The Week

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          Canadian firm Magna Entertainment Corp. may sell a 45-acre parcel along San Francisco Bay to local park districts for the creation of sports fields.
Kurtis Alexander/Daily Planet Staff Canadian firm Magna Entertainment Corp. may sell a 45-acre parcel along San Francisco Bay to local park districts for the creation of sports fields.
 

News

Sports fields may lie in measure J

By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday October 23, 2002

Nobody for governor

Dave Linn Berkeley
Wednesday October 23, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Angels take one from the Giants, move to 2-1

By Ben Walker The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Pac Bell Park was pumped. -more-


Rent increases banned in 2003

By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday October 23, 2002

Good news for tenants. There will be no rent hikes next year. -more-


Violence against transgender people

Eric Hamako Berkeley
Wednesday October 23, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


No cause determined in football player’s death

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

MARTINEZ — An autopsy has not been able to determine what caused a 19-year-old Diablo Valley College football player to collapse and die during practice in August. -more-


Pollster says Simon camp must change

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday October 23, 2002

The chief pollster for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon said the campaign should focus more on Simon’s agenda and less on attacking Gov. Gray Davis, during an appearance at UC Berkeley Tuesday. -more-


Right turn on Telegraph

Pam Speich Berkeley
Wednesday October 23, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


San Jose keeps Nabokov in goal

By Greg Beacham The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SAN JOSE — Goalie Evgeni Nabokov agreed to a two-year, $7.15 million contract with the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, ending his holdout after five games. -more-


Bus driver slain in Maryland; police say they were warned

By David Dishneau The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

ROCKVILLE, Md. — A bus driver was shot to death Tuesday as he was about to set out on his morning route in what authorities fear was the 13th attack by the Washington-area sniper. Police also revealed a chilling warning found at a weekend shooting scene: “Your children are not safe anywhere at any time.” -more-


Light signals on Telegraph

Karl Reeh President, LeConte Neighborhood Association
Wednesday October 23, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


School mentoring program struggles for survival

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday October 23, 2002

An award-winning mentoring service at Emerson Elementary School faces an uncertain future after the state cut funding for the program in September. -more-


Oakland police request help

Daily Planet Wire Service
Wednesday October 23, 2002

Biotech advocate meets with opposition in Sacramento

By Paul Elias The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SACRAMENTO — Leonard Gianessi, who has been barnstorming across the country promoting the benefits of genetically modified crops, was met Tuesday by protesters who complained the technology is not completely understood and, at a minimum, will ruin organic farmers. -more-


Another suspect at large in murder

Daily Planet Wire Service
Wednesday October 23, 2002

NEWARK — Newark police said today they are looking for a fourth person in connection with the slaying of a 17-year-old boy who sometimes passed as a girl. -more-


Laboratory, employees plead innocent

Daily Planet Wire Service
Wednesday October 23, 2002

OAKLAND — A Hayward chemical supply company and seven individuals have pleaded innocent in federal court in Oakland to charges of conspiring to sell $11 million worth of freon to make methamphetamine. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Wednesday October 23, 2002

Wrong ballots sent to voters -more-


Environmental groups sue EPA over pollution

By Brian Melley The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

FRESNO — Environmentalists sued the federal government Tuesday to force it to clean up air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley after a decade of neglect. -more-


Joe Lieberman discusses policy in S.F.

By Colleen Valles The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Sen. Joe Lieberman called again Tuesday for the federal government to adopt an economic stimulus package, while he criticized President Bush’s handling of the economy. -more-


Navy man recalls harrowing fall

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SAN DIEGO — A Navy sailor says he feels lucky to have survived an aircraft carrier accident that left him floating in the frigid Pacific Ocean for more than seven hours. -more-


Sacramento authorities probe pyramid scheme

By Jennifer Coleman The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SACRAMENTO — They met in beauty salons and suburban homes with the guests — all invitation only — coming for the promise of helping their community while making a huge profit for themselves. -more-


Stocks fall sharply Tuesday

By Amy Baldwin The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

NEW YORK — Still skeptical about the stock market’s long-term potential, investors cashed in some gains from two weeks of rallies Tuesday, sending prices lower. Disappointing earnings from Kimberly-Clark, Wyeth and Texas Instruments also prompted some selling. -more-


Sierra vintners unlikely winemakers

By Kathleen Stebbins The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SoCal gets mixed grades on environment

By Robert Jablon The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Southern California got mixed grades in a new study on protecting the environment, ranking high in recycling but nearly failing in use of treated wastewater. -more-


Judge gives family until Nov. 5 to get out of foreclosure

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SANTA ANA — A Superior Court judge gave a Yorba Linda family until Nov. 5 to get their $650,000 home out of foreclosure, a house they nearly lost when they came up $51.56 short on a monthly mortgage payment. -more-


Leader says lawmakers will sue to kill Proposition 51

By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

SACRAMENTO — Armed with an opinion from the Legislature’s attorney, Senate leader John Burton said Tuesday that Proposition 51 is unconstitutional and that lawmakers will ask a court to overturn it if it’s approved by voters. -more-


Lawyer: Steve Garvey believed in diet ad claims

The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Former baseball star Steve Garvey did not know that he was making false claims when he said people could use a weight-loss product and eat “forbidden foods” such as buttered biscuits and ribs, his lawyer said Tuesday. -more-


Literacy makes the grade

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday October 22, 2002

Struggling readers appear to be making significant progress under a four year-old “early literacy” program in the Berkeley’s elementary schools, according to a report released last week. -more-


Montauk defends school reforms

Lance Montauk School board candidate
Tuesday October 22, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Calendar

Tuesday October 22, 2002

Tuesday, Oct. 22 -more-


Berkeley High’s Young speeding his way to Cal

By Dean Caparaz Daily Planet Correspondent
Tuesday October 22, 2002

For most of his young life, Sean Young didn’t want to go to Cal. Enter new Golden Bears coach Jeff Tedford – now it looks like Berkeley fans will be able to see Young at Memorial Stadium on a regular basis. -more-


Residents seek to stop new building

By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday October 22, 2002

A north Berkeley housing complex planned for where an old gas station once stood at 1797 Shattuck Ave. could pose health risks to neighbors, according to nearby residents. -more-


League of Women Voters on the record

Nancy Bickel President, League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville
Tuesday October 22, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


World Series shifts to San Francisco

By Ben Walker The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Just mention Pacific Bell Park and what’s the first image that comes to mind? Barry Bonds plopping balls into the water, of course. -more-


Measure J would retrofit old City Hall

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday October 22, 2002

Democracy, public safety and about $47 million in taxpayer dollars will be at stake Nov. 5 when Berkeley voters cast ballots on Measure J. -more-


Residents should decide height initiative

Sheila Andres Berkeley
Tuesday October 22, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Prostitution sting results in 12 arrests

By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday October 22, 2002

Berkeley police arrested 12 men for soliciting prostitutes along San Pablo and Heinz avenues during a four-hour sting Friday evening, police said. -more-


Exercising democracy

Mary McGloin Alameda
Tuesday October 22, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Sniper may have contacted police

By Stephen Manning The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

ROCKVILLE — In a tantalizing turn in the hunt for the Washington-area sniper, investigators said Monday the killer apparently tried to contact them in a phone call that was too “unclear” to be understood. They pleaded with the person to call back. -more-


Firefighter contract likely to be granted

By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday October 22, 2002

Oakland moves up to 90

Tuesday October 22, 2002

OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department reports that investigators are looking into the city's 90th killing as of Monday. -more-


Learning to build in green

By Alice La Pierre Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday October 22, 2002

A lot of attention has been given to green building lately. With that attention has come some confusion about what precisely green building is. Other terms, like “healthy” building, “natural” building, and “sustainable” building, or development, also add to the confusion. This is a complex topic that we will try to clarify in today’s “Power Play” and in the Nov. 11 “Power Play.” -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Tuesday October 22, 2002

Citations issued in -more-


California teen-age birth rates fall below average

By Louise Chu The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

SACRAMENTO — California’s teen birth rate has dipped below the national average for the first time since 1980, the state Department of Health Services reported Monday. -more-


Stocks higher, Dow surges 200 points

By Amy Baldwin The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

NEW YORK — Investors rewarded Wall Street for an upbeat earnings season again Monday, pushing stocks sharply higher and extending two weeks of stunning gains. The market overcame an earlier round of profit taking and saw the Dow Jones industrials shoot up more than 200 points. -more-


PG&E tries to extend $431 million loan deadline

By Karen Gaudette The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. continued negotiating with lenders Monday, hoping to extend the deadline on a $431 million loan to its unregulated energy trading arm that it says it can’t afford to pay. -more-


UA reservation center closes, 500 furloughed

Daily Planet Wire Service
Tuesday October 22, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — United Airlines announced Monday the closure of a reservation center, leaving more than 500 employees on furlough, according to a United Airlines spokesman. -more-


Davis and Simon scramble for support

By Alexa H. Bluth The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

CHICO — Gov. Gray Davis rallied rural residents and workers while Republican challenger Bill Simon courted farmers Monday as each scrambled to secure support from crucial blocs of voters with 15 days until Election Day. -more-


Report cites housing shortage

By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

SACRAMENTO — California’s job and population growth continues to outpace its supply of homes and apartments, steadily worsening one of the nation’s most severe housing shortages, says a new report by a nonprofit group that studies economic and budget trends. -more-


High court refuses to hear search cases

By Eun-Kyung Kim The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a challenge of police powers in car searches, the latest post-Sept. 11 example of the justices’ siding with law enforcement in a privacy case. -more-


Ashley Williams named television season’s new “It Girl”

By Frazier Moore The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

NEW YORK — Nearly every TV season brings a newly designated “It Girl.” -more-


Looking for truth in the face of terror

By Judith Scherr
Monday October 21, 2002

A pediatrician by trade, Dr. Helen Caldicott’s call to save the children is a fight against militarism. -more-


Concern over city’s fiscal planning

Steven Donaldson
Monday October 21, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Calendar

Monday October 21, 2002

onday, Oct. 21 -more-


Defense carries Bears to win over UCLA

By Jared Green
Monday October 21, 2002

School will fight state overhaul

By David Scharfenberg
Monday October 21, 2002

Myths about development

Miriam Hawley
Monday October 21, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Panthers go ahead early, cruise late to beat Kennedy

By Jared Green
Monday October 21, 2002

The St. Mary’s High football team kicked off their Bay Shore Athletic League season with a 37-14 stomping of Kennedy (Richmond) High on Saturday, getting three rushing touchdowns from Fred Hives in their easiest win of the year. -more-


Voters to decide animal shelter’s fate

By Matthew Artz
Monday October 21, 2002

Taking a position on Prop P

Stephanie Manning
Monday October 21, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Cal women beat Beavers; UCLA ends men’s streak

Daily Planet Wire Service
Monday October 21, 2002

Retiring council member reveals a whole new side

By Mark Murrmann
Monday October 21, 2002

In her eight years on the Berkeley City Council, Polly Armstrong has long argued that council’s time and energy was better spent dealing with “police and potholes,” not the international issues raised by colleagues. -more-


Pac-10 Football Roundup

Staff
Monday October 21, 2002

Arizona St. 45, No. 7 Oregon 42 -more-


Sniper suspected in Virginia shooting

By Michael Buettner
Monday October 21, 2002

ASHLAND, Va. – A man was shot and wounded in a steakhouse parking lot Saturday night while walking to his car with his wife. Authorities were investigating whether the Washington-area sniper who has killed nine people had struck again, for the first time on a weekend. -more-


Sports This Week

Monday October 21, 2002

Tuesday -more-


Berkeley artist dies at 88

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

Ed Rossbach, a pioneer in the fiber-arts movement, has died at age 88. -more-


Berkeley cop shoots dog

Monday October 21, 2002

A Berkeley police officer shot and killed a pit bull Sunday while responding to a domestic disturbance in northeast Berkeley, authorities said. -more-


89th murder in Oakland

Daily Planet Wire Service
Monday October 21, 2002

A spokesman for Highland Hospital confirms that a man died after being shot in the back in West Oakland around 4:30 a.m. this morning. -more-


Police Briefs

Matthew Artz
Monday October 21, 2002

n Assault with deadly weapon -more-


Violence targets transgender community

By Margie Mason
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Eddie “Gwen” Araujo was a good-looking girl – so good, it cost him his life. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Monday October 21, 2002

Health products company fined in employee deaths -more-


State Briefs

Monday October 21, 2002

Report: Border security hurting San Diego economy -more-


Property-rights groups want Supreme Court to decide monument status

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

DENVER – Property-rights groups plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether President Clinton acted illegally when he protected Colorado’s Canyons of the Ancients, California’s groves of giant sequoias and six other federal tracts as national monuments in 2000. -more-


Courtroom threat has man seeking protection order against judge

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

Shippers withold evidence of dockworker slowdown

By Justin Pritchard
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – After promising this week to produce proof of a dockworker slowdown at West Coast ports, shipping companies embroiled in a labor dispute with longshoremen on Friday again delayed filing the documents with Department of Justice lawyers. -more-


New Adobe Acrobat released

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Adobe Systems Inc. today launched its popular Acrobat software in a new direction aimed at increasing the use of the Internet to fill out contracts, tax forms and other key documents. -more-


Suit claims contractor defrauded SF’s minority contracting program

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco city attorney filed a civil lawsuit that claims one of the Bay Area’s largest mechanical contractors faked a partnership with a Filipino firm to defraud the city’s minority contracting program of $8 million. -more-


UCSF develops faster, more sensitive mad cow detector

By Paul Elias
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a new mad cow disease detector they claim is faster and more accurate than existing models and could “significantly reduce human exposure” to the fatal brain-destroying malady. -more-


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

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

Saturday, Oct. 19 -more-


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

To the Editor: -more-


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

To the Editor: -more-


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

To The Editor: -more-


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

SAN FRANCISCO – The attorney for the son of Bay Area food critic and chef Narsai David said Friday that he may stop defending Daniel David, 36, against federal charges of fraud and money laundering because of a potential conflict of interest. -more-


Police Briefs

Saturday October 19, 2002

Attack via grapes -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Saturday October 19, 2002

Bicyclists cheer commission decision -more-


State Briefs

Saturday October 19, 2002

Students say burgers and doughnuts instead of vegetables -more-


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

SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E Corp. suffered another financial blow Friday when Moody’s Investors Service said it was downgrading the credit rating of one of the energy giant’s subsidiaries. -more-


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

LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST — A second California condor hatched in the wild has been found dead here, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. -more-


Creative offers give new meaning to scalping

By Justin Pritchard
Saturday October 19, 2002

Berkeley schools fail state goals

By David Scharfenberg
Friday October 18, 2002

What to do about traffic

Frank Gebauer
Friday October 18, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


For Jack Johnson the show goes on

By Jane Yin
Friday October 18, 2002

Surfers all have a common bond: the love of waves. But for pro-surfer-turned-musician Jack Johnson and many of the people that have stepped into his life, the bonds go beyond that. -more-


Calendar

Friday October 18, 2002

Yellowjackets pull turnaround, beat De Anza

By Jared Green
Friday October 18, 2002

Elementary school gets federal scrutiny

By David Scharfenberg
Friday October 18, 2002

Civil liberty and the FBI

Sam Matar
Friday October 18, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Some of NBC’s established hits are off to a sluggish start this season

By David Bauder
Friday October 18, 2002

NEW YORK — If “The West Wing” were the real White House, glum-faced presidential operatives would be obsessing over worrisome poll numbers. -more-


Golden Bears hope to slow Bruins’ running game

By Jared Green
Friday October 18, 2002

Issues, not candidates, at heart of rent board race

By Matthew Artz
Friday October 18, 2002

The coffee initiative

Rick Young
Friday October 18, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Sports This Week

Friday October 18, 2002

Friday -more-


Candidates talk town and gown

By David Scharfenberg
Friday October 18, 2002

Mayor Shirley Dean and challenger Tom Bates traded jabs over Dean’s student appointments to city commissions and Bates’ 1988 role in temporarily blocking construction of UC Berkeley’s Foothill Residence Hall during a sharply-worded campus debate Wednesday night. -more-


Proposition 13 revisited

Judith Segard Hunt
Friday October 18, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


City pursues Skates on wages

By Matthew Artz
Friday October 18, 2002

Bishop Nichols remembered

By Judith Scherr
Friday October 18, 2002

By Judith Scherr -more-


Police Briefs

Matthew Artz
Friday October 18, 2002

n Carjacked car stopped -more-


Bonds’ ball trial starts

By Angela Watercutter
Friday October 18, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — The feud over Barry Bonds’ historic 73rd home run ball has gone to court, starting a flurry of arguments from both sides about what it means to be a spectator to the great American pastime and whether scuffling over baseballs hit into the stands is just the name of the game. -more-


Giants make history with ticket sales

Daily Planet Wire Service
Friday October 18, 2002

Bey pleads innocent

Daily Planet Wire Service
Friday October 18, 2002

Arrest made in killing of boy who lived as girl

The Associated Press
Friday October 18, 2002

Bay Area Briefs

Friday October 18, 2002

Community to receive funds for public transportation study -more-


State Briefs

Friday October 18, 2002

San Francisco rents -more-


Inland towns now growing

By Daisy Nguyen
Friday October 18, 2002

Forty alleged members of Aryan Brotherhood indicted across nation

The Associated Press
Friday October 18, 2002

LOS ANGELES — Forty alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison-based gang, have been indicted on racketeering charges stemming from a series of violent crimes that included 16 murders and 16 attempted murders, federal officials announced Thursday. -more-


Key Enron trader pleads guilty

By David Kravets
Friday October 18, 2002

By David Kravets -more-


Tobacco company halts free samples

The Associated Press
Friday October 18, 2002

Gateway posts loss

The Associated Press
Friday October 18, 2002

California tops in privacy protections

The Associated Press
Friday October 18, 2002

World Series expected to lift California tourism

The Associated Press
Friday October 18, 2002

Republican Hispanics boost image

By Mark Sherman
Friday October 18, 2002

Largest ranch in valley receives protection from development

The Associated Press
Friday October 18, 2002

Humboldt county’s rugged coast is a world apart

By Denis Cuff
Friday October 18, 2002

Council turns on the lights

David Scharfenberg
Thursday October 17, 2002

On Monday, the lights will go on. -more-


Bush against Saddam?

James K. Sayre
Thursday October 17, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Politics aren’t always Black & White

J. I. Ward
Thursday October 17, 2002

With his eye on the prison system Oakland singer/activist Steve Harris brings his politically-charged music and poetry to Berkeley’s La Pena Cultural Center tonight. -more-


Calendar

Thursday October 17, 2002

Thursday, Oct. 17 -more-


Bears searching for second-half answers

Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Thursday October 17, 2002

Someone check the fire extinguishers in the Cal locker room. They could be all used up from cooling off the Bears at halftime. -more-


UC students urge Wheeler charges dropped

David Scharfenberg
Thursday October 17, 2002

About 60 pro-Palestinian UC Berkeley students and supporters gathered on the steps of Sproul Hall Wednesday calling on the university to drop conduct charges against 32 student activists who participated in the April 9 occupation of Wheeler Hall. -more-


Responding to the challenge

Shirley Dean, Berkeley mayor
Thursday October 17, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


The ballet makes for entertaining evening

Daily Planet Wire Service
Thursday October 17, 2002

The Oakland Ballet’s program 2, featuring two world premieres and two company premieres, made for an entertaining evening of dance last weekend at Oakland's opulent Paramount Theatre. Of the four pieces, the most successful were Agnes de Mille's “Three Virgins and a Devil” and Mexican choreographer Gloria Contreras’ “Opus 45.” -more-


Huffins named Cal track coach

Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday October 17, 2002

Chris Huffins, former NCAA decathlon champion at Cal and current assistant track & field coach at Georgia Tech, will return to Berkeley as the school’s new director of track and field and cross country, Cal Athletic Director Steve Gladstone announced Wednesday. -more-


Public safety groups endorse Dean

Matthew Artz
Thursday October 17, 2002

Berkeley police officers and firefighters endorsed Mayor Shirley Dean Wednesday in her bid for re-election. -more-


A clarification, mayor

Neil S. Mayer
Thursday October 17, 2002

To the Editor: -more-


Lucasfilm employee arrested

The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

SAN RAFAEL — A former Lucasfilm employee faces 13 felony counts of theft for allegedly stealing sound effects recordings, images, video files and the musical score to the movie “Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones.” -more-


Fire victims set to go home

Sophia Tareen
Thursday October 17, 2002

If all goes well, the 69 residents of UA Homes who were displaced by fire in August will be able to return home next week. -more-


Sniper attacks prompt thriller delay

Anthony Breznican The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

LOS ANGELES — With a deadly sniper terrorizing the suburbs of the nation’s capital, 20th Century Fox has decided to delay the release of a thriller about people being pinned down in a phone booth by a gunman they can’t see. -more-


Iraq’s neighbors oppose conflict

Dafna Linzer The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

UNITED NATIONS — The United States came under a barrage of criticism Wednesday as the Security Council held an open debate at the behest of dozens of countries angry with the Bush administration’s threat to attack Iraq. -more-


Train accidents kill two in East Bay

Matthew Artz
Thursday October 17, 2002

A 32-year-old East Bay woman was killed in a possible suicide attempt when an Amtrak passenger train struck her Toyota pick-up truck at Camelia Street in Berkeley at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday. -more-


Murder suspect makes first court appearance

Daily Planet Wire Service
Thursday October 17, 2002

OAKLAND – A 17-year-old boy suspected of shooting an Oakland police officer in the head last month made his first appearance in Alameda County Superior Court Wednesday. -more-


Police Briefs

Thursday October 17, 2002

n Carjacking -more-


Woman killed on Bart tracks at West Oakland station

Daily Planet Wire Service
Thursday October 17, 2002

OAKLAND – BART police say a woman was struck and killed by a train as she walked on the tracks at the West Oakland Station Wednesday afternoon. -more-


Baseball bet tests civic pride

Kate Berry The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

ANAHEIM — With civic pride and a lot of publicity about their World Series bet at stake, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown refused to wear mouse ears. -more-


Tree-squatter moves into housing

The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

BRISBANE — A woman who had lived with her husband for more than a decade in a 300-year-old oak tree on San Bruno Mountain will move into temporary housing. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Thursday October 17, 2002

Ferry proposal to increase service -more-


California nursing homes below standards

The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

SACRAMENTO — A majority of California nursing homes fail to meet federal standards and nearly half have not met minimum nurse-staffing levels set by the state, a review by a health care group found. -more-


Food pantries benefit from port squabbles

Justin Pritchard The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — The West Coast port shutdown was not a calamity for all involved: food banks from San Francisco to New York City are finding pantries fat with tons of perishables that never made it to market. -more-


Generic weed killers fight for dollars

Paul Elias The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s a familiar story: generic upstarts shaking a long-established industry left vulnerable by expired patents on blockbuster products. -more-


State announces grants for schools

The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

SACRAMENTO — The California Energy Commission and the California Power Authority have set up a program to distribute $1.25 million in grants for schools to install rooftop solar energy systems, officials said Wednesday. -more-


State receives $2.3 million for counseling

The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

SACRAMENTO — California is getting a $2.3 million federal grant to expand benefits and continue group crisis counseling for family members and survivors of last year’s terrorist attacks, officials said Wednesday. -more-


Bali tourist returns home

The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County tourist who narrowly avoided being caught in the deadly Bali nightclub bombing that killed his friend returned to California on Wednesday, breaking into sobs as people told him, “It’s good to have you back.” -more-


Opinion

Editorials

Are more police Oakland’s answer?

By Michelle Locke The Associated Press
Wednesday October 23, 2002

OAKLAND — Critics of a ballot initiative authorizing 100 new police officers to fight Oakland’s rising murder rate are slamming the plan as a misguided and costly approach. -more-


Suspected al-Qaida terrorists indicted

By Ben Dobbin The Associated Press
Tuesday October 22, 2002

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Six men were indicted Monday on charges of supporting terrorism by training at an al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden declared that there “is going to be a fight against Americans,” authorities said. -more-


Military training booming at UC Berkeley

Daily Planet Wire Service
Monday October 21, 2002

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-


CIA director says al-Qaida ready to strike on U.S. soil, overseas

By John J. Lumpkin
Friday October 18, 2002

By John J. Lumpkin -more-


U.S. handing over weapons as Afghan military struggles

Chris Hawley The Associated Press
Thursday October 17, 2002

BAGRAM, Afghanistan — U.S. troops are giving confiscated weapons and ammunition to warlords in Afghanistan, a practice that critics say strengthens private militias and undermines attempts to establish a national army. -more-