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Flash: Golden Gate Fields Threatens Lawsuit

By Richard Brenneman

Tuesday May 30, 2006

Stop that initiative or we’ll sue, an attorney for Golden Gate Fields has warned Albany officials. Citizens for the Albany Shoreline (CAS) filed the initiative in question, an attempt to stop shoreline development, with Albany City Clerk Jacqueline Bucholz on May 16. -more-

Flash: Caltrans Nixs Ashby Bart Planning Grant

Tuesday May 30, 2006

The City of Berkeley will not get a Caltrans Community-based Transit Planning Grant to plan a large condo development for the west parking lot of the Ashby BART station. Winning cities were posted on the Caltrans web site late Friday afternoon, and Berkeley was not among them. -more-

News

Diaz Sets Out to Save Berkeley Alternative

By Suzanne La Barre

Tuesday May 30, 2006

As a teacher for a GED program in San Francisco, Victor Diaz floated a novel notion: He would prepare students to earn high school diplomas. -more-

Confusion Surrounds Possible Eviction of Nexus Collective

By Ricghard Brenneman

Tuesday May 30, 2006

The Nexus Institute, a prominent West Berkeley artists’ collective, faces eviction from its home of 20 years when their lease expires Thursday. -more-

Commission Blasts Review of Mayor’s Landmarks Proposal

By Richard Brenneman

Tuesday May 30, 2006

“All these years I’ve been speaking about the Landmarks Demolitions Ordinance, and here it is,” said Carrie Olson. -more-

BUSD Rebuffs City Review Process

By Suzanne La Barre

Tuesday May 30, 2006

Development of a portion of a defunct Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) campus will move forward without city review, whether city officials and community members like it or not. -more-