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Local Politicians Lead Effort To Open Domestic Violence Center

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday May 18, 2004
Services for victims of domestic violence exist in various agencies throughout Alameda County, and that is part of the problem, according to representatives from several local social service organizations. Trying to piece those services together to serve a domestic violence victim can be a time consuming and convoluted process. -more-

Synagogue Demolished, But Where’s the Permit?

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday May 18, 2004
The 83-year-old building housing the oldest traditional synagogue in the East Bay and the largest Orthodox congregation in Northern California is no more—and two city commissioner think that just might not be. . .appropriate. -more-

Brower Center, Budget Issues on Council Agenda

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday May 18, 2004
The City Council tonight (Tuesday, May 18) is scheduled to review and vote on the latest plan to transform the city-owned parking lot on Oxford Street (between Allston Way and Kittredge Street) into the largest affordable housing complex in the city and a mecca for environmental activism and education. -more-

Berkeley This Week Calendar

Tuesday May 18, 2004
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UC Reclaims Field, Demands Removal of Abandoned Sculptures

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday May 18, 2004
For sculptor and former trucking company owner Richard Katz, and many others like him, West Berkeley’s Harrison Fields used to be their playground. -more-

State Misses Lead Poisoning’s New, Immigrant Face

By Mary Jo McConahay Pacific News Service
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Fire Department Log

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Pumpkins Perfect for Foggy Berkeley

By SHIRLEY BARKER Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 18, 2004

PUMPKIN SOUP

Tuesday May 18, 2004

Torture Photos, Videos a Time-Honored CIA Tradition

By PETER DALE SCOTT Pacific News Service
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday May 18, 2004

A More Reasonable Interpretation of the Density Bonus Law?

By ROBERT LAURISTON
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Torture? Hard to Believe? Hardly

By ROGER BURBACH and PAUL CANTOR
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Closing Derby for a Baseball Field Will Create Traffic on Nearby Streets

By DOROTHY BRYANT
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Reviewer Pans UC’s Latest LRDP Release

By SHARON HUDSON
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Will the University’s Transportation Policies Be Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

By ROB WRENN
Tuesday May 18, 2004

From Susan Parker: On Drugs and Dogs And Dumb Questions on a Corner

From Susan Parker
Tuesday May 18, 2004

A No Commercial Interruption

By PETER SOLOMON
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Pagans on Parade Cavort in Downtown Berkeley

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Exhibit Shows Iraqi Children’s View of Invasion

By Jakob Schiller
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday May 18, 2004

Thrush? Modest Coat Belies Brilliant Skills

By JOE EATON Special to the Planet, Photo by: Peter LaTourrette
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Cartoon

Justin DeFreitas
Tuesday May 18, 2004

Richard Brenneman: Workers prepare the final assault on Congregation Beth Israel. ›
Richard Brenneman: Workers prepare the final assault on Congregation Beth Israel. ›

Editorials

‘Throatox’ Shot Gives Voice a Lift

By BLAIR GOLSON Featurewell
Tuesday May 18, 2004
Has your voice turned a bit raspy over the years? If so, it's likely that your vocal cords have gone the way of your chin: slack and draggy. But now that injecting botulism into your neck have spruced things up in the face department, why not give the vocal cords a little firming up? -more-

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