Erik Olson: 
              TRASH DAY is just one of the reasons Michael Pachovas takes to the streets on his wheelchair rather than use city sidewalks.
Erik Olson: TRASH DAY is just one of the reasons Michael Pachovas takes to the streets on his wheelchair rather than use city sidewalks.

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Make Streets Safe, Chair Riders Urge

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday October 03, 2003

Still mourning the loss of beloved friend Fred Lupke, Berkeley wheelchair advocates have started gearing up for a fight to make Berkeley streets and sidewalks safer. -more-



Berkeley This Week

Friday October 03, 2003

FRIDAY, OCT. 3 -more-



Indian Rock Vista Inspires Creative Vision

By JOHN KENYON Special to the Planet
Friday October 03, 2003

Indian Rock—for strangers to North Berkeley—is an ancient volcanic outcropping in a small city park just above Marin Circle. Though modest in height on the access road side, its flattish top affords splendid panoramic views over a picturesque wooded neighborhood to the Golden Gate, the “City by the Bay,” Angel Island, and Mt. Tamalpais. The Peninsula Hills stretch away to the far left, the grand terrain of Marin to the far right. -more-



Arts Calendar

Friday October 03, 2003

FRIDAY, OCT. 3 -more-



Banners May Wave, But When?

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday October 03, 2003

The Saga of the Kent Nagano Berkeley Banners has taken on something of the quality of a 19th century German symphony, with enough tension and plot twists to keep the audience abuzz through the intermission, sincerely convinced it’s getting its money’s worth. -more-



Letters to the Editor

Friday October 03, 2003

MAXIMUM PENALTY -more-



Arab Film Festival Ends Sunday With UC Shows

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday October 03, 2003

The 7th Annual Arab Film Festival winds up its Bay Area run in Berkeley Sunday, with screenings and a closing night party at UC Berkeley’s Wheeler Auditorium Film. -more-



Campus Prop. 54 Fray Intensifies

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday October 03, 2003

The conservative legal foundation sponsoring a lawsuit challenging race-based desegregation in Berkeley public schools is now taking aim at the UC Berkeley student government. -more-



MLK Sale Prompts Questions

Stephen Wollmer
Friday October 03, 2003

Editors, Daily Planet: -more-



UC Walkout Set

Friday October 03, 2003

The union representing the 10,000 teaching assistants, readers and tutors of the University of California system announced late Thursday that they would stage a one-day walkout Friday to protest what they called unfair labor practices at the school. -more-



Bread Project Fuses Passion With Talents

By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet
Friday October 03, 2003

When Lucie Buchbinder brought the Bread Project to town last April, she joined the ranks of food visionaries who’ve made Berkeley famous for culinary innovation infused with a passion for justice. -more-



Features

‘Killer Tomatoes’ Promise Ag Secretary Protest Here

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday October 03, 2003

The aptly named Killer Tomatoes, a Bay Area advocacy/watchgroup, will take to the streets Friday to protest the appearance of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman at the City Club in Berkeley, where UC Berkeley’s Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy will honor her as the 2003 Alumnus of the year. -more-


Police Blotter

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday October 03, 2003

UC Axes Eucalyptus Grove to Block Fires

Friday October 03, 2003

Crews from the University of California were scheduled to cut down a grove of nearly 12 acres of eucalyptus trees at the head of Claremont Canyon Friday in a move campus officials said is designed to prevent wildfires in the hills. -more-


LBNL CFO Suspended After Errors Discovered

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday October 03, 2003

The Chief Financial Officer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was placed on administrative leave last week after a routine audit uncovered faulty bookkeeping practices. -more-


NLRB Sets BOSS Hearing

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday October 03, 2003

The National Labor Relations Board announced it will hold a January hearing to determine if Berkeley-based non-profit Building Opportunities for Self-sufficiency (BOSS) violated labor laws when it imposed higher health care costs on their unionized work force. -more-


Fire-ravaged Preschool Must Go

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday October 03, 2003

A wing of the Franklin Preschool, which burned in a suspected arson last month, will need to be demolished, said Lew Jones, director of facilities for the Berkeley Unified School District. -more-


Louisiana Raised Politics to Gorilla Warfare

By RANDY FERTEL Pacific News Service
Friday October 03, 2003

NEW ORLEANS—All my friends are so pleased these days that the state of California is out-circusing Louisiana. “Louisiana politics ain’t so bad,” they say. “Look at Arnold.” That’s when I remind them of just what a sideshow our traditional political circus can be. Or a veritable zoo, even. -more-


Muslim Cleric’s Arrest Stirs Memories of Wen Ho Lee

By L. LING-CHI WANG Pacific News Service
Friday October 03, 2003

As someone who organized Chinese Americans to protest the treatment of Wen Ho Lee—the Los Alamos scientist accused of spying and who was later exonerated—I already see parallel patterns emerging in the arrest of Capt. James J. Yee, a Muslim U.S. Army chaplain at Guantanamo Naval Base. -more-


California Democrats Sing the Recall Blues

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday October 03, 2003

California Democrats woke up to a nasty shock this week—the (possibly growing) possibility that Arnold Schwarzenegger could actually become the next governor of this state. In one of the most Democratic-leaning states in the nation, how could this happen? Credit California Republicans with some pretty good generalship. But also note a series of rolling Democratic Party mistakes, compounding exponentially, each one rising upon the last until it seems that only a last minute miracle can save the election. -more-


History Society Events Mark Ocean View’s First 150 Years

By STEVEN FINACOM Special to the Planet
Friday October 03, 2003

Back in 1853, just half a decade after the Gold Rush overran Spanish/Mexican California, American settlers came to the western shore of the future Berkeley and established the little settlement of Ocean View on the fringe of Jose Domingo Peralta’s land grant ranchero. -more-


Berkeley History Events

Friday October 03, 2003

Friday, Oct. 3: Ocean View anniversary event #1. 7 p.m. at Finn Hall on Tenth Street, north of Hearst. Dr. Kent Lightfoot, anthropologist, and publisher and author Malcolm Margolin, speaking about the natural character and native American life and culture of the area that became Berkeley. $10 at door, $45 for the series. -more-


Mayor’s Task Force FavorsParcel Tax Hike Proposal

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday October 03, 2003

Mayor Tom Bates’ Advisory Task Force On City Revenue has recommended that the mayor should support a $250 per year parcel tax increase referendum to be placed on the March 2004 ballot in order to make up for falling city revenues—the same type of bond measure called for in a recent survey of Berkeley voters. -more-


Editorial

Editorial: Poll Skewers Task Force

Becky O'Malley
Friday October 03, 2003

Sorry. It will certainly look like bad taste to some if the Daily Planet allows itself a bit of a gloat over the results of the city’s likely voter survey. But we can’t resist saying, humbly but loudly if that’s possible, We Told You So. What was the first task force appointed by Mayor Bates? The one on the permitting process. And what comes in dead last on the list of voter concerns? The permitting process. And second to last: new housing, also a part of the task force’s charge. So why have almost eight months, uncounted hours of paid city staff time (and unpaid but still valuable volunteer time) been spent on (and we really hate to sound like a broken record) fixing what’s not broke? -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Editorial: Poll Skewers Task Force 10-03-2003

Editorial: Krugman Entertains, Frightens Fans 09-30-2003

News

Make Streets Safe, Chair Riders Urge By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-03-2003

Berkeley This Week 10-03-2003

Indian Rock Vista Inspires Creative Vision By JOHN KENYON Special to the Planet 10-03-2003

Arts Calendar 10-03-2003

Banners May Wave, But When? By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 10-03-2003

Letters to the Editor 10-03-2003

Arab Film Festival Ends Sunday With UC Shows By JAKOB SCHILLER 10-03-2003

Campus Prop. 54 Fray Intensifies By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-03-2003

MLK Sale Prompts Questions Stephen Wollmer 10-03-2003

UC Walkout Set 10-03-2003

Bread Project Fuses Passion With Talents By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet 10-03-2003

‘Killer Tomatoes’ Promise Ag Secretary Protest Here By JAKOB SCHILLER 10-03-2003

Police Blotter By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-03-2003

UC Axes Eucalyptus Grove to Block Fires 10-03-2003

LBNL CFO Suspended After Errors Discovered By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-03-2003

NLRB Sets BOSS Hearing By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-03-2003

Fire-ravaged Preschool Must Go By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-03-2003

Louisiana Raised Politics to Gorilla Warfare By RANDY FERTEL Pacific News Service 10-03-2003

Muslim Cleric’s Arrest Stirs Memories of Wen Ho Lee By L. LING-CHI WANG Pacific News Service 10-03-2003

California Democrats Sing the Recall Blues J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 10-03-2003

History Society Events Mark Ocean View’s First 150 Years By STEVEN FINACOM Special to the Planet 10-03-2003

Berkeley History Events 10-03-2003

Mayor’s Task Force FavorsParcel Tax Hike Proposal By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 10-03-2003

City Bond Measure Survey Raises Electoral Questions By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-30-2003

Berkeley This Week 09-30-2003

Couple Reopens Favorite San Francisco Jazz Club 09-30-2003

Arts Calendar 09-30-2003

City Council Dreads Prop. 53 By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-30-2003

Letters to the Editor 09-30-2003

Theatrics Brighten Women’s History Debut By STEVE FINACOM Special to the Planet 09-30-2003

Lupke Rites Set For Wednesday 09-30-2003

Only Shared Values Can End the Violence By LAURA MENARD 09-30-2003

Critics Challenge Computer Voting By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-30-2003

Stop the Killing By KARL LINN 09-30-2003

Homeless Village Moves Forward By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-30-2003

Bowl Workers File For Election By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-30-2003

Researchers Say Prop. 54 Threatens Health Care By JONATHAN JONES Special to the Planet 09-30-2003

Police Blotter By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-30-2003

UC Debate Pits Palestinian Vs. Israeli Partisans Thursday Night 09-30-2003

Cyber, Fleshly Matchmakers Meet at Salon From Susan Parker 09-30-2003

Jews Discover Alternative Rites in City By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-30-2003

Fire Guts Home on Wheels By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-30-2003