News

City Landmarks Bevatron Site, Not Bevatron Building

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday August 08, 2006
The battle over landmarking the Bevatron building ended Thursday when a city panel voted to bestow the honorific not on the structure itself but on the ground beneath. -more-

PowerBar Moves To Southern Cal

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday August 08, 2006
Nestle USA’s announcement last week that it was moving its PowerBar business from Berkeley to Glendale, Calif., has received mixed reactions from the local community. -more-

Opposition to Oakland School District Property Sale Grows

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday August 08, 2006
With the state’s office of the superintendent for public instruction announcing an interim Oakland Unified School District administrator to replace the outgoing Randolph Ward, opposition to the sale of the OUSD downtown properties got a boost in the past few days when two more Oakland public officials came out against the sale. -more-

City Studies Internet Access for All Residents

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday August 08, 2006
Berkeley city officials, residents, and local independent wireless providers continue the search for the perfect Internet system that will provide city-wide Internet access to people who live, work, or recreate in Berkeley. -more-

Candidates Chosen for Rent Stabilization Board

By Rio Bauce, Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 08, 2006
On a sunny afternoon last Sunday, Berkeley residents picked Lisa Anne Stephens, Howard Chong, Chris Kavanagh, Pam Webster and David Blake as candidates for the Rent Stabilization Board. Bob Evans, current Rent Stabilization Board member, although given high marks by the Rent Board’s screening process, was not selected to be on the slate. -more-

Library Board Considers Moving South Berkeley Branch

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Race May Become an Issue In Peralta Trustee Campaign

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Neighbors Blast Plans for Garr Building Site

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday August 08, 2006


State’s Heat Wave Takes Toll On South Asian Farmers

By Viji Sundaram, New American Media
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Activists Stage Hunger Strike, Call for Troops to Come Home

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Police Blotter

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Bring the Troops Home
              Jane Jackson and Ivan Olsen have been staging a hunger strike in front of Oakland’s Ron J. Dellums Federal Building for 36 days. The protest coincides with an ongoing demonstration outside the White House calling for U.S. troops to be brought home from Iraq. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.
Bring the Troops Home Jane Jackson and Ivan Olsen have been staging a hunger strike in front of Oakland’s Ron J. Dellums Federal Building for 36 days. The protest coincides with an ongoing demonstration outside the White House calling for U.S. troops to be brought home from Iraq. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.

Editorials

Editorial: Two Fine Days on the Oakland Scene

By Becky O’Malley
Tuesday August 08, 2006
We get a lot of Chicken Little letters around here. For those of you who are folklore-challenged, Chicken Little was the character who thought being hit on the head by an acorn meant that the sky was falling. He put a lot of effort into running around convincing all the animals in the forest to panic, with mixed results. It’s traditionally the job of the press to play the Chicken Little role, so we really can’t complain when our readers tell us to write more about climate change, or the on-going struggles in the Middle East, or the attempt by Bush II to dismantle the Constitution of the United States of America. Yes, we’re worried, worried, worried about all of these, and more. This time the sky might really be falling, and what are we going to do about it? But every so often, it’s a good idea to check into what’s going right—all worry and no fun makes Jill a dull girl. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday August 08, 2006

Commentary: In Defense of Library Administration Criticism

By Ben Reitman
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Commentary: Criticizing Israel = Anti-Semitism

By Howard Glickman
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Commentary: Zionist Crimes in Lebanon

By Kurosh Arianpour
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Commentary: Religious Texts vs. Faith

By Jacqueline Sokolinsky
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Columnists

The Public Eye: Notes on NIMBYism

By Sharon Hudson
Tuesday August 08, 2006


Column: Fleas, Chiggers, Greenheads And Sunbathing in the Nude

By Susan Parker
Tuesday August 08, 2006

A Little Respect for the Red-Breasted Sapsucker

By Joe Eaton, Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday August 08, 2006

The Theater: ‘Typographer’s Dream’ a Fruitful Collaboration

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 08, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday August 08, 2006