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St. Paul’s Celebrates 70th Anniversary

By JAVACIA N. HARRIS Special to the Planet
Friday November 28, 2003
“Let your hair down, roll your sleeves up and let’s praise the Lord,” Rev. Allen L. Williams told his congregation at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. Williams had a special reason to rejoice. Last Sunday, he and churchgoers celebrated St. Paul’s 70th anniversary in Berkeley. -more-

Berkeley This Week

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Arts Calendar

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Jutta’s Makes an Art of Floral Tributes

By Becky O’Malley
Friday November 28, 2003
Berkeley is home to many unique small businesses started by people from all over the world who came to California, liked what they found, and stayed. We’re an international city, and many of our retail stores mirror the countries their owners came from. -more-

Cooper’s Hawks Bring City a Touch of Wildness

By JOE EATON Special to the Planet
Friday November 28, 2003
It’s happened more than once, but I’m still not used to it: looking down from my dining room window as a Cooper’s hawk flies up the driveway. The driveway seems to be a transit corridor, part of the bird’s (or birds’) hunting territory. The effect—a feathered projectile hurtling past the kitchen window—would be even more startling from ground level. -more-

UC-owned Hotel Raises Tax Issues

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday November 28, 2003
UC Berkeley’s planned downtown hotel and convention center is part of a growing trend for UC campuses that lure cities with the promise of big tax revenues. But in at least one case, university ownership delivered exactly the opposite. -more-

Newest Shelter Helps The Young Homeless

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday November 28, 2003
“The first time you sleep on the streets you become obnoxiously ill within two weeks. It happens to everyone,” said Marz, one of the many young transients who consistently line Telegraph Avenue. -more-

University Avenue Plan Stalled for Eight Years

By ANDREW BECKER Special to the Planet
Friday November 28, 2003
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the University Avenue strategic plan. -more-

Famed Berkeley Home Hosts Kucinich E-campaign

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday November 28, 2003
When Henry Poole met Dennis Kucinich last May, politics fused with passion and technological savvy. What emerged from the meeting was an electronic presidential campaign, run in part from a room in a house that was once Berkeley’s best-known radical commune. -more-

Grad Instructors Plan Strike Right Before Finals

By Matthew Artz
Friday November 28, 2003

Council Sounds Death Knell for Parcel Tax Vote

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday November 28, 2003

Agenda Panel Move a Teapot Tempest?

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday November 28, 2003

Oakland Police Chase Once Again Ends in Mayhem

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday November 28, 2003

Police Raise Funds To Donate Holiday Meals

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday November 28, 2003

Letters to the Editor

Friday November 28, 2003

Police Blotter

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday November 28, 2003

Green Thumb Guide: Perfect Gifts for Favorite Gardeners

By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet
Friday November 28, 2003

Decadent Delights Await the Chocoholic’s Palate

By MARTY SCHIFFENBAUER Special to the Planet
Friday November 28, 2003

Erik Olson:
              
              Doris “Granma” Tabor has been a member of St. Paul’s for six of the church’s seven decades.
Erik Olson: Doris “Granma” Tabor has been a member of St. Paul’s for six of the church’s seven decades.

Editorials

Editorial: Berkeley Blame Game

Becky O'Malley
Friday November 28, 2003
There’s a best-selling book with a title something like Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. As far as I’m concerned, I learned most of what I need to know in my ninth grade English class. One semester of ninth grade English in my school was devoted to what we called “Mythology,” that is, the stories that the ancient Greeks and Romans used to explain the universe. It never fails to amaze me how often contemporary human behavior can be described in terms of what I can remember from the old stories I learned fifty years ago. People haven’t changed much since ancient times. -more-

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