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Slump Stalls Labor Project

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday April 18, 2003
It was almost 11 a.m. on Wednesday and Tony Lacayo, seated in a van on Hearst Avenue, hadn’t received a single call from someone needing workers. -more-

Kids, Grown-ups Brave Rain For Youth Arts Festival

By FRED DODSWORTH
Friday April 18, 2003
More than a hundred adults and uncountable children braved the elements to attend the 11th Annual Youth Arts Festival at the Berkeley Arts Center at 1275 Walnut St. in north Berkeley Wednesday evening. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Friday April 18, 2003
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Arts Calendar

Friday April 18, 2003
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Activists Win Emeryville Fight; City Abandons Appeal Role

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday April 18, 2003
Under pressure from activists this week, Emeryville pulled out of a high-profile legal fight pitting over 200 American cities against disability rights advocates in a battle over sidewalk accessibility. -more-

Nisker Brings New Age Scoop To Cody's Reading Monday

By ANDY SYWAK
Friday April 18, 2003
Former news director at the old Jive 95 radio station, KSAN, and later at KFOG, Wes “Scoop” Nisker, will speak at Cody’s Books on Telegraph Avenue Monday evening to discuss his new book, “Big Bang, The Buddha and The Baby Boom: The Spiritual Experiments of My Generation.” -more-

Arms Justification Not Borne Out

By WILLIAM O. BEEMAN
Friday April 18, 2003
The stated purpose of the war in Iraq was to defend the United States from Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Thus far no weapons have been found. Moreover, according to United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix and two top Iraqi scientists who have given themselves up, there are none of any significance to be found. -more-

Iran Delivery Continues Despite War Warnings

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday April 18, 2003
Despite stiff warnings from the Department of State, and increasingly hostile rhetoric from the Bush Administration, a group of city employees and a former city council member leave for Iran today to deliver 1,200 badly needed wheelchairs. -more-

Single Payer System for All Is Answer to Health Crisis

By LONI HANCOCK
Friday April 18, 2003
As individuals struggle with personal finances and businesses ponder their bottom lines, state and local governments face budget deficits of historic proportions. Over seven million Californians, about one in five, have no health insurance whatsoever. Many others are underinsured. Hospitals and health plans are closing and merging, making access to health care more difficult. The cost of health care continues to explode. -more-

Hancock Bill to Eliminate Exit Exam Requirement

By ANGELA ROWEN
Friday April 18, 2003
For most of her life Alanna Baeks, a junior at Berkeley High School, has been told all she needed to do to get her diploma is accumulate the necessary course credits and eke out a C-minus average. Now she isn’t sure she’ll graduate, even though she’s taking the required classes and making reasonable grades. -more-

Support Assembly Health Care Bill

By JOSEPHINE ARASTEH
Friday April 18, 2003
Write a letter of support to State Senator Sheila Kuhl for SB 921—Health Care for All Californians Act, scheduled for a hearing before the Senate Insurance Committee, at 9 AM on April 30. The more letters of support she receives, the better the chances of the bill passing. Local co-sponsors are Don Perata, Wilma Chen and Loni Hancock. -more-

UC Forum Mourns Lost Iraq Treasures

By ANGELA ROWEN
Friday April 18, 2003
Local scholars met this week to discuss the antiquities looting in Iraq, calling it a devastating blow to the world’s cultural heritage. -more-

Berkeley Briefs

Friday April 18, 2003

Police Blotter

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday April 18, 2003

Citizens Must Participate to Shape Budget

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday April 18, 2003

Wheelchair Donation Program

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday April 18, 2003

Star at Venus Displays Stellar Taste—Inventive Recipes, Exquisite Execution

By PATTI DACEY
Friday April 18, 2003

SARS Prompts UC To Suspend Travel

Friday April 18, 2003

Cedar Waxwings Take Spring Leave

By JOE EATON
Friday April 18, 2003

Sculpture Garden Artist Remembers Active Life

By FRED DODSWORTH
Friday April 18, 2003

Berkeley This Week

Friday April 18, 2003

Erik Olson JOSE CHAVEZ waits for work on Hearst Avenue Thursday, as he does most days. Chavez said he was a general contractor in his native El Salvador before moving to the Bay Area. He said he takes English classes at night and hopes to take the contracting license exam soon.
Erik Olson JOSE CHAVEZ waits for work on Hearst Avenue Thursday, as he does most days. Chavez said he was a general contractor in his native El Salvador before moving to the Bay Area. He said he takes English classes at night and hopes to take the contracting license exam soon.

Editorials

A Cause I Can Support

Friday April 18, 2003
A few weeks after 9/11, I hung an American flag in the upstairs bedroom window of our home. It stayed there for almost 16 months, fading in the sunlight that faces Dover Street. -more-

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