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Berkeley is Livable City for the Blind

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday July 11, 2003
The television cameras were rolling, a photographer snapped away and all eyes were on Anthony Candela. But Candela, speaking before City Council Tuesday night, didn’t see any of it. -more-

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Friday July 11, 2003
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‘It’s Chaos, It’s Theater’ — Mime Troupe Returns

By FRED DODSWORTH
Friday July 11, 2003
There are few modern aspirants to Berthold Brecht's throne of thorns, the proudly avowed political, comic opera. This is both a matter of pride and of concern to Berkeley's Ed Holmes, a 17-year member of San Francisco Mime Troupe. -more-

Journalist Held In Indonesia

By PAUL KILDUFF Special to the Planet
Friday July 11, 2003
A former Berkeley political activist turned investigative journalist is under arrest in Indonesia. William “Billy” Nessen, who was filing reports for the San Francisco Chronicle and England’s Observer newspaper on the movement to establish a free state in the Aceh province of northern Indonesia, is being held by the country’s army. -more-

Bush’s Africa Trip: Substance or Scam?

By MAUDELLE SHIREK and NUNU KIDANE
Friday July 11, 2003
Bush’s trip to Africa is being heralded by the U.S. media as if he is the Messiah who will solve all of Africa’s problems. -more-

Arts Funding Threatened By Two State Assembly Bills

By ANGELA ROWEN
Friday July 11, 2003
Artists and advocates for the arts plan to gather on the steps of city hall in San Francisco on Wednesday to protest the proposed gutting of the California Arts Commission, the state agency that gives about $17 million per year to artists and arts organizations throughout the state. -more-

Workers’ Comp Claims Skyrocket

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday July 11, 2003
Spiraling workers’ compensation costs are threatening the city’s bottom line and raising questions about workplace safety, city officials said this week. -more-

Republican Budget Proposal Is Demeaning To Women

By BARBARA ELLIS
Friday July 11, 2003
So. The media reports that the GOP offers the State of California a budget. The Democrats turn it down. Let’s see where some of the holes in that GOP proposal might be. Here are just a few. -more-

Bringing Organic Food To Poor Neighborhoods

By ANGELA ROWEN
Friday July 11, 2003
When Joy Moore began researching her idea for a farmers market in West and South Berkeley two years ago, she was dismayed, but not shocked, by what she learned. -more-

City to Keep Closer Tabs On Lawrence National Lab

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday July 11, 2003
City Council took steps Tuesday night to keep closer tabs on Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which has clashed with city officials and neighborhood activists in recent months over a pair of large, proposed construction projects that activists say will damage the environment. -more-

Scientists Warn of Toxins In San Francisco Bay

By ANGELA ROWAN
Friday July 11, 2003

City Planning Commission Approves Southside Plan

Friday July 11, 2003

Berkeley Hires New Planning Director

Friday July 11, 2003

BOSS Wins Digital Divide Grant

Friday July 11, 2003

A Room of Her Own In New York City

From Susan Parker
Friday July 11, 2003

President Welcomed in Nigeria, But Nigerians Not Welcome Here

By KAREN POJMANN Pacific News Service
Friday July 11, 2003

Preserving Oakland’s Preservation Park is Essential

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday July 11, 2003

Police Blotter

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday July 11, 2003

Shaw’s ‘Arms and the Man’ An Absurd Wartime Farce

By BETSY M. HUNTON Special to the Planet
Friday July 11, 2003

Iranian Twins’ Death Mirrors Nation’s Identity

By WILLIAM O. BEEMAN Pacific News Service
Friday July 11, 2003

Over the Russian River and Through Armstrong Woods

By KATHLEEN HILL
Friday July 11, 2003

Summer Noon Concerts in Downtown Berkeley

Friday July 11, 2003

LAURA OFTEDAHL and her dog Victor use a Bank of America ATM in Berkeley that is formatted for the visually-impaired.
LAURA OFTEDAHL and her dog Victor use a Bank of America ATM in Berkeley that is formatted for the visually-impaired.

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Pace of City’s Construction Not Likely to Subside Soon

By ROB WRENN Special to the Planet
Friday July 11, 2003
This is the last in a three-part series on Berkeley’s housing boom. -more-

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