A police officer (at right) talks to people identified by police as friends and family of the shooting victim.
By Riya Bhattacharjee
A police officer (at right) talks to people identified by police as friends and family of the shooting victim.

Extra

Flash: Man Shot to Death on Durant Avenue

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - 05:00:00 PM

Police are searching for a suspect connected with the murder of Maceo Smith, 33, found shot to death in broad daylight at the Douglas Parking Lot at 2542 Durant Ave. Tuesday, a block from UC Berkeley. -more-


State of the City Goes Private

By Judith Scherr
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - 07:20:00 PM

Breaking with tradition, Mayor Tom Bates made his “state-of-the-city” address Tuesday night, not at a public gathering in City Council Chambers, but at a semi-private event held in a privately owned West Berkeley auditorium. -more-


Suspects Arrested after Armed Robbery of Berkeley Bank

By Bay City News
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - 02:54:00 PM

Four suspects stole $6,000 from the Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union at 2001 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley shortly before noon Tuesday, but they were later arrested in Oakland, according to Berkeley police spokeswoman Sgt. Mary Kusmiss. -more-


Council to Regents: Proposed Labs Endanger Wildlife, Humans

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 04:38:00 PM

More than two dozen people spoke to the City Council with one voice at a special meeting Monday night: placing two buildings proposed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories in the environmentally sensitive, landslide, wildfire and earthquake-prone area of Strawberry and Blackberry canyons is the wrong thing to do, they said. -more-


City Gets Hauled Back to Court

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 04:37:00 PM

Although the Berkeley City Council declared the U-Haul location at 2100 San Pablo Ave. to be a nuisance and voted unanimously in October to shut it down, the business is suing the city a second time to keep its doors open. -more-


Mayor Gives (Surprise) State of the City Speech Tonight

By Judith Scherr
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 11:25:00 AM

Tonight (Tuesday) Mayor Tom Bates will give his sixth state of the city address, according to a press release sent to some members of the media on Monday. The event will be held at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Meyer Sound, 2837 10th St. (at Heinz). -more-


BRT Alternative Tops Planning Panel Agenda

By Richard Brenneman
Monday May 12, 2008 - 03:43:00 PM

A group of Berkeley residents who oppose AC Transit’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) proposal will present city planning commissioners with their own counterproposal on Wednesday night. -more-


UC Berkeley Captures $20 Million State Stem Cell Laboratory Grant

By Richard Brenneman
Monday May 12, 2008 - 02:26:00 PM

UC Berkeley and 11 other California institutions will share $271 million in state bond funds slated for construction of stem cell research labs, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced last week. -more-


Even With Huge Salaries City Budget Is Balanced—For Now

By Judith Scherr
Sunday May 11, 2008 - 01:24:00 PM

While the city’s $315 million 2008-09 budget looks balanced today, Berkeley could get bad news this week when the governor updates state budget woes and, perhaps, asks cities and counties to loan or give up to the state millions of dollars from their already-stretched budgets. The state is projecting a $20 billion deficit. -more-


Panhandler Threatens Student with Knife in Downtown Fracas

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Saturday May 10, 2008 - 08:32:00 PM

Berkeley police arrested an Oakland resident Thursday, charging that he punched a Berkeley High sophomore in the chest, pulled out a knife and chased a group of students through downtown Berkeley to the gates of the school. -more-


Attorney Says Hoeft-Edenfield May Be Innocent

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday May 09, 2008 - 04:26:00 PM

Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield—the Berkeley City College student charged with murdering UC Berkeley engineering student Chris Wootton—did not enter a plea when he appeared at the Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland Thursday. -more-


Airsoft Gun from Berkeley High Robbery Found in Old Gym

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday May 09, 2008 - 04:27:00 PM

Berkeley police have recovered the airsoft gun allegedly belonging to the 17-year-old Berkeley High School junior who was arrested for robbing a sophomore Wednesday. -more-


Berkeley City Council Scorecard

By Judith Scherr
Friday May 09, 2008 - 04:41:00 PM

The City Council took the following actions on Tuesday, May 6: -more-



Page One

Schools React to Immigration Arrests

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:20:00 AM
Berkeley High School students Marnee Causey and Ashley Turner protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at a rally on the steps of the Berkeley Unified School District’s headquarters Wednesday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents pick-ed up a Berkeley family around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, during what immigration authorities called routine targeted enforcement action, and took all four family members to the Office of Detention and Removal Opera-tions in San Francisco for questioning. -more-



UC Student Killed in Fraternity Row Fight

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:48:00 AM
Sigma Pi President Joe Mazzella, roommate of UC Berkeley engineering student Chris Wootton, spoke at Wootton’s memorial service on the Sproul Hall steps. Mazzella shaved his head along with his other fraternity brothers on Sunday in honor of Wootton.

The scattered hair lying on the front porch of the Sigma Pi fraternity house Monday sum-med up the residents’ feelings for UC Berkeley engineering student Christopher Wootton, stabbed to death early Saturday morning less than a block away—love, admiration and respect. -more-



Mystery, Anger Cloud Story of Friday Night Shootings

By Richard Brenneman
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:49:00 AM

A brazen Friday night shooting of two young brothers in a troubled south Berkeley neighborhood has renewed calls for a greater police presence there. (The Planet is witholding their names because of their age.) -more-



DA Charges Suspect with Murder of UC Student

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:50:00 AM

The District Attorney’s office charged Berkeley City College student Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield, 20, with murder in the stabbing death of UC Berkeley engineering student Chris Wootton Tues-day afternoon. -more-



Conyers Asks DEA for Answers on Medical Cannabis Raids

By Judith Scherr
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:53:00 AM

Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, didn’t mince words in a recent letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency asking for a response to allegations that the agency has stepped up raids on dispensaries of medical marijuana. -more-



Commission Gets First Look at Plan for Landmarked UC Buildings

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:51:00 AM

UC Berkeley officials briefed the Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) last week on several campus project sites still in the planning phase at landmarked buildings and sites. -more-



Features

Council Delays Recommendation on New Lab Buildings

By Judith Scherr
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:59:00 AM

The wisdom of siting new laboratory facilities proposed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories in the “pristine” Strawberry Creek Canyon area was strongly questioned by members of the public and several councilmembers at the Tuesday evening Berkeley City Council meeting. -more-


City Council Rescinds Gaia Building Resolution

By Judith Scherr
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:02:00 AM

The Gaia Building on Allston Way was back before the council Tuesday. -more-


Assembly Candidates Face Off On the Issues

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:03:00 AM

The Daily Planet sat down with the four candidates in the California Assembly District 14 race, and asked them their views on various issues: health care, education, and economic development. The Planet is presenting some of their responses, continuing here with the economy. Their views on health care were published in the April 25 issue. -more-


On Casinos

Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:06:00 AM

Candidates in the Assembly District 14 race were asked their views on urban casinos as an economic development strategy. -more-


Chan, Polakoff Statements Missing from Pamphlets

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:07:00 AM

Campaign statements from candidates in two key local legislative races—former 16th District Assemblymember Wilma Chan in Senate District 9 and Berkeley physician Phil Polakoff in Assembly District 14—do not appear on the official ballot pamphlets for the June 3 primary, some of which have already been mailed to voters. -more-


Former Rent Board Member Gets Jail Time

By Bay City News
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:09:00 AM

Former Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board member Chris Kavanagh was sentenced last week to five years probation, including six months in the Alameda County jail, for his conviction of one felony count of falsely registering an ineligible voter, namely himself. -more-


Berkeley High Student Arrested in Robbery, Campus Locked Down

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:12:00 AM

Berkeley High School came under a brief lockdown Wednesday morning when Berkeley police searched the campus for a 17-year-old high school junior who was arrested for robbing a sophomore. -more-


10 Questions for Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks

By Jonathan Wafer
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:20:00 AM

1. Where were you born and where did you grow up, and how does that affect how you regard the issues in Oakland and in your district? -more-


Public Comment

Letters to the Editor

Monday May 12, 2008 - 01:40:00 PM

Letters to the Editor

Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:57:00 AM

ICE RAID -more-


Commentary: Yes on Prop. 98, No on Prop. 99

By Robert Cabrera
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 04:54:00 PM

Proposition 98 in the June 3 ballot is good for tenants. It phases out rent controls on a unit only when that unit becomes voluntarily vacant. Via Prop. 98, the local rent law is folded into the state constitution and the current tenant is protected from any changes in the law. Changes do happen: the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, undermined rent control in Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland, and other California cities. Many people say that if 98 passes then there will be mass evictions. This same claim was made prior to the passage of vacancy decontrol (Costa-Hawkins) in the mid ’90s, but the evictions never materialized. It is nearly impossible to evict a tenant and Prop. 98 does not change that fact. -more-


Commentary: 40 Years After Paris: Can Mass Protests Still Make a Difference?

By Randy Shaw
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 04:53:00 PM

On May 13, 1968, students, workers, and activists marched through the streets of Paris to challenge the nation’s social, economic, and political structures. The marches were a prelude to what became a two-week general strike, the impact of which remains hotly debated to this day. The events of May 1968 were not the world’s first mass protests, but their role in the subsequent alteration of French society was widely hailed as proving the power of political action outside the electoral process. The United States also saw mass protests in 1968, but their failure to end the Vietnam War and the election of Richard Nixon that November left many activists frustrated. The successful WTO protests in Seattle reasserted the power of mass protest, but this appears to have dissipated as the Bush Administration invaded Iraq despite millions taking to the streets and the federal government failed to legalize undocumented immigrants despite the mass protests of the Spring of 2006. Can mass protest still make a difference in the United States, or is the electoral process—embodied in the mass involvement of those in the Obama campaign—now seen as the leading if not exclusive route to progressive change? -more-


Commentary: 10 Reasons I’m Supporting Kriss Worthington for Assembly

By Nancy Carleton
Monday May 12, 2008 - 05:23:00 PM

In his 11-plus years on City Council, Kriss Worthington has been such an effective leader on so many issues that it would be easy to come up with a list of well over a hundred reasons he’s earned my support in his bid for a state Assembly seat. Here are just 10 of them: -more-


Commentary: "Rapid Bus Plus" -- a Community-Developed Alternative to Bus Rapid Transit

By Berkeleyans for Better Transportation Options (BBTOP)
Saturday May 10, 2008 - 04:31:00 PM

Rapid Bus Plus is a draft alternative to AC Transit's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) proposal. Our goal is to get the most environmental and economic benefits from each scarce transit dollar invested, while making no one worse off. To win new transit riders, we would enhance the best features of BRT, while expanding their benefits beyond the BART/Telegraph corridor (where buses already work well and commuters also have the BART alternative). -more-


Mothers' Day Proclamation

By Julia Ward Howe
Saturday May 10, 2008 - 06:45:00 PM

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether our baptism be that of water or of fears! Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by -more-


Commentary: Berkeley Rejects First and Fourth Amendments

By Janet Weiss
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:32:00 AM

The Berkeley High Warm Pool is under siege from many fronts. Although the gym is registered on the state and federal registries of historic landmarks, the Berkeley Unified School District is still slated to tear down the pool. Swimmers have been working with the City of Berkeley for nearly a decade, but we have been told that there are no funds to build a new pool. -more-


Commentary: Cal Student’s Death — An Avoidable Tragedy?

by Michelle Pellegrin, Lynn Halperin, Joe Halperin, Randy Fish, Dea Robertson-Gutierrez, Doug Buckwald, Judith McKoy
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:29:00 AM

Could the tragedy of Christopher Wootton’s death have been avoided if we had been more proactive with prevention and enforcement efforts in our community? Sadly, we think it’s possible that might be the case. We are a group of neighbors who have volunteered our time for over two years on the Chancellor’s Task Force on Student/Neighbor Relations working on issues of alcohol-related behavior in the Southside. -more-


Commentary: Time to Get Serious About the State Density Bonus Law

By Bob Allen
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:33:00 AM

The state Density Bonus Law is having a major impact on the face of development in Berkeley. It has resulted in buildings which are substantially larger then those allowed by the Berkeley Zoning Code and which are impacting the neighborhoods along our transit corridors in ways that were not anticipated. While both the neighborhoods and our newspapers like to label the Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) and City Council as pro-development and the development community sees both as anti-development, this misses the point. It is the state law that has created these larger buildings. The law is a poorly written document riddled with ambiguities which in itself contributes to the angry debate which is the mode for all Density Bonus project hearings. The approval process on these buildings is all but dysfunctional and we need to address the issue so that ZAB and the City Council can regain control over the development of our city. -more-


Commentary: Make Every Day ‘Bike to Work Day’

By Erica Etelson
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:35:00 AM

Thursday, May 15 is National Bike to Work Day and, across the country, we can witness the spectacle of mayors and governors, CEOs and celebrities, donning brand new helmets and pedaling off toward a green horizon. Tomorrow, they’ll be back to driving so that, by year’s end, they’ll have traveled more than 13,000 miles by car. -more-


Commentary: A Response from Pesticide Action Network

By Dr. Margaret Reeves and Kathryn Gilje
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:40:00 AM

An April 25 commentary in the Daily Planet (“No Compromise On Apple Moth Pesticide”) misrepresented our organization’s position. We’d like to clarify our mission and the position of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) regarding the light brown apple moth (LBAM). -more-


Commentary: Prop. 98 Would Eliminate Rent Control and Tenant Protections

By Lynda Carson
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:43:00 AM

The June 2008 Ballot has a dangerous measure known as Proposition 98 (California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act, or CPOFPA). If passed by the voters, Prop. 98 would terminate rent control, tenant protections, and would place homeowners at risk by allowing unscrupulous property owners to challenge existing building codes and zoning laws that may prohibit the placing of a “pig sty” next to someone’s home, or a “porn shop” next to a church or school. -more-


Editorial

Editorial: Fraternity Row Brawl Has Predictable Outcome

By Becky O'Malley
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 09:53:00 AM

Long ago my mother-in-law had a handyman who called himself, in those pre-PC days, a hillbilly. He was a snaggle-toothed fellow who chewed tobacco and was not shy about telling you he’d done time “Inside.” We knew him only as Chester. -more-


The Editor's Back Fence

The Editor's Soapbox

By Becky O'Malley
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 01:48:00 PM

As our Internet experiment ("daily online, weekly in print") moves forward, we’ve encountered a certain amount of guilt-tripping from our friends and neighbors for “deserting” them on Tuesdays. Everyone seems to like getting their weekend paper earlier, on Thursdays, but they whine that they’ve been accustomed to having another little news fix earlier in the week, and they hate to give it up. Friends, there’s new stuff posted on this web site almost every single day: news, opinions both letters and commentary, columnists, you name it, something new every time you turn around. . . Today, check out the surprise announcement of the Mayor's State of the City Address, something we didn't know about when we put the print paper to bed last week. -more-


Columns

Oakland’s Traffic Stop Crime Fighting Policy Continues

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - 07:18:00 PM

From all over Oakland this winter and spring, there have been calls for a crackdown on the city’s crime and violence, with police being allowed to fill in the details, at their discretion, of how such crackdown will be carried out. -more-


Clinton’s Last Stand

By Bob Burnett
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 04:48:00 PM

Tuesday, May 6th, was the decisive night in the struggle for the Democratic nomination. It provided new insight into the character of the two competitors. -more-


Economic Outlook:The Great Divide: Wall Street vs. Main Street

By Richard Hylton
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:17:00 AM

A strange thing happened last week. Financial experts, government officials, CEOs, and the odd billionaire investor declared the financial crisis all but over. These are the same folks who only a month before were calling it the worst systemic financial crisis since the 1930s and predicting that even the basic functions of the global money machine were at risk. Now only weeks later we’re being told that the worst is over and stocks have begun rising again. Things move quickly in the new economy—but that quickly? After all, that other big crisis that started in 1929 lasted a bit longer than nine months. -more-


Dispatches From The Edge: Syria and the Neo-Cons; J Street Launches

By Conn Hallinan
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:24:00 AM

A “very odd affair” is how the Financial Times (FT) characterized the Bush Administration’s release of intelligence charging that the Syrian building bombed by the Israelis last Sept. 6 was a North Korean-designed nuclear reactor just weeks from being operational. -more-


UnderCurrents: Nation Turns Its Eyes to Race, Again, But With Conditions

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:27:00 AM

Last week—just as I was in the middle of writing my column about the calls for Illinois Senator Barack Obama to go for a knockout blow in the Democratic presidential primaries—the latest round of national clamor over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright issue was breaking. This was prompted first by Rev. Wright’s appearances on Bill Moyers and his speeches at the National Press Club and the NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, and then by Sen. Barack Obama’s followup press conference in which he broke, once and for all, with his former pastor. -more-


Friend or Faux? Examining the Origin of House Materials

By Jane Powell
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:51:00 AM

Once upon a time, houses were built with the materials at hand, or those things that could be made using the materials at hand (concrete, for instance). Around here, that tended to be wood and masonry (stone, brick, stucco, and concrete). These days, more and more construction materials are fake. -more-


Green Neighbors: Alder News That’s Fit to Print

By Ron Sullivan
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:55:00 AM
Alder trunk and rhomboid leaves in Sunol Regional Park.

If you’re like Joe and me, you’re spending as much of this sunny weather as you can outdoors, especially in our handy local parks. The breeding birds are here, and they’re putting on a show as they sing and chase and carry on, establishing territories, picking mates, building nests. The bloom season is at its height, multiple species carpeting outer Point Reyes and interior grassy hillsides. -more-


Home & Garden

About the House: Conflicts of Interest and Expertise in Contracting

By Matt Cantor
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:58:00 AM

I had a slight tense phone call with a rather difficult person this morning. Not a great way to start the day, but I guess it goes with the business and I’m lucky to be employed. -more-


Arts Listings

Arts Calendar

Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:50:00 AM

Impact Theater Stages ‘’Tis Pity She’s a Whore’

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:45:00 AM

Theatre de la Jeune’s ‘Figaro’ at Berkeley Rep

By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:48:00 AM

Berkeley Opera Presents Ravel and Bartok’s One-Act Masterpieces

By Jaime Robles, Special to the Planet
Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:48:00 AM

Events Listings

Community Calendar

Thursday May 08, 2008 - 10:09:00 AM

Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Editorial: Fraternity Row Brawl Has Predictable Outcome 05-08-2008

The Editor's Back Fence

The Editor's Soapbox 05-13-2008

Public Comment

Letters to the Editor 05-12-2008

Letters to the Editor 05-08-2008

Commentary: Yes on Prop. 98, No on Prop. 99 By Robert Cabrera 05-13-2008

Commentary: 40 Years After Paris: Can Mass Protests Still Make a Difference? By Randy Shaw 05-13-2008

Commentary: 10 Reasons I’m Supporting Kriss Worthington for Assembly By Nancy Carleton 05-12-2008

Commentary: "Rapid Bus Plus" -- a Community-Developed Alternative to Bus Rapid Transit By Berkeleyans for Better Transportation Options (BBTOP) 05-10-2008

Mothers' Day Proclamation By Julia Ward Howe 05-10-2008

Commentary: Berkeley Rejects First and Fourth Amendments By Janet Weiss 05-08-2008

Commentary: Cal Student’s Death — An Avoidable Tragedy? by Michelle Pellegrin, Lynn Halperin, Joe Halperin, Randy Fish, Dea Robertson-Gutierrez, Doug Buckwald, Judith McKoy 05-08-2008

Commentary: Time to Get Serious About the State Density Bonus Law By Bob Allen 05-08-2008

Commentary: Make Every Day ‘Bike to Work Day’ By Erica Etelson 05-08-2008

Commentary: A Response from Pesticide Action Network By Dr. Margaret Reeves and Kathryn Gilje 05-08-2008

Commentary: Prop. 98 Would Eliminate Rent Control and Tenant Protections By Lynda Carson 05-08-2008

News

Flash: Man Shot to Death on Durant Avenue By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-14-2008

State of the City Goes Private By Judith Scherr 05-14-2008

Suspects Arrested after Armed Robbery of Berkeley Bank By Bay City News 05-14-2008

Council to Regents: Proposed Labs Endanger Wildlife, Humans By Judith Scherr 05-13-2008

City Gets Hauled Back to Court By Judith Scherr 05-13-2008

Mayor Gives (Surprise) State of the City Speech Tonight By Judith Scherr 05-13-2008

BRT Alternative Tops Planning Panel Agenda By Richard Brenneman 05-12-2008

UC Berkeley Captures $20 Million State Stem Cell Laboratory Grant By Richard Brenneman 05-12-2008

Even With Huge Salaries City Budget Is Balanced—For Now By Judith Scherr 05-11-2008

Panhandler Threatens Student with Knife in Downtown Fracas By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-10-2008

Attorney Says Hoeft-Edenfield May Be Innocent By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-09-2008

Airsoft Gun from Berkeley High Robbery Found in Old Gym By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-09-2008

Berkeley City Council Scorecard By Judith Scherr 05-09-2008

Schools React to Immigration Arrests By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-08-2008

UC Student Killed in Fraternity Row Fight By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-08-2008

Mystery, Anger Cloud Story of Friday Night Shootings By Richard Brenneman 05-08-2008

DA Charges Suspect with Murder of UC Student By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-08-2008

Conyers Asks DEA for Answers on Medical Cannabis Raids By Judith Scherr 05-08-2008

Commission Gets First Look at Plan for Landmarked UC Buildings By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-08-2008

Council Delays Recommendation on New Lab Buildings By Judith Scherr 05-08-2008

City Council Rescinds Gaia Building Resolution By Judith Scherr 05-08-2008

Assembly Candidates Face Off On the Issues By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 05-08-2008

On Casinos 05-08-2008

Chan, Polakoff Statements Missing from Pamphlets By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 05-08-2008

Former Rent Board Member Gets Jail Time By Bay City News 05-08-2008

Berkeley High Student Arrested in Robbery, Campus Locked Down By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-08-2008

10 Questions for Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks By Jonathan Wafer 05-08-2008

Columns

Oakland’s Traffic Stop Crime Fighting Policy Continues By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 05-14-2008

Clinton’s Last Stand By Bob Burnett 05-13-2008

Economic Outlook:The Great Divide: Wall Street vs. Main Street By Richard Hylton 05-08-2008

Dispatches From The Edge: Syria and the Neo-Cons; J Street Launches By Conn Hallinan 05-08-2008

UnderCurrents: Nation Turns Its Eyes to Race, Again, But With Conditions By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 05-08-2008

Friend or Faux? Examining the Origin of House Materials By Jane Powell 05-08-2008

Green Neighbors: Alder News That’s Fit to Print By Ron Sullivan 05-08-2008

About the House: Conflicts of Interest and Expertise in Contracting By Matt Cantor 05-08-2008

Arts & Events

Arts Calendar 05-08-2008

Impact Theater Stages ‘’Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet 05-08-2008

Theatre de la Jeune’s ‘Figaro’ at Berkeley Rep By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet 05-08-2008

Berkeley Opera Presents Ravel and Bartok’s One-Act Masterpieces By Jaime Robles, Special to the Planet 05-08-2008

Friend or Faux? Examining the Origin of House Materials By Jane Powell 05-08-2008

Green Neighbors: Alder News That’s Fit to Print By Ron Sullivan 05-08-2008

About the House: Conflicts of Interest and Expertise in Contracting By Matt Cantor 05-08-2008

Community Calendar 05-08-2008