News

UC Stadium Oak Grove Fence Prompts Violent Clash

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday August 31, 2007
It began with a flimsy yellow ribbon and ended with a riot, two arrests and a courtroom hearing. -more-

Judge Rules Fence Can Stay At Oak Grove

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday August 31, 2007
Judge Barbara Miller ruled late Thursday that the chain-link fence at the UC stadium oak grove does not violate the preliminary injunction against any alteration at the site. -more-

First-Day Jitters for Berkeley Students

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday August 31, 2007
The first day of the new school year went off without a hitch for Berkeley public schools Wednes-day. -more-

Oakland Schools Announce $3 Million Deficit Increase

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday August 31, 2007
Oakland Unified School District board members were informed on Wednesday night that a $1.4 million district deficit in the adopted 2007-08 budget—which district officials had said had been whittled down from a projected $4.3 million deficit last June—was now up to $4.7 million in updated figures recently compiled by the district’s interim chief financial officer. -more-

UC to Present Agenda for City’s New Downtown Plan

By Richard Brenneman
Friday August 31, 2007
The battle lines over just how much and how high new development should rise in downtown Berkeley are growing, with UC Berkeley weighing in on the side of greater density. -more-

DAPAC-Landmarks Move to Finish Downtown Report

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday August 31, 2007

Oakland School Bill Passes

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday August 31, 2007

Cal Bears Kick Off Football Season on Saturday

By Steven Finacom, Special to the Planet
Friday August 31, 2007

Campus police guarded the fence around the oak grove Wednesday as media crews and onlookers watched the fenced-in tree sitters. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.
Campus police guarded the fence around the oak grove Wednesday as media crews and onlookers watched the fenced-in tree sitters. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.

Editorials

Editorial: The People Are Given More Bread, Bigger Circuses

By Becky O’Malley
Friday August 31, 2007
For openers, whining (or whinging, if you’re British). I very seldom try to take a whole week off, and even then I try to fill this space via e-mail if I can. In fact, the last time I tried this, I was in Oxford when the University of California at Berkeley suckered one of its devoted alumni into letting them off the hook on the City of Berkeley’s righteous lawsuit challenging just one of the university’s several mammoth expansion schemes which are proposed over the next 20 years. Planet reporters did a good job of covering the fireworks, but it would have been fun to see them close up. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday August 31, 2007

Commentary: Kitchen Democracy: The Great Pretender

By Steve Martinot
Friday August 31, 2007

Commentary: Berkeley’s Misplaced Planning Priorities

By Paul Glusman
Friday August 31, 2007

Columnists


Column: Undercurrents: A Few Words on Republican Senator Larry Craig

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday August 31, 2007


Garden Variety: More Container Planting: Material Differences

By Ron Sullivan
Friday August 31, 2007

About the House: Time to Consider an On-Demand Water Heater

By Matt Cantor
Friday August 31, 2007

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday August 31, 2007

The Theater: ‘Viaticum: The Carnal Table’ — A Theatrical Feast

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday August 31, 2007

Action and Exuberance on Display at SFMOMA

By Justin DeFreitas
Friday August 31, 2007

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday August 31, 2007