News

Storm Leads to Fatal Fire, Flooded Streets

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday January 08, 2008
A power outage caused by the heavy storm that swept through Northern California led to a Saturday morning fire that claimed the life of a Berkeley man. -more-

Oakland Development Issues Continue Into 2008

By J. Douglas Allen Taylor
Tuesday January 08, 2008
While no one knows everything the new year will bring, there are at least two major Oakland development issues and controversies we know are coming up, unresolved in the old year and therefore carried over to the new. -more-

Stabbing Victim Berkeley’s First Murder of Year

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday January 08, 2008
Berkeley logged what may be the first murder of the year when a 44-year-old man died Thursday at Highland Hospital, 12 days after he was stabbed outside an Adeline Street bar. -more-

Bayer Leasing Agreement Worries West Berkeley’s Alliance Graphics

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday January 08, 2008
Bayer’s plans to close a parking lot used by artists and clients of West Berkeley’s Sawtooth Build-ing follow the company’s lease of an adjacent building. -more-

Locals Stump for Iowa Caucus Campaigns

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday January 08, 2008
What would it take to get Bay Area folk to trudge through Iowa snow in the heart of winter? -more-



Holes in the roof of the Berkeley Hills home at 1156 Keith Ave. attest to the ferocity of the fire that gutted the three-level residence early Saturday and killed 61-year-old Richard Drury. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.
Holes in the roof of the Berkeley Hills home at 1156 Keith Ave. attest to the ferocity of the fire that gutted the three-level residence early Saturday and killed 61-year-old Richard Drury. Photograph by Richard Brenneman.

Editorials

Editorial: All Change Is Not Progress

By Becky O’Malley
Tuesday January 08, 2008
Despite my announced official position on the race for the Democratic nomination for president—that I’m happy to let those who care passionately decide who it will be—I occasionally sneak a peek at the campaign propaganda. Watching the thrust and counter-thrust in the battle of slogans, and how the press reports on it, you can get a pretty good picture of what Americans care about, or at least what the people in power or aspiring to power hope they care about. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday January 08, 2008

Commentary: Recall Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates

By Julie Dickinson
Tuesday January 08, 2008

Commentary: Jane Brunner—The Teflon Incumbent

By Robert Brokl
Tuesday January 08, 2008

First Person: Living in the Last Days of the American Republic

By Marvin Chachere
Tuesday January 08, 2008

Columnists

Column: The Public Eye: Steroid America

By Bob Burnett
Tuesday January 08, 2008

Green Neighbors: Going Medieval on the Streets of Berkeley

By Ron Sullivan
Tuesday January 08, 2008

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday January 08, 2008

The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson at the de Young

By Peter Selz, Special to the Planet
Tuesday January 08, 2008

Benny Green Brings Monterey Jazz All-Stars to Zellerbach Hall

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday January 08, 2008

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday January 08, 2008