News Updates

Downtown Plan, West Berkeley Top Commissioners’ Agenda

By Richard Brenneman

Monday December 01, 2008

Planning commissioners meet Wednesday night to take up agenda items sidelined at their Nov. 19 by debate over proposed revisions to Berkeley’s cell phone antenna regulations. -more-

News

Planners Won’t Approve Cell Tower Revisions

By Richard Brenneman

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Planning commissioners have refused to endorse a staff-prepared set of amendments to the city statutes governing placement of cell phone antennas. -more-

City’s Verizon Settlement Proves a Minor Embarrassment

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Wednesday November 26, 2008

While the City of Berkeley-Verizon Wireless “secret settlement agreement” is hardly likely to reach the notoriety of the infamous City of Berkeley-UC Berkeley “secret deal” of 2006, confusion over the Verizon settlement—if, in fact, it is actually a legal settlement—appears to be causing some momentary embarrassment among Berkeley City officials. -more-

Levine Pitches Casino Plan To East Bay Park Supporters

By Richard Brenneman

Wednesday November 26, 2008

“Bob said that for us, this is like walking into a lion’s den,” said the man who hopes to become the casino czar of Richmond. -more-

Richmond Casino Could Reject Lawsuits by Claiming Immunity

By Richard Brenneman

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Will Richmond allow a sovereign nation to build an enclave in their city, a state-within-a-city that possesses diplomatic immunity from California’s civil courts? -more-

New Guidelines for Addison Windows Gallery

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Wednesday November 26, 2008

The Berkeley Civic Arts Commission voted last Wednesday to approve new guidelines for the city-owned Addison Street Windows Gallery and introduced changes to the city’s contract with the gallery’s curator, Carol Brighton, following the public outcry that ensued when she rejected four posters from the national Art of Democracy series, citing curatorial judgment. -more-

Holidays Bring to Light the Need of NonProfits

By Kristin McFarland

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Grant Creates Wider Reach for Hesperian Foundation

By Kristin McFarland

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Mixed Reactions for Berkeley High Development Plan

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Wednesday November 26, 2008

School Board Bids Adieu to Rivera

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Newly elected Richmond Councilman Jeff Ritterman talks with a constituent during a program held at the city’s RichmondWORKS program.

Richmond’s Newest Councilmember Brings Activist Credentials to the Job

By Richard Brenneman

Wednesday November 26, 2008

East Bay Mayors File Suit to Block LBAM Spraying

By Richard Brenneman

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Cal Prof to Head White House Council of Economic Advisers

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Troubled Golden Gate Fields Parent Co. Hires Leading Bankruptcy Lawyers

By Richard Brenneman

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Battle Over BRT Continues

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Remembering a ‘Dangerous Man,’ Peter Miguel Camejo 1939-2008

By Sharon Peterson

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Rae Imamura 1945-2008

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Fire Dept. Log

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Wednesday November 26, 2008

You Write the Daily Planet

Wednesday November 26, 2008

By Richard Brenneman

Veteran environmental activist Sylvia McLaughlin listens as Berkeley developer James D. Levine pitches his project to build a casino at Richmond’s Point Molate.

Editorials

Doing Right By Thanksgiving and Afterwards

By Becky O’Malley

Wednesday November 26, 2008

The traditional Thanksgiving editorial starts off by remembering the Pilgrim Fathers. You never, for some reason, hear about the Pilgrim Mothers. They have been added parenthetically in the lead of the Wikipedia article about the Pilgrims for the sake of political correctness, but there’s no link to any article about them. There must have been Pilgrim Mothers, of course, because otherwise there wouldn’t have been a Society of Mayflower Descendants. -more-