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Separate City Voting Could Cost Thousands

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday April 13, 2004
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates recently threatened to explore alternative options to touchscreen voting machines if security problems aren’t worked out and the machines cannot ensure a secure and accurate vote. But City Clerk Sherry Kelly says that any switch would be an expensive project that might need approval from Berkeley voters before it could be implemented. -more-

Most Ignore New BHS Cafeteria

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday April 13, 2004
Berkeley High students—already bombarded with a potpourri of culinary choices—were greeted Monday with the most conveniently located entry into the no-holds barred competition for student lunch money: a new school cafeteria. -more-

Hotel Task Force Weighs Recommendations

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday April 13, 2004
As the Berkeley Planning Commission’s UC Hotel Task Force heads into its next-to-last session this afternoon (Tuesday, April 13), the 25 panelists are examining a sizable stack of suggestions. -more-

Bill Would Limit City’s Control Over In-Law Units

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday April 13, 2004
It’s Sacramento’s never ending tug-of-war. The Legislature tries to extend its control over local governments, while the affected localities scratch and claw to stop them. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday April 13, 2004
TUESDAY, APRIL 13 -more-

The Tehran Factor in Iraq’s Shi’ite Uprising

By JALA GHAZI Pacific News Service
Tuesday April 13, 2004

Police Blotter

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday April 13, 2004

Satiric ‘Billionaires for Bush’ Expose President’s Policies

From Susan Parker
Tuesday April 13, 2004

Dealing With Bullies Requires More Than Mere Mediation

By LAURA MENARD
Tuesday April 13, 2004

UC on Collision Course With Traffic Jam

By ANDY KATZ, BRANDON SIMMONS and JESSE ARREGUIN
Tuesday April 13, 2004

Young Local Choreographers Take Dancers From Hip-Hop To Ballet

By ROBYN GEE Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 13, 2004

Urban Plans Etched in Acid: Ant Farm at BAM

By MICHAEL KATZ Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 13, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday April 13, 2004

Eye-Pleasing, Fish-Stunning Horsechestnuts

By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 13, 2004

Jakob Schiller: A scattering of students try the new Berkeley High School food court on its first day.
Jakob Schiller: A scattering of students try the new Berkeley High School food court on its first day.

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Tuesday April 13, 2004
DOWNTOWN -more-

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