Five days after this week’s Berkeley High-Oakland Technical High football game was abruptly canceled by Principal Jim Slemp, Berkeley school officials were still trying to reschedule the game for an alternate site—but apparently not in coordination with their counterparts at Oakland Tech. -more-

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So, now begins the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, as the English poet John Keats described it. Labor Day is over. Squirrels are having noisy battles in oak trees over this year’s acorn crop. The swallows are packing up to leave Capistrano. And here in Berkeley, citizens can celebrate the seasonal return of the City Council to take up their civic responsibilities—for a couple of weeks at least. Since we’re in California instead of England, we can expect the mists of August to lift somewhat in September and October. But the miasma that lately seems to hang over decision-making in Berkeley shows no signs of abating. -more-

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A year and a half of walking picket lines in the heat and rain is not enough to deter the Claremont Hotel employees who are currently organizing to form a union and sign a new contract at the upscale hotel on the Oakland-Berkeley boarder. -more-

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For the last quarter-century, writer Peter Manso’s notes from an old interview for a now-defunct magazine have gathered dust, locked away in storage and largely forgotten. -more-

Residents in North Berkeley have been trying to stop wireless base-station antennas proposed by Sprint at 1600 Shattuck in a residential area. This battle has been going on for 10 months. After months dealing with the City, neighbors of 1600 Shattuck have reached the conclusion that some city staff are back stabbing them to support Sprint by any means possible. Misconducts and actions of the City has caused monetary damages and emotional distress to the neighbors. Neighborhood groups around Berkeley might have similar experiences with the City. A chronology of events regarding antennas is as follows: -more-

Bus drivers have abandoned plans for a one-day walkout after cash-strapped AC Transit temporarily restored some of the service cuts they had scheduled for December. -more-

With her Cody’s bag clutched to her Armani suit, 44 year old Buffy McNoodles doesn’t look like a threat to Telegraph’s streetlife, yet three decades of local Berkeley coverage prove she is. -more-

Enthusiastic supporters from Berkeley crossed the Bay Saturday to hear presidential hopeful Howard Dean address 1,100 unionized health care workers in San Francisco. -more-

Mark Morris and his Dance Group regularly perform for Cal Performances at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall—so much so that some claim the globally renowned dancer/choreographer as an honorary citizen of the People’s Republic of Berkeley. -more-

Now that two years have passed since the numbers 9/11 burned themselves into the American consciousness, many in Berkeley feel that the time has come to take a different approach in commemorating the events of that awful day. -more-

Reviewing Impact Theatre’s inaugural production at La Val’s Subterranean Theater is a little like trying to pin down a Baskin Robbins menu: Which tastes better: Chocolate Mint? Or maybe Strawberry Wonderful? -more-