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Literacy students publish book

Brian Kluepfel
Saturday September 21, 2002
Cornerstone principles of Berkeley Reads – the city library’s free adult literacy program – are fostering voice and action. A new publication of student writings demonstrates these ideas. -more-

A bizarre raccoon attack story

Susan Charlip
Saturday September 21, 2002
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Berkeley's Campanile has a connection to Renaissance Venice

Steven Finacom
Saturday September 21, 2002
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Here's a Big sadistic slice

By John Angell Grant
Saturday September 21, 2002
Feminists objected loudly in 1997 to the content of Neil LaBute’s striking but misogynistic film “In the Company of Men.” In that tale, two corporate Gen-X guys abused and humiliated a woman for fun. -more-

Arts Calendar

Saturday September 21, 2002
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Out & About

Saturday September 21, 2002
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Defense leads Jackets to big win over Liberty

By Jared Green
Saturday September 21, 2002
The Berkeley Yellowjackets went into halftime of Friday’s game against Liberty High a team looking for their hearts. As they proved in the second half, the Jackets have plenty of it. -more-

Mayor broke campaign laws

By Kurtis Alexander
Saturday September 21, 2002
Mayor Shirley Dean was dealt a blow by the city’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission Thursday, when commissioners found the mayor, who is rapt in her bid for re-election, to be in “probable violation” of Berkeley campaign finance law. -more-

Colo. woman boiling over coffee initiative

Sherrie Beshore
Saturday September 21, 2002
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Seventeen years after starting Farm Aid, Nelson still pushing for change

By Todd Spangler
Saturday September 21, 2002
PITTSBURGH — When Willie Nelson helped start Farm Aid in 1985, he and the other organizers — John Mellencamp and Neil Young — held out hope their message about the plight of America’s small family farmers would be heard, and Congress would react. -more-

Panthers fumble away lead in second half, lose to Gauchos

By Dean Caparaz
Saturday September 21, 2002
St. Mary’s High squandered a 20-7 halftime lead and lost, 29-20, at El Cerrito High Friday night. -more-

UC foresees problems

By David Scharfenberg
Saturday September 21, 2002
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City’s weapons policy a national headlineTo the Editor: What a load of compost and granola. Thanks to our City Council's forceful stand against space weapons in or above the city limits, Berkeley is finally comic relief not just for the rest of the cou

Heather Jacobsen
Saturday September 21, 2002
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Cal vs. Air Force Academy – 2 p.m. at Memorial Stadium

Jared Green
Saturday September 21, 2002
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City could raise price of public input

Matthew Artz
Saturday September 21, 2002
With Berkeley’s coffers low, Councilmember Betty Olds wants the city to reduce one of its more frustrating expenses: zoning appeals. -more-

School funding starts at state level

John Selawsky
Saturday September 21, 2002
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German chancellor sends letter to Bush

By Colleen Barry
Saturday September 21, 2002
BERLIN — With an oblique but damaging comparison between George Bush and Adolf Hitler hanging over the final hours of his re-election campaign, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder sought Friday to defuse tensions in a conciliatory letter to the U.S. president. -more-

Record crowds at celebrity match

-Melissa McRobbie
Saturday September 21, 2002

Appezzato memorial service Monday

Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday September 21, 2002

Three overnight killings push Oakland homicides to 84

Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday September 21, 2002

Police Briefs

Matthew Artz
Saturday September 21, 2002

Bay Area Briefs

Saturday September 21, 2002

Tiger attacks kindergartner

By Michelle R. Smith
Saturday September 21, 2002

State Briefs

Saturday September 21, 2002

Packard Foundation slashes staff, grants

By Ian Stewart
Saturday September 21, 2002

Briefs

Saturday September 21, 2002

Father of 401(k) takes pride in brainchild despite account’s flaws

By Michael Liedtke
Saturday September 21, 2002

U.S. Rep. aims to rescue coffee growers through campaign

Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday September 21, 2002

UC Berkeley, CSU offer joint doctorate in education

Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday September 21, 2002

Rural crime prevention program created

Saturday September 21, 2002

Silicon Valley planners worry about future congestion

Saturday September 21, 2002

California nonprofits hurting from state budget cuts

By Louise Chu
Saturday September 21, 2002

Stanford scientists find faults in earthquake prediction model

By Angela Watercutter
Saturday September 21, 2002

Feds consider listing state fish as endangered

By Colleen Valles
Saturday September 21, 2002

First northern right whale calf sighted in Pacific in a century

The Associated Press
Saturday September 21, 2002

In Alaska, an ancestral island home falls victim to global warming

By Joseph B. Verrengia
Saturday September 21, 2002

News of the Weird

Saturday September 21, 2002

Davis signs bill to clean beaches

By Louise Chu
Saturday September 21, 2002

Will Wright’s poetry appears in the book “Another Leaf Has Fallen,” which contains the work of adult literacy students enrolled in the Berkeley Reads program.Ten authors are scheduled to read 2 to 4 p.m. today at Berkeley Public Library.
Will Wright’s poetry appears in the book “Another Leaf Has Fallen,” which contains the work of adult literacy students enrolled in the Berkeley Reads program.Ten authors are scheduled to read 2 to 4 p.m. today at Berkeley Public Library.

Editorials

Crews control 10-acre Oakland blaze

Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday September 21, 2002
OAKLAND – Firefighters remained at the scene of a four-alarm fire Friday that tore through roughly 10 acres of brush in the Oakland Hills Thursday evening, a spokeswoman for the Oakland Fire Department said. -more-

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