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Berkeley High Gets Tough On Chronic Absentees

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday March 05, 2004
After racking up 50,000 periods of unexcused absences last year, Berkeley High students are sure to show up Wednesday evening when the school board considers adopting a policy that will automatically lower the grade of chronic absentees. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Friday March 05, 2004
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Voting Machine Foul-Ups Delay Local Count

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday March 05, 2004
Berkeley voters ran into a number of glitches Tuesday when the machines that clear voter cards after they are used malfunctioned throughout the day, forcing several precincts to move to paper ballots which quickly ran out and had to be re-supplied by the county. -more-

Breland To Decide Fall Council Race

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday March 05, 2004
In the midst of widespread speculation that District 2 Councilmember Margaret Breland will be leaving Berkeley City Council at the end of her term this year, an aide to the ailing councilmember said that Breland will make a decision in the next few weeks on whether she will run for re-election. -more-

Gaia Building CriticizedFor Lack of Arts Tenants

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday March 05, 2004
Three years after the Gaia Building opened, the first tenant may soon be moving into the ground floor space developer Patrick Kennedy built to help him win city approval to add extra floors to one of the city’s most controversial buildings. -more-

Gaia Building Criticized For Lack of Arts Tenants

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday March 05, 2004
Three years after the Gaia Building opened, the first tenant may soon be moving into the ground floor space developer Patrick Kennedy built to help him win city approval to add extra floors to one of the city’s most controversial buildings. -more-

Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Instant Runoff

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday March 05, 2004
Berkeley voters, at least those who showed up to the polls Tuesday, won’t need a second ballot to let the city and county know how they feel about Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). By a whopping 72 percent, Berkeley passed Measure I, which—if ever implemented—would allow Berkeley voters to rank candidates by preference in the general election and eliminate the need for costly runoff elections. -more-

Fate of English Language Program Debated

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday March 05, 2004

Youth Reporter Phones in Story From Haiti

By JOHNNY Pacific News Service
Friday March 05, 2004

Police Blotter

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday March 05, 2004

UnderCurrents: Bush And Media Mark Up Blank Haitian Slate

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday March 05, 2004

Arabs Watch U.S.-Backed Channel With Skepticism

By GREGORY D. JOHNSEN Pacific News Service
Friday March 05, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Friday March 05, 2004

IMPEACH BUSH

Hank Levin San Rafael
Friday March 05, 2004

Seagate Plan Shortchanges the Arts

By BONNIE HUGHES
Friday March 05, 2004

Too Much Good News Imperils Democracy

By Ann Graybeal
Friday March 05, 2004

Deciding Which Mortgage Plan Meets Your Needs

By Heather Sittig Special to the Planet
Friday March 05, 2004

Young Maestro Emerges From the Shadows

By JANOS GEREBEN Special to the Planet Special to the Planet
Friday March 05, 2004

Central Works Turns ‘Duel’ Into a Gripping Production

By BETSY HUNTON Special to the Planet
Friday March 05, 2004

One-Stop Solar Shop Energizes Berkeley

By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet
Friday March 05, 2004

Arts Calendar

Friday March 05, 2004

DeLeon’s New Club Could Be Gaia Tenant

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday March 05, 2004

Nisei Leaguers Still Rolling Along in Albany

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday March 05, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Friday March 05, 2004

Jakob Schiller: Sandra Bailey, an employee of the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, uploads votes from Berkeley City Hall accumulation site to the Alameda County headquarters.
Jakob Schiller: Sandra Bailey, an employee of the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, uploads votes from Berkeley City Hall accumulation site to the Alameda County headquarters.

Editorials

Editorial: Quiche in the Sky, By and By

Becky O'Malley
Friday March 05, 2004
The pages of the Daily Planet have been full of controversies about what constitutes appropriate speech in the past month or so. To partisans in the various discussions, their own case probably seems unique, but there are common threads which unite them. -more-

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