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FSM Meets Again at Sproul: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday October 12, 2004
For an all-too-brief and shining moment Friday noon, Sproul Plaza reverberated with the rhetorical fireworks that made Berkeley synonymous with radical ideas during the 1960's. -more-

University Ave. Plan Tops Council Agenda:By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday October 12, 2004
One long-standing bone of contention that the City Council might be able to resolve Tuesday is new zoning rules for University Avenue. After five months of debate, the Planning Commission reached a compromise last July that aims to decrease the scale of new buildings on the avenue. -more-

Measure I Serves Many Agendas: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday October 12, 2004
Why would the Berkeley City Council ask voters to disregard long-standing city tradition and move mayoral elections to coincide with the vote for president? -more-

Nabolom Bakery Gets Support to Survive Through ‘05:By JAKOB SCHILLER

Tuesday October 12, 2004
Thanks to the city of Berkeley’s loose interpretation of one of its laws, along with support from the community and Elmwood commercial district, the Nabolom cooperative bakery says it will likely stay open after initially announcing that it was on track to go out of business by January. -more-

BUSD Wins Food Award For Improving Child Health: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday October 12, 2004
Berkeley Unified School District has received a Golden Carrot—a top national award for food service—from the Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). -more-

Firefighter Union Finally Agrees to Talks With City: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday October 12, 2004

A Guide to East Bay Counties’ Ballot Measures:By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday October 12, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday October 12, 2004

Election Letters to the Editor

Tuesday October 12, 2004

District 3 City Council Candidate Statements, Max Anderson

Tuesday October 12, 2004

District 3 City Council Candidate Statements, Laura Menard

Tuesday October 12, 2004

The New Trickle Down Economics: By TOM BATES

COMMENTARY
Tuesday October 12, 2004

Measure B Provides Much Needed School Funding: By SHIRLEY ISSEL

COMMENTARY
Tuesday October 12, 2004

Does the Berkeley Public Library Deserve Another Tax Increase? Probably Not: By DEAN METZGER and DAVID WILSON

COMMENTARY
Tuesday October 12, 2004

Psychiatrist’s Encounter With FSM Shaped Life: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday October 12, 2004

Wide Array of Voices at Video and Film Festival: By BRIAN KLUEPFEL Special to the Planet

Tuesday October 12, 2004

The Right to Protect Workers and Unions: By ANN FAGAN GINGER

CHALLENGING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Tuesday October 12, 2004

Going to Jersey Without an Alligator: By SUSAN PARKER

Tuesday October 12, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday October 12, 2004

Olive Trees, From Ancient Athens to Berkeley: By RON SULLIVAN

Special to the Planet
Tuesday October 12, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday October 12, 2004

Jakob Schiller: Arthur Goldberg, left, who is State Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg’s brother, greets his old friend Steven Saslow during the 40th anniversary celebration of the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley on Friday. The two friends spent time in the Santa Rita jail together in 1968 during the FSM movement. They had not seen each other since then.
Jakob Schiller: Arthur Goldberg, left, who is State Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg’s brother, greets his old friend Steven Saslow during the 40th anniversary celebration of the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley on Friday. The two friends spent time in the Santa Rita jail together in 1968 during the FSM movement. They had not seen each other since then.

Editorials

Sending a Message to Officialdom:By BECKY O'MALLEY

EDITORIAL
Tuesday October 12, 2004
We have been deluged with calls and letters from proponents of various measures which will confront voters on the November ballot, at a time when most voters, including us, are preoccupied with the job of getting rid of George Bush. As I am writing this, I’ve been interrupted, at home, by a call from an old acquaintance who wants me to endorse Measure B. -more-

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