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Vista Dean Claims He Was Ousted By A Black Conspiracy

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday June 04, 2004
The outgoing president of Berkeley’s Vista College is claiming that a black-orchestrated, racial discrimination conspiracy has cost him his job and is threatening a lawsuit against the Peralta Community College District if his contract is not reopened and renewed before the end of the month. -more-

UC Plan Blasted at City Council Meeting

By Richard Brenneman
Friday June 04, 2004
Any illusions UC officials may have harbored about how the rest of Berkeley views their Long Range Development Plan should have vanished after Tuesday night’s City Council session. -more-

BUSD Looks to Break Cycle Of Meager Budget Planning

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday June 04, 2004
Larry Picus stood center stage before about 75 parents Tuesday at the Longfellow Middle School Theater Tuesday as he auditioned for the leading role in Berkeley Unified’s great school funding adventure. -more-

Berkeley This Week Calendar

Friday June 04, 2004
FRIDAY, JUNE 4 -more-

Day by Day, Laborers Seek Work on West Side

By BILL CARDER Special to the Planet
Friday June 04, 2004
The day laborers gather on Berkeley’s Hearst corridor early in the morning, hours before most of the high-priced shops and trendy cafes in the nearby Fourth Street commercial district open for business. The first to arrive is Hector Castillo, a 51-year old Honduran who sleeps in his car on a nearby side street. -more-

Transfers Draw Lawsuit From Rosa Parks Teachers

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday June 04, 2004

After School Programs Get Funding Reprieve

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday June 04, 2004

Teachers, School District Deadlock Over New Contract

Friday June 04, 2004

Fast Food Giants Face Lawsuit Over Cancerous Fries

By Starre Vartan AlterNet
Friday June 04, 2004

Police Blotter

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday June 04, 2004

UnderCurrents: A Deja View of a Summer Beginning to Simmer

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday June 04, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Friday June 04, 2004

Nexus Artist Blasts Animal Shelter Decision

By BOB BROKL
Friday June 04, 2004

UC Should Forsake Its Nukes

By David Krieger MinutemanMedia.org
Friday June 04, 2004

Bubble Lady Captures Berkeley’s Beat

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday June 04, 2004

Civic Center Park Hosts Weekend Poetry Festival

By Richard Brenneman
Friday June 04, 2004

Moreno Excels in Berkeley Rep’s ‘Master Class’

By Betsy Hunton Special to the Planet
Friday June 04, 2004

Arts Calendar

Friday June 04, 2004

A Bar-Hopping Guide to Berkeley’s Gourmet Pubs

By Barbara Quick Special to the Planet
Friday June 04, 2004

Richard Brenneman: Julia Vinograd, Berkeley’s “positive public nuisance” poet, prepares for Saturday’s Poetry Festival and Community Fair, where she will be the first recipient of the city’s Lifetime Achievement Award. See story, Page Twelve.?
Richard Brenneman: Julia Vinograd, Berkeley’s “positive public nuisance” poet, prepares for Saturday’s Poetry Festival and Community Fair, where she will be the first recipient of the city’s Lifetime Achievement Award. See story, Page Twelve.?

Editorials

School Board Moves Toward November Ballot Tax Measure

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday June 04, 2004
The Berkeley School Board unanimously approved the first reading of an $8.3 million tax measure for the November ballot that, if passed by voters, would cost the average homeowner $184 per year in extra taxes. -more-

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