News

DAPAC Plays at Planning City’s Downtown

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday April 21, 2006
DAPAC “visioned” Thursday night. -more-

UC Police Crack Down on People’s Park

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 21, 2006
There have always been leftovers at People’s Park, be it food, clothes, shoes, plants, or anything else people want to donate to those in need. -more-

$10,000 Bill For Citizens’ Appeal in Alameda

By SUZANNE LA BARRE
Friday April 21, 2006
Don’t like a development proposal? In Alameda, that could cost you more that $10,000. -more-

Capacity Crowd Fills Chambers as Council Considers Owls, Sewers, Gaia

By JUDITH SCHERR
Friday April 21, 2006
Issues on Tuesday night’s City Council calendar brought an overcapacity crowd—and a handful of police officers to enforce fire rules and keep anyone without a seat out of the council chambers. -more-

Derby Street Closure One Step Closer

By JUDITH SCHERR
Friday April 21, 2006
Six dozen kids, most garbed in sports uniforms, came to the Berkeley City Council Tuesday night to ask for the closure of one block of Derby Street to provide space for a regulation-size baseball field and other sports. -more-


Academic Choice Students Excused from Core Course

By SUZANNE LA BARRE
Friday April 21, 2006

Oakland Mayoral Debates Center on Education

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday April 21, 2006

OUSD Teachers’ Agreement Reached, But Community Still Divided

By SUZANNE LA BARRE
Friday April 21, 2006

Police Blotter

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Friday April 21, 2006

Librarians Call Director a Liability, Demand Ouster

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 21, 2006

Haiti Faces Future with Mixture of Hope and Fear

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 21, 2006

As Toys ‘R Us Downsizes, Local Toy Stores Thrive

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 21, 2006

Schell Steps Down After Decade at J-School’s Helm

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday April 21, 2006

By Richard Brenneman: 
              An angry Landmarks Preservation Commissioner Patti Dacey (right) responds to former City Councilmember Mim Hawley after Hawley declared Shattuck Avenue ugly and decreed that some historic buildings should go during Thursday night’s meeting.¸Ä
By Richard Brenneman: An angry Landmarks Preservation Commissioner Patti Dacey (right) responds to former City Councilmember Mim Hawley after Hawley declared Shattuck Avenue ugly and decreed that some historic buildings should go during Thursday night’s meeting.¸Ä

Editorials

Editorial: Will Downtown Push-Poll Voters?

By Becky O'Malley
Friday April 21, 2006
A little bird dropped off at the Daily Planet office a document entitled “Survey on Economic Development in Berkeley—Preliminary Materials,” dated April 9. It is described as “proposed categories and question [sic] for an economic development survey,” to be converted by a professional survey company into the appropriate format to reach 400 potential Berkeley voters. It purports to be an attempt “to discover how Berkeley residents feel about a variety of public policy challenges confronting the city in spring, 2006.” -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday April 21, 2006


Commentary: Putting Science Back in Environmental Policy

By BARBARA LEE
Friday April 21, 2006

Columnists

The Public Eye: A First Look at the 2006 Senate Races

By Bob Burnett
Friday April 21, 2006

Under Currents: Trying to Get a Handle on Violence in Oakland

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday April 21, 2006

North Berkeley’s Epicurean Delights

By MARTA YAMAMOTOSpecial to the Planet
Friday April 21, 2006

Escape to Folsom for Family Fun in a Gold Rush Town

By Carole Terwilliger Meyers
Friday April 21, 2006

East Bay Then and Now: Hawaiian Sugar Family Made Berkeley Its Home

By Daniella Thompson
Friday April 21, 2006

About the House: Using the Building Lessons from the Past

By MATT CANTOR
Friday April 21, 2006

Garden Variety: Spring Garden Tours Around the Bay

By RON SULLIVAN
Friday April 21, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday April 21, 2006

Berkeley Art Museum Gets Radical with ‘Now-Time Venezuela’

By PETER SELZ Special to the Planet
Friday April 21, 2006

The Surreal and Subversive World of Busby Berkeley

By JUSTIN DeFREITAS
Friday April 21, 2006

Actors Ensemble Takes on ‘Devil’s Disciple’

By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet
Friday April 21, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday April 21, 2006