News

Children’s Community Center Celebrates 80th Anniversary

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 27, 2007
Freedom is what pre-schoolers at Berkeley’s oldest nursery will inherit on their first day of class—freedom to learn and grow through play, by getting their hands wet and their feet muddy and by letting their imaginations soar. -more-

Berkeley Lab Seeks Funds For 2nd Biofuel Project

By Richard Brenneman
Friday April 27, 2007
While Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) officials were pitching their role in the half-billion-dollar grant from British oil giant BP, they were also bidding for a second, similar but federally funded program. -more-

UC Student Senate Urges Caution on BP Contract

By Richard Brenneman
Friday April 27, 2007
Members of the Associated Students of UC Berkeley’s Senate voted Wednesday night to urge administrators to hold off on signing a $500 million contract with BP (British Petroleum) until their concerns have been addressed. -more-

Tussle Erupts Over Library Trustee Board Appointment

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 27, 2007
The tradition of reappointing library trustees for their second and final four-year terms without considering new applicants is being challenged by a trustee. -more-

OUSD Local Control Bill Passes Committee

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday April 27, 2007
Assemblymember Sandré Swanson’s AB 45 Oakland school local control bill overcame its first legislative hurdle this week, passing the Assembly Education Committee on a 7-2 party line vote (Democrats voting aye, Republicans voting no), but in a vastly modified form that drastically changes the terms under which local control would be restored. -more-

Cuts Proposed for Some Agencies Serving Needy

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 27, 2007

Effort to Save Iceland Rink Reports Some Progress

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 27, 2007

Council Says No to Chicks in Cages and Yes to Draft Resisters

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 27, 2007

Peralta Trustees Delay Safety Report, Look at Finances

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday April 27, 2007

Berkeley School Board Looks at ‘Curvy Derby’ Plan

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday April 27, 2007

Commission Looks at Closed-Door Police Complaint Process

By Judith Scherr
Friday April 27, 2007

City College Event Examines ‘Crisis of The Commons’

Friday April 27, 2007

Police Blotter

By Rio Bauce
Friday April 27, 2007

Editorials

Editorial: We’ll Have to Make Our Own Sunshine

By Becky O’Malley
Friday April 27, 2007
We’d like to thank our good friends at the Bay Guardian (where several of us here cut our journalistic teeth) for their persistent advocacy for sunshine in government. In case their lively publication isn’t on your usual reading list (it should be) here’s what they have to say about what’s going on in Berkeley: -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday April 27, 2007

Commentary: The Peace Symbol’s Golden Year is Here

By Arnie Passman
Friday April 27, 2007

Commentary: Time to Re-Name the University

By Dale Becknell
Friday April 27, 2007

Commentary: A Warm Water Pool Needs Land and Money

by Terry Doran
Friday April 27, 2007

Commentary: AIPAC’s Legion of Supporters

By John Gertz
Friday April 27, 2007

Columnists

Column: Dispatches From the Edge: Shiites vs. Sunni: The Pandora Strategy

By Conn Hallinan
Friday April 27, 2007

Column: Undercurrents: The Dellums Disappearance Debate

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday April 27, 2007

Garden Variety: Use Your Garden Water Wisely and For Pleasure

By Ron Sullivan
Friday April 27, 2007

About the House: The Question of Capping to Keep Pests Away

By Matt Cantor
Friday April 27, 2007

Quake Tip of the Week

By Larry Guillot
Friday April 27, 2007

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday April 27, 2007

Arts and Entertainment Around the East Bay

Friday April 27, 2007

Moving Pictures: A Portrait of the Artist as a Bad Father

By Justin DeFreitas
Friday April 27, 2007

‘Savage War of Peace’ Author Alistair Horne at The Hillside Club

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday April 27, 2007

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday April 27, 2007