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Plan for Baseball Field Must Wait, Says Board By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Friday March 11, 2005
The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Directors voted 3-2 Wednesday to kill a proposal to consider a regulation high school baseball field for its Derby Street properties. -more-

City Looks to Boost Tax Base as Auto Dealer Announces Departure By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday March 11, 2005
Amid news that Berkeley’s Volvo dealership, and the more than $100,000 in annual sales tax revenue it generates, is packing off to Emeryville, the City Council Tuesday debated how to attract new businesses. -more-

BUSD Board Expels Student For Bringing Gun to School By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Friday March 11, 2005
The Berkeley public schools Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday night to expel a Berkeley High School student for one year for bringing a gun on campus in her backpack last month. -more-

Hambleton Ready to Take Top Police Post By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday March 11, 2005
A career Berkeley cop will become the city’s next police chief. -more-

Bombs Fly During Heated Landmarks Meeting RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday March 11, 2005
Bombs flew at Monday’s Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting, both literally and metaphorically. -more-

Library Staff Criticize Director, Trustees Over Layoff Plan By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday March 11, 2005

City Demands UC Collect Parking Tax By MATTHEW ARTZ

Friday March 11, 2005

Planners Tackle Brower Center, UC Parking, Sports Fields By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday March 11, 2005

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Friday March 11, 2005

Editorial Cartoons By JUSTIN DeFREITAS

Friday March 11, 2005

Lula Lets Down Greens in the Amazon By MARCELO BALLVE News Analysis

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Friday March 11, 2005

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Friday March 11, 2005

Looking Through the Lens of the Lake Merritt Channel By J.DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR Column

UNDERCURRENTS OF THE EAST BAY AND BEYOND
Friday March 11, 2005

Column Misrepresented North Oakland Shooting By DON LINK Commentary

Friday March 11, 2005

The Questions Peter Hillier Wouldn’t Answer By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Commentary

Friday March 11, 2005

Doomed to Fail: Parking Lot Under Brower Center By JAMES DOHERTY Commentary

Friday March 11, 2005

Academic Choice Will Lead to a Better Berkeley High By MARILYN BOUCHER Commentary

Friday March 11, 2005

What They Don’t Tell You in the Smoking Ads By JOHN SLAMA Commentary

Friday March 11, 2005

Where Are They Now: Peter Wright By JONATHAN WAFER

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Friday March 11, 2005

Octavio Romano, Publisher of Mexican-American Literature By OLGA ROMANO

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Friday March 11, 2005

La Peña Celebrates Women in Music With ‘Mujeres’ Series By FRED DODSWORTH

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Friday March 11, 2005

Arts Calendar

Friday March 11, 2005

Rockridge’s Bittersweet Chocolate Cafe Offers a Taste of the Sweet Life By KATHRYN JESSUP

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Friday March 11, 2005

Berkeley This Week

Friday March 11, 2005

Jakob Schiller: Dante Williams, a member of Berkeley High School’s varsity baseball team, reaches for a pop fly during practice Thursday at San Pablo Park. 
Jakob Schiller: Dante Williams, a member of Berkeley High School’s varsity baseball team, reaches for a pop fly during practice Thursday at San Pablo Park. 

Editorials

Laney-Peralta Plans Show Up on District’s Agenda By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Friday March 11, 2005
The controversial proposal to develop Laney College and Peralta Community College District lands surfaced briefly and then resubmerged this week, when an item appeared on the Peralta Board of Trustees closed agenda to discuss “real estate negotiations” between Chancellor Elihu Harris and developer Alan Dones, but no report on the negotiations was given to the public in open session. -more-

School Board Mulls New Budget Report, Teacher Labor Action By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Friday March 11, 2005
The BUSD board Wednesday accepted a Second Interim Financial Report on the district’s 2004-05 budget that continued BUSD’s “qualified” budget status and discussed the district teachers’ work-to-rule slowdown over a contract dispute. -more-

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