News

Center for Independent Living Still Strong at 35

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday September 25, 2007
“Independent Living isn’t doing everything by yourself—it’s being in control of how things are done.” -more-

Rent Board Member Free on Bail

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday September 25, 2007
Kavanagh Will Plead Not Guilty -more-

Protesters Call For Prosecution Of Oakland Police Sergeant

By Angela Rowen, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 25, 2007
Friends and family of Gary W. King rallied outside of Oakland City Hall Monday afternoon to call for the prosecution of the police sergeant who shot and killed the 20-year-old Oakland resident last Thursday. -more-

‘An Inadvertent Revolution’ Women on the World War II Home Front

By Geneviève Duboscq, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 25, 2007
After her mother’s death in 1999, journalist Emily Yellin came across the wartime diary and hundreds of letters her mother had written home from the Pacific while working with the Red Cross. Within days, Yellin could see that “My mother’s story served as a window through which to see the story of all the women in World War II.” -more-

UC Berkeley Museum Director Steps Down

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 25, 2007
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive Director Kevin Consey will leave his post in January, the museum announced Friday. -more-

Berkeley Police Investigate Two Weekend Homicides

Bay City News
Tuesday September 25, 2007

West Berkeley Car Sales Tops Planning Commission Agenda

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Memorial Stadium Lawsuit Moves Forward Despite Delay Caused by Bomb Threat

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Oakland Officials Say Bayfill That Delayed Wayans Deal Was Long Known by Both Sides

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Community Benefits District Meeting Delayed

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Zoning Board Considers Use Permit for Tower Records Re-Development Project

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Disabled People’s Civil Rights Day march and rally, San Francisco, Oct. 20, 1979. Photograph by Kenneth Stein.
Disabled People’s Civil Rights Day march and rally, San Francisco, Oct. 20, 1979. Photograph by Kenneth Stein.

Editorials

Editorial: MoveOn Not as Clever as They Thought

By Becky O’Malley
Tuesday September 25, 2007
There’s been a completely unnecessary uproar over MoveOn’s ad about General Petraeus. It almost makes one wonder if there isn’t some Cointelpro-like infiltration going on in the anti-war movement, except that I know that people like us can always manage to shoot ourselves in the foot with no help from anyone. What’s unnecessary about it? -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday September 25, 2007

Commentary: Guardian Sounds Alarm on ‘Housing Psychosis’

By Zelda Bronstein
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Commentary: Global Warming And Berkeley

By Edna Spector
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Commentary: Searching for a Cure for Spinal Injuries

By John Smith
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Commentary: Anger and Football Hysteria, Part 2

By Doug Buckwald
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Columnists

Green Neighbors: How Are Things in Guacamole?

By Ron Sullivan
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday September 25, 2007

The Theater: Shotgun Presents Davis’ ‘Bulrusher’

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Books: Lawrence Ferlinghetti to Read from New Work at Moe’s Books on Tuesday

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 25, 2007

A Trans-Genre Mythology

Tuesday September 25, 2007

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday September 25, 2007