Jakob Schiller:
              
              Union members on the Berkeley campus joined demonstrators across the state in protesting UC’s proposals.
Jakob Schiller: Union members on the Berkeley campus joined demonstrators across the state in protesting UC’s proposals.

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City Council Faces Gloomy Budget News

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday May 21, 2004

Thanks to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recently submitted state budget, Berkeley will likely have to cut an extra $300,000 on top of its $10 million deficit in fiscal year 2005. But if the governor’s word is good, city finances could be structurally sound by 2007. -more-



UC Workers Rally Against Job Cuts

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday May 21, 2004

Union employees at the University of California’s nine campuses, including Berkeley, turned out Thursday to protest the university system’s attempt to scale back or eliminate their jobs as a way to deal with state budget cuts. -more-



Free Speech Defender Dies in UC Accident

By Richard Brenneman
Friday May 21, 2004

Reginald Zelnik, a much-beloved UC Berkeley professor of Russian history and a passionate defender of Free Speech Movement (FSM) activists in the 1960s, died on campus Monday afternoon. He was 68. -more-



Berkeley This Week Calendar

Friday May 21, 2004

FRIDAY, MAY 21 -more-



Emeryville Gives First Nod to Pixar Expansion

By Jakob Schiller
Friday May 21, 2004

EMERYVILLE—In a unanimous vote Tuesday night in front of a divided community, the Emeryville City Council passed a resolution to help movie giant Pixar Animation Studios take a major step towards tripling the size of its Emeryville campus. -more-



Features

Housing Authority Faces Major Cut to Section 8

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday May 21, 2004

The embattled Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) took another body blow this week when it learned that it will lose about $200,000 in federal funding, a 12.5 percent cut. -more-


Brower Center Built on Innovative Funds

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday May 21, 2004

To honor the legacy of Berkeley-born environmentalist David Brower, architects of the complex that will bear his name are using state-of-the-art “green” building techniques, while next door on the site, affordable housing developer Resources for Community Development (RCD) is employing the most innovative financing plan Uncle Sam has to offer. -more-


Clinic Celebrates 35 Years

By Richard Brenneman
Friday May 21, 2004

Formed to provide free treatment for the injuries inflicted on protesters during the People’s Park riots of 1969, the Berkeley Free Clinic is still going strong 35 years later and looking for volunteers from years past to help them celebrate their anniversary. The private celebration will be held during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. -more-


UC Professors Poll Supports Lab Management

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday May 21, 2004

An overwhelming number of University of California professors have indicated that they want the university to compete for the management of Lawrence Livermore National Lab and Los Alamos National Lab, according to the results of a faculty poll released Wednesday to the UC Board of Regents. -more-


Commissioners Comment On UC Plan

Friday May 21, 2004

After giving residents their third opportunity in three weeks to comment on UC Berkeley’s Long-Range Development Plan, the five members of Berkeley Planning Commission present at Wednesday night’s public hearing offered a few comments of their own to listening UC representatives. -more-


Corrections

Friday May 21, 2004

The story “Residents Blast UCB’s Long Range Expansion Plan” in the May 14 edition mistakenly reported that under UC Berkeley’s long range development plan, over 75 percent of new academic space would be built on the main campus or adjacent blocks. The 75 percent figure only counts the main campus and adjacent blocks to the west. -more-


Apartment Management Class Helps Women (and Men) To Survive

By Zelda Bronstein Special to the Planet
Friday May 21, 2004

How can a person survive in today’s high-rent, high-unemployment Bay Area, especially when that person is a single mother without a college degree? Indeed, with plenty of highly credentialled types are pounding the pavement in search of work, how do you survive even with a college degree? -more-


Police Blotter

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN and MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday May 21, 2004

Jury Convicts Killer of Berkeley Driver -more-


Survey Demonstrates School Tax Support

Friday May 21, 2004

While Berkeley voters seem inclined to support a new tax to boost funding for public schools, they give the school district mixed grades on achievement, according to a school district-commissioned survey released Wednesday. -more-


UnderCurrents: Criticisms Arise Over Siegel’s School Lawsuit

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday May 21, 2004

The recently filed lawsuit by certain Oakland politicians and taxpayers to try to overturn the state seizure of the Oakland schools has drawn a flurry of criticism and complaint from predictable sources. Me, I’ve always thought that for a man bound hand and foot in a closet, any movement is a good movement. But let’s examine the issue to make sure. -more-


Letters to the Editor

Friday May 21, 2004

HOUSING AUTHORITY -more-


WWII POW Cites Treatment by Nazis, Need for Geneva Convention Standards

By KEN NORWOOD
Friday May 21, 2004

Donald Rumsfeld’s alleged comment (“...consistent with the Geneva Convention.”) is familiar to me, as heard from commanders of POW Stalags in Germany in WW-II. They lied to the International Red Cross Protective Power Teams from Geneva assigned to inspect Allied POW camps. Get used to it people! Military establishments lie, “pass the buck” and lie again when ever it is strategically appropriate for the mission at hand. It has always been so, for thousands of years; it is the nature of the beast. -more-



Election Section

Young Composers: What is Heard, What is Forgotten

C. SUPRYNOWICZ
Friday May 21, 2004

Each year since 1999, the Composers In the Schools Program, administered by the American Composers Forum, has provided instruction in composition to Bay Area high school students, and has given these students a chance to hear their music played and perfo rmed by professional musicians. As I’m finishing my fifth year of teaching in this program, and as there is nothing else like it that I’m aware of in the public school system, I thought I’d provide a brief report from the frontlines. -more-


‘Bold Experiment’ Leads To Startling New Look at ‘Hamlet’

By BETSY HUNTON Special to the Planet
Friday May 21, 2004

You’d think that 15 years as artistic director of the Subterranean Shakespeare Company would have cured Stanley Spenger’s enthusiasm for producing major plays on minor budgets. This is, after all—or, more accurately, was—the company that first baptized the cellar at La Val’s pizza parlor as a near-requisite initial location for the East Bay’s fledgling theatrical groups. But the man seems to be addicted to the work. -more-


Arts Calendar

Friday May 21, 2004

FRIDAY, MAY 21 -more-


New Gioia’s Pizzeria Offers A Big Slice of Brooklyn

By Barbara Quick Special to the Planet
Friday May 21, 2004

Lovemaking at its best takes place in an endless present moment. Eating, however, is one of those rare human pleasures that, at its pinnacle, places us in the past, the present and the future all at the same time. -more-


Cartoon

Justin DeFreitas
Friday May 21, 2004

Cartoon By Justin DeFreitasµ -more-


Editorial

Editorial: Cassandra Factor Revisited

Becky O'Malley
Friday May 21, 2004

As this is being written (Thursday morning) the latest news from Iraq is that, according to the Washington Post, “U.S. soldiers raided the home of America’s one-time ally Ahmad Chalabi on Thursday.” Well, sure. Guess what, guys? As we say in the trade, W E TOLD YOU SO. You’re just learning that Mr. Chalabi is a thug? Somewhat sleazy? It’s hard to believe that it’s little more than a year since huge demonstrations were mounted world-wide to tell whoever was running the show in Washington that: -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Editorial: Cassandra Factor Revisited 05-21-2004

‘Throatox’ Shot Gives Voice a Lift 05-18-2004

News

City Council Faces Gloomy Budget News By MATTHEW ARTZ 05-21-2004

UC Workers Rally Against Job Cuts By JAKOB SCHILLER 05-21-2004

Free Speech Defender Dies in UC Accident By Richard Brenneman 05-21-2004

Berkeley This Week Calendar 05-21-2004

Emeryville Gives First Nod to Pixar Expansion By Jakob Schiller 05-21-2004

Housing Authority Faces Major Cut to Section 8 By MATTHEW ARTZ 05-21-2004

Brower Center Built on Innovative Funds By MATTHEW ARTZ 05-21-2004

Clinic Celebrates 35 Years By Richard Brenneman 05-21-2004

UC Professors Poll Supports Lab Management By MATTHEW ARTZ 05-21-2004

Commissioners Comment On UC Plan 05-21-2004

Corrections 05-21-2004

Apartment Management Class Helps Women (and Men) To Survive By Zelda Bronstein Special to the Planet 05-21-2004

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN and MATTHEW ARTZ 05-21-2004

Survey Demonstrates School Tax Support 05-21-2004

UnderCurrents: Criticisms Arise Over Siegel’s School Lawsuit J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 05-21-2004

Letters to the Editor 05-21-2004

WWII POW Cites Treatment by Nazis, Need for Geneva Convention Standards By KEN NORWOOD 05-21-2004

Yellow Journalism Stains Third Annual Interfaith Pagan Parade and Celebration 05-21-2004

Young Composers: What is Heard, What is Forgotten C. SUPRYNOWICZ 05-21-2004

‘Bold Experiment’ Leads To Startling New Look at ‘Hamlet’ By BETSY HUNTON Special to the Planet 05-21-2004

Arts Calendar 05-21-2004

New Gioia’s Pizzeria Offers A Big Slice of Brooklyn By Barbara Quick Special to the Planet 05-21-2004

Cartoon Justin DeFreitas 05-21-2004

Local Politicians Lead Effort To Open Domestic Violence Center By JAKOB SCHILLER 05-18-2004

Synagogue Demolished, But Where’s the Permit? By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 05-18-2004

Brower Center, Budget Issues on Council Agenda By MATTHEW ARTZ 05-18-2004

Berkeley This Week Calendar 05-18-2004

UC Reclaims Field, Demands Removal of Abandoned Sculptures By MATTHEW ARTZ 05-18-2004

State Misses Lead Poisoning’s New, Immigrant Face By Mary Jo McConahay Pacific News Service 05-18-2004

Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 05-18-2004

Pumpkins Perfect for Foggy Berkeley By SHIRLEY BARKER Special to the Planet 05-18-2004

PUMPKIN SOUP 05-18-2004

Torture Photos, Videos a Time-Honored CIA Tradition By PETER DALE SCOTT Pacific News Service 05-18-2004

Letters to the Editor 05-18-2004

A More Reasonable Interpretation of the Density Bonus Law? By ROBERT LAURISTON 05-18-2004

Torture? Hard to Believe? Hardly By ROGER BURBACH and PAUL CANTOR 05-18-2004

Closing Derby for a Baseball Field Will Create Traffic on Nearby Streets By DOROTHY BRYANT 05-18-2004

Reviewer Pans UC’s Latest LRDP Release By SHARON HUDSON 05-18-2004

Will the University’s Transportation Policies Be Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? By ROB WRENN 05-18-2004

From Susan Parker: On Drugs and Dogs And Dumb Questions on a Corner From Susan Parker 05-18-2004

A No Commercial Interruption By PETER SOLOMON 05-18-2004

Pagans on Parade Cavort in Downtown Berkeley By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 05-18-2004

Exhibit Shows Iraqi Children’s View of Invasion By Jakob Schiller 05-18-2004

Arts Calendar 05-18-2004

Thrush? Modest Coat Belies Brilliant Skills By JOE EATON Special to the Planet, Photo by: Peter LaTourrette 05-18-2004

Cartoon Justin DeFreitas 05-18-2004