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Mayoral camps settle up on finance charges

By Matthew Artz
Saturday October 19, 2002
Less than three weeks until the mayoral election, candidate Tom Bates and incumbent Mayor Shirley Dean are defending themselves against charges of campaign finance impropriety. -more-

Sliding scale rents?

Randy Silverman
Saturday October 19, 2002
To the Editor: -more-

Old flicks put new face on history

By Steven Finacom
Saturday October 19, 2002
Local historical archives are enlivened with thousands of still pictures showing Berkeley's places, people, and events of past decades. But for a more animated glimpse into early local life, nothing beats old home movies, newsreels and other film footage. -more-

Fledgling sport gains speed

By Martha Irvine
Saturday October 19, 2002
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Turnover-happy Jackets down Hercules in overtime

By Jared Green
Saturday October 19, 2002
Apparently no one told the Yellowjackets that there are no points for degree of difficulty in football. -more-

Calendar

Saturday October 19, 2002
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Radical City Council candidate lags

By David Scharfenberg
Saturday October 19, 2002
City Council candidate Carlos Estrada doesn’t expect to win. But he does have a larger goal in mind – a new, radical political movement. -more-

More on rent control

Alexis Jones-Ramirez
Saturday October 19, 2002
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Poet laureate strikes

By Michael Weissenstein
Saturday October 19, 2002
NEW YORK — New Jersey poet laureate Amiri Baraka criticized Israeli and Jewish groups’ involvement in U.S. politics and reiterated that he would not give up his post as official state poet amid accusations of anti-Semitism. -more-

Cal (4-3, 1-2 Pac-10) vs. UCLA (4-2, 1-1 Pac-10)

Jared Green
Saturday October 19, 2002
When Cal has the ball -more-

Search begins for top cop

By Matthew Artz
Saturday October 19, 2002
Three months after the retirement of long-standing Police Chief Dash Butler, Berkeley has formally begun its search for a replacement. -more-

A vote for Measure M

Zelda Bronstein
Saturday October 19, 2002
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Stephen Ambrose memoirs published

By Hillel Itale
Saturday October 19, 2002
NEW YORK — He hardly mentions his fatal illness, and makes a brief, sarcastic reference to allegations of plagiarism that surfaced in the last year of his life. -more-

Bears turn it on late

By Jared Green
Saturday October 19, 2002
The Cal women’s soccer team broke two ugly streaks on Friday during their 2-0 win over Oregon. The Bears scored their first goals of the Pac-10 season, and Laura Schott got her first goal in almost a year. -more-

Navy jets crash over Pacific Ocean, four still missing

By Matthew Fordahl
Saturday October 19, 2002
POINT SUR — Two unarmed Super Hornet fighter jets crashed over the Pacific Ocean about 80 miles southwest of Monterey during routine training Friday morning. The Coast Guard searched for four missing members of the Black Aces squadron from Lemoore Naval Air Station. -more-

Oakland’s “Just Cause”

George Azar
Saturday October 19, 2002
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Genome to be mapped

By Andrew Bridges
Saturday October 19, 2002
LOS ANGELES — Scientists in California and Virginia will try to decode the genetic makeup of two plant-destroying microbes, including one blamed for killing tens of thousands of oak trees along the West Coast. -more-

Davis’ attorney cites conflict

Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday October 19, 2002

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Saturday October 19, 2002

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Saturday October 19, 2002

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Saturday October 19, 2002

Suspects appear in court to answer for death of crossdresser

Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday October 19, 2002

Stock market continues upswing

By Amy Baldwin
Saturday October 19, 2002

PG&E downgraded

The Associated Press
Saturday October 19, 2002

FBI says balance is needed against terrorism

By Martha Mendoza
Saturday October 19, 2002

Court upholds Clinton’s orders

By Mark Sherman
Saturday October 19, 2002

California condor born in wild dies

The Associated Press
Saturday October 19, 2002

Creative offers give new meaning to scalping

By Justin Pritchard
Saturday October 19, 2002

Labor activist Dolores Huerta has thrown her support behind Berkeley’s controversial coffee initiative, which would require all retailers in the city to sell only organic, shade-grown or Fair Trade coffee.
Labor activist Dolores Huerta has thrown her support behind Berkeley’s controversial coffee initiative, which would require all retailers in the city to sell only organic, shade-grown or Fair Trade coffee.

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Fund helps the needy during the holidays

By Matthew Artz
Saturday October 19, 2002
This holiday season, nearly a thousand of Berkeley’s neediest families will find a check in the mail. -more-

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