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County Welfare Recipients Protest Supervisors’ Proposed Budget Cuts

By JAKOB SCHILLER

Tuesday June 22, 2004

Social services organizations and welfare recipients from around Alameda County helped pack the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Monday morning meeting to protest proposed budget cuts that might leave almost 1,500 people cut off from their General Assistance (GA) welfare benefits for nine months out of the year. -more-

D.A., Police at Odds Over Arrests In Tsukamoto Murder

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday June 22, 2004

Berkeley Police homicide investigators dispute an Alameda County deputy district attorney who said they lacked sufficient evidence to charge two sisters as accessories to the 1970 murder of a Berkeley policeman. -more-

Salary Givebacks Spark Battle Between City, Unions

By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday June 22, 2004

With battles raging over how much and in what form city workers will contribute to erasing Berkeley’s $10.3 million budget shortfall, the City Council will consider adoption of the city manager’s Budget Reduction Plan for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 at tonight’s (Tuesday, June 22) regular meeting. -more-

Kamlarz Urges Support For Amos Cottage Demolition

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday June 22, 2004

A plea to save a home built the year Berkeley became a city goes before the City Council tonight (Tuesday, June 22), more than two months after the Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) voted to permit demolition of the Amos Cottage at 2211 Fifth St. -more-