Jakob Schiller
              Dianne Carroll is overcome with joy after her son Demetris Brown received his diploma during the Berkeley High School graduation ceremonies held Friday evening at the Greek Theater. For more BHS graduation photos, see Page Eleven.K
Jakob Schiller Dianne Carroll is overcome with joy after her son Demetris Brown received his diploma during the Berkeley High School graduation ceremonies held Friday evening at the Greek Theater. For more BHS graduation photos, see Page Eleven.K

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City, UC Clash Over Payment for Services

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Playing host to UC Berkeley costs the city $10.9 million a year—nearly the same amount as the city’s current budget deficit—according to a recently released city-commissioned fiscal impact analysis. -more-



Developer Asks ZAB To Weigh Blood House Move

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday June 15, 2004

The next move in the struggle over Berkeley’s troubled Blood House may be a physical move from its present location. -more-



Progressives Lobby to Save UC Labor Think Tank From Governor’s Budget

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday June 15, 2004

After temporarily being saved from total elimination, the UC Institute for Labor and Employment (ILE) is on the chopping block again as part of what institute employees say is an attack on labor rights and the interests of working people across California. -more-



Two Teenagers Nominated For City’s Rent Board

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Youth was served Sunday when progressives nominated their slate of four candidates for the Rent Stabilization Board who promise to keep the board decidedly pro-tenant and a spring board for politically active UC students. -more-



Council Set to Receive Report on UC Long Range Plan

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday June 15, 2004

The students might have gone home for the summer, but concerns about UC Berkeley will be front and center at tonight’s (Tuesday, June 15) City Council meeting. -more-



Features

Police Seek Two Suspects in Berkeley Rape

Richard Brenneman
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Berkeley Police are asking the public to help them identify and apprehend the two men who abducted a woman pedestrian last Wednesday and forced her into a car where she was raped, then dropped off in Oakland. -more-


A Nicaraguan Woman Reflects on Reagan’s Death

By La Segua Pacific News Service
Tuesday June 15, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO—In the 1980s, as a Nicaraguan child, I had dreams of Presidente Reagan dying of a heart attack in the middle of a speech. I thought his death would bring the war to an end. Then there would be no more low-flying “black birds” (spy planes) breaking the sound barrier several times a day during school hours. -more-


Argentines Focus on Today’s War Crimes, Not ‘Dirty War’ Past

By Vinod Sreeharsha Pacific News Service
Tuesday June 15, 2004

BUENOS AIRES—In April, approximately 150,000 Argentines filled the streets of downtown Buenos Aires in one of the country’s largest demonstrations since democracy was restored 20 years ago. The organizer did not belong to any of the county’s internationally renowned human rights groups, however. Juan Carlos Blumberg was virtually unknown until the murder of his 23-year-old son Axel, the latest casualty in Argentina’s growing crime wave. -more-


Kennedy Grilled On Opening of Gaia Building Cultural Space

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday June 15, 2004

When Patrick Kennedy rose to address Zoning Assessment Board members about the Blood House during ZAB’s regular meeting last week, David Blake took advantage of the controversial developer’s presence to ask Kennedy about the long-empty “cultural use space” in the Gaia Building on Allston Way. -more-


At 100, World Soccer Gov’t Still Autocratic, Secretive

By MARCELO BALLVEPacific News Service
Tuesday June 15, 2004

In most countries it is recognized as one of the world’s most powerful organizations. This spring, it is celebrating its 100th anniversary with pomp and circumstance, including photo exhibitions, emotive tributes and a flurry of press attention. -more-


Fire Department Log

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Burning Ivy Razes the Roof -more-


Police Blotter

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Gang Attacks, Victim Loses Wallet -more-


‘Most Popular’ For a Day —A Father’s Day Legacy

FromSusan Parker
Tuesday June 15, 2004

My father left for work at dawn, wearing dungarees and a blue button-down cotton workshirt. On his feet he wore heavy woolen white socks and brown scuffed round-toed boots. He walked fast with a slight bend forward across the front yard and driveway and entered a nearby red barn. That is how he began every day, for more than 40 years—sprinting across grass and gravel to an outbuilding where he raised rodents for a living. -more-


Berkeley Schools Excellence Project: A Lot of Bang for the Buck

By Miriam Rokeach Topel
Tuesday June 15, 2004

“Our class is run like a college studio with college-level projects, medium, and materials,” Cragmont Elementary School art teacher Joe McClain explained. He was busy readying the classroom for the third and fourth graders who were about to appear. In hi s Bermuda shorts and abstract art t-shirt he hurried around the room, which was colorfully jumbled with student art, easels and supplies, throwing me information along the way. -more-


Berkeley Is Not Alone in Saving Creeks, Natural Habitat

By BARBARA A. PENDERGRASS
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Berkeley has always supported the protection of the natural habitat for wildlife and creeks. Now others are joining the fight to preserve our open spaces and creeks. Friends of Garrity Creek are fighting a proposed 40-home development that will destroy 1 0 beautiful acres and threaten Garrity Creek that is fed by two natural springs at it’s headwaters and ends when it flows into the San Pablo Bay. The proposed subdivision is SD 01 8533 and is on very steep land behind Hilltop Drive in El Sobrante. -more-


Road Rage is Not Confined to the Road Ways

Avis Worthington
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Editors, Daily Planet: -more-


Letters to the Editor

Tuesday June 15, 2004

ROSA PARKS AD -more-


Nagano, Carlin Team Up to Enhance Beethoven

By Janos GerebenSpecial to the Planet
Tuesday June 15, 2004

A coincidence, raising some eyebrows and concerns in musical circles: -more-


Election Section

Photo Exhibit Shows East Bay Italian History

By Steven FinacomSpecial to the Planet
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Americans struggle each generation with the political, social, and economic issues and impacts of immigration. When these often divisive debates occur, it is worth recalling the experiences of previous eras of immigration. -more-


Arts Calendar

Tuesday June 15, 2004

TUESDAY, JUNE 15 -more-


Getting Up Close and Personal With the Mule Deer

By JOE EATONSpecial to the Planet
Tuesday June 15, 2004

We don’t get many mule deer in my current neighborhood. But some years back, when I lived in a rickety in-law apartment near the Berkeley Rose Garden, they—along with the raccoons, skunks, and possums—were regulars. They would bed down in the ivy-covered gully below the house, or placidly consume the few things we had managed to grow in the garden (a challenge at best, since it had the kind of drainage you would expect from a former fishpond.) Mostly they were does, sometimes with fawns in tow. Bucks wer e rarer—more circumspect around people, maybe—but a few showed up from time to time. I would admire their racks from a discreet distance, and wonder about the whole antler thing. -more-


Berkeley This Week

Tuesday June 15, 2004

TUESDAY, JUNE 15 -more-


Editorial

Editorial: Democracy Thrives in the Sunshine

Becky O’Malley
Tuesday June 15, 2004

Last November, the Daily Planet got a phoned-in tip that six members of the Richmond City Council had taken part in a meeting, “over wine and cheese,” with people the caller identified as “Las Vegas types,” with the subject matter being the possibility of turning Point Molate over to casino gambling interests with Native American connections. The tipster, who identified himself as a rank-and-file environmentalist, said he’d heard a guy talking about the meeting in a bar, and that he loved Point Molate’s natural and historical splendors and was outraged at the idea of putting a casino there. -more-


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Editorial: Democracy Thrives in the Sunshine 06-15-2004

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News

City, UC Clash Over Payment for Services By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-15-2004

Developer Asks ZAB To Weigh Blood House Move By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-15-2004

Progressives Lobby to Save UC Labor Think Tank From Governor’s Budget By JAKOB SCHILLER 06-15-2004

Two Teenagers Nominated For City’s Rent Board By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-15-2004

Council Set to Receive Report on UC Long Range Plan By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-15-2004

Police Seek Two Suspects in Berkeley Rape Richard Brenneman 06-15-2004

A Nicaraguan Woman Reflects on Reagan’s Death By La Segua Pacific News Service 06-15-2004

Argentines Focus on Today’s War Crimes, Not ‘Dirty War’ Past By Vinod Sreeharsha Pacific News Service 06-15-2004

Kennedy Grilled On Opening of Gaia Building Cultural Space By Richard Brenneman 06-15-2004

At 100, World Soccer Gov’t Still Autocratic, Secretive By MARCELO BALLVEPacific News Service 06-15-2004

Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-15-2004

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-15-2004

‘Most Popular’ For a Day —A Father’s Day Legacy FromSusan Parker 06-15-2004

Berkeley Schools Excellence Project: A Lot of Bang for the Buck By Miriam Rokeach Topel 06-15-2004

Berkeley Is Not Alone in Saving Creeks, Natural Habitat By BARBARA A. PENDERGRASS 06-15-2004

Road Rage is Not Confined to the Road Ways Avis Worthington 06-15-2004

Letters to the Editor 06-15-2004

Nagano, Carlin Team Up to Enhance Beethoven By Janos GerebenSpecial to the Planet 06-15-2004

Photo Exhibit Shows East Bay Italian History By Steven FinacomSpecial to the Planet 06-15-2004

Arts Calendar 06-15-2004

Getting Up Close and Personal With the Mule Deer By JOE EATONSpecial to the Planet 06-15-2004

Berkeley This Week 06-15-2004

Richmond Plans Massive Casino on the Bay By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-11-2004

Unions Continue Heated Dispute With Alta Bates Medical Center By Jakob Schiller 06-11-2004

AmeriCorps Threatens to End Willard Project By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-11-2004

UC Hotel Sites Get City Landmark Status By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-11-2004

Council Gives Nonprofits Temporary Reprieve By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-11-2004

Commission Delays University Avenue Zoning By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-11-2004

BHS Graduates Get Voting Cards On the Way Out By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-11-2004

Briefly Noted Richard Brenneman 06-11-2004

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-11-2004

From J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR: Castlemont Shootings Put Violence Back in Spotlight J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 06-11-2004

U.S.-Mexico Border Patrol Abuses Greater Than Abu Ghraib By KENNETH J. THEISEN 06-11-2004

Animal Shelter Activist Answers Critic By JILL POSENER 06-11-2004

Letters to the Editor 06-11-2004

Local Play Examines Modern Irish Sweatshops By Betsy Hunton Special to the Planet 06-11-2004

Stern Grove Festival Reflects Eclectic Bay Culture By Steven Finacom Special to the Planet 06-11-2004

Inkworks Celebrates 30 Years of Collective Enterprise By Zelda Bronstein Special to the Planet 06-11-2004

Arts Calendar 06-11-2004

Spectacular Sonoma Coast Is a Delightful Destination By Marta Yamamoto Special to the Planet 06-11-2004

Berkeley This Week Calendar 06-11-2004