UC students demand clean energy
UC Berkeley students, joined by Mayor Shirley Dean, called for a significant investment in “clean energy” and “green building” techniques throughout the nine-campus University of California system Thursday. -more-
UC Berkeley students, joined by Mayor Shirley Dean, called for a significant investment in “clean energy” and “green building” techniques throughout the nine-campus University of California system Thursday. -more-
The Berkeley High girls volleyball team continued their dominance of league competition on Thursday, giving up just six points while beating De Anza High, 15-1, 15-3, 15-2. -more-
The music and recording industries sent out letters this month asking 2,300 colleges and universities around the country, including UC Berkeley, to clamp down on students sharing copyright-protected songs and movies over the Internet. -more-
NEW YORK — Kurt Cobain regretted using heroin to ease the pain of a stomach ailment but could not bring himself to stop, and talked of shooting himself, according to excerpts from the late Nirvana star’s diaries. -more-
In 1971, Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg risked his career, his reputation and his freedom to make public what has become known as the Pentagon Papers – 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining America’s untold and often nefarious involvement in the Vietnam War. -more-
NEW YORK — The Whitney Museum has unveiled its new $200 million collection of works from Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and other American masters of postwar modernism at pivotal moments in their careers. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – Teased and taunted for tiptoeing around Barry Bonds, the Anaheim Angels decided to challenge him. -more-
DAVIS — Farmers and consumers with questions about the national organic food standards adopted on Monday can find answers through a University of California program. -more-
WASHINGTON — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, has raised and distributed tens of thousands of additional dollars to congressional candidates using a practice that campaign finance experts say could skirt federal limits. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Democratic Gov. Gray Davis had $12 million on hand as of Oct. 19 for the closing days of his re-election bid — 10 times as much as Republican challenger Bill Simon, according to campaign reports submitted Thursday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — One year ago, attorneys emerged from a California judge’s chambers and announced a historic, pro-consumer settlement of a lawsuit accusing Ford of producing millions of defective vehicles prone to stalling. -more-
NEW YORK — Profit-takers rushed back to Wall Street Thursday as disappointing news from International Paper and Duke Energy stirred fears that stocks won’t hold gains from their two-week surge. The Dow Jones industrials slid more than 170 points. -more-
LOS ANGELES — It was one of the most important decisions for the California Fish and Game Commission in 10 years. Yet President Mike Flores and Commissioner James Kellog weren’t there. -more-
NEWPORT BEACH — The son of Britain’s top judicial officer was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in state prison after pleading guilty to stalking the boyfriend of a woman he met in a tanning salon. -more-
LONG BEACH — Nurses who staged a one-day strike at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center were barred from the hospital Thursday and replaced for five days by contract workers. -more-
PINOLE — The former sister-in-law of one of the suspects arrested in connection with the sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C. area expressed sympathy for the victims and their families. -more-
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UC makes new offer to lecturers By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff 10-24-2002
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Berkeley honors officers 10-24-2002
Police looking for video Daily Planet Wire Service 10-24-2002
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Committees examine cancer link By Colleen Valles The Associated Press 10-24-2002
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Fishing in Channel Islands banned By Laura Wides The Associated Press 10-24-2002
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Nobody for governor Dave Linn Berkeley 10-23-2002
Angels take one from the Giants, move to 2-1 By Ben Walker The Associated Press 10-23-2002
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Violence against transgender people Eric Hamako Berkeley 10-23-2002
No cause determined in football player’s death The Associated Press 10-23-2002
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Right turn on Telegraph Pam Speich Berkeley 10-23-2002
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Light signals on Telegraph Karl Reeh President, LeConte Neighborhood Association 10-23-2002
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Oakland police request help Daily Planet Wire Service 10-23-2002
Biotech advocate meets with opposition in Sacramento By Paul Elias The Associated Press 10-23-2002
Another suspect at large in murder Daily Planet Wire Service 10-23-2002
Laboratory, employees plead innocent Daily Planet Wire Service 10-23-2002
Bay Area Briefs 10-23-2002
Environmental groups sue EPA over pollution By Brian Melley The Associated Press 10-23-2002
Joe Lieberman discusses policy in S.F. By Colleen Valles The Associated Press 10-23-2002
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Leader says lawmakers will sue to kill Proposition 51 By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press 10-23-2002
Lawyer: Steve Garvey believed in diet ad claims The Associated Press 10-23-2002
Literacy makes the grade By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff 10-22-2002
Montauk defends school reforms Lance Montauk School board candidate 10-22-2002
Calendar 10-22-2002
Berkeley High’s Young speeding his way to Cal By Dean Caparaz Daily Planet Correspondent 10-22-2002
Residents seek to stop new building By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff 10-22-2002
League of Women Voters on the record Nancy Bickel President, League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville 10-22-2002
World Series shifts to San Francisco By Ben Walker The Associated Press 10-22-2002
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Residents should decide height initiative Sheila Andres Berkeley 10-22-2002
Prostitution sting results in 12 arrests By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff 10-22-2002
Exercising democracy Mary McGloin Alameda 10-22-2002
Sniper may have contacted police By Stephen Manning The Associated Press 10-22-2002
Firefighter contract likely to be granted By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff 10-22-2002
Oakland moves up to 90 10-22-2002
Learning to build in green By Alice La Pierre Special to the Daily Planet 10-22-2002
Bay Area Briefs 10-22-2002
California teen-age birth rates fall below average By Louise Chu The Associated Press 10-22-2002
Stocks higher, Dow surges 200 points By Amy Baldwin The Associated Press 10-22-2002
PG&E tries to extend $431 million loan deadline By Karen Gaudette The Associated Press 10-22-2002
UA reservation center closes, 500 furloughed Daily Planet Wire Service 10-22-2002
Davis and Simon scramble for support By Alexa H. Bluth The Associated Press 10-22-2002
Report cites housing shortage By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press 10-22-2002
High court refuses to hear search cases By Eun-Kyung Kim The Associated Press 10-22-2002
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Cal women beat Beavers; UCLA ends men’s streak Daily Planet Wire Service 10-21-2002
Retiring council member reveals a whole new side By Mark Murrmann 10-21-2002
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Berkeley artist dies at 88 The Associated Press 10-21-2002
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89th murder in Oakland Daily Planet Wire Service 10-21-2002
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Violence targets transgender community By Margie Mason 10-21-2002
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Property-rights groups want Supreme Court to decide monument status The Associated Press 10-21-2002
Courtroom threat has man seeking protection order against judge The Associated Press 10-21-2002
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Radical City Council candidate lags By David Scharfenberg 10-19-2002
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Stephen Ambrose memoirs published By Hillel Itale 10-19-2002
Bears turn it on late By Jared Green 10-19-2002
Navy jets crash over Pacific Ocean, four still missing By Matthew Fordahl 10-19-2002
Oakland’s “Just Cause” George Azar 10-19-2002
Genome to be mapped By Andrew Bridges 10-19-2002
Davis’ attorney cites conflict Daily Planet Wire Service 10-19-2002
Police Briefs 10-19-2002
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State Briefs 10-19-2002
Suspects appear in court to answer for death of crossdresser Daily Planet Wire Service 10-19-2002
Stock market continues upswing By Amy Baldwin 10-19-2002
PG&E downgraded The Associated Press 10-19-2002
FBI says balance is needed against terrorism By Martha Mendoza 10-19-2002
Court upholds Clinton’s orders By Mark Sherman 10-19-2002
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