Iceland Again On the Brink By MATTHEW ARTZ
Berkeley Iceland faces possible closure this month after city officials gave the rink until Aug. 22 to remove more than 4,000 pounds of potentially toxic ammonia used to cool the ice surface. -more-
Berkeley Iceland faces possible closure this month after city officials gave the rink until Aug. 22 to remove more than 4,000 pounds of potentially toxic ammonia used to cool the ice surface. -more-
Now entering its seventh year, the struggle over the fate of the historic Blood House centers these days on a complex game of what might be called “musical properties.” -more-
The union representing the Peralta College District’s support workers has charged that Peralta administrators are setting up a permanent category of “second class workers” throughout the four-college district. -more-
Casino San Pablo began its latest incarnation Monday as a gambling Mecca where bettors can try their luck against fast-playing machines. -more-
Should Casino San Pablo eventually win approval to expand to a full-scale casino with 2,200 regulation slot machines, the result would cost Contra Costa County medical services a minimum of $3.6 million annually, according to a study released Monday. -more-
The UC Berkeley point man for campus development and planning projects in Berkeley will be leaving the university within a month. -more-
When Berkeley arborist Joe Lamb first traveled to the South East Asian island of Borneo in 1990, his worst fears of what environmental disaster could look like were realized. -more-
At a time when the daily headlines are all about North Korea and Iran trying to get nuclear weapons, it is a good thing to return to Hiroshima. -more-
About a dozen Berkeley police officers raided a Vallejo home Saturday in search of Christopher Hollis, the man police say shot the 19-year-old Berkeley woman who was also his friend. -more-
Two city panels have meetings this week to address the complexities of the city’s application of the state density bonus laws. -more-
The story “Alleged Berkeley Gang Members Arrested in Richmond Slayings,” (July 29-Aug. 1) listed a Berkeley address for Joseph James Carroll, Jr., one of the men sought in connection with the murder, according to information provided by Richmond Police Department. Residents of that address, however, said that Carroll does not live there. -more-
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This week the City Council, the Planning Commission and the Zoning Adjustments Board all go on their long summer breaks, and not a moment too soon. Legislatively and judicially speaking, the past year has been an annus horribilis. To know that these bodies will be on vacation for the next month and a half is something of a relief. -more-
It’s hard to believe that summer is more than half way over but the signs are everywhere: winter clothes on display in department stores, back to school ads in the newspaper. I’m just getting acclimated to the warm, sunny weather here in the East Bay when it’s once again time to return for classes at chilly, fog-shrouded San Francisco State. -more-
Sometimes when I have ranted too long about Israel/Palestine, my husband tries to shut me down by saying, “Do you know how most Americans feel about this subject? They don’t know and they don’t care!” There is a reason for this, of course, which is part of my frustration. What I have come to think of as Mordor—the eye that never sleeps—is always looking everywhere, making sure that no one ever does learn, or know, or think about this urgent issue. Three recent examples from three different locales. -more-
As a member of the Peace and Justice Commission, I would like to make a few comments about Matthew Artz’s article of July 22: -more-
Now that they’re bare of fruit, it’s safe to talk about the handful of loquat trees, Eriobotrya japonica, on the streets of Berkeley. I’ll admit I’m a bit paranoid on this matter. I used to live with a pair of them, planted by the landlord in the curb strip where we rented on Derby Street for years. One of them had bad bark scarring when we moved there and subsequently died when a strong wind snapped it in two. -more-
The air around these pages has been crackling of late with thunderbolts hurled from the Olympian heights of Berkeley’s arts community. No sooner does artist A praise, for example, the primitive power of the examples of art at the Albany Bulb than artist B ripostes with suggestions that they are untidy and barely accessible. The “Here-There” metal cutouts installed on the Berkeley-Oakland border, to the tune of $50,000, are either witty examples of post-modernism or ludicrous mis-spending of public funds. The only public sculpture, (as far as anyone can remember) which was ratified by a ballot initiative is still, many years later, the target of derision in some circles. In light of all this excitement, it’s hard not to suppress a smile at one writer’s comment that “visual arts coverage in the Planet is infrequent and often inaccurate, a tradition one hopes will be corrected before Berkeley’s vibrant visual arts community dies of neglect or goes elsewhere.” -more-
Editorial: Why Support the Arts? By BECKY O'MALLEY 08-02-2005
Editorial: Talking Through the War on the World By BECKY O'MALLEY 07-29-2005
Iceland Again On the Brink By MATTHEW ARTZ 08-02-2005
Southside Projects Require Historic Houses to Move By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 08-02-2005
Peralta Changes Could Eliminate Benefits for Temporary Workers By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 08-02-2005
500 Gambling Machines Debut at Casino San Pablo By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 08-02-2005
Expansion of Casino San Pablo Could Pose Major Problems, Study Charges By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 08-02-2005
UCB Vice Chancellor Leaves for Merced By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 08-02-2005
Berkeley’s Borneo Project Aims to Restore Lands by Teaching Mapping By MATTHEW ARTZ 08-02-2005
Hiroshima, 60 Years Later By ROBERT RISTELHUEBER Special to the Planet 08-02-2005
Police Raid Fails to Nab Hollis By MATTHEW ARTZ 08-02-2005
ZAB, Planning Commission To Discuss Density Bonus Laws By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 08-02-2005
Correction 08-02-2005
Editorial Cartoon By JUSTIN DEFREITAS 08-02-2005
Letters to the Editor 08-02-2005
Column: The Public Eye: Summer School for Councilmembers, Commissioners By ZELDA BRONSTEIN 08-02-2005
Column: The Black, White and Gray World of Buddy Nickerson By SUSAN PARKER 08-02-2005
Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 08-02-2005
Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 08-02-2005
Commentary: Make 2006 the Year of Talking About Israel/Palestine By JOANNA GRAHAM 08-02-2005
Commentary: Commission Will Soon Reach Consensus on Peace And Justice By JANE LITMAN 08-02-2005
Arts Calendar 08-02-2005
In Praise of Loquats, at the Close of the Season By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet 08-02-2005
Berkeley This Week 08-02-2005
SUV Smashes Into Starbucks By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 07-29-2005
City Confronts Brower Center Cost Overruns By MATTHEW ARTZ 07-29-2005
Driver in College Ave. Slaying Makes Bail By MATTHEW ARTZ 07-29-2005
Skaters Fuming Over Skatepark Tickets By MATTHEW ARTZ 07-29-2005
Peralta Mulls Plan for Joint Use of Kaiser Center By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 07-29-2005
Scharffen Berger Chocolate to be Bought by Hershey By CASSIE NORTON 07-29-2005
Brower Sculpture Still In Need of a Home By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 07-29-2005
Regulatory Change At Field Station Will Cost $20 Million, Says UC By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 07-29-2005
OSA Will Now Include Middle School By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 07-29-2005
Commission OKs Gilman Fields, Hears Bowl Critics By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 07-29-2005
Alleged Berkeley Gang Members Arrested in Richmond Slayings By RICHARD BRENNEMAN Staff 07-29-2005
Be Your Own Boss, Join a Collective By LYDIA GANS Special to the Planet 07-29-2005
Nabalom Bakery Plans to Close By MATTHEW ARTZ 07-29-2005
Editorial Cartoon By JUSTIN DEFREITAS 07-29-2005
Letters to the Editor 07-29-2005
Letters to the Editor: Berkeley Honda 07-29-2005
Letters to the Editor: City Advertising Dollars 07-29-2005
Column: The View From Here: Say Her Name: Meleia Willis-Starbuck By P.M. PRICE 07-29-2005
Column: Undercurrents: Making Sense Out of East Bay Violence By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 07-29-2005
Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 07-29-2005
Commentary: ‘Faith-Based’ a Cover for Fanaticism By NEIL A. COOK 07-29-2005
Commentary: Arts Coverage Found Wanting By ROBIN HENDERSON 07-29-2005
Commentary: Commission Changes Are Justified By JOHN GERTZ 07-29-2005
Commentary: How Karl Rove Got Where He Is Today By ISAAC GOLDSTEINBy ISAAC GOLDSTEIN 07-29-2005
Commentary: Why I’m Boycotting Walgreens By Alyss Dorese 07-29-2005
Arts: Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years By JUSTIN DeFREITAS 07-29-2005
Arts: The Ugly American Makes Himself Heard By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 07-29-2005
Arts Calendar 07-29-2005
Berkeley Sailing School Tackles The Waves By ELLEN GALVIN Special to the Planet 07-29-2005
Berkeley This Week 07-29-2005