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Murals Depict Lives of Local Seniors

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday March 09, 2007

Dated but not forgotten: This is the story of 16 seniors who have called South Berkeley home at different times in the last century. -more-

Sustainable Berkeley Grows Outside City Control

By Judith Scherr

Friday March 09, 2007

Sustainable Berkeley, the mostly city-funded grouping of public and private individuals and institutions, promises to lead the local fight against global warming and at the same time “brand” Berkeley as the country’s leading green city. -more-

Birgeneau: UC-BP Deal Criticism is ‘Abhorrent’

By Richard Brenneman

Friday March 09, 2007

Critics who say UC Berkeley shouldn’t taken $500 million from a British oil company to develop alternative energy espouse an “abhorrent” attitude and threaten academic freedom, declared Chancellor Robert Birgeneau Thursday. -more-

New Try for North Shattuck Plaza

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday March 09, 2007

It has come to this: The North Shattuck Association (NSA), the North Shattuck Plaza Inc. (NSPI) and the Live Oak Codornices Creek Neighborhood Association (LOCCNA) have agreed to appoint representatives to a newly formed committee that will help move the disputed $3.5 million North Shattuck plaza in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto forward. -more-

Berkeley Downtown Panel Discussion Targets UC Sites

By Richard Brenneman

Friday March 09, 2007

Presented with three significant documents—recommendations on UC Berkeley downtown developments, ground-floor uses and a proposed economic development package—citizen planners held off any final action Wednesday. -more-

Gaudy Adieu Planned for Doomed UC Print Plant

By Richard Brenneman

Friday March 09, 2007

UC Calls For Stadium Lot, Museum Seismic Studies

By Richard Brenneman

Friday March 09, 2007

Dellumns Pledges to Reorganize Oakland Police

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Friday March 09, 2007

Council to Address Government Transparency in Workshop

By Judith Scherr

Friday March 09, 2007

Perata Moves to Bring Back Sideshow Law

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Friday March 09, 2007

Police Review Commission Looks at Protecting Protesters

By Judith Scherr

Friday March 09, 2007

A First Look at the Plans for People’s Park Renovations

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday March 09, 2007

Berkeley High Stages “Arts on the Run” Program

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday March 09, 2007

Students from Malcolm X Elementary School listen to Minoru Sano, at left, and Gerald Carter, center, talk about their lives represented in new murals at the school. The mural depicting Carter in behind him. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.

Editorials

Editorial: Corporate Ties Could Hide GMO Risks

By Becky O’Malley

Friday March 09, 2007

Why shouldn’t public universities welcome big grants from big corporations? After all, times are tough, and they need all the money they can get to keep tuition costs down, right? Well, maybe, but let’s take a look at the real costs of inviting the fox to sleep over in the henhouse. -more-