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House Rises, Tempers Flare in South Berkeley

By ANGELA ROWEN
Tuesday May 27, 2003
Ching “Christina” Sun doesn’t consider herself a developer: she would rather do without the label’s implied power, without the antipathy it often evokes. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday May 27, 2003
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Letters to the Editor

Tuesday May 27, 2003
EMERYVILLE BOOM -more-

Arts Calendar

Tuesday May 27, 2003
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West Nile Virus May Miss City but Fears Remain

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday May 27, 2003
It’s a deadly disease that could be heading to California, and it isn’t SARS. -more-

A Request for Retraction

Tuesday May 27, 2003
The following letters were exchanged between Aran Kaufer and Planet Executive Editor Becky O’Malley: -more-

Mr. Bearden’s Mural Goes To Washington for Show

By JOHN GELUARDI
Tuesday May 27, 2003
The Romare Bearden mural that has served for nearly 30 years as a backdrop to the drama of Berkeley city politics is going on a two-year tour with the National Gallery of Art as the centerpiece of a Bearden retrospective. -more-

Visions of Smart Growth Amount to ‘Slick Wizardry’

By ALEX NICOLOFF
Tuesday May 27, 2003
For anyone living in Berkeley in the fifties and sixties, the “ticky tackys” of that time today seem luxurious apartments when compared to the cramped, high-density living quarters built by developers of late. -more-

Deregulation Plan Weakens Ethnic Press

By MARCELO BALLVE Pacific News Service
Tuesday May 27, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO — In barrios, inner-city communities and immigrant enclaves nationwide, ethnic media reporters cover stories often ignored by mainstream newsrooms. Now, with a media deregulation plan being formulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), critics fear that ethnic media’s civic role may be undermined. -more-

A Brief History of LBNL and Berkeley

By GENE BERNARDI
Tuesday May 27, 2003
Berkeley’s Mayor Tom Bates needs to brush up on the history of the city of Berkeley’s and community members’ relationship with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) as well as the democratic process known as Roberts’ Rules of Order. -more-

Image Makers Obscure President’s Policy Failures

By MICHAEL KATZ Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 27, 2003
In one universe, George W. Bush is soaring from victory to victory. His wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, waged with solid domestic support, each ousted unsavory regimes at a cost of relatively few U.S. casualties. He has prodded a historic series of tax cuts through Congress. -more-

Get a Job, Not a Degree

By ROBERT B. REICH
Tuesday May 27, 2003

Atlantic City Family Reunion by the Naked Statue

From Susan Parker
Tuesday May 27, 2003

When 304 Voters Decided a Town Election ...

When 304 Voters Decided a Town Election ...
Tuesday May 27, 2003

Play Examines Details of a Day

By BETSY M. HUNTON Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 27, 2003

Sacred Land and Strange Weather

By KURT VONNEGUT In These Times
Tuesday May 27, 2003

Film Chronicles Albany Homeless Village

By JOHN GELUARDI
Tuesday May 27, 2003

Summer Noon Concerts in Downtown Berkeley

Tuesday May 27, 2003

THE HOUSE at Shattuck and Essex in South Berkeley used to be a one-story bungalow.
THE HOUSE at Shattuck and Essex in South Berkeley used to be a one-story bungalow.

Editorials

White House Invitation Creates Moral Dilemma

By DAVID SUNDELSON Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 27, 2003
It was the kind of mail I usually throw away without opening: a form letter with the return address “Yale Class of 1968 Thirty-Fifth Reunion.” No thanks, I thought. “Bright College Years” (“for God, for country and for Yale”) hasn’t been my song for a long time. -more-

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