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Panoramic Sells Off 7 Apartment Buildings

By Richard Brenneman

Friday April 06, 2007

Patrick Kennedy and David Teece—Berkeley’s biggest private landlords—are selling their seven signature apartment buildings to a Chicago-based corporation. -more-

Southeast Berkeley Blanketed With Racist, Anti-Semitic Literature

By Judith Scherr

Friday April 06, 2007

Berkeley is not invulnerable to virulent racist, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic hate campaigns. -more-

BUSD Weighs Options for Surplus Properties

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday April 06, 2007

After declaring Hillside School to be surplus property, the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) is getting ready to give the same designation to the Berkeley High School tennis courts and property at West Campus and on Sixth Street. -more-

Emeryville Hotel Sues City Over Measure C

By Judith Scherr

Friday April 06, 2007

While Woodfin Suite Hotel workers are beefing up union and local support to get the hotel to comply with Measure C, Emeryville’s Living Wage Ordinance for hotel workers, the hotel is flexing its muscle in its own way. Last week the Woodfin filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court—for the second time—claiming the 2005 law passed by the city’s voters is unconstitu-tional. -more-

SWAT Team Trains at Berkeley High Campus

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday April 06, 2007

Berkeley High became the scene of a virtual battleground over spring break when the Berkeley Police Department SWAT team—known as the Barricaded Subject Hostage Negotiation Team (BSHNT)—descended on the campus Thursday. -more-

Oakland School Board Members Back Local Control Bill

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Friday April 06, 2007

Legendary Lawyer to Represent Running Wolf

By Richard Brenneman

Friday April 06, 2007

Cody’s Books Shuts Doors on San Francisco Store

By Judith Scherr

Friday April 06, 2007

DAPAC Rejects Point Tower Proposal

By Richard Brenneman

Friday April 06, 2007

AC Transit to Trade 10 More Buses For Van Hools

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Friday April 06, 2007

People’s Park Board Announces New Members

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday April 06, 2007

Radio Frequency ID Controversy Continues

By Judith Scherr

Friday April 06, 2007

The Need to Know: A Glimpse Behind the Reference Desk

By Phila Rogers, Special to the Planet

Friday April 06, 2007

Reference Librarian: My Story

By Evelyn Gahyan, Special to the Planet

Friday April 06, 2007

U.S. Born Kids Face Deportation As Well

By Julie Johnson, New America Media

Friday April 06, 2007

Pressure Leads to Teen’s Release from Texas Prison

By Talise D. Moorer, New America Media

Friday April 06, 2007

Diana Norbury, the newly designated general manager for the seven Berkeley apartment buildings being sold by Patrick Kennedy, takes a break from interviewing potential job candidates at the Gaia Building. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.