Tensions over Berkeley Height Initiative on the rise
Sierra Club sponsors forum on idea of building up, not out -more-
Sierra Club sponsors forum on idea of building up, not out -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Zito pitched into the seventh inning for his eighth straight victory, and Adam Piatt drove in the go-ahead run as the Oakland Athletics won the Bay Bridge series, beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 Sunday. -more-
City should provide easier access to information, critics say -more-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire backers poised to build a downtown stadium to lure a professional football team back to Los Angeles abruptly abandoned their plans, according to published reports. -more-
Thousands of residents from the Bay Area gathered in south Berkeley Sunday for the Juneteenth Festival, celebrating African American history, culture and the end of slavery. -more-
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LAS VEGAS — The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association approved a number of changes aimed at attracting more fans and contestants. -more-
Today is Monday, June 17 , the 168th day of 2002. There are 197 days left in the year. -more-
SAN BERNADINO— A fast-moving wildfire burned 3,500 acres of rugged forest land Sunday and caused the temporary closure of Interstate 15 in San Bernadino, fire officials said. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — A suicide note left by a teen-age girl who fatally shot herself in January has led to the arrest of a neighbor, charged with molesting her and another neighborhood girl. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Students at the CHESS/SUCCESS Academy, an elementary school for at-risk kids, will get a big surprise when they return to school in the fall. -more-
SACRAMENTO — After 100 hours of contradictory testimony, blame shifting and a couple of balky witnesses, the committee investigating a potentially costly state computer contract is about to wrap up its work — maybe. -more-
MILL VALLEY — With its quaint shops and leafy residential roads, it’s easy to mistake Mill Valley for simply a quiet, upscale bedroom community across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Fewer Californians were looking for work last month and that pushed down the unemployment rate, not an increase in jobs, according to state employment officials. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — After his colleagues on the San Francisco’s liberal Board of Supervisors frowned on his plan to cut homeless welfare checks, Gavin Newsom is taking his plan to city residents. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Just as voters soon will decide who runs California, the thousands of creditors owed money by bankrupt Pacific Gas and Electric Co. are getting their chance to help determine the shape of California’s largest utility when it emerges from Chapter 11. -more-
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that destroyed five homes and forced evacuations of 200 people in this community northeast of Bakersfield was at least 50 percent contained Sunday. -more-
Experts: Nuclear terror would kill few, but harm the American psyche -more-
National security adviser gives commencement speech -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of family, friends and political leaders gathered at a memorial service Saturday held to honor an openly gay police officer who died when his patrol car crashed. -more-
SACRAMENTO — A federal judge has ordered a new trial for two undocumented Mexican immigrants convicted of growing more than 1,000 marijuana plants in northern California. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Hoping to attract more mass appeal for an online search engine with a cult following, AlltheWeb.com on Monday declared that it indexes more Internet information than longtime pacesetter Google. -more-
SAN JOSE — During eBay’s rapid rise to Internet commerce powerhouse, the company nurtured a quaint tale of its origins, saying founder Pierre Omidyar created the site in 1995 so his fiancee could trade PEZ candy dispensers with other collectors. -more-
SAUSALITO — A Marin County family has finally docked at home — four years, 41 countries and some 35,000 miles after they first sailed out of a Sausalito harbor on their trip around the world. -more-
Bay Area family returns after 4 years at sea 06-17-2002
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Partial verdict reached in Earth First! case 06-11-2002
Tensions over Berkeley Height Initiative on the rise By Katie Flynn, Daily Planet Intern 06-17-2002
In support of feral cat sterilization Dairne Ryan 06-17-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-17-2002
A’s take 2 of 3 from Giants By GREG BEACHAM, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Coalition pushes Sunshine Ordinance By Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-17-2002
Questions about city mediation Howie Muir 06-17-2002
Billionaire backers of LA football back out of city’s stadium deal The Associated Press 06-17-2002
South Berkeley celebrates By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-17-2002
Height initiative would impact the availability of housing Charles Siegel 06-17-2002
Pro rodeo schedules more bull riding The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Bay Briefs Staff 06-17-2002
History Staff 06-17-2002
Southern California firefighters keeping busy, battling 3,500-acre blaze The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Suicide leads to arrest of sex crime suspect The Associated Press 06-17-2002
California prisons are helping to make dent in the state’s digital divide By JESSICA BRICE, Associated Press Writer 06-17-2002
State’s Oracle hearings expected to wrap up today By STEVE LAWRENC, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Wheeling and dealing in Mill Valley By MAY WONG, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Unemployment rate falls despite fewer total jobs By SIMON AVERY, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
San Francisco supervisor collects signatures to cut homeless checks The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Bankrupt PG&E’s creditors begin deciding future By KAREN GAUDETTE, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Wind-whipped wildfire destroys five homes 30 miles from Bakersfield The Associated Press, 06-17-2002
Dirty bomb is topic of state medical summit By SIMON AVERY, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Condoleezza Rice tells Stanford grads the world is different now By MARGIE MASON, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Gay SF police officer eulogized Staff 06-17-2002
Judge orders retrial for California dope farmers The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Online search engine Google has new competitor By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
It turns out: eBay wasn’t about PEZ dispensers after all By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
BRIEFS Staff 06-17-2002
Future for Youth Radio fuzzy By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
Pioneer West Berkeley house takes on a new life, wins an award By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 06-15-2002
Complaints against reverend Rev. Tom Sanders 06-15-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-15-2002
Films of Clara Van Gool, at the Fine Arts Cinema By Peter Crimmins, 06-15-2002
Arts & Entertainment Staff 06-15-2002
Fans pull all-nighters for different kind of finals by Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-15-2002
City’s horizon is in the hands of voters By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
Thanks Alameda James F. Harris 06-15-2002
U.S. team joins Korea, Japan, Belgium in 2nd round Staff 06-15-2002
Visit to Israel a peace mission for local man By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-15-2002
20 mph no joke Steve Geller 06-15-2002
Producers of new ’Altar Boys’ movie deflect assumptions By David Germain, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Pitch to the man fourth on the career HR list By Anne M. Peterson, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
King’s principal takes key school district post By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-15-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-15-2002
Bay Area job seekers look for more than a paycheck By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
Bay Area job seekers look for more than a paycheck By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
eBay struggles to keep die-hard users happy By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
New Unemployment Figures Staff 06-15-2002
New appliances are energy stars The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Innovations make home functional Staff 06-15-2002
Building more light into your home Staff 06-15-2002
60-year wait ends for former interment camp man Staff 06-15-2002
Winona Ryder pleads innocent to theft, drug charges The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Canned convenience food Spam has its own museum By Craig Gustafson, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Disney plans to pull viewers to ABC’s season The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Original Declaration of Independence copy on display Staff 06-15-2002
’Casablanca’ leads list of favorite movie love stories By David Germaiin, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Dispute resolved over mystery anthology Staff 06-15-2002
Briefs Staff 06-15-2002
Greenpeace co-founder Moore accused of treason By Paul Elias, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Bill to stimulate more low-income apartments moves By Jim Wasserman, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Davis, senators repeat call for Bush to buy oil leases of state’s coast By Jim Wasserman, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Man gets two years for mailing fake anthrax Staff 06-15-2002
Berkeley Farms recalls antibiotic-tainted milk The Associated Press 06-15-2002
The tainted milk products being recalled Staff 06-15-2002
Mexican guest workers seek Congress’ help to recover decades-overdue pay By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Salvadoran investigators unable to determine how American died Staff 06-15-2002
Archaeological dig shows Roman sea trade with India By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Superintendent calls for small schools at Berkeley High School By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-14-2002
Revitalizing San Pablo Ave. area Pamela Thomas 06-14-2002
Berkeley Rep does justice to wacky British drama By John Angell Grant, Special to the Daily Planet 06-14-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-14-2002
Arts Calendar Staff 06-14-2002
Berkeley duo helps push Bay Oaks to national tournament By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Police force turns over By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Security issue Marc Sapir 06-14-2002
A child’s glimpse of the Middle East in new documentary By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet 06-14-2002
Bicycle Friendly Berkeley keeps kids safe By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Bad drivers a gold mine Tim Plume 06-14-2002
Feral cats not welcome By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Oakland’s ‘Barbeque,’ Beer and Bluesfest Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-14-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-14-2002
Flags fly for motorists Mike Dinoffria, Berkeley Daily Planet 06-14-2002
correction Staff 06-14-2002
Auto emissions bill struggles to regain momentum By Jim Wasserman, The Associated Press 06-14-2002
Web browser project makes one last stab at challenging Microsoft Corp. By Anick Jesdanun, The Associated PRess 06-14-2002
Home and Garden By James and Morris Carey The Associated Press 06-14-2002
Berkeley scientist helps locate new Jupiter-like planet Daily Planet Wire Services 06-14-2002
State Briefs Staff 06-14-2002
Arriving in style: Playboy founder’s Mercedes limo for sale Staff 06-14-2002
CLICK AND CLACK TALK CARS BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZI 06-14-2002
Committee denies license for Grateful Dead reunion concert Staff 06-14-2002
Teen won’t talk to investigators about car crash Daily Planet Wire Services 06-14-2002
Berkeley’s bay trail coming soon By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-12-2002
No coincidence Daniella Thompson 06-12-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-12-2002
Extra work pays off for Berkeley High rowing duo By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 06-12-2002
Jury awards Earth First! $4.4 million By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-12-2002
Historically significant Sally B. Woodbridge 06-12-2002
Russell’s lawyer: alleged victim consented to sex By Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Pot club closes following robbery By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff 06-12-2002
Rallying for marijuana for patients Kim Hanna 06-12-2002
Goalless France booted from Cup By Phil Brown The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Standoff, random shooting shake south neighborhood By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 06-12-2002
What’s good for San Pablo Avenue? David Snipper 06-12-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-12-2002
School board considers asking for more money By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff 06-12-2002
Lawrence lab ends controversial test By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-12-2002
Four Knight Ridder newspapers lower Sunday prices By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Lycos offers subscription music service The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Number of pirated CDs nearly doubled in 2001, industry says By SIMON AVERY, The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Government tries to halt sale of Hiroshima atomic bomb remnants By David Kravits, The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Bid for North Coast Railroad By The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Governor names California’s first official Poet Laureate By JIM WASSERMAN, The Associated Press 06-12-2002
FBI questioning dive shops to head off terrorist attacks By Seth Hettena, The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Northern fire still a problem The Associated Press 06-12-2002
Investigator: suspect appeared nervous days after girl vanished Staff 06-12-2002
Nine charges thrown out in shoe bomb case The Associated Press 06-12-2002
National Briefs Staff 06-12-2002
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
Judge’s ruling moves Anderson jury out of deadlock By Kristen Hays, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Corporate America battered by allegations of white collar crime By Alan Clendenning, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
DOE downplays risk after earthquake near Yucca By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
S.C. governor sends troopers to stop plutonium shipments By Jacob Jordan, The Associated Press 06-15-2002