News
Church is a classic worth saving
By Susan Cerny
Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday August 24, 2002
Something for Everyone
Brian Kluepfel Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday August 24, 2002
Berkeley is home to many aspiring musicians and provides opportunity for the amateur performer to get onstage nearly every night of the week. Here’s what the Daily Planet found in a typical week of talent-spotting.
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A-Rod says he’d take pay cut to help baseball
By Ronald Blum
The Associated Press
Saturday August 24, 2002
State defends payroll problems
By David Scharfenberg
Daily Planet Staff
Saturday August 24, 2002
State education consultants said the Berkeley Unified School District’s transition to a new data processing system has been “very smooth,” despite a pair of high-profile payroll problems in late July. Errors are unavoidable in a transition, they said.
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BART gets $20 million for seismic safety
Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday August 24, 2002
Gov. Gray Davis announced approval of more than $20 million by the California Transportation Commission to upgrade service on BART.
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State budget impasse heading for record
The Associated Press
Saturday August 24, 2002
SACRAMENTO — California’s budget impasse is on course to break records as it heads into the ninth week and the Legislature prepares for the final marathon week of its 2002 session.
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California housing market stays hot
By Simon Avery
The Associated Press
Saturday August 24, 2002
Former Milpitas exec gets prison for securities fraud
Staff
Saturday August 24, 2002
Shorebird Nature Center Builds Straw Bale Addition
Editorials
Ad campaign urges Californians to buy local food
The Associated Press
Saturday August 24, 2002
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis unveiled a new statewide advertising campaign Thursday to encourage consumers to purchase California-grown produce to help boost the state’s largest industry.
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