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Sutter Locks Out Striking Workers By RICHARD BRENNEMAN and JAKOB SCHILER

Friday December 03, 2004
Sutter Health carried out its threat against nurses and other union members who staged a one-day walkout Wednesday and refused to let them go back to work Thursday morning, the start of a four-day lockout. -more-

Peralta Makes Exclusive Pact To Plan Laney Development By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN TAYLOR

Friday December 03, 2004
Over the strong objections of the Laney College president, Laney College staff representatives, and Trustee-elect Nicky González Yuen, a lame-duck session of the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees has authorized a free-of-charge, one-year agreement with an Oakland development firm to negotiate possible commercial development of certain Laney College and Peralta District properties. -more-

Pickets Target Toxic Site Plan By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday December 03, 2004
Richmond residents, business folk, environmental activists and newly elected City Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin braved the 40-degree cold Wednesday morning to picket one of the entrances to Campus Bay, protesting ongoing operations at the site. -more-

Jubilee Stripped of City Funding By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday December 03, 2004
City officials Tuesday froze funds to Jubilee Restoration Inc., its third largest non-profit housing developer, after reports submitted by the organization in response to a federal probe revealed that the organization had diverted federal funds. -more-

Elmwood Theater Renovations to Last Into New Year By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Friday December 03, 2004
Problems with renovation work are expected to delay opening of Berkeley’s Elmwood Theater until past the first of the year, but a local engineer involved in seismic retrofit of the theater building says his portion of the project is not to blame. -more-







20 Years After Bhopal, Women Fight For Justice SANDIP ROY

Pacific News Service
Friday December 03, 2004

Election 2004: Another Look At the Disputed Vote Count By BOB BURNETT

Special to the Planet, NEWS ANALYSIS
Friday December 03, 2004

Editorial Cartoons By JUSTIN DEFREITAS

Friday December 03, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Friday December 03, 2004

Brown’s Police Chief Choice Could Help Him in ‘06 Campaign By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

UNDERCURRENTS OF THE EAST BAY AND BEYOND
Friday December 03, 2004

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday December 03, 2004



The Irresponsibilities of Religion By THOMAS ULATOWSKI

COMMENTARY
Friday December 03, 2004

For Sure-to-Please Gifts, Look to West Berkeley By ZELDA BRONSTEIN

Special to the Planet
Friday December 03, 2004


Day Trip to Sonoma, Home of the Bear Republic By MARTA YAMAMOTO

Special to the Planet
Friday December 03, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Friday December 03, 2004

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              Johanna Herrera, caregiver at Alta Bates Medical Center, chants picket songs during a candle-light vigil outside the hospital’s Berkeley campus Thursday evening. ?
Jakob Schiller: Johanna Herrera, caregiver at Alta Bates Medical Center, chants picket songs during a candle-light vigil outside the hospital’s Berkeley campus Thursday evening. ?

Editorials

Shop & Live: One Stop By BECKY O'MALLEY

EDITORIAL
Friday December 03, 2004
It’s become a staple Christmas Grinch feature for small town papers, metro dailies, and even NPR: The Salvation Army’s familiar bell ringers with kettles for donations are banned from yet another collection site. This year’s villain is the Target chain, which gets a fair amount of favorable publicity at other times of the year from its foundation’s support of a variety of charitable causes. Target’s excuse is that if they let the Salvation Army collect, everyone else wants to do it too. Sorry, but that’s not good enough. -more-

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