News

Ben Cohen Launches Topsy-Turvy Bus to Protest Tax Priorities

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 13, 2007
It’s the school bus from Neverland. And yet it sends a message to the powers-that-be in a way that could never have been imagined. -more-

Court Rules Wal-Mart Must Make Records Public

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday April 13, 2007
In a decision that will mean public access to in excess of 15,000 pages of documents from Wal-Mart corporation, a California Appeals Court has ruled that an Alameda County Superior Court judge erred in sealing thousands of pages of documents in an employment lawsuit against the retail giant. -more-

BUSD Rules Don’t Violate Prop. 209

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 13, 2007
The Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) emerged victorious in the American Civil Rights Foundation vs. Berkeley Unified School District lawsuit when Judge Winifred Y. Smith of the Alameda County Superior Court ruled in favor of the school district Monday. -more-

Commission Deems Public Commons Initiative Too Vague for Comment

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 13, 2007
Members of the Homeless Commission slammed Mayor Tom Bates’ Public Commons for Everyone initiative as “mean spirited,” “punitive,” “vindictive,” and too vague to address effectively. -more-

Court Upholds UC’s Long-Range Development Pact

By Richard Brenneman
Friday April 13, 2007
The City of Berkeley scored a first-round legal victory when a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the City Council’s agreement with UC Berkeley that paved the way for the new downtown plan. -more-

School Board Postpones Solar Project Approval, Reviews API Scores

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 13, 2007

Oak Grove Raided—Again

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 13, 2007

School Employees Call for Cost of Living Increase

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 13, 2007

Landmarks Commission to Hold Special Meeting Monday

By Richard Brenneman
Friday April 13, 2007

Mayor Rejects Charges of Racism in Emeryville Government

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday April 13, 2007

UC-BP Debate Reveals ‘Two Cultures’ Schism

By Richard Brenneman
Friday April 13, 2007

Artist, Activist Joy Holland

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 13, 2007

Woodfin Workers

Friday April 13, 2007

Remembering John Denton

By Clifford Fred
Friday April 13, 2007

Down the Garden Path, Part II

By Shirley Barker, Special to the Planet
Friday April 13, 2007

Korean Cab Driver Self-Immolates to Protest Free Trade Agreement

By Christine Ahn, New America Media
Friday April 13, 2007

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen boards the Topsy Turvy Bus Wednesday with the vehicle’s builder, artist Tom Kennedy, looking on. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen boards the Topsy Turvy Bus Wednesday with the vehicle’s builder, artist Tom Kennedy, looking on. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.

Editorials

Editorial: Finding the Courage to Negotiate

By Becky O’Malley
Friday April 13, 2007
So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday April 13, 2007

Commentary: K Street Hinders The Sustainability Movement

By Jules Macaluso
Friday April 13, 2007

Commentary: What Has Really Been Happening at KPFA

By Brian Edwards-Tiekert
Friday April 13, 2007

Commentary: On the UC–City Settlement Law Suit

By Antonio Rossman
Friday April 13, 2007

Commentary: Sustainable and Green Berkeley

By Krishna P. Bhattacharjee
Friday April 13, 2007

Commentary: The Green Tax Shift

By Fred E. Foldvary
Friday April 13, 2007

Columnists

Column: Undercurrents: Presumption of Guilt in the Sideshow Confiscation Law

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday April 13, 2007


Garden Variety: On the Road with Roses

By Ron Sullivan
Friday April 13, 2007

About the House: More on the Modern House from 1942

By Matt Cantor
Friday April 13, 2007

Quake Tip of the Week

By Larry Guillot
Friday April 13, 2007

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday April 13, 2007



The Theater: ‘Manzi: The Adventures Of Young Cesar Chavez’

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday April 13, 2007

The Theater: Berkeley Rep Stages ‘Blue Door’

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday April 13, 2007

Moving Pictures: ‘Black Book’ Beyond Repair

By Justin DeFreitas
Friday April 13, 2007

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday April 13, 2007