News Updates

Local NAACP Youth Council Plans Reading for 40th Anniversary of King's Death

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008
Posted Thurs., April 3—The Berkeley-Albany-Emeryville NAACP Youth Council will mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King by reading his Letter from a Birmingham Jail at the Berkeley Public Library on Kittredge Street. -more-

Activists Push Dellumns to Fulfill 'Ban the Box' Promise

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday April 01, 2008
Posted Thurs., April 3—Under “friendly” but pointed pressure from community activists to fulfill a campaign pledge, Oakland Mayor Dellums has set a May 31 deadline to begin removing barriers to the hiring of formerly incarcerated people for City of Oakland jobs. -more-

Code Pink Says April Fools at Marine Recruiting Station

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008
Posted Wed., April 2—Code Pink had the last laugh on April Fool’s Day, but the antiwar group preferred to call their little prank a “hope” instead of a hoax. -more-

Sutter RNs End 10-Day Walkout

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday April 01, 2008
Posted Wed., April 2—The ten-day strike that hit Sutter Health's Bay Area hospitals ended Monday with the start of the 7 a.m. shift. -more-

News

End of an Era in Elmwood?

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday April 01, 2008
The transformation of Berkeley’s Elmwood commercial district into a trendy amalgam of restaurant row and upscale shopping district may be moving another step forward. -more-

BUSD Marks Cesar Chavez Day

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008
Malcolm X Elementary School fifth grader Anala Griffin makes a strawberry smoothie by pedaling on a bicycle blender during the school’s Cesar Chavez Day celebrations Friday, as an AmeriCorp vounteer and Malcolm X garden teacher Rivka Mason look on.
Student power highlighted Cesar Chavez Day celebrations at Malcolm X Elementary School Friday. -more-

Businesses for Peace May Counter Boycott

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday April 01, 2008
Once again the anti-war Code Pink ladies are squaring off with pro-war Eagles Up. This time it’s not dueling demos at the Marine Recruiting Center. -more-

SuperBOLD Awarded for Push for More Public Comment

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday April 01, 2008
When 90-plus-year-old Fran Rachel came to the Berkeley City Council in February to plead for the body’s approval of an item supporting peace, the speaker caused Councilmember Betty Olds to recall how she and friends had kept their children out of the Vietnam War through subterfuge. -more-

Judge’s Ruling Puts Hodge on Ballot

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Tuesday April 01, 2008
A Superior Court judge ruled Friday that Oakland school boardmember Greg Hodge must be placed on the June 3 ballot for the City Council race in District 3, setting up what is expected to be a fierce election challenge to incumbent Councilmember Nancy Nadel. -more-

Berkeley PTAs Unite Against State Budget Cuts

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008

BUSD Surpluses Sixth Street Property

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Landmarks Commission to Discuss Remodel of Former Bentley’s Facade

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Wolfgang Homburger speaks about Bus Rapid Transit to members of the Berkeley City Commons Club.

Retired UC Berkeley Traffic Expert Casts Wary Eye on Bus Rapid Transit Plans

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Zoning Board OKs 24-Hour Chevron Mini Mart on Shattuck

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008

East Bay Daily News Prints Final Issue

By Richard Brenneman
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Rumors Circulate About Marines Leaving Berkeley

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Getting to Know the North Berkeley Library

By Phila Rogers, Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 01, 2008

On the Corner

By Phila Rogers, Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Calling All Quilts

By Phila Rogers, Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 01, 2008

First Person: Moving Out

By Annie Kassof
Tuesday April 01, 2008

The former Elmwood Pharmacy may be closing its doors.
Richard Brenneman
The former Elmwood Pharmacy may be closing its doors.

Editorials

Editorial: Annual Report

By Becky O'Malley
Tuesday April 01, 2008
The obits are everywhere this week: “Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of mission at a pace that would have been barely imaginable just four years ago.” -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday April 01, 2008

Commentary: Seeing the Positive Reality of Change in West Berkeley

By Steven Donaldson
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Commentary: Obama — Guilty By Association

By Jack Bragen
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Commentary: The Winter Soldier Investigation and our National Movement for Liberation and Popular Democracy

By Marc Sapir
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Columnists

Column: Public Eye: Obama and Lincoln

By Bob Burnett
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Antioch Dunes evening primrose with unknown insect.

Column: Wild Neighbors: Antioch Dunes — Rare Insects of an Inland Island

By Joe Eaton
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday April 01, 2008

Shotgun Stages ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession’

By Ken Bullock, Special to The Planet
Tuesday April 01, 2008

Events Calendar

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday April 01, 2008