News Updates

Flash: Hard Fought Berkeley Races End in Victory for Incumbents, Measure J Defeated

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday November 07, 2006
More than half a million dollars later, campaign weary incumbent mayoral and council candidates Mayor Tom Bates and Councilmembers Gordon Wozniak, Kriss Worthington, Dona Spring and Linda Maio will retake their familiar seats on the council dais. -more-

Flash: Issel, Riddle, Hemphill Win School Board Seats, Measure A Approved By Huge Margin

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday November 07, 2006
Incumbents Nancy Riddle and Shirley Issel and challenger Karen Hemphill have won the three open seats on the five-member Berkeley Board of Education. -more-


News

Richmond Recruits Youth to Help Restore Its Past Glories

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday November 07, 2006
In Richmond they call it the Iron Triangle, a hard-core, high-crime neighborhood bound by railroad tracks and—to outsiders, at least—long abandoned of hope. -more-

THE DAILY PLANET ENDORSES

Tuesday November 07, 2006
Berkeley Mayor: Zelda Bronstein. Berkeley City Council: District 1: no endorsement, District 4: Dona Spring, District 6: Kriss Worthington, District 8: Jason Overman -more-

Campaign Cash Flowed As Election Approached

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday November 07, 2006
With the latest loan to his campaign of $26,000, District 7 challenger George Beier has broken Berkeley’s record for financing a City Council campaign. -more-

PAC’s Last Postcard: SuperGeorge Licks Phantom Crime Wave

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday November 07, 2006
The Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee outdid itself with a last-minute mailer that hit District 7 mailboxes Monday. -more-

Techie Innovations Draw Qualified Praise, Criticisms

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday November 07, 2006
In the last days of the contentious Berkeley City Council District 7 race, challenger George Beier has won praise and attracted criticism for his innovative attempts to tap into the student vote. -more-

Commission Adds 2 Landmarks, Urges Preservation of BHS Gym

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Downtown Area Committee Pauses For a Vision Check

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday November 07, 2006


City Goes to Court to Re-Open Police Complaint Hearings

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Hudson-McDonald Presses ZAB For 148-Unit Trader Joe’s Building

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Berkeley School Board Reaffirms Commitment to Integration

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Planners to Ponder New Laws For Milo Foundation, Designs

By Ron Sullivan
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Police Blotter

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Immigration Trumps War for Many Ethnic Voters

By Odette Alcazaren-Keeley, New America Media
Tuesday November 07, 2006

10 Questions for Councilmember Max Anderson

By Jonathan Wafer, Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 07, 2006

First Person: The War on Ourselves

By Winston Burton, Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Contributed by Ellen Gailing.
              Richmond residents Dolores Garcia and Eduardo Carrasco practice for Saturday’s Dance Swap at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts in Richmond.
Contributed by Ellen Gailing. Richmond residents Dolores Garcia and Eduardo Carrasco practice for Saturday’s Dance Swap at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts in Richmond.

Editorials

Editorial: Election Proves Times Are A-Changin’ in Berkeley

By Becky O'Malley
Tuesday November 07, 2006
For an editorial published on election day, we have two choices. We can ignore the election, thus insuring ourselves against the embarrassment of incorrect predictions in the eyes of Wednesday and Thursday readers. The downside of this choice is that many if not most votes are cast on Tuesday, election day itself, the first day this issue is on the newsstands, which means that undecided readers who turn to the Planet for last-minute guidance will be disappointed. Alternatively, we can, one more time, re-hash the issues which became important during the campaign, getting in one last word about our take on the action. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday November 07, 2006

Commentary: Hurricane Katrina, the CNA and our Community College

By Stephen Kessler
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Commentary: My Jail Term

By Rob Browning
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Commentary: Will Our Votes Count?

By Jinky Gardner, Helen Hutchison and Susan Schroeder
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Commentary: A Student For Beier

By Evan Bloom
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Commentary: Prop. 89 a Chance for Clean Elections

By Steve Koppman
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Columnists

Column: I am Thankful, I am Blessed, And You Are So Aloha

By Susan Parker
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Coyote Point Museum Offers Rewarding Excursion

By Steven Finacom, Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Tarantula Season: In Search of the Bay Area Blond

By Joe Eaton, Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday November 07, 2006

Around the East Bay

Tuesday November 07, 2006

Walton, Turre Team Up at Yoshi’s

By Ira Steingroot, Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 07, 2006

The Theater: Masquers Brings ‘Company’ to Point Richmond

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 07, 2006

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday November 07, 2006