News

Big Trees, Big Building and Big Oil Highlighted UC Berkeley’s 2007

By Richard Brenneman
Friday December 28, 2007
For California’s premier public university, 2007 was a year of big trees, big buildings and Big Oil. -more-

News Analysis: Looking Back on The Year in Berkeley

By Judith Scherr
Friday December 28, 2007
Take a look back at Berkeley in 2007. -more-

How Green did Berkeley Get in 2007?

By Judith Scherr
Friday December 28, 2007
2007 has been a year of hype and hope about how green Berkeley is and might be. -more-

Year Saw New Plans for Downtown and West Berkeley

By Richard Brenneman
Friday December 28, 2007
Berkeley ended the year with the draft of a new downtown plan and a strong push to change the existing plan for West Berkeley. -more-

A Year of Mixed Results for Dellums’ Administration

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday December 28, 2007
There is only one phrase to properly describe the first year of the administration of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums: “mixed results.” -more-

A Year of Political Turnaround in the Oakland Schools

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

2007 in the Berkeley Unified School District

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday December 28, 2007

Injured Pedestrian Struck By Car Dies

By Judith Scherr
Friday December 28, 2007

UC Berkeley students protesting the $500 million BP research agreement march through Sather Gate during a May 8 demonstration that ended in chants outside the administration building. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.
UC Berkeley students protesting the $500 million BP research agreement march through Sather Gate during a May 8 demonstration that ended in chants outside the administration building. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.

Editorials

Editorial: Keep Those Letters Coming In, Folks

By Becky O’Malley
Friday December 28, 2007
Year-in-Review issues of papers like ours (well, there aren’t many papers like this one, but let’s say of any periodical publication) are anomalies. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Friday December 28, 2007

Commentary: A First Look at New School Superintendent

By Julie Holcomb
Friday December 28, 2007

Commentary: AC Transit Will Not Replace Parking Loss

By Sharon Hudson
Friday December 28, 2007

Commentary: Protecting the Silent Majority

By Jonathan DeYoe
Friday December 28, 2007

Columnists

Column: Dispatches From the Edge: The Surge: Illusion and Reality

By Conn Hallinan
Friday December 28, 2007

Column: The Public Eye: 2007: Winners and Losers

By Bob Burnett
Friday December 28, 2007

East Bay Then and Now: Two East Bay Churches Mark Christmas Centennials

By Daniella Thompson
Friday December 28, 2007

About the House: Remodeling the Single Bath

By Matt Cantor
Friday December 28, 2007

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday December 28, 2007

S.F. Chamber Orchestra Season Begins with Free Area Concerts

By Ira Steingroot, Special to the Planet
Friday December 28, 2007

A Look Back at 2007 in Local Theater

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

Books: Oscar and Me: An Appreciation

By Dan Wick
Friday December 28, 2007

Four Poems

By John Rowe
Friday December 28, 2007

Hush Money

By Gilbert G. Bendix
Friday December 28, 2007

A Poem for Peace

By Morton Felix
Friday December 28, 2007

Grapes of Wrath Revisited

By Marianne Robinson
Friday December 28, 2007

‘Don’t Shoot! Don’t Shoot!

By Judith Hunt
Friday December 28, 2007

The Spirit of Giving Gets Contagious

By Suzie Skugstad
Friday December 28, 2007

In the Beginning is the Word

By Joey Yovino-Young
Friday December 28, 2007

Berkeley

By Nance Wogan
Friday December 28, 2007

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Friday December 28, 2007