News

Markos Speaks: Berkeley Blogger’s Daily Kos Makes National Waves

By Richard Brenneman
Friday May 19, 2006
For political cognoscenti, a day just isn’t complete without a Daily Kos fix. -more-

Brower Center Project Clears Key City Vote

By Richard Brenneman
Friday May 19, 2006
City councilmbers Tuesday approved transferring the Oxford Plaza parking lot to developers Tuesday night, but their vote—the first of two—left as many questions as answers. -more-

Progressive Convention GIves BCA Competition

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday May 19, 2006
Depending on whom you talk to and how you read between the lines, this Saturday’s Berkeley Progressive Coalition Convention will pull together a coalition of old and new progressive organizations in the city—including members of the longtime Berkeley Citizens Alliance and the year-old Berkeley Progressive Alliance—strengthening all of them. Or else it is a movement by the BPA to supplant the BCA that could potentially lead to a split in Berkeley’s progressive movement and establish competing progressive candidate endorsements for the fall elections. -more-

Council Calls Black-and-White Public Nuisance

By Judith Scherr
Friday May 19, 2006
South Berkeley neighbors sparred verbally at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, most supporting Black and White Liquor store owner Sucha Banger in his quest to overturn the Zoning Adjustments Board vote to designate his store a “public nuisance” and impose restrictions, such as hours of operation, on the establishment. -more-

Neighbors Oppose El Cerrito Hills Land Sale

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday May 19, 2006
A nascent plan to develop open space in the El Cerrito Hills is eliciting protests from neighbors who say the city’s natural land must be preserved. -more-

Pacific Steel Faces New Lawsuit From Environmental Group

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday May 19, 2006

Gore, Newsom Pass on UC Commencement

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday May 19, 2006



School Board Votes to Create Berkeley Technology Academy

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday May 19, 2006

Council Looks at Condos, Budget, Cops on Telegraph

By Judith Scherr
Friday May 19, 2006

Beier Challenges Worthington Again for District 7 Seat

By Judith Scherr
Friday May 19, 2006


CHP Officer Is Injured in Crash

By Richard Brenneman
Friday May 19, 2006

Bateman Mall to be Restored

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday May 19, 2006

Police Blotter

By Richard Brenneman
Friday May 19, 2006

Richard Brenneman: Markos Moulitsas—Kos to his hordes of readers—enjoys a moment in the sun outside a South Berkeley coffee shop, before heading to his newly bought nearby home, where he runs the world’s most popular political blog—dailykos.com—from his bedroom.
Richard Brenneman: Markos Moulitsas—Kos to his hordes of readers—enjoys a moment in the sun outside a South Berkeley coffee shop, before heading to his newly bought nearby home, where he runs the world’s most popular political blog—dailykos.com—from his bedroom.

Editorials

Editorial: Taking Jane Jacobs’ Name in Vain

By Becky O’Malley
Friday May 19, 2006
The recent death of Jane Jacobs has prompted the usual spate of hagiographic reminiscences from professional planners and their critics who hope that they are candidates to assume the Jacobs mantle. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the word, hagiographies are Lives of the Saints, and Jane Jacobs was one of those unlucky or lucky people who are canonized before they die. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday May 19, 2006

Commentary: Zoning Board Ignored PSC Health Hazards

By Chris Kroll, Janice Schroeder and Davis Schroed
Friday May 19, 2006

Commentary: Baseball at San Pablo Park

By Tim Moellering
Friday May 19, 2006

Commentary: Verbal Violence is Not the Same as Actual Violence

By Michelle J. Kinnucan
Friday May 19, 2006

Commentary: West Berkeley Bowl is Out of Scale with Neighborhood

By Bernard Marszalek
Friday May 19, 2006

Commentary: In Favor of Berkeley Bowl West

By Claudia Kawczynska
Friday May 19, 2006

Commentary: Is There a Better Way?

By Vincent Casalaina
Friday May 19, 2006

Columnists


Column: Undercurrents: Why Oakland School Lands Are Being Sold Off

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday May 19, 2006

Travel Through Time at Black Diamond Mines

By Marta Yamamoto
Friday May 19, 2006

East Bay Then and Now: Peralta Park Grew in the Shade of Giants

By Daniella Thompson
Friday May 19, 2006



Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday May 19, 2006

Moving Pictures: ‘Afghanistan’s Fatal Flower'

By Justin De Freitas
Friday May 19, 2006

Moving Pictures: Bello Makes ‘The Sisters’ Worth Watching

By Justin DeFreitas
Friday May 19, 2006

Arts: Fourth Street Swings With Jazz on Sunday

By Ira Steingroot
Friday May 19, 2006

At the Theater: ‘The Miser’ Comes to the Rep

By Ken Bullock
Friday May 19, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday May 19, 2006