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Rosa Parks School Faces Huge Turnover

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday May 25, 2004
At least four teachers will be transferred involuntarily from Rosa Parks Elementary School next year—and many more might follow them willingly—two months after more than three-quarters of the faculty signed a letter of no confidence in their principal. -more-

Liquor License Poses Roadblock for Longs

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday May 25, 2004
For a city whose downtown recently has been characterized more by empty storefronts than thriving shops, Longs Drugs offers Berkeley an enticing opportunity. -more-

UC Lecturer’s ‘Intifada’ Comment Brings Death Threats

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday May 25, 2004
A recent speech delivered by a UC Berkeley lecturer during an impromptu anti-war protest in San Francisco has set off a firestorm of criticism around the country, including death threats and calls for his removal from the university. -more-

Berkeley This Week Calendar

Tuesday May 25, 2004
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Berkeley Studies S.L. Obispo’s Downtown Creek

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday May 25, 2004
Richard Register and other Berkeley proponents of daylighting Strawberry Creek have come to San Luis Obispo so often that they’re “becoming a new type of economic tourism,” quipped San Luis Obispo City Councilmember Kenneth Schwartz. -more-

Police Blotter

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday May 25, 2004


Doin’ the Berkeley Border Flatlands Dance

From Susan Parker
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Boalt Students Respond to Prisoner Doctrine Author

By Michael W. Anderson
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday May 25, 2004


Rent Board Chair Chides Control Foe’s ‘Rant’

By MAX ANDERSON
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Costa Hawkins Bill Cut Rents, Added Units

By GALE GARCIA
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Jane Jacobs, Democrat With a Small ‘D’

By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Chronicle Review Cheap Shots UC Task Force Report

By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 25, 2004

New Book Details Notorious Gangs: U.S. Corporations

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Local Librarian Documents London’s War

By STEVE FINACOM Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday May 25, 2004

A Paperbark Writer Talks of Trees That Go ‘Oof!’

By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Cartoon

Justin De'Freitas
Tuesday May 25, 2004

Richard Brenneman:
              
              San Luis Creek, a trash-filled afterthought before development, now features attractive vistas and public art. A Berkeley coaltion is studying how San Luis Obispo did it. See story, Page Three.
Richard Brenneman: San Luis Creek, a trash-filled afterthought before development, now features attractive vistas and public art. A Berkeley coaltion is studying how San Luis Obispo did it. See story, Page Three.

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Editorial: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us

Becky O'Malley
Tuesday May 25, 2004
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