News

Blood House Demolition Denied

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday March 16, 2004
Preservationists won a hard-fought battle Thursday when members of the Zoning Adjustment Board made clear that as far as they were concerned, any development at 2526 Durant Ave. would have to include the Blood House. -more-

College Towns Meet To Plan Tax Strategies

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday March 16, 2004
OAKLAND—The leaders of California’s university and college towns took a step towards easing the financial burden caused by those educational institutions, meeting last Friday in Oakland to begin drawing up a long-range mitigation plan. -more-

County’s Civil Grand Jury Asked To Investigate BUSD Food Services

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday March 16, 2004
A collection of 26 Berkeley residents, including Berkeley High PTA President Lee Berry, requested Friday that the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury investigate financial mismanagement at Berkeley Unified School District’s Food Services Department. -more-

Council To Debate Campaign Finance

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday March 16, 2004
With 2002 election figures showing that Berkeley candidates laid out roughly $720,000 on city campaigns—roughly one-third more than in 1998—the City Council Tuesday will debate a plan to make Berkeley the first city in the nation to fully finance municipal elections. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday March 16, 2004
TUESDAY, MARCH 16 -more-

Berkeley Briefs

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday March 16, 2004

Correction

Tuesday March 16, 2004

India’s Economy Hides Continuing Intolerance

By MIKE McPHATE Pacific News Service
Tuesday March 16, 2004

Council Appeal Filed In Library Gardens Approval

Matthew Artz
Tuesday March 16, 2004

A Frightening Day, Both Inside and Out

From Susan Parker
Tuesday March 16, 2004

Police Blotter

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday March 16, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday March 16, 2004

An Open Letter From John Curl to Mayor Bates

Tuesday March 16, 2004

Berkeley Rep’s ‘Ghosts’ is Less Than Sacred

By BESTY HUNTON Special to the Planet
Tuesday March 16, 2004

Khalil Bendib: Pledging Allegiance to No One

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday March 16, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday March 16, 2004

The Bewick’s Wren: A Pack Rat with Wings

By JOE EATON Special to the Planet
Tuesday March 16, 2004

SACRAMENTO—“Missing student” statues erected Monday in front of the state capitol building to symbolize the thousands of students unable to attend California’s public universities and community colleges as a result of state budget cuts. A
SACRAMENTO—“Missing student” statues erected Monday in front of the state capitol building to symbolize the thousands of students unable to attend California’s public universities and community colleges as a result of state budget cuts. A

Editorials

Private Middle Schoolers Help Quarter Meal Program

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday March 16, 2004
Berkeley’s beleaguered Quarter Meal program got an unexpected boost last week from an unexpected source: $2,500 from the student council at a private middle school in the Berkeley Hills. Quarter Meal supporters, which announced it might close this summer due to funding problems, are expressing optimism that the program can be saved for the balance of the year through help from local community organizations. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Columnists

Arts & Entertainment

Events Calendar