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Neutering could be the answer to pesky raccoons

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 17, 2002
Pesky raccoons in your neighborhood? City Councilmember Linda Maio may have a solution: sterilization. -more-

Why UC clericals are ready to strike

Susan Peabody Berkeley
Saturday August 17, 2002
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Anna Head was among several remarkable Bay Area women

By Susan CernySpecial to the Daily Planet
Saturday August 17, 2002
Alta Bates, Julia Morgan and Anna Head are among the remarkable women who lived in the Bay Area during the late 19th and early 20th century. Alta Bates was a nurse who founded a hospital, Julia Morgan an architect who designed Hearst Castle, and Anna Head was a teacher, founded a school. -more-

Richard Misrach

By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday August 17, 2002
The Berkeley Art Museum is showing the photography of longtime Berkeley resident Richard Misrach, an artist perhaps best known for his images of bomb testing sites in deserts in the American West. The BAM show includes only some of those sometimes gruesome pictures of irradiated livestock corpses – via open books under tabletop glass – while emphasizing the chronological ends of Misrach’s career. -more-

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Saturday August 17, 2002
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Baseball union sets Aug. 30 strike date

By Ronald Blum The Associated Press
Saturday August 17, 2002
NEW YORK — Baseball’s union set an Aug. 30 strike date Friday, moving the sport closer to its ninth work stoppage in three decades and angering fans sick of money squabbles between players and team owners. -more-

Council hopeful is off the hook

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 17, 2002
A small claims court judge has ruled against activist Barbara George in her $5,000 personal injury lawsuit against City Council candidate Gordon Wozniak, according to court documents. -more-

Reconsidering our approach to terrorism

John M. Hartenstein Berkeley
Saturday August 17, 2002
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A’s victory quick over White Sox

By Greg Beacham The Associated Press
Saturday August 17, 2002
OAKLAND— Everything about the Oakland Athletics’ 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox was quick — except for one ill-fated changeup by Mark Buehrle. -more-

Berkeley-SFO fares proposed

- Compiled from staff and wire reports
Saturday August 17, 2002
East Bay travelers heading to San Francisco International Airport on the new BART extension may be pleased with the cost of the trip. -more-

Couple wants to keep the pool

Jean Johnsen Berkeley
Saturday August 17, 2002
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Tough odds for 3rd mayoral candidate

By Kurtis Alexander Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 17, 2002
With two political veterans vying for mayor this November, it will take something special to compete with front-runners Mayor Shirley Dean and Tom Bates. -more-

Couple wants to keep the pool

Ralph K. Johnsen Berkeley
Saturday August 17, 2002
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Sacramento judge upholds East Bay’s fight for Delta water

The Associated Press
Saturday August 17, 2002
OAKLAND— A Sacramento judge has upheld an East Bay water agency’s three-decade battle to draw extra water from Delta tributaries. -more-

Former Adobe employee arrested for embezzlement

Saturday August 17, 2002

Computers need tender, loving care, too

By Larry Blasko The Associated Press
Saturday August 17, 2002

Photos courtesy of Raccoon Rescue City Councilmember Linda Maio is weighing a trap and neuter program to cut down on the raccoon nuisance in Berkeley.
Photos courtesy of Raccoon Rescue City Councilmember Linda Maio is weighing a trap and neuter program to cut down on the raccoon nuisance in Berkeley.

Editorials

Legislature proves unable to punish cities that balk at cheaper housing

The Associated Press
Saturday August 17, 2002
SACRAMENTO — Each bill cleared one house of the Legislature, then triggered searing soul-searching sessions about how to house struggling lower-wage workers and ease financial disparities between older cities and newer suburbs. -more-

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