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Code Pink Clamors For War Funding Halt

By Judith Scherr

Friday September 14, 2007

They sang, they spoke, they demanded, they were funny, serious—the group of some 100 people assembled by Code Pink at the Oakland Federal Building on Tuesday were doing whatever they could to tell the powers-that-be to stop funding the war in Iraq. -more-

City Council OKs Public Transit Grant

By Judith Scherr

Friday September 14, 2007

Despite a number of residents urging the City Council to oppose it, councilmembers unanimously approved a $396,000 county-federal grant aimed at delivering customized transit information to people living near Telegraph Avenue, San Pablo Avenue and the Ashby Avenue BART Station. (Councilmember Max Anderson was absent.) -more-

BUSD Begins Search For New District Superintendent

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday September 14, 2007

The Berkeley Board of Education began the search for a new superintendent for the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) Wednesday. -more-

Former Housing Director Calls For Investigation Into Charges

By Judith Scherr

Friday September 14, 2007

Former Berkeley Housing Director Steve Barton, pressured to resign after what some say was a cursory investigation by the city attorney into problems at the Berkeley Housing Authority, was back before the City Council on Tuesday to accept a proclamation honoring him as a “stalwart and creative leader in achieving the city of Berkeley’s affordable housing mission.” -more-

Judge Rejects UC Request for Order Ending Tree Sit

By Richard Brenneman

Friday September 14, 2007

Superior Court Judge Richard Keller Wednesday denied UC Berkeley’s request for a court order ending the tree-sit at Memorial Stadium. -more-

Owner Says ZAB Restrictions Might Kill Art-House Plan

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday September 14, 2007

Laptop Robbery at Cafe Strada, Campus Crime on Increase

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday September 14, 2007

Verizon Protest at UC Storage Building Saturday

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday September 14, 2007

Robinson to Speak in Oakland on Haiti

By Judith Scherr

Friday September 14, 2007

Demonstrators call on Congress to end funding for the war in Iraq at a demonstration called by Code Pink at the Oakland Federal Building on Tuesday. Photograph by Judith Scherr.