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Cal OSHA Investigates Worker’s Fatal Fall By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006
The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has launched an investigation into the fall that claimed the life of a construction worker at the new Berkeley City College Building. -more-

Berkeley High Student Murdered In Drive-By Shooting By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006
A Berkeley High School student was gunned down in Oakland Saturday night as he was standing on the street with friends, police said. -more-

Oakland Mayor’s Race Picks Up Steam As Candidates Start Campaigning By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday January 17, 2006
The three candidates for this June’s Oakland mayoral race—Oakland City Councilmember Nancy Nadel, Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente and former Congressmember Ron Dellums—have begun to increase campaign activity. -more-

Warm Water Pool Fate Still Bleak, Says Councilmember By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006
The fate of Berkeley’s warm water pool—a treasured resource to many of Berkeley’s disabled and elderly residents—looks bleak, City Councilmember Dona Spring said Thursday. -more-

UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station Development Plans Remain on Hold By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006
The University of California continues to harbor big plans for a 152-acre parcel of land near door to a massive chemical plant on the southern Richmond shoreline—both as an academic research facility and as the potential home for cash-generating corporate research programs. -more-

No Radioactive Waste Found at Richmond Site By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Extra Staffer Hired for South Berkeley Post Office By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Police Drug Evidence Abuse Probe Launched By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Downtown Panel to Hear from Experts By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Council Faces Light Agenda By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Correction

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Two Berkeley High Students Search for a New Home By ANNIE KASSOF Special to the Planet

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Principal Gives BHS Good Marks in Annual Address By YOLANDA HUANG Special to the Planet

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Column: Riding the Bus With Shipwreck and Louis Sachar By SUSAN PARKER

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Editorial Cartoon By JUSTIN DEFREITAS

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Response to Story on Anna’s Jazz Island

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Commentary: Why Attack the Landmarks Ordinance? By Roger Marquis

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Commentary: Teaching My SonOne of Life’sHardest Lessons By CAROLYN DOELLING

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Commentary: Campbell Coe: Not a Myth to Many By SANDY ROTHMAN

Tuesday January 17, 2006

A Few Good Places to Hear Poetry in Berkeley By Jake Fuchs Special to the Planet

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Arts Calendar

Tuesday January 17, 2006

News Analysis: Religious Martyrdom is a European Ideal, Too By PAOLO PONTONIERE Pacific News Service

Tuesday January 17, 2006

News Analysis: Arab Analysts Give Nod to Favored Oscar Contenders By JALAL GHAZI Pacific News Service

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Recent Winter Storms Blew Red Phalaropes Ashore By JOE EATON Special to the Planet

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday January 17, 2006

Jakob Schiller In Honor of the Reverend Members of the Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Unity Choir perform Monday at the church in West Oakland as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.
Jakob Schiller In Honor of the Reverend Members of the Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Unity Choir perform Monday at the church in West Oakland as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

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