News

Commons Initiative Hearing on Saturday

By Judith Scherr
Friday September 28, 2007
Proposed laws and services aimed at people exhibiting “inappropriate street behavior” make up the Public Commons for Everyone Initiative, to be discussed at a forum Saturday. -more-

Berkeley Drive-By Murder Victim Suspected in Richmond Deaths

By Richard Brenneman
Friday September 28, 2007
A Berkeley man slain by a fusillade of high-powered automatic rifle shots fired from a passing van early Saturday morning had himself been arrested two years earlier as one of six suspects in a similar slaying in Richmond. -more-

Planners Approve West Berkeley Car Dealerships

By Richard Brenneman
Friday September 28, 2007
Planning Commissioners Wednesday approved a modified plan and rezoning agenda that will open up the northern end of West Berkeley to car dealerships. -more-

Top Legal Talent Battle in City-University Confrontation

By Richard Brenneman
Friday September 28, 2007
The courtroom battle over UC Berkeley’s stadium-area building boom pitted the city’s hired legal gun in a Tuesday showdown against the university’s own sharpshooter-for-hire. -more-

James Kenney Park Inclusionary Workers Lose Jobs

By Judith Scherr
Friday September 28, 2007
Fulani Offuti has been an hourly worker in the Parks and Recreation Department for 11 years, working most recently in James Kenney Park’s inclusionary program, where disabled and able-bodied children are integrated into recreation activities. -more-


Superintendent Search Identifies BUSD Problems

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday September 28, 2007

Kavanagh Pleads Not Guilty

Bay City News
Friday September 28, 2007

Code Pink Protests Marine Recruitment Center

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday September 28, 2007

Health Officer Cites Race as Factor in Health Inequalities

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday September 28, 2007

Fire Department Log

By Richard Brenneman
Friday September 28, 2007

Three Medical Emergencies in a Day at Berkeley High School

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday September 28, 2007

Port Commission Nominee a Test of Dellums’ Strategies

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday September 28, 2007

BHA: Today Is Last Day to Mail Housing Applications

By Judith Scherr
Friday September 28, 2007

Autumn Holiday Activities May Sell Out Quickly

By Steven Finacom, Special to the Planet
Friday September 28, 2007

Editorials

Editorial: Bashing the Poor is Back in Style

By Becky O’Malley
Friday September 28, 2007
On Wednesday I had a rare opportunity to sit in a chair at an undisclosed location in the country for a couple of hours. I took along the New Yorker which had just arrived in my mailbox and my reading glasses, as well as some binoculars in case any birds showed up. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday September 28, 2007

Commentary: An Analysis of Bus Rapid Transit

By Wolfgang Homburger
Friday September 28, 2007

Columnists


Column: Undercurrents: Tribune Trips Over the Facts in AB45 Analysis

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday September 28, 2007

The Berkeley-Oakland Neighborhood Name Game

By Steven Finacom, Special to the Planet
Friday September 28, 2007

Garden Variety: Water, Water Everywhere — Or Not

By Ron Sullivan
Friday September 28, 2007

Quake Tip of the Week

By Larry Guillot
Friday September 28, 2007

About the House: A Small Do-It-Yourself Job You Can Tackle

By Matt Cantor
Friday September 28, 2007

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday September 28, 2007

Ragged Wing Stages ‘Alice in Wonderland’

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday September 28, 2007

‘Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits’

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday September 28, 2007

Visual Syncopation: Paintings by Robert Colescott

By Peter Selz, Special to the Planet
Friday September 28, 2007

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday September 28, 2007