News Updates

Judge Orders Oakland to Prove Hodge Should Be Kept Off Ballot

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Posted Tue., March 25—A Superior Court judge has ordered the City of Oakland and the Alameda County Registrar of Voters to put Oakland School Board member Greg Hodge on the June 3 ballot for the District 3 Oakland City Council race, or to show cause why he should be kept off. -more-

News

Pro-War Group Roars Into Berkeley

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Roaring into Berkeley on their Harley’s—with the more sedate aboard red-white-and-blue-draped SUVs—a leather-clad flag-bearing conservative America took center stage Saturday at the downtown Marine Recruiting Center. The event, which drew some 350 people at its height, was organized by two groups, Eagles Up and Move America Forward (MAF). -more-

Code Pink Arrests Mark 4,000 Deaths In Iraq War

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Screaming and wailing to mark the 4,000th America soldier who had died in Iraq, four Code Pink women blocked the doorway at the downtown Marine Recruiting Center Monday, then walked inside where police handcuffed and arrested them. -more-

West Berkeley Speakers Plead for Industrial Jobs

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Workers, residents and small business owners gathered Thursday night to hear planners and labor activists offer evidence and arguments for exercising restraint in making any zoning changes in West Berkeley. -more-

School District Employees Protest State Budget Cuts

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Dozens of community members joined Berkeley Unified School District employees and parents to protest Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger’s proposed $4.6 million state education budget cuts Friday. -more-

Council Discusses Tax Measures, Condo Conversion

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday March 25, 2008
A long-awaited revision of the Condominium Conversion Ordinance will be before the Berkeley City Council tonight (Tuesday). -more-

Neighbors Try to Stop Chevron Mini-Mart

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Nurse Strike Numbers Disputed by Sutter, CNA Officials

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday March 25, 2008

West Berkeley, Density, Downtown Plan On Planning Commission Agenda

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Thurmond Continues to Lead Assembly 14 Fundraising

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Hancock Leads Chan in District 9 Fundraising

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Bennett ‘Bud’ Hassink, 1926-2008

By March Hajre-Chapman
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Berkeley Gets New Rent Board Member And Acting Housing Director

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday March 25, 2008

West Berkeley Man Dies in I-80 Collision

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Eagles Up demonstrates support for the troops and the war Saturday at the downtown Marine Recruiting Center. Code Pink has been demonstrating against the war and recruitment since September.
Judith Scherr
Eagles Up demonstrates support for the troops and the war Saturday at the downtown Marine Recruiting Center. Code Pink has been demonstrating against the war and recruitment since September.

Editorials

Editorial: Dreaming About Bringing the Country to the City

By Becky O'Malley
Tuesday March 25, 2008
The black phoebe is back in Santa Cruz. A handsome bird, black on top and white below, check. Found near water, often around houses, southern exposures, check. Sits on top of posts (the umbrella pole), check. Builds nest on vertical surface with shelter above (under the eaves of the studio), check. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday March 25, 2008

Commentary: Thoughts on the New Center Street Designs

Tuesday March 25, 2008

Commentary: Family Traditions: Easter and Passover

By Brooke Chabot
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Commentary: Trying Times for Teachers

By Beth Trevor
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Commentary: How Relevant is the Economy?

By Marvin Chachere
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Commentary: Hillary Clinton Lied About Outsourcing, Too

By Paul Rockwell
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Commentary: Why Are the Democrats Determined to Self Destruct?

By Bob Smith
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Columnists

A great egret, perched on a fence at Lake Merritt.

Wild Neighbors: Egrets, Deer and Prince Kropotkin

By Joe Eaton
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday March 25, 2008

Professor Joseph Voyle using his psychic compass divining rod to reveal to the public his newly discovered buried city under the UC Berkeley campus. From the San Francisco Call, June 22, 1908.

Books: Prof. Joseph Voyle’s Buried Ancient City Under UC Berkeley

By Richard Schwartz
Tuesday March 25, 2008

The Theater: ‘Tragedy: A Tragedy’ at Berkeley Rep

By Ken Bullock, Special to The Planet
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday March 25, 2008