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Richmond Council Endorses Casino Plan For Point Molate Site: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday September 03, 2004
Faced with a court order blocking them from approving a lucrative Point Molate casino pact with a Berkeley developer, the Richmond City Council did the second-best thing Tuesday night: They voted unanimously to show their intent to sign the deal once legal clouds clear. -more-

Test Scores Show Student Improvement, But Not Enough: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday September 03, 2004
Willard Middle School appears headed towards a distinction it could do without: the fourth school in Berkeley to run afoul of President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Law. -more-

Swimmers Fight For Public Access in Winter: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday September 03, 2004
Last October Berkeley swimmers—fresh from a six-month campaign of chlorine-infested fundraising—presented the City Council with a gift they couldn’t refuse: cold hard cash. -more-

Police Chief Meisner Announces Retirement: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday September 03, 2004
One of the longest serving police officers in recent Berkeley history will go out as with one of the briefest reigns as police chief. -more-

Toxics Agency Calls Halt to Campus Bay Cleanup: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday September 03, 2004
State environmental officials threw a major stumbling path on the road to a controversial massive high-rise residential complex near the Richmond shoreline this week, halting a crucial excavation and raising the specter that work might not recommence till spring. -more-

AC Transit Candidates Promise Improved Bus Service: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Friday September 03, 2004

Families of Victims Shot By Cops Forge Activist Bonds: By RAY JAY ADEV

PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE
Friday September 03, 2004

Radical Cleric is Key to Iran’s Game Plan in Iraq: By JALAL GHAZI

Pacific News Service
Friday September 03, 2004

UC Names First Building for African American Woman: By STEVEN FINACOM

Special to the Planet
Friday September 03, 2004

A-31 Coalition Takes to the Streets to Protest RNC: By CHRISTOPHER KROHN

Special to the Planet
Friday September 03, 2004

Filmmaker Says ‘Shut up’ To Fox News Network: By CHRISTOPHER KROHN

Special to the Planet
Friday September 03, 2004

UFPJ’s Cagan Plans Next Step After Protest Success: By CHRISTOPHER KROHN

Special to the Planet
Friday September 03, 2004

The Vietnam Engima Resurfaces—Still Unresolved: J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

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Friday September 03, 2004

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Friday September 03, 2004

Police Blotter: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday September 03, 2004

Who Controls Our Schools?: By YOLAND HUANG

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Friday September 03, 2004

The Elephant in the Room: By MICHAEL MARCHANT

Commentary
Friday September 03, 2004

Is the GOP Abandoning the Bay Area? : By PHIL REIFF and JASON ALDERMAN

Commentary
Friday September 03, 2004

Fluffy Bunnies Titillate in La Val’s Basement: By BETSY M. HUNTON

Special to the Planet
Friday September 03, 2004

Oakland Museum’s Vietnam Exhibit Evokes a Time Gone, And Yet Still Here: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Friday September 03, 2004

Arts Calendar

Friday September 03, 2004

Celery Planting Time is Here Again: By SHIRLEY BARKER

Special to the Planet
Friday September 03, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Friday September 03, 2004

Richard Brenneman: Former Las Vegas mayor and current Harrah’s executive Jan Laverty Jones listens as her boss, CEO Gary W. Loveman, outlines plans for the proposed Point Molate casino.
Richard Brenneman: Former Las Vegas mayor and current Harrah’s executive Jan Laverty Jones listens as her boss, CEO Gary W. Loveman, outlines plans for the proposed Point Molate casino.

Editorials

Republicans Rant, Kerry Conciliates: By BECKY O'MALLEY

Editorial
Friday September 03, 2004
Watching the Republican Convention on television is like picking at a scab. You know it’s a mistake, you know it will only make things worse, but it’s hard not to do it, albeit obsessively and secretly. It’s a metaphor-generating experience, because it’s almost impossible to describe the horror and disgust provoked in the person of ordinary sensibility using straightforward descriptive language. -more-

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