News

The Play’s the Thing for Malcolm X Students By REBECCA TUREK

Special to the Planet
Tuesday March 08, 2005
Inspired by the need to pay for the school’s beloved drama program, the Parent Teacher Student Association at Malcolm X Arts and Academics Magnet School has come a long way from bake sales. -more-

City Audit Slams Parking Enforcement Practices By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday March 08, 2005
A strongly worded audit report released last week charges that Berkeley’s parking enforcement has suffered a decline in production and morale, and officials have failed to safeguard parking meter money. -more-

Aroner Joins Bush Ranger in Push For Golden Gate Fields Megamall By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday March 08, 2005
Former East Bay Democratic Assemblymember Dion Aroner has become a lobbyist for a Canadian racing track firm which has teamed up with powerful Los Angeles developer and Republican Rick Caruso, intensifying their push for a massive “theme” mall on the Albany waterfront. -more-

BUSD Weighs Derby Street Closure, Baseball Field By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday March 08, 2005
A week after the Berkeley Unified School District board heard praises for its conversion plans for East Campus, a board director has asked for a new plan with a baseball diamond on the site, reigniting a long-standing controversy over the property and possible Derby Street closure. -more-

Neighbors Unite to Help Keep Fountain Flowing By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday March 08, 2005
For several of her nearly 20 years in Berkeley Sara Holmes didn’t know there was ever a fountain at the Arlington Traffic Circle. But now that it’s back, she can’t take her eyes off of it. -more-

Officials, Experts, Activists Ponder West Berkeley Plan By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Oakland Schools Protester Removed From State Superintendent’s Event By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Disputed Plans To Build a Hotel at Golden Gate Fields Site By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Legislature Casino Measures Due Soon By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday March 08, 2005

BUSD Architects Hold First West Campus Meeting By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Editorial Cartoons By JUSTIN DeFREITAS

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Shooting of Italians Rattles U.S. Coalition in Iraq By PAOLO PONTONIERE News Analysis

Pacific News Service
Tuesday March 08, 2005

Bush’s Decision-Making Style is Full of Gut-Feeling and ‘Blinks’ By BOB BURNETT News Analysis

Special to the Planet
Tuesday March 08, 2005

Searching All Over the Area For My Lost Dog By SUSAN PARKER Column

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Pension Cuts Threaten Stability of State Agencies By WARREN E. ICKE Commentary

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Plan to Narrow Marin Avenue Neglects Environmental Costs, Pedestrian Safety By ROB KIRBY Commentary

Tuesday March 08, 2005

The Seals Take on the Sun at Point Reyes By MARTA YAMAMOTO

Special to the Planet
Tuesday March 08, 2005

Shotgun Stages New Translation of Camus’ ‘The Just’ By KEN BULLOCK

Special to the Planet
Tuesday March 08, 2005

Arts Calendar

Tuesday March 08, 2005

A City Without Trees is Not a Pleasant Place By RON SULLIVAN

Special to the Planet
Tuesday March 08, 2005

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday March 08, 2005

Jakob Schiller: Tre Edwards, a fifth-grader at Malcolm X Elementary, pretends to be a whiney 2-year-old during a drama class Monday afternoon. 
Jakob Schiller: Tre Edwards, a fifth-grader at Malcolm X Elementary, pretends to be a whiney 2-year-old during a drama class Monday afternoon. 

Editorials

An Easy Place to Cut Spending By BECKY O'MALLEY Editorial

Tuesday March 08, 2005
Oops. The Daily Planet’s reporter caught me trying to suppress a giggle or two as I watched last week’s meeting of the Planning Commission’s subcommittee on the Landmark Preservation Ordinance revisions. It’s true, the spectacle of Planning Department staff grappling with arcane concepts like “integrity” from the specialized world of historic resource preservation can look pretty silly to anyone who knows anything about what they’re trying to talk about. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Columnists

Arts & Entertainment

Events Calendar