News
Shattuck Avenue is Main Street in Berkeley
By Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny
Saturday October 26, 2002
Certain buildings on Shattuck Avenue define the historic character of downtown Berkeley and have changed little over the last 50 years. Old postcards are a wonderful source of historic images and downtown was a favorite subject of postcard publishers.
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Cisneros brings Berkeley a reading of “Caramelo”
By Jane Yin
Saturday October 26, 2002
Lala, the main character in Sandra Cisneros’ new novel “Caramelo,” clambers through her life’s journeys, as it twists and turns, like a free-wheeling road trip. Like Lala’s storytelling, the facts in “Caramelo” are based on real people from Cisneros’ life, but the “means for the end” are Cisneros’ own creations. The long-awaited second book from the author of the highly celebrated novel “The House on Mango Street” is a tale about a young girl who adroitly retells the story of her family and illustrates what it is like to be the youngest and only female among her siblings.
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Jackets rout Richmond to set up title showdown
By Jared Green
Saturday October 26, 2002
Tell Pinole Valley we’re coming for them!”
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City discusses recent rise in hate crimes
By Judith Scherr
Saturday October 26, 2002
Berkeley’s not insulated from the nationwide surge in hate crimes reported since Sept. 11, 2001. And so, the city sponsored a Thursday-evening forum “A Community Dialogue to Prevent Hate Crimes.”
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Keeping space weapons at a distance
Vivian Warkentin
Saturday October 26, 2002
To the Editor:
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“Idol” holds auditions
The Associated Press
Saturday October 26, 2002
DETROIT — No need to worry.
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Washington upsets Bears
Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday October 26, 2002
SEATTLE – Junior Melissa Bennett assisted on both Washington goals Friday, including Jaime Carstensen’s 75th-minute tally that lifted the 25th-ranked Huskies to a 2-1 upset of No. 7 Cal.
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Actress hopes to break stereotypes
By Sandra Marquez
Saturday October 26, 2002
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood has long stereotyped Hispanic women as spitfires, bombshells and maids.
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Cal (5-3, 2-2 Pac-10) vs. Oregon State (4-3, 0-3 Pac-10)
Jared Green
Saturday October 26, 2002
When Cal has the ball
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Mysterious letter raises brows
By David Scharfenberg
Saturday October 26, 2002
City Councilmember Kriss Worthington, up for re-election in November, is denouncing a mysterious letter that accuses him of “siding with anti-Jewish and anti-Israel forces” and calls on Berkeley residents to donate to the campaign of his opponent, UC Berkeley student Micki Weinberg.
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UC Merced underway
By Jim Wasserman
Saturday October 26, 2002
MERCED — On a remote foothills site marked by seven years of determination and controversy, Gov. Gray Davis inaugurated a 10th University of California campus Friday.
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Beasley honored for fighting the good fight
By Brian Kluepfel
Saturday October 26, 2002
Police Briefs
by Matthew Artz
Saturday October 26, 2002
Oakland’s murder count hits 92 victims this year
Saturday October 26, 2002
Bay Area Briefs
Saturday October 26, 2002
State Briefs
Saturday October 26, 2002
Environmental group wants farms regulated
The Associated Press
Saturday October 26, 2002
Family, bid farewell to killed transgender teen
By Michelle Locke
Saturday October 26, 2002
Court nullifies laws banning ATM charges
By David Kravets
Saturday October 26, 2002
Regulators check executive’s link to wind farms
By John Heilprin
Saturday October 26, 2002
Former New York police commissioner sworn in as LAPD’s 54th chief
The Associated Press
Saturday October 26, 2002
Bail denied for suspect
Daily Planet Wire Service
Saturday October 26, 2002
A proposed 176-unit housing complex, as pictured in this rendering, would be Berkeley’s largest
downtown project to date. The complex is located on Kittredge Street.
Editorials
Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone killed in Minnesota plane crash
By Brian Bakst
Saturday October 26, 2002
