Coach’s Uncertain Future at Cal Compounds Big Game Jitters: By MATTHEW ARTZ
It’s Big Game week in Berkeley and Bear backers have never had so much reason to revel in their football team’s success or fear for its future. -more-
It’s Big Game week in Berkeley and Bear backers have never had so much reason to revel in their football team’s success or fear for its future. -more-
Berkeley’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center faces the potential loss of the accreditation status needed to offer service to Medicare and Medicaid patients, following a scathing report from the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). -more-
Land use, and the development of a long range strategic plan to guide it, will likely be one of the major issues facing the new Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees when it convenes in January. -more-
There will likely be more cake than debate at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. -more-
Teachers, parents, students, and other citizens who think Berkeley classrooms don’t have sufficient textbooks or instructional materials get the chance to put their concerns on the record when the Berkeley Unified School District’s (BUSD) Board of Education holds a public hearing on the matter this week. -more-
A major share in one of Berkeley’s most notable buildings, the Hink’s Building at 2200 Shattuck Ave., has been sold, said John DeClerq, senior vice president of TransAction Financial, which had owned the building until early last week. -more-
Three fires caused significant damage to Berkeley residences over last week, reports David Orth, Berkeley Deputy Fire Chief. -more-
One of California’s best-known Democrats has surfaced in leading roles as an advocate in three high-profile Richmond projects. -more-
In Anne Galjour’s Character Building Workshop at San Francisco State University, we were assigned to read Fences by August Wilson. In preparation for class discussion we researched pop culture, circa 1957, the year in which the play is set. For most of my fellow students, this was like studying ancient history. Even Ms. Gajour, a lively, talented playwright and instructor, doesn’t remember 1957. But I do. I was born in 1952 so I didn’t have to look the decade up on the Internet. I thought I deserved extra credit. -more-
The Daily Planet’s Nov. 5 story on the problem of uncounted ballots (“Thousands of Ballots Still to Be Counted”) didn’t tell the half of it—or probably even a quarter of it. -more-
In 1982, the Oakland Symphony seemed to be going in a promising direction. Under the baton of Calvin Simmons, the orchestra began to look like a world class aggregation, or at the least, a top regional orchestra, especially after it made the newly restored Paramount Theater its home base. -more-
We’re getting some domestic fall color lately from a couple of tree species on the streets of Berkeley. One of the brightest is a relative newcomer here, Chinese pistache, Pistacia chinensis. -more-
Richmond City Councilmember Tom Butt is an avid e-mailer. Every day, often twice a day, he fires off bulletins to his long list of correspondents with his opinions on topics of the day, links to stories in the press about Richmond, and sometimes even major documents like Chevron’s contract proposal for Point Molate. Last week he wondered in print why the Berkeley Daily Planet has taken such an interest in Richmond lately. “I would like to think it’s because there is a lot of news here,” he said. -more-
Richmond Takes A Piece of Pie: By BECKY O'MALLEY 11-16-2004
Editorial:Campaign Finance Revisited 11-12-2004
Coach’s Uncertain Future at Cal Compounds Big Game Jitters: By MATTHEW ARTZ 11-16-2004
Peralta College District Contends WithDevelopment Questions at Campuses: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 11-16-2004
Jubilee Grant, Goodbyes on City Council Agenda: By MATTHEW ARTZ 11-16-2004
Board Looks at Quality of School Materials: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 11-16-2004
Hink’s Building Sold to Berkeley Man, Library Gardens Construction Begins: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 11-16-2004
Police Blotter: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 11-16-2004
3 Fires Damage Apartment, Home: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 11-16-2004
Willie Brown Plays Contrary Roles in Richmond: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 11-16-2004
Letters to the Editor 11-16-2004
Editorial Cartoons By JUSTIN DEFREITAS 11-16-2004
A First-Hand Account Of 1957: By SUSAN PARKER COLUMN 11-16-2004
We’re Still Waiting for the Berkeley Results: By HENRY NORR COMMENTARY 11-16-2004
Morgan Shapes Symphony into East Bay Cultural Force: By IRA STEINGROOT Special to the Planet 11-16-2004
Chinese Pistache Adds Autumn Hues To Berkeley Streets: By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet 11-16-2004
Berkeley This Week 11-16-2004
Protecting Possessions For City’s Homeless Strains Resources By MATTHEW ARTZ 11-12-2004
Council Opts to Create Creeks Task Force, Delays Foothill Bridge By MATTHEW ARTZ 11-12-2004
Housing Boom Ending, Says Berkeley Planner By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 11-12-2004
Developer Wins Pact to Build Point Molate Casino By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 11-12-2004
Southside Plan Critiques Sought By City Planners By Richard Brenneman 11-12-2004
Housing Commission Delays Vote For Scarce Affordable Housing Funds By MATTHEW ARTZ 11-12-2004
Campus Bay Regulatory Handover Moves Ahead By Richard Brenneman 11-12-2004
Hancock Calls For Better Response to UC Hacking By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 11-12-2004
Campanella Named New KPFA Chief By Jakob Schiller 11-12-2004
Global Headlines: How the World Reads the Bush Victory Pacific News Service 11-12-2004
Under Currents: Not Yet Time to Declare a Kerry Victory By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 11-12-2004
Letters to the Editor 11-12-2004
Commentary: Where Do We Go From Here? By RANDY SHAW 11-12-2004
Commentary: Campaign 2004: Democratic Values By BOB BURNETT 11-12-2004
Commentary: Under the Guise Of Democracy By RYAN MACY-HURLEY 11-12-2004
Commentary: ‘Smart’ Duplicity By MARTHA NICOLOFF 11-12-2004
Commentary: Reasons for the Defeat of J, K, L and M By ELLIOT COHEN 11-12-2004
Parchester Village Residents Fight to Preserve Breuner Marsh, Open Space By TOMIO GERON Special to the Planet 11-12-2004
Berkeley This Week 11-12-2004
Arts Calendar 11-12-2004
‘A Step Away’ Goes the Distance By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 11-12-2004
Coward’s ‘Present Laughter’ Sparkles By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 11-12-2004
An English Ramble: Walking the North York Moors By MARTA YAMAMOTO Special to the Planet 11-12-2004