News

Graduation for the Class of 2006 Marked By Many Ceremonies

By Suzanne La Barre
Tuesday June 20, 2006
About 700 students graduated from Berkeley’s high schools Friday. -more-

‘Curvy Derby’ Plan Enters Street Debate

By Suzanne La Barre
Tuesday June 20, 2006
A group of neighbors is proposing a new plan for the East Campus/ Derby Street field that just might find stalwarts on either side of the “Close Derby-Leave Derby Open” debate standing well in agreement. -more-

Medical Center Budget Problems Prompt Calls For Oversight

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday June 20, 2006
Health care advocates and labor leaders stepped up their pressure on Alameda County supervisors this week to help the Alameda County Medical Center close a $4.8 million budget gap by asking the county to cut loan interest and rent payments owed by the medical center. -more-

Kerry Surveys Berkeley Fire Station

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday June 20, 2006
Sen. John Kerry dropped by Berkeley Fire Department Station No. 2 on Friday to talk to firefighters. The senator stopped by the Berkeley Way station after visiting Google headquarters in Mountain View on his way to San Francisco. -more-

Nexus Evictions, LPO Revisions, Fee Hikes on Council Agenda

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 20, 2006
As the Berkeley City Council heads down the final stretch toward its mid-July summer recess, it will face a packed agenda that will include a discussion of possible eviction of the artists from the Nexus Workshop. -more-

Council Set to Hear Public on Budget Wishes

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 20, 2006

ZAB to Hold Public Hearing on 700 University Ave. Project

By Suzanne La Barre
Tuesday June 20, 2006

People’s Park Activists Sue City Over Freebox Removal

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday June 20, 2006

Landmarks Commission to Discuss Mayor’s Revisions

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday June 20, 2006

BUSD School Lunch Initiative up for Evaluation

By Suzanne La Barre
Tuesday June 20, 2006

Campaign Commission Looks at Public Financing

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday June 20, 2006

Students in La Raza gathered Saturday at St. Joseph the Worker Church for a graduation ceremony. Photograph by Suzanne La Barre
Students in La Raza gathered Saturday at St. Joseph the Worker Church for a graduation ceremony. Photograph by Suzanne La Barre

Editorials

Editorial: Weasel Word Watch: ‘It’s a Compromise’

By Becky O’Malley
Tuesday June 20, 2006
The election season is beginning in earnest now. Oakland took the sensible path and got it all out of the way early, before anyone noticed what was going on. The election there proved a couple of things: -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday June 20, 2006

Commentary: Pacific Steel Casting: At What Cost?

By L A WOOD
Tuesday June 20, 2006

Commentary: A 12-Point Plan for Revitalizing Telegraph

By George Beier
Tuesday June 20, 2006

Columnists

Column: Rescuing Jeffrey and Gallicentral News

By Susan Parker
Tuesday June 20, 2006

The Nature of the Cricket and Other Loose Ends

By Joe Eaton, Special to the Planet
Tuesday June 20, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday June 20, 2006

At the Theater: Zimmerman’s One-Man Satiric Show at The Marsh

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday June 20, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday June 20, 2006