Flash: Council Kills Landmark Law Revisions Pending Election
In an abrupt reversal, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to table the revised Landmarks Preservation Ordinance (LPO) it had passed on first reading July 11. -more-
In an abrupt reversal, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to table the revised Landmarks Preservation Ordinance (LPO) it had passed on first reading July 11. -more-
Thanks to alert citizens and a prompt response by Berkeley firefighters, a Tilden Park hills fire was extinguished before it could spread Tuesday night. -more-
Shirley Dean’s name popped up late Friday on the City Clerk’s list of candidates who have taken out mayoral papers. -more-
The citizens guiding the shape of Berkeley’s new downtown plan staged a second revolt last week—this one focusing on UC Berkeley’s planned hotel complex. -more-
The growing battle over Oakland’s valuable waterfront property development sharply escalated this week, with the coalition opposing the sale of the OUSD downtown properties moving their target from the powerless OUSD Board of Trustees to the powerful Oakland City Council and opponents of the massive nearby Oak-to-Ninth development filing a lawsuit against the project as well as launching a petition drive for a ballot measure to block its implementation. -more-
Removing Telegraph Avenue parking last fall to correct substandard bike lanes was a “colossal blunder,” said Councilmember Kriss Worthington. -more-
Councilmember Gordon Wozniak says getting the City Council involved in controversial student elections at UC Berkeley is council business as usual, but others say it is an attack on the independence of student government. -more-
They are everywhere, trying to grab our attention. And they succeed. Public opinion polls claim to adapt statistical research methods to the measuring of beliefs. Scientific? Perhaps, but polling also operates with hidden goals because it is part of the marketplace. -more-
A proposed $3,000 donation on today’s (Tuesday) City Council agenda to Kitchen Democracy from Councilmember Gordon Wozniak’s council office budget has provoked questions on the appropriate use of city funds. -more-
The Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) board meets tonight (Tuesday) for an update on the status of the troubled local housing agency. -more-
Major repairs and renovations will keep alternating lanes closed on Piedmont Avenue for the next three weeks, said Kenneth Emeziem, supervising civil engineer for Berkeley’s Public Works Department. -more-
The race for Berkeley’s city auditor has gone uncontested for eight years. School Board Director John Selawsky wants to change that. -more-
Two weeks ago marked the beginning of a new round of Israeli-Palestinian violence due to which a neighboring country, Lebanon, soon became the victim of this confrontation. -more-
Berkeley relies on the Board of Library Trustees (BOLT) to safeguard its library system, and we, the citizens and taxpayers of Berkeley, along with the people who staff our libraries, should have some influence on their decisions. -more-
What exactly is the United States’ position in national and international laws of peace and human rights? -more-
Someone is polling Berkeley residents by phone, targeting issues revolving around competing landmark ordinances and the upcoming mayoral election. -more-
It’s a famous cartoon setup: Aliens descend from a space ship, walk up to a human, and demand, “Take me to your leader.” If aliens actually did land in Washington D.C., they’d probably be taken to meet George Bush. After all, he’s the nominally elected president of the United States. Ah, but is he our leader? -more-
I’m not a spokesperson for anyone, but myself. I once thought I might have some insights to share with and about the disabled community but this has turned out not to be true. When an organization that represents this community was looking for local authors to speak at a fundraising event, I imagined I was the perfect candidate. -more-
I just finished a book called Why Men Won’t Ask for Directions, which despite the title is not another pop-psychology tract about gender differences. The author, Richard Francis, is an evolutionary neurobiologist, and the book is a rousing polemic against the sociobiologists and their intellectual heirs, the evolutionary psychologists: scientists who believe that just about every aspect of human behavior is an adaptation to something or other. -more-
Mysterious Telephone Poll Targets New Landmarks Law 07-25-2006
Editorial: Ignoring The Geneva Conventions 07-21-2006
Letters to the Editor 07-25-2006
Commentary: From Tehran: Lebanon Bombing Prelude to Iran Action By Homayon 07-25-2006
Commentary: Library Director Should Not Act As Trustee Board Secretary By Shirley Stuart 07-25-2006
Commentary: Declaration of Human Rights Should Be Law By Jacqueline Sokolinsky 07-25-2006
Letters to the Editor 07-21-2006
Commentary: One Nation Indy-Visible By Raymond A. Chamberlin 07-21-2006
Commentary: Keeping the Arts In the Public Eye Proves Challenging Every Year By Robbin Henderson 07-21-2006
Flash: Council Kills Landmark Law Revisions Pending Election By Richard Brenneman 07-25-2006
Flash: Fast Action Douses Blaze in Tilden Park By Richard Brenneman 07-25-2006
Flash: Movement Begins to Draft Shirley Dean for Mayor Judith Scherr 07-25-2006
Downtown Plan Panel Revolts Over UC Project By Richard Brenneman 07-25-2006
Objections To OUSD Land Deal Increase By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 07-25-2006
Parking Reversal on Telegraph By Judith Scherr 07-25-2006
Council Looks at UC Student Election By Judith Scherr 07-25-2006
News Analysis: Why So Many Public Opinion Polls? By Marc Sapir, Special to the Planet 07-25-2006
Kitchen Democracy Donation Draws Scrutiny By Judith Scherr 07-25-2006
Embattled Housing Authority To Review Status Update By Suzanne La Barre 07-25-2006
Piedmont Avenue Closure Planned By Richard Brenneman 07-25-2006
Selawsky Considers Bid for City Auditor By Suzanne La Barre 07-25-2006
Evictions for Condo Conversion Targeted By Judith Scherr 07-21-2006
News Analysis: Winning OUSD Proposal Failed to Meet Goals By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 07-21-2006
Developer Declares Albany Mall Plan Dead By Richard Brenneman 07-21-2006
UC’s Plans to Remove Trees from People’s Park Raise Concerns By Riya Bhattacharjee 07-21-2006
Council Hears Project Appeal, In-Lieu Fees, New LPO By Judith Scherr 07-21-2006
Warm Pool Replacement Will Not Make November Ballot By Judith Scherr 07-21-2006
Berkeley Man Wins Honor For Penning Awful Prose By Suzanne La Barre 07-21-2006
PRC Begins Investigating Case of Cop Stealing Drugs By Judith Scherr 07-21-2006
UC Berkeley Unions Plan Rally Against Transportation Fee Hikes By Rio Bauce, Special to the Planet 07-21-2006
Suit Served Against Pacific Steel By Suzanne La Barre 07-21-2006
HUD Renews Redwood Garden Senior Housing Subsidy By Rio Bauce, Special to the Planet 07-21-2006
Phantom Paintball Attacks Continue for Second Month By Richard Brenneman 07-21-2006
Stolen Car Chase Ends in Hills With Possibly Another Stolen Car By Richard Brenneman 07-21-2006
Harrison Announces Intention To Run For School Board Seat By Suzanne La Barre 07-21-2006
Berkeley Housing Authority Names New Acting Manager By Suzanne La Barre 07-21-2006
Mall Foes Face Legal Battle with Initiative By Richard Brenneman 07-21-2006
Fire Department Log By Richard Brenneman 07-21-2006
Column: The Public Eye: Take Me To Our Leader By Bob Burnett 07-25-2006
Column: Thank You for the Opportunity By Susan Parker 07-25-2006
Mockingbird Jazz: The Evolutionary Roots of Bird Song By Joe Eaton, Special to the Planet 07-25-2006
Column: Dispatches from the Edge: Poverty, Aid and Africa: A Devil’s Brew By Conn Hallinan 07-21-2006
Column: Undercurrents: Doing ‘Something’ About Violence in Oakland By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 07-21-2006
Calatrava’s Sundial Bridge Puts Redding on the Map By Dorothy Bryant, Special to the Planet 07-21-2006
Choosing Not to Play the Updating Game By Jane Powell 07-21-2006
Imagining a Berkeley Under Water By Matt Cantor 07-21-2006
Think Twice Before You Reach for the Bug Spray By Ron Sullivan 07-21-2006
Quake Tip of the Week By Larry Guillot 07-21-2006
Arts Calendar 07-25-2006
Books: Max Brand: The Agatha Christie of the B Western By Phil McArdle, Special to the Planet 07-25-2006
Mockingbird Jazz: The Evolutionary Roots of Bird Song By Joe Eaton, Special to the Planet 07-25-2006
Berkeley This Week 07-25-2006
Arts Calendar 07-21-2006
Moving Pictures: Tributes to Gaynor, Borzage at PFA By Justin DeFreitas 07-21-2006
Moving Pictures: When Soccer Almost Conquered America By Justin DeFreitas 07-21-2006
The Theater: ‘Human Paper Doll’ a Real Cut-Up at the Berkeley Rep By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet 07-21-2006
Calatrava’s Sundial Bridge Puts Redding on the Map By Dorothy Bryant, Special to the Planet 07-21-2006
Choosing Not to Play the Updating Game By Jane Powell 07-21-2006
Imagining a Berkeley Under Water By Matt Cantor 07-21-2006
Think Twice Before You Reach for the Bug Spray By Ron Sullivan 07-21-2006
Quake Tip of the Week By Larry Guillot 07-21-2006
Berkeley This Week 07-21-2006
Correction 07-21-2006