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Connecting Small Presses With Readers for 35 Years By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday December 07, 2004
Small Press Distribution (SPD) is celebrating its 35th year as the nation’s only non-profit book distributor. -more-

Five-Story Project Proposed For San Pablo Avenue Site By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday December 07, 2004
A controversial development project on San Pablo Avenue, first proposed in 1999 and then abandoned amid neighborhood opposition a year and a half ago, has taken on new life with a different developer. -more-

City Manager Issues Rosy Budget Update, With Warnings By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday December 07, 2004
An unexpected surge in tax revenues on property transfers could erase more than a quarter of the city’s projected $7.5 million deficit next year, according to a first quarter budget update released by the city last week. -more-

Roberts Center Critics Appeal Project Approval By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday December 07, 2004
Critics of the Ed Roberts Campus recently approved by the Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) for South Berkeley have appealed the Nov. 15 decision to the City Council. -more-

A Daily Planet Holiday Invitation

Tuesday December 07, 2004
For the holidays we at the Daily Planet want to give our readers an issue of their own. If you have a story you want to tell about something in the East Bay, about one of your favorite things, a recollection, or anything else you have wanted to see in the Planet, this is your chance. Send us your stories and poems and we will turn over our Dec. 24 issue to you. Get submissions to us by Friday, Dec. 17 for consideration. -more-

Kerry Captured 90 Percent of Berkeley Vote By ROB WRENN

Special to the Planet
Tuesday December 07, 2004

Hancock Fears New Hacking Bill May Go Too Far By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday December 07, 2004

New Council to Choose Vice-Mayor Rotation By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday December 07, 2004

BUSD Classified Employees Ask To Reopen Contract By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Education Foundation Newsletter Wins Award for Excellence By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Editorial Cartoons By JUSTIN DEFREITAS

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Opposition to Ed Roberts Campus Masked in Historic Design Complaint By SUSAN PARKER

COLUMN
Tuesday December 07, 2004

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Alquist-Priolo Bars Building On Faultlines By JANICE THOMAS

COMMENTARY
Tuesday December 07, 2004

Planning Department Website Watch By ZELDA BRONSTEIN

COMMENTARY
Tuesday December 07, 2004

Berkeley’s Rent Control Ordinance Violates the U.S. Constitution By ROBERT CABRERA

COMMENTARY
Tuesday December 07, 2004

‘Play of Daniel’ Brings Medieval Liturgical Drama To Berkeley Church By KEN BULLOCK

Special to the Planet
Tuesday December 07, 2004

Holiday Spirit is Alive at Two Historic Houses By STEVEN FINACOM

Special to the Planet
Tuesday December 07, 2004

Arts Calendar

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Fierce Debate Rages Over Monarch Migration Pattern By JOE EATON

Special to the Planet
Tuesday December 07, 2004

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday December 07, 2004

Jakob Schiller Laura Moriarty, deputy director of Small Press Distribution, stands among the stacks of books housed in the company’s West Berkeley warehouse on Monday afternoon.
Jakob Schiller Laura Moriarty, deputy director of Small Press Distribution, stands among the stacks of books housed in the company’s West Berkeley warehouse on Monday afternoon.

Editorials

Changes Would Speed Landmarks Process By BECKY O'MALLEY

EDITORIAL
Tuesday December 07, 2004
On Wednesday of this week the Planning Commission has scheduled a workshop to discuss proposed revisions to the Landmark Preservation Ordinance. More hours of my life than I care to count, over a four-year period while I was on the Landmark Preservation Commission, were devoted to work on a revised LPO which was ultimately endorsed last summer by a majority of LPC commissioners. Practically every clause represents a compromise between commissioners who are dedicated to conserving old buildings as much as possible and those who regard some old buildings as opportunity sites for new construction. But like most compromises, the attempt to please everyone might turn out to have pleased no one. -more-

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