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Local Youth’s Death Is City’s Third Murder in 4 Weeks: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday August 17, 2004
A youth was shot dead and witnesses said another was wounded in broad daylight Monday at the corner of Adeline and and Harmon streets, the third murder in South Berkeley in the past month. -more-

Casinos, Malls and Politics Mix at East Bay Meetings: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday August 17, 2004
In the realm of strange political bedfellows, pairing off a massive petroleum firm with a gaggle of environmental activists has to rank as one of the oddest couplings ever. -more-

Green Council Candidate Courts Left-Out Voters: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday August 17, 2004
Here’s how one city councilmember described her fellow Green Party member running in the District 5 council race. -more-

Green Presidential Candidate Makes Pitch for Local Votes: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday August 17, 2004
Making a weekend campaign stop in Berkeley, Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb asked party faithful not to judge him on his showing in November. -more-

Pro-Tenant Candidates Dominate Rent Board Field: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday August 17, 2004
Last June, Berkeley Property Owners Association President Michael Wilson said emphatically that his group did not plan on running a pro-landlord slate for the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board in this November’s election. -more-

Poet, Teacher Czeslaw Milosz Dies in Poland: By PEGGY SIMPSON

Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 17, 2004



Letters to the Editor

Tuesday August 17, 2004

Quiet Censorship: By Gray Brechin

Commentary
Tuesday August 17, 2004


Not A Good Idea: By John Delmos

Commentary
Tuesday August 17, 2004

Death of a Redwood: By PETER SCHORER

Commentary
Tuesday August 17, 2004

Moderne Masterpiece Evokes Art Deco Glamour: By STEVEN FINACOM

Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 17, 2004

UC Swimmer Triumphs in Athens

Tuesday August 17, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday August 17, 2004

Honey Locusts Cast Golden Glow on City Streets: By RON SULLIVAN

Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 17, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday August 17, 2004

Jakob Schiller: A fallen bicycle, a sports bag and police evidence tags mark the murder scene at the intersection of Alcatraz Avenue and Adeline Street Monday afternoon where an argument ended in Berkeley’s third murder of the year, less than a month after the first..
Jakob Schiller: A fallen bicycle, a sports bag and police evidence tags mark the murder scene at the intersection of Alcatraz Avenue and Adeline Street Monday afternoon where an argument ended in Berkeley’s third murder of the year, less than a month after the first..

Editorials

When the FBI Comes Calling: By BECKY O'MALLEY

Editorial
Tuesday August 17, 2004
The New York Times reported on Monday that “the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been questioning political demonstrators across the country, and in rare cases even subpoenaing them, in an aggressive effort to forestall what officials say could be violent and disruptive protests at the Republican National Convention in New York.” The report went on to say that “FBI officials are urging agents to canvass their communities for information about planned disruptions aimed at the convention and other coming political events, and they say they have developed a list of people who they think may have information about possible violence.” -more-

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