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Berkeley-Albany YMCA Workers Win Union Vote

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday July 23, 2004
After a 46-12 vote early Thursday evening, Berkeley-Albany YMCA Head Start teachers officially have their first union. -more-

Berkeleyan Leaks Prompt Second Kennedy Lawsuit

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday July 23, 2004
Alleged construction defects at a second of Patrick Kennedy’s stucco-clad downtown apartment buildings have triggered another lawsuit pitting the developer against his architect and Berkeley contractor Kimes Morris. -more-

Norine Smith Will Challenge Betty Olds for Council Seat

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday July 23, 2004
Councilmember Betty Olds will face a familiar challenger this November. Norine Smith, a waterfront commissioner who in 2000 barely managed to garner one third of Olds’ vote in a three-person race, is taking another run at the District Six council seat Ol ds has owned since 1992. -more-

Environmental Review Questions Delay Richmond Project

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday July 23, 2004
Developers of the proposed massive Campus Bay waterfront residential development in Richmond have put their plans on hold pending completion of a key environmental review by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). -more-

UC Responds to Lab’s Security Woes

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday July 23, 2004
The University of California has placed 19 employees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on paid investigatory leave pending a federal probe into missing classified material at the lab, George “Pete” Nanos, the lab director, announced at a Thursday pre ss conference. -more-

Controversy Looms Over Council Ballot Vote

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday July 23, 2004

Berkeley Property Tax Base Edges Over $90 Billion Mark

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday July 23, 2004

Appeals Court to Rule on Senior Housing Project

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday July 23, 2004

Emeryville Pixar Expansion May Go To Voters

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday July 23, 2004

Pundit Reveals Polling Secrets

By PETER SOLOMON Eminence Grise
Friday July 23, 2004

Democratic Party to Commit More Ground Troops

By CHRISTOPHER KROHN Special to the Planet
Friday July 23, 2004

BART Adds Bomb-Sniffing Dogs, Cites Convention Terrorism Alert

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday July 23, 2004

African Americans Propose Immigration Reform

By DAVID BACON Pacific News Service
Friday July 23, 2004

Bolivia Charts Course Between Popular Anger and Big Business Threats

By RAUL VASQUEZ Pacific News Service
Friday July 23, 2004

Police Blotter

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday July 23, 2004

UnderCurrents: ‘Girlie-Men’ Remark Obscures Governor’s Non-Solution

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday July 23, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Friday July 23, 2004

Growing Soil And Community

Friday July 23, 2004

A Modest Proposal for Patrick Kennedy

By CAROL DENNEY
Friday July 23, 2004

Care for a Little Redevelopment in Your Area?

By MERRILIE MITCHELL
Friday July 23, 2004

Actors Ensemble Launches Albee’s ‘Delicate Balance’

By BETSY HUNTON Special to the Planet
Friday July 23, 2004

Arts Calendar

Friday July 23, 2004

LIVABLE BERKELEY

Alan Tobey
Friday July 23, 2004

Catalan Festival is Weekend’s Best Excursion

By KATHLEEN HILL Special to the Planet
Friday July 23, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Friday July 23, 2004

Jakob Schiller: Clara Vann, a teacher for the Berkeley-Albany YMCA Head Start program, celebrates Thursday outside the Tenth Street facility after learning that Head Start workers had won their vote to form a union.u
Jakob Schiller: Clara Vann, a teacher for the Berkeley-Albany YMCA Head Start program, celebrates Thursday outside the Tenth Street facility after learning that Head Start workers had won their vote to form a union.u

Editorials

Editorial: The Dog Days in Berkeley

Becky O’Malley
Friday July 23, 2004
Now begin the City of Berkeley’s dog days. The expression derives from the rising of Sirius, the Dog Star, which takes place between early July and early September. But since it coincides with hot and humid in a large part of the northern hemisphere, the image of lazy dogs lying around in the shade comes to mind. -more-

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