News

Grant Denied, Ashby BART Plan On Hold

By Richard Brenneman
Friday June 02, 2006
Caltrans last week denied the city of Berkeley’s request for a $120,000 grant to fund a transportation plan to be used in shaping the development of a project that would feature about 300 units of housing over commercial space and parking at the Ashby Bart Station. -more-

Developer Challenges Albany Shore Petition

By Richard Brenneman
Friday June 02, 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-

Council OKs Creek Task Force Recommendations

By Judith Scherr
Friday June 02, 2006
The City Council on Tuesday approved the Creek Task Force (CTF) recommendations that ease current building restrictions, but still would require various permits and environmental analyses to build or remodel near creeks. -more-

Many Fail Exit Exam As Graduation Nears

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday June 02, 2006
Graduation season is fast approaching, but more than 40,000 students statewide, including about 200 in Berkeley, still have not passed the high school exit exam. -more-

Standoff at Nexus Institute Continues, Artists Staying Put

By Richard Brenneman
Friday June 02, 2006
Members of the Nexus Institute were still occupying their rented West Berkeley home Thursday, the day after the deadline had passed for them to leave. -more-

Judge Orders DOD to Expedite ACLU Records Request

By Judith Scherr
Friday June 02, 2006

DAPAC-LPC Discuss Downtown Architecture

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday June 02, 2006

Appeal Filed Against Pacific Steel Odor Reduction Permit

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday June 02, 2006

Hancock’s Opt-Out Recruitment Bill Moves to State Senate

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday June 02, 2006

Two Men Injured in South Berkeley Drive-by Shooting

By Richard Brenneman
Friday June 02, 2006

Supervisors to Vote on Voting Machine Contract

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday June 02, 2006

Green Albany Project Celebrates Program’s First Anniversary

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday June 02, 2006

Summer Activities for Teens

By Elizabeth Hopper
Friday June 02, 2006

BOCA Helps Immigrants, Others Find a Voice

By Judith Scherr
Friday June 02, 2006

Cell Phone Towers Rejected in Residential Area

By Suzanne La Barre
Friday June 02, 2006

Police Blotter

By Richard Brenneman
Friday June 02, 2006

Bancroft Avenue Waterworks A Berkeley garbage truck hit a fire hydrant on Bancroft Avenue below Dana Steet around 7 a.m. Tuesday creating a huge geyser of water that took about 20 minutes to contain. Photograph by Hank Chapot.
Bancroft Avenue Waterworks A Berkeley garbage truck hit a fire hydrant on Bancroft Avenue below Dana Steet around 7 a.m. Tuesday creating a huge geyser of water that took about 20 minutes to contain. Photograph by Hank Chapot.

Editorials

Editorial: Making the Best of a Hard Choice

By Becky O’Malley
Friday June 02, 2006
If you’ve come to this space looking for a recommendation card to take with you to the polls, you’ve come to the wrong place. We—the Publisher and I—still haven’t made up our minds which candidate for governor to choose. Frankly, they both look somewhat unattractive at this point. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday June 02, 2006

Commentary: Saving Telegraph: Three Plans Leave Neighbors Outside the Loop

By Sharon Hudson
Friday June 02, 2006

Commentary: Notes on What Telegraph Needs from An Avenue Merchant

By Al Geyer
Friday June 02, 2006

Commentary: Ron Dellums: The Practical Visionary

By Paul Rockwell
Friday June 02, 2006

Columnists

Column: The View From Here: The Roots of a Problem: Looking at Oregon Street

By P.M. Price
Friday June 02, 2006

Column: Undercurrents: Two More Innocent Bystanders Die in High Speed Chase

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday June 02, 2006

Column: The Public Eye: Enemy of the People: Al Gore or George Bush?

By Bob Burnett
Friday June 02, 2006

About the House: On the Case of House Mold

By Matt Cantor
Friday June 02, 2006

Garden Variety: The Place to Look for Unusual Garden Tools

By Ron Sullivan
Friday June 02, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday June 02, 2006

World Music Festival This Weekend Along Telegraph

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday June 02, 2006

Looking Inside Barbara Cushman’s World of Collage

By Robert McDonald, Special to the Planet
Friday June 02, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday June 02, 2006