Jakob Schiller: The fence at the Bordertown Skate Park urges skaters to be patient with the political process..
Jakob Schiller: The fence at the Bordertown Skate Park urges skaters to be patient with the political process..

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Skate Park Wins Lease Agreement By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday October 04, 2005

The Caltrans sign at the end of the back road out of the Best Buy electronics store parking lot in Emeryville gives an odd command: Left Turn Only. The odd part is that the sign sits in front of a two-way street, Hollis Street, where a right turn appears permissible. -more-



West Berkeley Forum Challenges Rezoning of Major Thoroughfares By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday October 04, 2005

What’s to be gained from converting the Ashby Avenue and Gilman Street corridors in West Berkeley from manufacturing and light industrial zones to commercial? -more-



Settlement Puts an End To Dragaye Standoff By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday October 04, 2005

The eight remaining tenants of an illegal West Berkeley live-work warehouse have agreed to vacate their homes by the end of the month in return for approximately $10,000 and six months free rent dating back to April. -more-



As Dellums Waits, a Crowded Field Of Candidates Eyes Mayoral Race By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday October 04, 2005

Former Congressmember Ron Dellums has extended for a week his deadline for announcing whether he will run for the office of mayor of Oakland in 2006. -more-



Governor Recall Effort Gains Ground By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday October 04, 2005

Berkeley physician and inventor Kenneth Matsumura wants to terminate the Terminator, and if preliminary results are any indicator, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may face a recall vote in next June’s general election. -more-



Features

Former UC Employee Charges Favoritism in Student Awards By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday October 04, 2005

A former UC Berkeley employee has sued the university charging, that she was laid off for criticizing her department head for awarding fellowships based on political favoritism rather than merit. -more-


Pacific Steel Reevaluates Response Policy After Gunpoint Robbery By MATTHEW ARTZ

Tuesday October 04, 2005

A Bay Area Air Quality Management District monitor, responding to four complaints of bad air wafting from Pacific Steel Castings, was robbed at gunpoint outside the plant’s West Berkeley headquarters at 1 a.m. Friday. -more-


Corrections

Tuesday October 04, 2005

An article in the Sept. 30 issue on the 35th anniversary of The Monthly mistakenly reported that Fred Cody wrote exposés on milk, meat and sugar diets. Tom Klaber was the author of those articles on the meat, dairy, sugar and cancer industries in The Monthly throughout the ‘70s. -more-


Editorial Cartoon By JUSTIN DEFREITAS

Tuesday October 04, 2005

To view Justin DeFreitas’ latest editorial cartoon, please visit www.jfdefreitas.com To search for previous cartoons by date of publication, click on the Daily Planet Archive.

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Letters to the Editor

Tuesday October 04, 2005

LORIN DISTRICT -more-


First Person: UC, Berkeley Honda: Free Beer, But No Free Speech By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet

Tuesday October 04, 2005

There’s a strike at Berkeley Honda. The owners of the business have raised big bucks for Cal. Is UC siding with the dealership to the extent of bending or breaking campus rules about free speech and free alcohol? Based on what I observed on campus last Saturday afternoon, the answer appears to be yes. -more-


First Person: In Search of Jimi Hendrix By WINSTON BURTON Special to the Planet

Tuesday October 04, 2005

Should we erect a statue of Jimi Hendrix in Berkeley? Whaddaya think? -more-


Column: The View From Here: Meleia Willis-Starbuck: More Than a Memory By P.M. PRICE

Tuesday October 04, 2005

There are words for certain people who have lost loved ones; a widow, a widower, an orphan. But what do you call a parent who has lost a child? I pondered this question with Kimberly Willis-Starbuck, mother of Meleia, lost to us all in a tragic shooting in Berkeley on July 17. -more-


Column: Miracles, Magic and a Little Mojo on Dover Street By SUSAN PARKER

Staff
Tuesday October 04, 2005

Several weeks ago a woman came to our front door and introduced herself as Grandmaw. -more-


Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday October 04, 2005

Home invaders -more-


Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday October 04, 2005

“They went, they sat, they came back,” said Deputy Fire Chief David Orth Monday. -more-


Commentary: Hebron Villagers’ Plight Well-Documented By HENRY NORR

Tuesday October 04, 2005

If John Gertz actually wants to understand what he calls “anti-Israelism,” I suggest he take a break from name-calling and use the time to learn a bit about what’s happening on the ground in occupied Palestine. -more-


Commentary: Put Ferry Terminal Close to Shore, Not on the Marina By JACK JACKSON

Tuesday October 04, 2005

I’m only a part-time reader of the Daily Planet, and the San Francisco Chronicle doesn’t often cover the Berkeley ferry issue, so I may be a little out of date. I wonder if ferry planners have even considered what might be a huge boon to hundreds, if not thousands, of West Berkeley residents, and that is putting the ferry terminal closer to the shoreline rather than at the tip of the marina? -more-


Election Section

Commentary: New Owners Did Not Fire Doten Workers By CHRIS REGALIA

Tuesday October 04, 2005

I am impressed that Ms. Mickleson (Letters Sept. 16) chose the words “ignorant hedonist” to describe how I painted her, and while I will not quibble with her interpretation, I will advise that she be mindful of her own brush strokes. Having carefully followed this developing story I think Ms. Mickleson would be well served to check her own bucket of paint. -more-


Arts: Found Object Puppets Tell Tale of Internment Camps By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet

Tuesday October 04, 2005

A rice bowl, a pair of chopsticks and a brightly colored cloth, when put together, cause a samurai to materialize, leaping, fencing, then, quickly changing into a junklike boat on cloth waves, the same simple objects manifesting the transoceanic voyage of Japanese to America. -more-


Arts Calendar

Tuesday October 04, 2005

TUESDAY, OCT. 4 -more-


The Mysterious World of the Microblind Harvestmen By JOE EATON Special to the Planet

Tuesday October 04, 2005

Microcina leei may very well be the most obscure creature I’ve ever written about. It stumped Google Image; the accompanying photograph is of a very distant relative. It’s only a millimeter long and spends its entire life hiding under rocks. -more-


Berkeley This Week

Tuesday October 04, 2005

TUESDAY, OCT. 4 -more-


Editorial

Editorial: Doing Over Downtown: One Example By BECKY O'MALLEY

Tuesday October 04, 2005

As Berkeley prepares to remake its downtown once again at the behest of the University of California, we had the pleasure of spending Friday night in downtown Santa Cruz, which remade its downtown at the behest of the Loma Prieta fault. After the 1989 earthquake, the city hastily demolished many of the buildings on Pacific Avenue, and has been rebuilding the streetscape there ever since, with the aid of a redevelopment authority to coerce reluctant property owners into going with the flow. Berkeley won’t have the Draconian power that the earthquake gave Santa Cruz (G_d forbid we should have such an earthquake here!) But it’s useful to take a look at what works and what doesn’t, in a situation where almost everything’s possible. -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Editorial: Doing Over Downtown: One Example By BECKY O'MALLEY 10-04-2005

Editorial: Does King Speak for Iowa? By BECKY O'MALLEY 09-30-2005

News

Skate Park Wins Lease Agreement By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 10-04-2005

West Berkeley Forum Challenges Rezoning of Major Thoroughfares By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 10-04-2005

Settlement Puts an End To Dragaye Standoff By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-04-2005

As Dellums Waits, a Crowded Field Of Candidates Eyes Mayoral Race By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 10-04-2005

Governor Recall Effort Gains Ground By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 10-04-2005

Former UC Employee Charges Favoritism in Student Awards By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-04-2005

Pacific Steel Reevaluates Response Policy After Gunpoint Robbery By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-04-2005

Corrections 10-04-2005

Editorial Cartoon By JUSTIN DEFREITAS 10-04-2005

Letters to the Editor 10-04-2005

First Person: UC, Berkeley Honda: Free Beer, But No Free Speech By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet 10-04-2005

First Person: In Search of Jimi Hendrix By WINSTON BURTON Special to the Planet 10-04-2005

Column: The View From Here: Meleia Willis-Starbuck: More Than a Memory By P.M. PRICE 10-04-2005

Column: Miracles, Magic and a Little Mojo on Dover Street By SUSAN PARKER Staff 10-04-2005

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 10-04-2005

Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 10-04-2005

Commentary: Hebron Villagers’ Plight Well-Documented By HENRY NORR 10-04-2005

Commentary: Put Ferry Terminal Close to Shore, Not on the Marina By JACK JACKSON 10-04-2005

Commentary: New Owners Did Not Fire Doten Workers By CHRIS REGALIA 10-04-2005

Arts: Found Object Puppets Tell Tale of Internment Camps By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 10-04-2005

Arts Calendar 10-04-2005

The Mysterious World of the Microblind Harvestmen By JOE EATON Special to the Planet 10-04-2005

Berkeley This Week 10-04-2005

Congress Rejects Shirek Post Office Honor By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-30-2005

Marxist Library Keeps the Struggle Alive By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-30-2005

Attorney Says Hollis ‘Didn’t Mean to Kill Anyone’ By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-30-2005

After-School Program Operates at Toxic Site By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-30-2005

City Council Will Create Downtown Plan Committee By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-30-2005

Correction 09-30-2005

Thousands Sign ‘Dellums for Oakland Mayor’ Petition By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-30-2005

Planning Commission OKs Condos, Delays Action on Other Issues By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-30-2005

Editorial Cartoon: By JUSTIN DEFREITAS 09-30-2005

Letters to the Editor 09-30-2005

News Analysis: As Norway Goes: Old Europe Tilts to the Left By CONN HALLINAN Special to the Planet 09-30-2005

Column: Undercurrents: Right to Assemble is in Jeopardy in Oakland J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-30-2005

Fire Department Log By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-30-2005

Commentary; Dunces and Pronouncements By Marvin Chachere 09-30-2005

Commentary: The Color Of Change By MARIS ARNOLD 09-30-2005

East Bay Monthly Celebrates 35 Years 09-30-2005

Arts: Performance Artists Star in ‘ART on BART’ Tour By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-30-2005

Arts Calendar Staff 09-30-2005

Berkeley This Week 09-30-2005