News Updates

Flash: Cody's Sold to Japanese Buyer

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday September 05, 2006
A Tokyo-based buyer will purchase the two remaining Cody’s Bookstores, according to Pat Cody, former owner of the original Cody’s with her late husband Fred Cody. The purchase is “a good thing,” Cody told the Daily Planet Tuesday morning. -more-

News

Closing Time for Capoeira Cafe?

Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday September 05, 2006
The Capoeira Arts Cafe has been bringing South American instruments such as Berimbaus, Agogos, Caxixis and the Brazilian martial arts dance Capoeira to Berkeley for the past decade. -more-

Court Approves Limited Measure I Corrections

Judith Scherr
Tuesday September 05, 2006
An Alameda Country judge agreed with the city and Measure I opponents, ruling Friday to allow only limited changes to the text of the city attorney’s analysis of the Condominium Conversion ballot measure that will go before voters Nov. 7. -more-

Helen L. Seaborg, 1917-2006

David Seaborg, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 05, 2006
Helen L. Seaborg passed away on Aug. 29 from pneumonia. Born March 2, 1917, in a Florence Crittenden home in Sioux City, Iowa, she was adopted by George and Iva Griggs. After her father’s death, she and her mother moved to the Santa Ana area of southern California. -more-

Two Downballot Offices Contested in November Election

J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday September 05, 2006
With the Labor Day holidays over and summer beginning to wane, public attention now turns to the elections scheduled for the first Tuesday in November. -more-

Proposition 90: A First Look at a Revolutionary Initiative

Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 05, 2006
What Howard Jarvis started, Howard Rich aims to finish. -more-

As Prop. 90 Looms, Density Bonus Subcommittee Must Act Fast

Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday September 05, 2006

First Person: The Woes of an Incoming Junior

Maxine Wally, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Activities for Teenagers

Elizabeth Hopper, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Police Blotter

Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Berkeley’s Legendary Radicalism

Ted Vincent, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 05, 2006

UC Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Santa Cruz Anti-Growth Measures

Bay City News
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Katrina Wounds Slow to Heal for South Asian Community

New American Media
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Editorials

Editorial: ‘Will It Have Been Worth It...?

Becky O'Malley
Tuesday September 05, 2006
Herewith follows today’s lesson: -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday September 05, 2006

Commentary: High Density is Bad for Urban Fabric

Sharon Hudson
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Commentary: The Complexity of Everyday Things

Harry Weininger
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Commentary: The Policy We Dare Not Mention

Brit Harvey
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Columnists

Column: The Public Eye: Who Are the Terrorists?

Bob Burnett
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Column: Famous People I Have Almost Met and Loved

Susan Parker
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Nearly Native, Cosmopolitan and Threatened

Ron Sullivan, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday September 05, 2006

Arts: The Theater: Oakland Magic Circle Pulls a Few Tricks Out of the Hat

Ken Bullock
Tuesday September 05, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday September 05, 2006