News

City Planning Director Issues Scathing Critique of UC Stadium Expansion Report

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday August 01, 2006
City Planning Director Dan Marks has issued a stinging rebuke of UC Berkeley’s key environmental document covering its massive expansion plans for Memorial Stadium and its surroundings. -more-

War of Words Over LPO Ballot Measure

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday August 01, 2006
The City Council will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. today (Tuesday) to hash out the wording describing the Landmarks Preservation Ordinance that voters will see when they vote in November. -more-

Lawrence Marks Five Years at Helm of Berkeley Schools

By Suzanne La Barre
Tuesday August 01, 2006
A poster to promote Berkeley’s libraries shows Michele Lawrence smiling in a white turtleneck and red blazer, pearls in her ears and an open novel in her hands. She looks kind and composed, every bit the spokesperson for a wholesome public service announcement—but for the novel. -more-

BUSD Interdistrict Transfer Policy Draws Criticism

By Suzanne La Barre
Tuesday August 01, 2006
As Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) officials gear up for the second parcel tax campaign in two years, some citizens question whether district administrators have done enough to ensure that school resources stay with Berkeley students. -more-

Construction to Begin on Alameda Cineplex Project

By Suzanne La Barre
Tuesday August 01, 2006
The Alameda City Council approved construction bids for the development of a controversial theater project in downtown Alameda Wednesday, dealing a blow to opponents who insist the project is out of scale with the area. -more-

Effort to Expand Public Comment Gains Steam

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Feds Focus Anti-Terror Effort On Local Anti-War Events

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday August 01, 2006

High Court Says CSU Must Prepare New Report on Expansion

Bay City News
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Bevatron, Berkeley Iceland Landmarking, Drayage Demolition on LPC Agenda

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Californians Seek Action on Air Quality, Global Warming

By Brian Shott, New America Media
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Ten Questions for Councilmember Gordon Wozniak

By Jonathan Wafer, Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Police Blotter

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Lebanon Is the New Damascus

By Franz Schurmann, New America Media
Tuesday August 01, 2006

If UC Berkeley officials don’t fix the crumbling Memorial Stadium first, they could be endangering the lives of student athletes at the 132,500-square-foot training center they plan to build next to the stadium’s west wall, right, warns Berkeley Planning Director Dan Marks. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.
If UC Berkeley officials don’t fix the crumbling Memorial Stadium first, they could be endangering the lives of student athletes at the 132,500-square-foot training center they plan to build next to the stadium’s west wall, right, warns Berkeley Planning Director Dan Marks. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.

Editorials

Editorial: Is Inevitable Killing Intentional Slaughter?

By Becky O'Malley
Tuesday August 01, 2006
One of the most heart-rending dialogues in English literature is a short scene in Macbeth. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday August 01, 2006

Commentary: Yale Goes to War: How Disasters Happen

By Michael Katz
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Commentary: Saving the Berkeley Housing Authority

By Eleanor Walden
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Columnists

Column: The Devil in Me Carries Fake Prada

By Susan Parker
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Trees, Plants are Great, But the Real Action is Underground

By Ron Sullivan, Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday August 01, 2006

Actors Ensemble Brings ‘Night of the Iguana’ to Live Oak Theatre

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 01, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday August 01, 2006