News

First Person: A Joyous Act of Civil Disobedience

By "George"
Tuesday September 18, 2007
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was sent to the Planet on Friday evening by a veteran of the Free Speech Movement, using a pseudonym for reasons which will be obvious. -more-

City Council Looks At Process for Bus Rapid Transit Approval

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday September 18, 2007
Dedicating one traffic lane for fast buses for much of the 16 or so miles between San Leandro and downtown Berkeley will get people out of their polluting vehicles and into speedy, comfortable, ecological public transport, says the AC Transit Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) proposal. -more-

Burials Prompted First Tree-Sitter

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 18, 2007
Zachary Running Wolf, pointing to two little known UC documents, said that the university has admitted that the place where it plans to build its $125 million Student Athlete High Performance Center is a Native American burial ground. -more-

Resignation Shocks Oakland School District

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday September 18, 2007
The Oakland Unified School District, struggling to regain local control after nearly five years of state receivership, was sent into turmoil at the end of last week with the abrupt and unexpected resignation announcement of State Administrator Kimberly Statham. -more-

Two City Bodies Meet on Downtown Policies

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 18, 2007
Two civic bodies meet Wednesday to hash out transportation policies for Berkeley’s new downtown plan. -more-

Oakland Affordable Housing Debate Moves Forward

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Regents Vote Wednesday on Lease for Biofuel Lab

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Health Concerns Remain Over Richmond Cleanups

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Fire Department Log

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 18, 2007

BUSD Weighs Options for Move To West Campus

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday September 18, 2007

George Pauly 1933-2007

By Ted Friedman, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Suman Gupta walks along the fence at the oak grove as fellow members of the Free Speech Free Trees Student Coalition climb into the grove. Photograph by Matthew Taylor.
Suman Gupta walks along the fence at the oak grove as fellow members of the Free Speech Free Trees Student Coalition climb into the grove. Photograph by Matthew Taylor.

Editorials

Editorial: The Culture of Entitlement, Part Two

By Becky O’Malley
Tuesday September 18, 2007
Two letters which came in over the weekend are worthy of comment: -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday September 18, 2007

Commentary: A Few Thoughts on Bus Rapid Transit

By Len Conly
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Commentary: City, UC Goals Are One and the Same

By Leo J. Gaspardone, Sr.
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Commentary: Blocking the Road Forward

By Michael Katz
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Commentary: Scapegoating the Bus

By Steve Geller
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Columnists

Column: The Public Eye: The Iraq War: Where’s the Strategy?

By Bob Burnett
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Wild Neighbors: A New Field Guide to All Things Sierran

By Joe Eaton
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday September 18, 2007

Oakland Museum Receives Major Gift

By Peter Selz, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 18, 2007

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday September 18, 2007