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              Zoia Horn relaxes on the balcony of her Oakland apartment.
Jakob Schiller: Zoia Horn relaxes on the balcony of her Oakland apartment.

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Budget Manager’s Departure Stuns Berkeley City Officials

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday January 09, 2004

Berkeley—which really did not need any more bad news on the budget front this fiscal year—got it anyway with the surprise, sudden, and stunning announcement this week that the almost universally respected Paul Navazio was resigning as Budget Manager at the end of January to become the Finance Director for the city of Davis. -more-



Berkeley This Week

Friday January 09, 2004

FRIDAY, JAN. 9 -more-



Instant Runoff Voting Strengthens Voters’ Voice

By LEE TRAMPLEASURE AMOSSLEE
Friday January 09, 2004

City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak’s op-ed piece “Rush to IRV Ballot Raises Troubling Questions” (Daily Planet, Dec. 26-29) is full of factual errors and misleading statements. It also ignores one of the strongest arguments for Instant Runoff Voting: IRV offers voters a stronger voice. Under our current system, many people are afraid to vote for their first choice in candidates when that candidate is not one of the frontrunners. They are afraid their vote will be “thrown away,” or that their alternative candidate will be a “spoiler.” So, voters hold their noses and vote for the lesser of two evils. When that candidate wins, s/he claims “I must implement the platform I ran on.” But, with traditional single vote elections, it is unclear how many voters actually agree with the platform. -more-



Musician’s Cancer Struggle Inspires Hospital Programs

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Friday January 09, 2004

When early music scholar and performer Eileen Hadidian was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994, the longtime East Bay resident used the music she loved most to help herself through difficult times. -more-



Arts Calendar

Friday January 09, 2004

FRIDAY, JAN. 9 -more-



Toxic Amphibians Gather For Annual Mating Ritual

By JOE EATON Special to the Planet
Friday January 09, 2004

It’s wet out there. It’s mud time, mushroom time, the Season of the Newt. -more-



Avenue Books Falls Victim To Tough Economy

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday January 09, 2004

With the announcement Monday that Avenue Books would soon close its doors forever, a visitor to Elmwood’s only bookstore discovers an atmosphere that feels like a wake. -more-



Curb Cut Cost Corrected

Rene Cardinaux
Friday January 09, 2004

Editors, Daily Planet: -more-



Budgetary Woes Threaten New BCM Webcasts

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday January 09, 2004

While Berkeley public access television is now available to a world-wide audience, that doesn’t mean it’s ready for prime time. -more-



Israel Frees Jailed Local Activist

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday January 09, 2004

A 44-year old Berkeley peace activist detained and jailed in the Occupied West Bank for participating in a New Year Eve’s protest over the construction of Israel’s new “security fence” was freed on bail Thursday morning after nine days in a Ministry of the Interior detention center in Khadera, north of Tel Aviv. -more-



Letters to the Editor

Friday January 09, 2004

BERKELEY HIGH LIBRARY -more-



Zoia Horn Takes Pride in Provoking

By DOROTHY BRYANT Special to the Planet
Friday January 09, 2004

“I get ideas, I start things, but then I don’t know what to do with them. I’m not a good administrator. It’s a serious fault,” said Zoia Horn, looking down apologetically. -more-



Berkeley Architect Wins WTC Design Contest

Friday January 09, 2004

A world-renowned Berkeley landscape architect has paired with a relatively unknown City of New York employee to win the competition to design the memorial for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. -more-



Features

Storm Flooding Closes Classrooms at Malcolm X

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday January 09, 2004

Heavy rains over the holiday break left a number of teachers and students at Malcolm X Arts and Academic magnet school without classrooms after water from the surrounding area came spilling into the annex building, forcing a major cleanup and renovation that will keep ground-floor rooms closed until the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Day. -more-


Immigrants, Media Cast Wary Eye on US-VISIT

By Pueng Vongs Pacific News Service
Friday January 09, 2004

Immigrant communities and their news media were quick to respond to the implementation this week of a program that fingerprints and photographs most foreign visitors upon entry to the United States. -more-


Foreign Reporters Furious Over Fingerprints, Photos

By PAOLO PONTONIERE Pacific News Service
Friday January 09, 2004

Among European foreign correspondents based in the United States there is an uproar. Returning from their homelands after their end-of-the-year vacations, for the first time in history many had the unsavory experience of being asked at the border to provide their fingerprints and their pictures. -more-


Berkeley Briefs

Friday January 09, 2004

Planners Discuss UC Hotel -more-


UC Berkeley News

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday January 09, 2004

New Chancellor Search -more-


Police Blotter

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday January 09, 2004

Meat Cleaver Attack -more-


Urgent Call for Blood Donors

Friday January 09, 2004

Bay Area hospitals have issued an urgent call for blood donors after regional supplies fell so low that a San Francisco hospital was forced to delay open heart surgery Tuesday. -more-


Oakland’s Schools Enter Fiscal Twilight Zone

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday January 09, 2004

Randolph Ward came to the Greater Mandana Action Coalition meeting the other night and patted his own back as the guy who’s had the courage and the cojones to make the “tough choices” to reform the Oakland Unified School District, adding more than a minor implication that Oakland school stewards in the recent past have not displayed such leadership. Wrong on both counts, Mr. Ward. But we’ll get back to that point in a bit. -more-


Editorial

Editorial: Local Arts Deserve Support

Becky O'Malley
Friday January 09, 2004

California now ranks dead last in the country in per capita arts spending, at three cents per person, according to the most recent report from the almost-extinct California Arts Council. Last year, the 27-year-old Arts Council was decimated by a 94 percent budget cut from the Legislature and the governor. This situation is deeply ironic in a state which owes so much to the entertainment industry, which in turn has always relied on the talent produced by California’s formerly excellent arts education program, especially since so many of our political leaders, including the current governor, came from that industry. -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Editorial: Local Arts Deserve Support 01-09-2004

Editorial: Questioning Development 01-06-2004

News

Budget Manager’s Departure Stuns Berkeley City Officials By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 01-09-2004

Berkeley This Week 01-09-2004

Instant Runoff Voting Strengthens Voters’ Voice By LEE TRAMPLEASURE AMOSSLEE 01-09-2004

Musician’s Cancer Struggle Inspires Hospital Programs By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet 01-09-2004

Arts Calendar 01-09-2004

Toxic Amphibians Gather For Annual Mating Ritual By JOE EATON Special to the Planet 01-09-2004

Avenue Books Falls Victim To Tough Economy By MATTHEW ARTZ 01-09-2004

Curb Cut Cost Corrected Rene Cardinaux 01-09-2004

Budgetary Woes Threaten New BCM Webcasts By MATTHEW ARTZ 01-09-2004

Israel Frees Jailed Local Activist By JAKOB SCHILLER 01-09-2004

Letters to the Editor 01-09-2004

Zoia Horn Takes Pride in Provoking By DOROTHY BRYANT Special to the Planet 01-09-2004

Berkeley Architect Wins WTC Design Contest 01-09-2004

Storm Flooding Closes Classrooms at Malcolm X By JAKOB SCHILLER 01-09-2004

Immigrants, Media Cast Wary Eye on US-VISIT By Pueng Vongs Pacific News Service 01-09-2004

Foreign Reporters Furious Over Fingerprints, Photos By PAOLO PONTONIERE Pacific News Service 01-09-2004

Berkeley Briefs 01-09-2004

UC Berkeley News By MATTHEW ARTZ 01-09-2004

Police Blotter By MATTHEW ARTZ 01-09-2004

Urgent Call for Blood Donors 01-09-2004

Oakland’s Schools Enter Fiscal Twilight Zone J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 01-09-2004

Eddie Bauer Closure Poses Issues for Downtown Future By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 01-06-2004

Berkeley This Week 01-06-2004

On Berkeley’s No-Input Staff Paul Rude 01-06-2004

Pirate Radio Beams Unique Sounds to Fruitvale By Marcelo Ballve Pacific News Service 01-06-2004

Arts Calendar 01-06-2004

On Berkeley’s No-Input Staff Paul Rude 01-06-2004

Library Gardens Accord Ruptures Over Parking By MATTHEW ARTZ 01-06-2004

Librarian Casts Dubious Eye on Library Gardens By Jane Scantlebury 01-06-2004

Immigrants Add Spice To Telegraph’s Cafes By Patrick Galvin Special to the Planet 01-06-2004

Judge Nixes IRV Ballot Suit By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 01-06-2004

Letters to the Editor 01-06-2004

Ousted Writer Settles With Chronicle By Becky O’Malley 01-06-2004

Berkeley Iran Quake Relief Benefit Raises $70,000 By John Geluardi Special to the Planet 01-06-2004

Police Blotter By MATTHEW ARTZ 01-06-2004

Bush Remark Derails Iranian Rapprochement By WILLIAM O. BEEMAN Pacifc News Service 01-06-2004

Sweet Christmas Palaver About Onions and Oranges From Susan Parker 01-06-2004

Family’s Beretta Suit Heads Back to Court J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 01-06-2004

Berkeley Merchant Reigns Over Indian Food Market By MATTHEW ARTZ 01-06-2004

Globalized Ethnic Cuisine Triggers Mixed Emotions By SANDIP ROY Pacific News Service 01-06-2004