News

City’s Political Candidates Rake in the Campaign Cash

By Judith Scherr
Friday August 04, 2006
If money talked, it could turn into a noisy campaign season this year. Preliminary campaign finance statements for the 2006 races that were released Monday show most candidates in the City Council and mayoral races, despite lofty Berkeley idealism, are in hot pursuit of the gritty greenback dollar. -more-

Shirley Dean Veers Off Mayoral Campaign Trail

By Judith Scherr
Friday August 04, 2006
Former Mayor Shirley Dean says she’ll be on the campaign trail. -more-

Council Sends Landmark Initiative to Ballot

By Richard Brenneman
Friday August 04, 2006
On two 6–3 votes, the city council Tuesday endorsed ballot language and a legal analysis that backers of a landmarks ordinance initiative said misrepresents their proposal. -more-

Berkeley Hosts a Successful National Night Out

By Rio Bauce, SPecial to the Planet
Friday August 04, 2006
On Tuesday, many Berkeley residents came together to bring public safety awareness into their communities by celebrating National Night Out Day 2006. There were block parties throughout the city, which promised food, fun, and socializing. -more-

Salem Sets the Standard for Nursing Home Care

By Carol Polsgrove, Special to the Planet
Friday August 04, 2006
I dreaded the day when my mother would need to move into a nursing home. That day came, and a year and a half later, I enjoy her nursing home life on my visits—joining in Tai Chi or a round of mindgames, right alongside her. Her nursing home is so homey and hospitable that I wonder why more nursing homes aren’t like it. -more-

Watchdogs Demand Release of Pacific Steel Report

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday August 04, 2006

Half of City’s Economic Team Soon to Depart

By Judith Scherr
Friday August 04, 2006

Collective’s Departure Marks Another Berkeley Arts Loss

By Richard Brenneman
Friday August 04, 2006

Court Orders State Universities to Pay for Impacts

By Richard Brenneman
Friday August 04, 2006

Judge Kills Initiative by Albany Mall Foes

By Richard Brenneman
Friday August 04, 2006

Richmond Residents to Share Memories of Macdonald

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday August 04, 2006

Lebanese Woman Reflects on Her Homeland

By Judith Scherr
Friday August 04, 2006

Two Cities, Two Approaches to Waterfront History

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday August 04, 2006

The End of Nexus A planing machine stands unused Wednesday afternoon at the Nexus Institute, one of Berkeley’s last remaining arts and crafts collectives. Members will have to move out of their Eighth Street quarters by the end of the month. Photograph by Richard Brenneman
The End of Nexus A planing machine stands unused Wednesday afternoon at the Nexus Institute, one of Berkeley’s last remaining arts and crafts collectives. Members will have to move out of their Eighth Street quarters by the end of the month. Photograph by Richard Brenneman

Editorials

No Pay Cuts Yet for Absentee Teachers

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday August 04, 2006
Berkeley Unified School District teachers who received letters informing them that their salaries would be cut for skipping classes May 1, the day of immigrant rights rallies nationwide, received their paychecks for the month of July on Monday. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday August 04, 2006

Commentary: Where Have All the Environmentalists Gone?

By Merrilie Mitchell
Friday August 04, 2006

Commentary: Throwing Stones

By Bill Hamilton
Friday August 04, 2006

Commentary: Bates and the Bowl: Some Inconvenient Truths

By Zelda Bronstein
Friday August 04, 2006

Columnists

The Public Eye: Why I’m Not Running for Mayor of Berkeley This Time

By Shirley Dean
Friday August 04, 2006

Column: Dispatches From The Edge: Of Treadle Pumps and Grandmothers

By Conn Hallinan
Friday August 04, 2006

Column: Undercurrents: Oakland Night Out Welcomes (Some) Citizens

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday August 04, 2006

About the House: Granite, and Some Other Boring Things

By Matt Cantor
Friday August 04, 2006

Garden Variety: Antiques, Nurseries and a Coffee Break in Alameda

By Ron Sullivan
Friday August 04, 2006

Quake Tip of the Week

By Larry Guillot
Friday August 04, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday August 04, 2006

Moving Pictures: Revisiting Orson Welles’ ‘Mr. Arkadin’

By Justin DeFreitas
Friday August 04, 2006

Moving Pictures: Impressionistic ‘Brothers of the Head’ Compelling, Flawed

By Justin DeFreitas
Friday August 04, 2006

Theater: The End of the World Comes to John Hinkle Park

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday August 04, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday August 04, 2006