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Remembering Kevin Freeman

By ANGELA ROWEN
Tuesday July 01, 2003
About a dozen people marched Saturday from People’s Park toward the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists on Cedar Street in memory of Kevin Freeman, the longtime Berkeley transient who allegedly was murdered by his cell mate in Santa Rita Jail in May. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday July 01, 2003
TUESDAY, JULY 1 -more-

More Light, Less Heat Needed

Becky O’Malley
Tuesday July 01, 2003
“We are trying to build an organization to counter the ‘dumb growth’ positions of what the defeat of Measure P told us is a distinct minority of Berkeley residents. The subtle propaganda of the revived Daily Planet is clearly fanning the flames—and adding an ugly note of personal defamation that should remind us demagoguery is not reserved just to the Bush administration.” -more-

Arts Calendar

Tuesday July 01, 2003
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Police Rescue Shooting Victim At Marina Shore

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday July 01, 2003
A gun shot victim hoisted from a rocky embankment at the Berkeley Marina early Monday morning was in critical condition at Oakland’s Highland Hospital Monday afternoon, authorities said. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday July 01, 2003
SHOOTINGS -more-

UC Stops TRiP Financing, City Closes Commuter Store

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday July 01, 2003
After 16 years of selling transit passes and helping locals navigate the Bay Area’s complicated web of trains and buses, the Berkeley Transit Rideshare and Parking shop, better known as Berkeley TRiP, closed its doors Friday. -more-

U.S. Case Against Iran’s Nuclear Program Should Be Viewed With Severe Skepticism

By WILLIAM O. BEEMAN and THOMAS STAUFFER Pacific News Service
Tuesday July 01, 2003
The furor in Washington over possible nuclear weapons development in Iran is fueled in part because Bush administration officials claim that Iran doesn’t need to generate nuclear power. They assert that Iran’s nuclear energy program is unnecessary given its oil reserves. Therefore, officials say, its nuclear plants must exist for weapons production. -more-

Area Firefighters Swiftly Extinguish Grass Fire Near UC Laboratory

By MEGAN GREENWELL
Tuesday July 01, 2003
A grass fire Saturday consumed an acre and a half off Centennial Drive, near the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the Lawrence Hall of Science, before being extinguished by Berkeley, Oakland and East Bay Regional Parks firefighters. -more-

Dean Vote Falls Short In MoveOn Primary

By ALEXIS TONTI
Tuesday July 01, 2003
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean nearly captured the MoveOn.org PAC’s endorsement for the Democratic presidential nomination. With almost 44 per cent of the vote, Dean came closest to the required 50 per cent majority, the political advocacy group announced Friday. -more-

Detaining Arabs and Muslims Creates False Sense of Security

By JIM LOBE Inter Press Service
Tuesday July 01, 2003

Cuts in Prison Time Save State Money

By VINCENT SCHIRALDI Pacific News Service
Tuesday July 01, 2003

Protesters Converge on Ag-Tech Convention

Tuesday July 01, 2003

News From The Latino Press

By MARCELO BALLVE Pacific News Service
Tuesday July 01, 2003

Zola’s ‘Therese Raquin’ Dated, But Entertaining

By BETSY HUNTON Special to the Planet
Tuesday July 01, 2003

‘Hulk’ Brings Payday, But Not Prestige, to Berkeley

By CHRISTIAN NEWTON Special to the Planet
Tuesday July 01, 2003

Ringnecked Snake, a Welcome Neighbor

By JOE EATON Special to the Planet
Tuesday July 01, 2003

Summer Noon Concerts in Downtown Berkeley

Tuesday July 01, 2003

MARCHERS Carol Denney, Mike Morgan and Ken Moshesh, with Michael Diehl behind, pay homage to Kevin Freeman on Saturday.
MARCHERS Carol Denney, Mike Morgan and Ken Moshesh, with Michael Diehl behind, pay homage to Kevin Freeman on Saturday.

Editorials

Berkeley Line Spared in AC Transit Plan

Megan Greenwell
Tuesday July 01, 2003
The AC Transit Board of Directors appears poised to raise bus fares to avoid service reductions that would eliminate the 17 bus line in Berkeley and reduce service on nearly 50 other lines across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. -more-

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