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Flash: Million-dollar Blaze Torches Hills Home

By Richard Brenneman

Tuesday September 26, 2006

A blaze triggered by a faulty water heater demolished a $1.3 million home in the Berkeley Hills early Tuesday morning, reports Deputy Fire Chief David P. Orth. -more-

News

Major West Berkeley Development Project Unveiled

By Richard Brenneman

Tuesday September 26, 2006

A developer unveiled Friday plans for a 5.5-acre, two-block corporate, retail, condo and artists’ development for West Berkeley. -more-

City, University Set for Another Legal Showdown

By Richard Brenneman

Tuesday September 26, 2006

Berkeley officials are planning another lawsuit against UC Berkeley’s development plans—this time challenging the quarter-billion-dollar complex planned for the Memorial Stadium area. -more-

Oakland Council Candidates on Familiar Ground With Third Race In Just a Year

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Tuesday September 26, 2006

Aimee Allison is hoping that the third time is the charm. Pat Kernighan is hoping that history keeps repeating itself. -more-

Berkeley Citizens Action Endorses Its Own

By Judith Scherr

Tuesday September 26, 2006

There were no surprises at the Berkeley Citizens Action Endorsement convention Sunday afternoon, with the 30-year-old group that once was Berkeley’s progressive electoral powerhouse endorsing longtime members Mayor Tom Bates, and City Councilmembers Dona Spring, Kriss Worthington and Linda Maio. -more-

Third Lawsuit Filed Against Oak-to-Ninth Project

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Tuesday September 26, 2006

Oakland’s massive Oak-to-Ninth development project entered familiar territory this week with another citizen lawsuit filed in Superior Court against the controversial project. -more-

City Council to Review Antennas, Demolition of Historic Building

By Judith Scherr

Tuesday September 26, 2006

Creeks and Telegraph Top Planning Agenda

By Richard Brenneman

Tuesday September 26, 2006

UC Ready to Hire Museums Architect

By Richard Brenneman

Tuesday September 26, 2006

2 Men Convicted In Murder of Homeless Woman

By Bay City News

Tuesday September 26, 2006

Berkeley Landmarks in the Running for Grant Funding

By Steven Finacom, Special to the Planet

Tuesday September 26, 2006

Doug Herst explains his plans for creating a new industrial park and housing project at the site of the former Peerless Lighting plant he owns in West Berkeley. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.

Editorials

Summer Heat Wave Impacts Local Farmers’ Market

By Malia Wollan, Special to the Planet

Tuesday September 26, 2006

The record-breaking, triple-digit heat wave that rolled through California this summer did untold harm to the state’s $31.8 billion agricultural industry—cooking walnuts in their shells, killing dairy cows and wilting tender greens in the field. -more-