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Berkeley Mourns Loss Of Local News Anchor

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Tuesday July 15, 2003
Saturday afternoon more than 200 people gathered to remember the man who for 10 years anchored KPFA radio’s morning newscast. By listeners and by co-workers, Chris Bruney was alternately described as a trusted morning companion and a talented newscaster who brought warmth and depth to his broadcasts. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday July 15, 2003
TUESDAY, JULY 15 -more-

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday July 15, 2003
STRAWBERRY CREEK -more-

Arts Calendar

Tuesday July 15, 2003
TUESDAY, JULY 15 -more-

Bay Trail’s Newest Section Completes East Bay Link

By MEGAN GREENWELL
Tuesday July 15, 2003
The San Francisco Bay Trail now stretches through Berkeley, completing the north-south connection between Albany and Emeryville. -more-

Advertising Fraud Strikes Daily Planet

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday July 15, 2003
Scam artists placed two fraudulent advertisements in the Berkeley Daily Planet in late June and early July in an apparent bid to bilk readers out of money or personal financial information, said Daily Planet publisher Michael O’Malley. -more-

Connerly Effort to Ban Race In Admissions is Uphill Battle

By ARI PAUL
Tuesday July 15, 2003
Pro-affirmative action groups cried tears of joy when the Supreme Court upheld diversity as a compelling state interest, and there was a collective sigh of relief signifying that all those years of appeals, debates and rallies on frosty Michigan winter days had come to a glorious end. But it may not be over yet. Ward Connerly is back. -more-

Bates Suggests Ordinance To Curtail Newspaper Theft

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday July 15, 2003
City Council will weigh an emergency loan for eight Berkeley child care programs Tuesday night, vote on changes in the city’s rental housing safety program and consider taking the first steps toward an ordinance prohibiting the “unauthorized removal” of free newspapers. -more-

Police Blotter

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday July 15, 2003
Gunshots disrupt party -more-

Berkeley Radio Pirates Broadcast Despite FCC Intervention, Threats

By AL WINSLOW Special to the Planet
Tuesday July 15, 2003
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been trying to silence Berkeley’s pirate radio broadcasters for 10 years. The broadcasters continue to broadcast, but they say it’s getting harder. -more-

3045 Shattuck Project Draws Public Hearing

By ANGELA ROWEN
Tuesday July 15, 2003

Africa’s Problems Remain After Bush’s Visit

By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Pacific News Service
Tuesday July 15, 2003

‘Attempts on Her Life’ Returns For Encore at LaVal’s

By BETSY HUNTON Special to the Planet
Tuesday July 15, 2003

Summer Noon Concerts in Downtown Berkeley

Tuesday July 15, 2003

CHRIS BRUNEY’S photograph among flowers and candles at Saturday’s memorial service.
CHRIS BRUNEY’S photograph among flowers and candles at Saturday’s memorial service.

Editorials

Carcinogens in Bay Fish Alarm Local Consumers

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Tuesday July 15, 2003
In the face of growing evidence that our bays and oceans are badly mismanaged on every level, selling seafood to informed and concerned diners is a task akin to a steelhead trout swimming up one of Berkeley’s culverted and polluted creeks to spawn. -more-

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