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Vista Plans Bash To Help Fund Expansion: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday November 30, 2004
With its $67 million Center Street campus construction project on schedule for completion in January 2006, Berkeley’s Vista Community College is planning a birthday bash this week to celebrate its 30th anniversary. -more-

Jubilee Report Reveals Questionable Expenditures: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday November 30, 2004
Jubilee Restoration Inc., in response to a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) investigation into misuse of funds, released records last week showing that it spent federal grant money designated for a homeless youth outreach program to pay employees working for its housing development arm. -more-

Vote Count Protests Blast Media Silence: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday November 30, 2004
A small but vocal group of demonstrators rallied for an hour in front of the KGO-TV offices in San Francisco on Monday morning, protesting what they called “media silence on 2004 election irregularities.” Demonstrators later marched to the San Francisco offices of United States Senator Barbara Boxer where organizers met with Boxer’s staff. -more-

Alta Bates Walkout Met With Five-Day Lockout Threat: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday November 30, 2004
A one-day strike at Berkeley’s Alta Bates Medical Center and 12 other Sutter Health hospitals in Northern California commencing at 6 a.m. Wednesday will cost strikers five days of pay. -more-

New Councilmembers’ Appointments Could Set Tone for City’s Development: By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday November 30, 2004
With battles still raging over new development in Berkeley, the three newly elected Berkeley City Councilmembers are facing plenty of scrutiny as they prepare to name members to commissions that have a big say on the future face of the city. -more-


Bush Victory Makes Europeans Ponder Religion: By PAOLO PONTONIERE

Pacific News Service
Tuesday November 30, 2004

The Future of MoveOn: By RANDY SHAW

NEWS COMMENTARY
Tuesday November 30, 2004

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant Holds Holiday Craft Fair: By STEVEN FINACOM

SPECIAL TO THE PLANET
Tuesday November 30, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday November 30, 2004

Editorial Cartoons: By JUSTIN DEFREITAS

Tuesday November 30, 2004

Police Blotter: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday November 30, 2004


Hate and Lies: By DEAN METZGER

COMMENTARY
Tuesday November 30, 2004

Principles for Progressives: By MICHAEL KATZ

COMMENTARY
Tuesday November 30, 2004


Free Speech and Censorship During Wartime: By JOHN DENVIR

Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 30, 2004

Berkeley Author Investigates Iraq War Profiteers: By JUDITH SCHERR

Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 30, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday November 30, 2004

Native Live Oaks Host an Array of Species: By RON SULLIVAN

Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 30, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday November 30, 2004

Vista Community College, opened in 1974, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary with a party and fundraiser at Ashkenaz on Dec. 2.
              —Jakob Schiller..
Vista Community College, opened in 1974, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary with a party and fundraiser at Ashkenaz on Dec. 2. —Jakob Schiller..

Editorials

Smart Growth Backlash Threat: By BECKY O'MALLEY

EDITORIAL
Tuesday November 30, 2004
The long weekend gave us the opportunity to spend a couple of days in what we still call “the country,” on the property where the publisher’s mother settled after she came to Santa Cruz as one of UCSC’s first faculty members. She called it “the ranch”—about 60 rocky acres, a fair portion of which is pretty much vertical, mostly covered with second growth redwoods and eucalypts planted at the turn of the 20th century. The driveway through the woods is about a mile long, rutted dirt with seven switchbacks, an easy ascent for the benefit of the horses who pulled wagonloads of supplies up to the summer camp operated by the owners at the time, but a challenge for automobiles. -more-

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