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Buddy Spenger Dies, Famed Restaurateur

By MATHEW ARTZ
Friday August 22, 2003
Berkeley lost a legend this week. Frank “Buddy” Spenger Jr. died of natural causes Sunday in the apartment in which he was raised, one flight above the seafood restaurant he helped make a Berkeley institution. He was 87. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Friday August 22, 2003
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 -more-

Welcome to Our Metropolis

Becky O’Malley
Friday August 22, 2003
This issue of the Daily Planet is being to distributed to about 20,000 additional readers, including incoming students and their parents who will be attending the University of California’s “Caltopia” event. We’d like to welcome you to our city, and to say a few words about Berkeley present and past. -more-

Arts Calendar

Friday August 22, 2003
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 -more-

Berkeley Offers Wide Range of Theatrical Experience

By BETSY M. HUNTON Special to the Planet
Friday August 22, 2003
Welcome to Berkeley! -more-

Adult School Move Approved Over City, Neighbor Protests

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday August 22, 2003
Despite vehement opposition from neighborhood activists and City Hall, the Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday night to move its Adult School from a dilapidated building on University Avenue to an old elementary school site just a few blocks away. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Friday August 22, 2003
ANTENNA VIOLATION -more-

Nonprofit’s Workers Claim BOSS Breached Labor Pact

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday August 22, 2003
Berkeley’s nonprofit Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) may be reaching out to the homeless, but workers say they are shortchanging their own employees. -more-

Don’t Let Murder Silence Rights Activists’ Message

By ANNE WAGLEY
Friday August 22, 2003
“Let us be honest and ask, at the outset, what it is that we wish to achieve? We have all been impotent in changing the past behaviour and human rights record in Iraq. Let us therefore redouble our efforts to make sure that we are not powerless now. Let us seek results. Let us make a difference a real difference for the people of Iraq. I cannot think of a more noble and worthy cause.” -more-

Sunday Fete Opens Local Arts District

Jakob Schiller
Friday August 22, 2003
The City of Berkeley and the Downtown Berkeley Association will mark the grand opening of the Downtown Arts District with a celebration Sunday Aug. 24 on the 2000 block of Addison Street, between Milvia Street and Shattuck Avenue. -more-

Love Isn’t Quite Enough In Transracial Adoption

By ANNIE KASSOF
Friday August 22, 2003
People who adopt do so for a variety of reasons, but the bottom line is that nearly all adoptive parents love their adopted children like their own offspring. -more-

Ex-School Worker Busted As Hooker

David Scharfenberg
Friday August 22, 2003
A former Berkeley schools employee who allegedly doubled as a hooker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of soliciting prostitution. -more-

Driver Slams Into Policeman, BPD, CHP Launch Manhunt

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday August 22, 2003

North Berkeley Offers Fine Food at Good Prices

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Friday August 22, 2003

Great Scones of Berkeley

By MARTY SCHIFFENBAUER Special to the Planet
Friday August 22, 2003

New Student’s Guide To Hidden Berkeley Delights

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday August 22, 2003

Understanding Speeding In Order to Stop It

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday August 22, 2003

Cops Grab Hash, Cash

Friday August 22, 2003

Migrant Labor Fashion Chic Mocks Tragedy on the Border

By KIMI EISELE Pacific News Service
Friday August 22, 2003

Sporting Opportunities Run the Gamut in Berkeley

By SUSAN PARKER Special to the Planet
Friday August 22, 2003

Central Park Creator Left His Mark on Berkeley

By SUSAN CERNY Special to the Planet
Friday August 22, 2003

Merchants Feature Music, Instruments, Teachers

By KATHLEEN HILL Special to the Planet
Friday August 22, 2003

Dowtown Berkeley's Front Row Festival

Friday August 22, 2003

THE RESTAURANT Buddy Spenger founded still bear his name.
THE RESTAURANT Buddy Spenger founded still bear his name.

Editorials

Berkeley’s Three B’s: Buses, Bikes & BART

By PAUL KILDUFF Special to the Planet
Friday August 22, 2003
If your parents are springing for tuition and room and board during your first semester at Cal but not for a Honda Element, don’t be bummed—Berkeley’s many public transportation options combined with the city’s bicycle friendly atmosphere make driving seem so 20th century you might even consider joining the Green party. -more-

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