project By Alexa Haussler, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Emotions flare at bioethics debate By Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-08-2002
Week three of deliberations ends for jury Staff 06-08-2002
Bodies found inside gunman’s home were parents The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Employee complained of Perot’s involvement in energy market By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Kennedy cousin found guilty of 1975 murder By John Christofferson, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Columbine families settle lawsuits with school district By Nick Wadhams, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Police embarrassed by private investigators’ quick discoveries in Chandra Levy case By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 06-08-2002
Briefs Staff 06-08-2002
Alleged sexual assaults at Berkeley high By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-07-2002
Israel’s state may not be what it seems -Josh May 06-07-2002
CHERISHING POP By Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet 06-07-2002
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 06-07-2002
Athletics 10, Mariners 4 The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Pot club robbed for third time in a year By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-07-2002
Divestment has worked before. Can it work now? Susan Ervin-Tripp 06-07-2002
Biannual film festival leaves Berkeley with mouth full of spittle By Jamob Coakley, Special to the Daily Planet 06-07-2002
A sensitive side to Mike? The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Protesters ask DEA to change drug law By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-07-2002
A note on suicide bombing Daniel C. Spitzer, Ph.D 06-07-2002
Free concert, sunshine draw listeners dowtown Staff 06-07-2002
Indians raided by Twins Staff 06-07-2002
Clean air campaign kicks off sooner than usual The Associated Press 06-07-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-07-2002
Berkeley ready terrorist attack By Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-07-2002
CBS will not show Schwab ad deriding Wall Street practices By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer 06-07-2002
USC high tech incubator to close Staff 06-07-2002
Intel reduces 2nd-quarter forecast By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
California home prices hit record high in April By Simon Avery, AP Business Writer 06-07-2002
3Com to merge units in cost-cutting effort Staff 06-07-2002
Berkeley helps save lost American Indian languages By MICHELLE LOCKE, Associated Press Writer 06-07-2002
Government deems building insecure, radioactive waste goes under tents By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Man pleads guilty to role in deadly LA kidnapping scheme The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Sentencing set today for couple convicted in SF dog mauling By Ron Harris, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Judge fines tobacco company $20 million for targeting teens By Seth Hettena, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Police search former priest’s home near Lake Tahoe for missing girl Staff 06-07-2002
California warned to be ready for ‘acute epidemic’ By Don Thompson, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Court grants parental rights to non-biological father By David Kravits, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Fundamentalist church responds to child’s death with new rules Staff 06-07-2002
Amtrak train strikes pickup, injuring driver Staff 06-07-2002
Credit help offered as senators probe state computer hacking By Don Thompson, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
California’s power supply dwindles By Karen Gaudette, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
National Red Cross to remove board of San Diego chapter Staff 06-07-2002
Despite sex scandal, archdiocese on pace for record fund-drive By Diego Ibarguen, Associated Press Writer 06-07-2002
Hershey, union reach agreement By Marc Levy, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Suspected 9-11 mastermind, chief hijacker believed in same German city at same time The Associated Press 06-07-2002
‘Company’s on the way’ By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
UC shuts down study program in India this fall By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff 06-06-2002
News of the Weird The Associated Press 06-06-2002
Let’s consider a minus 15 mph speed limit Tom Brown Berkeley 06-06-2002
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 06-06-2002
Out and About Staff 06-06-2002
St. Mary’s Moore drafted by Pirates By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 06-06-2002
Suicide bomber survivors tell story By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 06-06-2002
UC professors deserve an “F” Giora Stavi Berkeley 06-06-2002
Jacob Coakley Special to the Daily Planet 06-06-2002
Americans pull off shocker over Portugal The Associated Press 06-06-2002
City questions lockers it provides to homeless By Kurtis Alexander Daily Planet Staff 06-06-2002
Darling Flower Shop is structure of “demerit” Hank Resnik Berkeley 06-06-2002
Cal’s White selected by Colorado Daily Planet Wire Services 06-06-2002
Fire danger moderate in Northern California By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 06-06-2002
Library offers plenty for youth this summer Mike Dinoffria Special to the Daily Planet 06-06-2002
Semiconductor industry group projects recovery The Associated Press 06-06-2002
eBay has deployed weapon against fraud By Brian Bergstein The Associated press 06-06-2002
Researchers say global warming will leave state short of water By Colleen Valles The Associated Press 06-06-2002
Priest accused of raping girl bound for trial The Associated Press 06-06-2002
Moon to obscure sun in partial solar eclipse By Andrew Bridges The Associated Press 06-06-2002
UC Professors push for divestment from Israel By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-05-2002
20 mph is not slow enough for our safety, air quality Sedge Thomson 06-05-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-05-2002
A’s top pick follows in his father’s footsteps The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Local 1 ousted from Berkeley schools By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-05-2002
Celebrate Affordable Housing Week Assemblywoman Dion Aroner Berkeley 06-05-2002
Hutchinson, Baker go early Staff Report 06-05-2002
November ballot being prepped with city bonds By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-05-2002
Asian teams win, lose and tie at World Cup The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Future of historic building debated By Matt Artz, Special to the Daily Planet 06-05-2002
Census ranks Rancho Santa Fe as nation’s wealthiest town By Seth Hettena, The Associated Press 06-05-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-05-2002
Verdict delayed in Oakland car bombing case By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-05-2002
Teen recognized for dancing, choreography By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-05-2002
Concord woman selected as winner of Afghan scholarship to study law Staff 06-05-2002
Apple introduces eMac for computer users The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Former Andersen executive talks about financial reporting system By May Wong, The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Mountain View Intuit to buy property software company The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Cardinal to take out newspaper ads on abuse The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Air Force colonel suspended after bad-mouthing Bush By Kim Curtis, The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Woman convicted of killing three tenants may be let go from prison The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Regents pick nuclear weapons designer to head Livermore Staff 06-05-2002
Lawmakers begin budget negotiations By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Trial starts for man accused of killing child By Ben Fox, The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Medical journal puts itself, competitors under microscope By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press 06-05-2002
Dozens return to scorched homes The Associated Press 06-05-2002
R.I. mayor acquitted of some charges Staff 06-05-2002
Comeback bid fails, bankruptcy looms for San Jose Symphony By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 06-05-2002
World in Brief Staff 06-07-2002
Leg bone found near site of Levy remains By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Lewinsky excused from doing jury duty The Associated Press 06-07-2002
EPA leaders want to hire more American Indians By Scott Sonner, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
Man arrested Sept. 12 with box cutters pleads guilty to fraud Staff 06-07-2002
Judge finds Amish guilty By Dan Lewerenz, The Associated Press 06-07-2002
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