Richard Brenneman: Asa Dodsworth, left, and Bill Trampleasure gathered at the over-the-sidewalk arbor at Dodsworth’s 2185 Acton St. home Thursday to discuss the structure’s impending city-ordered destruction..
Richard Brenneman: Asa Dodsworth, left, and Bill Trampleasure gathered at the over-the-sidewalk arbor at Dodsworth’s 2185 Acton St. home Thursday to discuss the structure’s impending city-ordered destruction..

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Berkeley’s Synagogue Building Boom By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday June 07, 2005

After 16 years of wandering through the desert of homelessness, Berkeley’s only conservative Jewish congregation, Netivot Shalom, finally took shelter in their half-acre of promised land Friday on University Avenue. -more-



Brower Center Over Budget, Seeks Grant For Contaminated Sites By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday June 07, 2005

In order to get enough money to build what has been billed as the greenest project in Berkeley, the city may have to ask federal officials to designate part of the downtown as a brownfield—a term that typically applies to contaminated industrial sites. -more-



Supreme Court Rules Against Protection for Medical Pot By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday June 07, 2005

In a setback for medical marijuana users, on Monday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a seriously ill Oakland woman seeking to grow and use marijuana without fear of federal raids. -more-



BUSD Settles Berkeley High Discrimination Expulsion Suit By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday June 07, 2005

The Berkeley Unified School District notified families last week that it has reached a settlement in the Smith v. BUSD Board of Education case, a 2004 class action suit filed on behalf of three minority Berkeley students—two African-Americans and one Latino—who claimed that their education at Berkeley High was disrupted by improper expulsions. -more-



Patient Shifts, Contract Spark Alta Bates Protest By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Tensions are heating up over impending changes at both East Bay Alta Bates hospitals. -more-



Features

BUSD Board to Consider Set of Proposed Budget Cuts By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Two weeks after the Berkeley Unified School District reached tentative contract agreements with three of its five unions, the BUSD Board of Directors on Wednesday will get back to the business of finding the money to pay for those pacts. -more-


Mayor Promises Help for West Campus Neighbors By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday June 07, 2005

An aide to Mayor Tom Bates promised Thursday to help neighbors of BUSD’s West Campus who have fought plans to move some district services and added parking lots to the University Avenue site. -more-


ZAB Considers Additions To Landmark on Adeline By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday June 07, 2005

The Zoning Adjustments Board on Thursday will consider the addition of a fourth story to the recently landmarked Frederick H. Dakin Warehouse at 2750 Adeline St. -more-


Back to the Drawing Board For the European Union By PAOLO PONTONIERE Pacific News Service

Tuesday June 07, 2005

French and Dutch voters’ rejection of the European constitution wasn’t a fluke, as some European statesmen would have us believe, but it isn’t the death of the European Union either, as some doomsday prophets on both sides of the Atlantic predict. It is, however, the most serious crisis the union has faced since its inception in 1995. -more-


Corrections

Tuesday June 07, 2005

A photograph caption for the June 3 article about Adagia restaurant mistakenly described a meal among workers from Cal Performances as a good-bye meal for Matt Patrone. Another co-worker was leaving the company; Patrone said he intends to stay with Cal Performances for a long time to come. -more-


Letters to the Editor

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Due to a copyediting error, the following letter ran incorrectly in the June 3-6 Daily Planet. -more-


Column: A There There, a Story Where: Deep Throat in Manhattan By SUSAN PARKER

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Back in New York last week, I thought I wouldn’t have a problem finding literary inspiration. I went to the Catskills to look for excitement, adventure, and column topics. No surprise though, there wasn’t any there there—not even a piece of borderline artwork to recognize the condition. -more-


Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Party Potshots -more-


Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Arsonist Targets Student -more-


Commentary: Perception is Reality: The New Berkeley By BONNIE HUGHES

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Berkeley once was a place where ideals were pursued, where movements to make the world greener and more just were rooted, where openness and free speech were championed. -more-


Commentary: Mudflat Sculpture:Art to Remember By DOROTHY BRYANT

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Reading the May 31 article and seeing the photo of driftwood/junk structures which might be removed if the Albany Bulb becomes part of the Eastshore State Park, I was taken back years and years to—does anyone remember?—the Mudflat Sculpture in the tidela nds beyond the Eastshore Freeway before it was expanded and “improved.” -more-


Commentary: ZAB Ratifies Right to Pave By ROBERT LAURISTON

Tuesday June 07, 2005

On May 26, the Zoning Adjustments Board ruled that an application to construct a three-story mixed-use building with two apartments over ground-floor commercial space at 3045 Shattuck Ave. (aka the “Flying Cottage”) could be approved by city planning staff on a zoning certificate. This type of staff-level approval requires no public hearing and cannot be appealed by neighbors to ZAB or City Council, as would be the case if ZAB had ruled that one or more use permits were required. -more-


Commentary: Why the Emmett Till Murder Case Still Matters By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Pacific News Service

Tuesday June 07, 2005

The mood was somber when FBI officials recently dug up the body of Emmett Till in suburban Chicago. The mood should have been downright grim. If ever there was a racial lynching case that screamed for federal action it was the Till case. And there are more. -more-


Election Section

Reflections on the Making of La Peña By FERNANDO A. TORRESSpecial to the Planet

Tuesday June 07, 2005

Two years after La Peña was founded in the same place where it is today in South Berkeley, I arrived to the East Coast as an exile. Not escaping but expelled from Pinochet’s Chile, one of the bloodiest military dictatorship in the continent. I was a youn g rebel, a bit of poet and musician who loved the political process that in 1970 opened minds giving us a deep sense of latinoamericanismo. -more-


La Peña Hosts Anniversary Bash By BETSY M. HUNTON Special to the Planet

Tuesday June 07, 2005

On Saturday La Peña Cultural Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a free street festival at the corner of Prince Street and Shattuck Avenue. -more-


A Triangle of Love and Jealousy Play Out in ‘Honour’ By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet

Tuesday June 07, 2005

“Perhaps we exploit the past for what the present lacks.” ... -more-


Mozart Festival Opens with Preview at El Cerrito Garden Party By IRA STEINGROOT Special to the Planet

Tuesday June 07, 2005

This year’s Midsummer Mozart Festival kicks off a month ahead of schedule with a sneak preview Mozart at a garden party this coming Sunday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 1140 Arlington Blvd. in El Cerrito. -more-


Arts Calendar

Tuesday June 07, 2005

TUESDAY, JUNE 7 -more-


Following the Efficient Migration Mechanism of Oak Trees By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet

Tuesday June 07, 2005

When we import all those magnificent oaks—gracious eastern red oaks, ziggy little pin oaks, stately English oaks—to line our streets and grace our gardens and public places, we’re joining an old tradition. It’s a globalization that dates back to some of the earliest human explorations: we’ve moved taro, breadfruit, and later pineapples throughout Polynesia; coffee between Africa and Asia and South America. -more-


Berkeley This Week

Tuesday June 07, 2005

TUESDAY, JUNE 7 -more-


Editorial

Editorial: How Oxford Plans:Lessons for Berkeley By BECKY O'MALLEY

Tuesday June 07, 2005

In Oxford as in Berkeley, housing has become a major political issue. Decisions on how many new homes are needed in Britain start with the central government, with quotas being set by regional planning groups similar to the Association of Bay Area Govern ments. The South East England Regional Assembly is putting together a 20-year plan in consultation with the Oxfordshire County Council, but the County Council’s plan is now facing opposition from Oxford City Council’s Administration. -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Editorial: How Oxford Plans:Lessons for Berkeley By BECKY O'MALLEY 06-07-2005

Editorial: Local Government: The View From Oxford By BECKY O'MALLEY 06-03-2005

News

Berkeley’s Synagogue Building Boom By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-07-2005

Brower Center Over Budget, Seeks Grant For Contaminated Sites By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-07-2005

Supreme Court Rules Against Protection for Medical Pot By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-07-2005

BUSD Settles Berkeley High Discrimination Expulsion Suit By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 06-07-2005

Patient Shifts, Contract Spark Alta Bates Protest By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-07-2005

BUSD Board to Consider Set of Proposed Budget Cuts By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 06-07-2005

Mayor Promises Help for West Campus Neighbors By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-07-2005

ZAB Considers Additions To Landmark on Adeline By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-07-2005

Back to the Drawing Board For the European Union By PAOLO PONTONIERE Pacific News Service 06-07-2005

Corrections 06-07-2005

Letters to the Editor 06-07-2005

Column: A There There, a Story Where: Deep Throat in Manhattan By SUSAN PARKER 06-07-2005

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-07-2005

Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-07-2005

Commentary: Perception is Reality: The New Berkeley By BONNIE HUGHES 06-07-2005

Commentary: Mudflat Sculpture:Art to Remember By DOROTHY BRYANT 06-07-2005

Commentary: ZAB Ratifies Right to Pave By ROBERT LAURISTON 06-07-2005

Commentary: Why the Emmett Till Murder Case Still Matters By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Pacific News Service 06-07-2005

Reflections on the Making of La Peña By FERNANDO A. TORRESSpecial to the Planet 06-07-2005

La Peña Hosts Anniversary Bash By BETSY M. HUNTON Special to the Planet 06-07-2005

A Triangle of Love and Jealousy Play Out in ‘Honour’ By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 06-07-2005

Mozart Festival Opens with Preview at El Cerrito Garden Party By IRA STEINGROOT Special to the Planet 06-07-2005

Arts Calendar 06-07-2005

Following the Efficient Migration Mechanism of Oak Trees By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet 06-07-2005

Berkeley This Week 06-07-2005

Ferry Terminal Site Decision Nears; Richmond Bid Stalls By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-03-2005

Union Fights Medical Center Plan to Outsource Psych Services By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 06-03-2005

Health Officer Charges Dept. With Misuse of Public Funds By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-03-2005

Jefferson Elementary Votes To Change Name to Sequoia By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 06-03-2005

KPFA Staff Claims General Manager Threatened Host By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-03-2005

Rose Garden Slashing Accomplice Pleads Not Guilty By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-03-2005

Neighbors, Councilmember Blast West Campus Plans By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-03-2005

Richmond Community Summit Targets Black-on-Black Crime By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-03-2005

Berkeley Named Green Leader By MATTHEW ARTZ 06-03-2005

Jordan Links Arms with Israel, Palestinians to Save Dead Sea By STEVEN KNIPP Special to the Planet 06-03-2005

Where Are They Now: Joel Kaji By JOHNATHAN WAFER Special to the Planet Staff 06-03-2005

Editorial Cartoon By JUSTIN DEFREITAS 06-03-2005

Letters to the Editor 06-03-2005

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 06-03-2005

Column: The View From Here: First Impressions of Skin Pigment and Hair Texture By P.M. PRICE 06-03-2005

Column: Undercurrents: You Knew it Was Coming—Another Sideshow Crackdown J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR Staff 06-03-2005

Commentary: A New Partnership in Berkeley By TOM BATES, LINDA MAIO, LAURIE CAPITELLI and MAX ANDERSON 06-03-2005

Commentary: City Council Should Heed Public Input on Budget By BUDGETWATCH 06-03-2005

Commentary: U.S. Was Right to Invade Iraq By TOM LORD 06-03-2005

Commentary: Will the Circles be Unbroken? By CAROL DENNEY 06-03-2005

Commentary: Creeks Task Force Off to a Good Start By HELEN BURKE 06-03-2005

Commentary: 2002 Berkeley Resolution Sweeps Through Canada By LEUREN MORET Special to the Planet Staff 06-03-2005

News Analysis: Catholic Church Prepares for Cold War with Evangelists By PAOLO PONTONIERE Pacific News Service 06-03-2005

World Music Weekend on Telegraph By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 06-03-2005

Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew,’ Subterranean Style By BETSY M. HUNTONSpecial to the Planet 06-03-2005

Arts Calendar 06-03-2005

Not Just for Undergrads: Adagia Opens on Bancroft By KATHRYN JESSUP Special to the Planet 06-03-2005

Columns

Berkeley This Week 06-03-2005