Students find kinder rental market
Thrown to the wolves of the city’s merciless housing market for many years, UC Berkeley students may finally be getting a reprieve. -more-
Thrown to the wolves of the city’s merciless housing market for many years, UC Berkeley students may finally be getting a reprieve. -more-
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Ageing team taking it easy during training camp -more-
This November Berkeley voters will decide if Old City Hall – where the city’s unique style of politics has been staged for the last 94 years – is worthy of a $21.5 million face-lift. -more-
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SAN DIEGO – San Diego State announced a series of self-imposed penalties Monday for violating NCAA rules by holding summer football workouts at a local beach. -more-
Future of University Ave.
development is uncertain
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SAN DIEGO – Spilling beyond the doors of a synagogue, thousands of people gathered Monday to honor Marla Bennett and to mourn the 24-year-old California woman they remembered as accomplished, loving, idealistic and filled with promise. -more-
A spokeswoman for the East Bay Regional Park Police said that they sent at least 25 people and a helicopter Monday to assist with a fast-moving grass fire near the Alameda and Contra Costa county border. -more-
President could declare a national economic
emergency to keep West Coast workers on the job
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SAN FRANCISCO – An effort by California’s Supreme Court to clarify the state’s convoluted tobacco liability law only clouded the issue Monday, with both sick smokers and cigarette makers claiming victory. -more-
LOS ANGELES – The nine telecommunications companies that have filed for bankruptcy in the last 13 months suffered a common problem. They were unable to cover massive debt racked up as they acquired competitors or built vast fiber-optic networks for an expected Internet traffic explosion. -more-
Prosecutor says there is “no question” on issue -more-
FOREST FALLS – A mother bear and cub foraging for food broke into a home in a San Bernardino National Forest mountain community and died in the house fire they started. -more-
On Saturday afternoon 1,136 tot-totting moms filed into the Berkeley Community Theater. Each mom settled a hungry baby in her lap, readied a lactating breast and sat poised to suckle their way into the Guinness Book of Records. -more-
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OAKLAND – Cory Lidle teamed with three Oakland relievers on a one-hitter, and Miguel Tejada hit a three-run homer Sunday as the Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 4-0. -more-
About 700 people rallied at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland Saturday in protest of plans to hire 100 new Oakland police officers and build a new 420-bed juvenile hall to serve Alameda County. -more-
WASHINGTON – Well, they got the halftime show in. -more-
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A fifth candidate has entered the race for Berkeley’s hotly contested 8th District City Council seat. -more-
The Rent Stabilization Board will hear the appeal tonight of a Berkeley landlord accused of overcharging residents and ignoring sanitary regulations at a boarding house for UC Berkeley students. -more-
SACRAMENTO — About 1 million Californians laid off as a result of the terrorist attacks will get an extra bonus in their unemployment checks starting this week, Gov. Gray Davis announced Sunday. -more-
DAVIS – Former University of California eye researcher Bin Han, his wife and their two sons, ages 9 and 14, were home watching “Jurassic Park III” on May 17 when police showed up with a search warrant. -more-
Dozens of residents in south Berkeley are burning mad about two vacant buildings on the bustling 3000 block of Telegraph Avenue. Gutted by fire earlier this year, the structures have since become a haven for graffiti and the homeless. -more-
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In 1902 the Berkeley Development Company purchased approximately 2000 acres of land in north Berkeley that would become the Northbrae and Thousand Oaks residential subdivisions. -more-
For Raymond Nat Turner and Zigi Lowenberg, it’s all about finding a blend and balance between art and commerce, music and language, social justice and entertainment, Jewish New York and African-American Los Angeles and the personal and public personas that they project through Upsurge!, their jazz-poetry ensemble. The Oakland couple, who has lived together and collaborated for more than a decade, addresses these issues in their newest CD “Chromatology,” which hits the streets in October. -more-
NEW YORK – With a pivotal week of talks upcoming, baseball players hope there’s enough progress in negotiations to make setting a strike deadline unnecessary. -more-
New questions are surfacing about the November 2000 departure of a high-ranking Berkeley Unified School District employee and an $800,000 consulting contract that followed. -more-
EAST TROY, Wis. – They came with Garcia-esque beards. Tie-dyed T-shirts. Tattoos. -more-
OAKLAND – Mark Redman outpitched Barry Zito at the Coliseum, where the Oakland ace hadn’t lost a regular-season game in 14 months, as the Detroit Tigers beat the Athletics 3-1 Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak. -more-
“Berkeley should be consulted about possible impacts,” she said. -more-
JERUSALEM – A day after a bombing that killed seven people, including five Americans, many U.S. students opened a new semester at Hebrew University saying they wouldn’t be driven away by the attack. But some were shaken enough to consider leaving. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – An unregulated division of PG&E Corp. engaged in potentially deceptive energy-trading practices during the California power crisis that drove the company’s utility into bankruptcy, according to documents filed Friday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – Alameda County on began a pilot program to test making payments to welfare recipients using debit cards instead of issuing checks. -more-
SACRAMENTO – Strengthening the state’s toll bridges against earthquakes, a job already costing twice initial 1990s estimates, could rise another $630 million and imperil other transportation projects, a new state audit warns. -more-
SACRAMENTO – A convicted child molester apparently committed suicide Thursday in Sacramento County jail by overdosing on psychiatric medication. -more-
It takes nerve to take on Shakespeare’s recalcitrant and probably untamable “Troilus and Cressida,” but the East Bay’s nerviest theater company, Shotgun Players, is giving it a go. In a production playing Saturdays and Sundays at Berkeley’s John Hinkel Park, Shotgun jabs at the wayward beast, wrestles it, gets knocked down, staggers up, leaps into the fray and all in all does a creditable job of staying in the ring until the final bell (or dull thud) that brings the match to a close. -more-
Berkeley sure seems like a special place for 17-year-old Ayinde Ubaka. After leading the Slam ‘N Jam Soldiers to a championship victory at last weekend’s AAU Elite 8 tournament, held at Cal’s Recreational Sports Facility, many Golden Bear fans hope the Oakland High senior point guard will continue to feel right at home on the UC Berkeley campus. Scoring the final nine points in Saturday’s first game, including a desperation 4-point play with no time left, and adding another dazzling performance during the championship game, the 6-foot-3 Ubaka thrilled fans and college scouts alike at the weekend tournament. -more-
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The Berkeley Unified School District made at least six months of errors in calculating employees’ income tax withholdings, district officials said Thursday. -more-
NEWPORT, R.I. – It was a watershed event in popular music: Bob Dylan, folk music’s young minstrel, taking the stage with an electric guitar slung over his shoulder. -more-
OSAKA, Japan – The 49ers arrived for the American Bowl on Thursday and made a surprising request: They want to hold on to a Japanese player added to the roster just for the game. -more-
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The transition from a seven- to a six-period day at Berkeley High School, slated for September, has put school administrators and teachers at odds. -more-
The trailers for “Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat” suggest that the comedian at last bares his soul about the personal difficulties he’s had since his last concert film, the enormously successful “You So Crazy” in 1994. -more-
OAKLAND – Eric Chavez homered twice as the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Thursday night. -more-
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SAN DIEGO – Each time a bomb exploded in Jerusalem, Marla Bennett’s parents would fear for their 24-year-old daughter, a student at Hebrew University. But within 15 minutes she would be on the phone, assuring them she was safe. -more-
LOS ANGELES – When last seen by America, Anna Nicole Smith was locked in a seven-year legal battle over her late husband’s Texas oil fortune. -more-
NEW YORK – Baseball’s arbitrator postponed for a second time his decision on whether owners can fold teams without the agreement of players. -more-
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Marla Bennett, 24, had planned to visit her alma mater UC Berkeley later this month. But that plan ended with the most recent episode of violence in the Middle East. -more-
NEW YORK – A string of reminders that the economy is still struggling as well as disappointing earnings at Exxon Mobil irked investors Thursday, and pushed stocks sharply lower. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled nearly 230 points, their first triple-digit loss in nearly two weeks. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – PG&E Corp. disclosed deepening financial troubles Thursday that threaten to push its once-prosperous energy trading business into bankruptcy court alongside its utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. -more-
Our remodeling company recently was called to repair a leaking second-story deck. The deck is located on the windward side of the house and leaks were showing up at adjacent interior walls and ceilings. -more-
LANCASTER – Two teenage girls kidnapped early Thursday from a remote lovers’ lane and raped were rescued hours later when sheriff’s deputies closed in on the suspect’s stolen Ford Bronco and shot him to death. -more-
LOS ANGELES – Officials credited a recently adopted child abduction alert system with the safe rescue Thursday of two Lancaster girls. -more-
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Drivability on all sorts of road surfaces and in all sorts of conditions has been the rallying cry for Subaru for as far back as we can remember. Their tagline—the beauty of all-wheel drive—demonstrates their focus on safety and a go anywhere mentality rivaled only by Jeep. This year Subaru has taken a huge chance and restyled their Impreza line of small cars, of which we drove the new-for-2002 Impreza Outback Sport. -more-
The East Bay’s casual car pool, which has carried commuters across the Bay Bridge for more than a decade, is not only a ritual for thousands of car poolers but is somewhat of a culture. -more-
Two of the brightest stars in modern west African music will light up the Ashkenaz Dance Club on San Pablo Avenue this week. On Thursday, it’s Kanda Bongo Man and on Saturday is Rokia Traore. -more-
BHS’s Toma, St. Mary’s
McGuinness and Lawson
on Alameda Select team at
international tournament
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New system misread employees’
bank account numbers
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OAKLAND – Mark Ellis singled home Terrence Long with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Wednesday as the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians. -more-
UC Berkeley placed 15 maintenance workers on paid leave while investigating allegations of drug and alcohol use on the job, “timecard improprieties” and misuse of campus property, university officials said. -more-
Alameda County schools Superintendent Sheila Jordan announced Wednesday that 109 schools in the county have been selected to receive $1.75 million after they met their performance growth goals. -more-
If approved by voters
100 officers would be
added to force of 750
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A deal under which the San Francisco 49ers could sell "naming rights'' to Candlestick Park is headed to the full Board of Supervisors for a vote -- but without a recommendation from the Finance Committee. -more-
SAN JOSE — Yosemite killer Cary Stayner told a psychiatrist that voices on the television told him to kill. But all he told the FBI about TV was that it taught him how to cover up his crimes. -more-
New policy considers high school
grades and standardized test scores
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NEW YORK — AOL Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that the Justice Department is looking into its accounting practices, raising the possibility of a criminal case against the world’s largest media company. -more-
Sun Microsystems Inc. is in
the anti-Microsoft business
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Father Bill doesn’t look the type to have been arrested 224 times. Appearances, however, are not on O’Donnell’s list of concerns. -more-
STOCKTON – Masafumi Kawaguchi doesn’t mind being a tour guide or an interpreter for the San Francisco 49ers this week – particularly if they’ll help him out in return. -more-
It’s one of those Berkeley issues that never seems to go away: parking. -more-
Two-time Olympian Kirk Everist was named head coach of the Cal men’s water polo program this week. -more-
When Congress made sweeping changes to the nation’s welfare system in the late 1990s, states were given five years of funding with a directive to wean people from government aid. -more-
The U.S. Peace Corps is trying to diversify its work force by actively recruiting minorities, older people and couples, but the director of the agency said Monday in San Francisco that only legally married people are classified as a couple. -more-
There is a guinea pig crisis in the Bay Area. -more-
SAN JOSE — The California Farm Bureau has filed suit to block the Environmental Protection Agency from ending the industry’s longtime exemption from federal air pollution regulations. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Federal and regional environmental agencies are investigating a smog-credit swapping program already mired in lawsuits from participating companies. -more-
SACRAMENTO — A statewide blueprint for education — which calls for changes in college admissions policies and the state governance structure — is nearly finished, state officials say. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — ChevronTexaco Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit plunged 81 percent as losses on its investment in troubled energy trader Dynegy Inc. hammered the oil giant. -more-
LOS ANGELES — A black Virginia state judge testified Tuesday in a civil rights lawsuit against Los Angeles police that she felt degraded when officers ordered her out of a car at gunpoint and forced her to the pavement during a traffic stop in 1999. -more-
WRIGHTWOOD — A local state of emergency was declared Tuesday in order to allow more water to be trucked up to this mountain resort, the latest rural community to be hit hard in the aftermath of Southern California’s extremely dry winter. -more-
JULIAN — A wildfire burning in the mountains east of San Diego on Tuesday destroyed five homes and forced the evacuation of homes and trailer parks, officials said. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — A 12-year-old Chinese girl missing for two days was found safe with relatives on the East Coast early Saturday after disappearing from her youth tour group, authorities said. -more-
It is said, “good fences make for good neighbors.” And good fences provide a margin of safety and security, as well. -more-
Ballistic tests performed by the Berkeley Police Department last week showed that the handgun used in a June robbery in Albany was the same weapon used in three earlier Berkeley shootings. -more-