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Big Box Targets City

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday April 04, 2003
The cash-strapped city of Albany is considering building a sprawling retail complex on its southern border with Berkeley. The project threatens to create traffic hazards on the Gilman Interchange. -more-

Letters to the editor

Friday April 04, 2003
FOR SHAME -more-

So That’s What the Flag Pole is For

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday April 04, 2003
In recent weeks, Berkeley High School has been the site of a teach-in, a die-in and a walkout, among other anti-war activities. But thanks to Michael and Vicki Larrick, it all happened in the shadow of an American flag. -more-

Informed Journalism Needs Reporters Who Participate

By BECKY O’MALLEY
Friday April 04, 2003
Thursday’s Chronicle Op-Ed page featured a column by a smiling fellow identified as a Readers’ Representative, entitled “Credibility at Stake.” The title was right; the column was flat wrong. His conclusion: “If it were up to me … the sign over the entrance to The Chronicle would read ‘Check your activism at the door.’” -more-

Residents Oppose Seminary Growth

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday April 04, 2003
Residents and officials from American Baptist Seminary of the West squared off Tuesday over the seminary’s proposed campus expansion in the Benvenue neighborhood. -more-

A Call for Empathy: Rethink Pre-emptive Bush Doctrine

By DAN BROOK
Friday April 04, 2003
Baghdad’s residents are being pounded by the U.S. military policy of shock and awe. Designed to be “the non-nuclear equivalent of the impact that atomic weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had on the Japanese,” the purpose is to “take the city down ... [until] they are physically, emotionally and psychologically exhausted.” President Bush describes this terrorism as liberation. -more-

Women in Black Vigil, held every Friday from noon to 1 p.m. at UC Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave. wibberkeley@yahoo.com 548-6310, 845-1143. Singing for Peace at BART, A chance to voice your protest and prayers for peace, all voices and ages welco

Friday April 04, 2003
Women in Black Vigil, held every Friday from noon to 1 p.m. at UC Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave. wibberkeley@yahoo.com -more-

An Optimist in War Time: Cultural Sphere Benefits From Increased Activism

By ROBERT COMMANDAY
Friday April 04, 2003
Even as the country has been plunged into a war, something positive might still come out of all this. Whatever the outcome of the pending crises, and whatever their duration, a significant portion of this country just may have been reawakened to become active, involved participants — players, voters, protesters, hell-raisers. -more-

Addison Window Gallery Showcases Local Artwork

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Friday April 04, 2003
Walking through Berkeley’s Arts District, along Addison Street — Berkeley’s Broadway with its theaters, arts and music venues and restaurants — it's impossible to miss the Addison Street Window Gallery. -more-

City and Schools Put Heads Together

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday April 04, 2003

Arts Calendar

Friday April 04, 2003

Death on Dover Street

Susan Parker
Friday April 04, 2003

UC Forum on Middle East Peace Process on April 4

— Angela Rowen
Friday April 04, 2003

Police Blotter

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday April 04, 2003

The Pleasures of Sonoma — A Day Trip to Wine Country

By KATHLEEN HILL Special to the Planet
Friday April 04, 2003

Erik Olson BERKELEY RESIDENTS gather in front of Old City Hall on April 1 for a ceremonial photograph marking the 125th anniversary of the city.
Erik Olson BERKELEY RESIDENTS gather in front of Old City Hall on April 1 for a ceremonial photograph marking the 125th anniversary of the city.

Editorials

125 Years Ago ...

By SUSAN CERNY
Friday April 04, 2003
This week, 125 years ago, Berkeley was incorporated as a town. On that day, April 1, 1878, it was not yet large enough to be a city; that would happen in 1908 just before Old City Hall was dedicated in 1909. -more-

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