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

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

Editorial Cartoons

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Crude Oil Cruiselines Extended Vacation Getaway!

By Justin DeFreitas
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Letters to the Editor

Monday December 01, 2008

Few Pay Attention to AC Transit’s Transgressions

By Joyce Roy
Wednesday November 26, 2008

‘Red Neck Woman’—The Long Coming Legacy of Goldwater

By Jean Damu
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Israel’s Policies in Gaza Inhumane and Self-Defeating

By Annette Herskovits
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Poisonous PR Reported Too Faithfully

By Joanna Graham
Wednesday November 26, 2008

The Carter-Olmert Middle East Peace Proposal

By Akio Tanaka
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Creativity in the Face of Climate Change

By Elyse Bekins
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Things Obama Should—But Won’t—Do

By Kenneth J. Theisen
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Columnists

The Public Eye: Contrasting Presidents Bush and Obama

By Bob Burnett
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Undercurrents: Never Too Early to Start Speculating About 2010

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Dead live-oaks in forested hillside, Bolinas Lagoon. The dead trees still support live beard lichens.

Green Neighbors: Death and Change in the Forest

By Ron Sullivan
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Wednesday November 26, 2008

‘Arabian Nights’ Comes to Berkeley Rep

By Ken Bullock Special to the Planet
Wednesday November 26, 2008

Impact Theatre Stages ‘Tailgrass Gothic’ at La Val’s

By Ken Bullock Special to the Planet
Wednesday November 26, 2008

CYNTHIA DAVIS SINGS AT ANNA’S JAZZ ISLAND

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Home & Garden

2425 Hillside Ave. today.

East Bay: Then and Now—The House of Three Charlies Conceals Many Stories

By Daniella Thompson
Wednesday November 26, 2008

About the House: Termite Baiting and Integrated Pest Management

By Matt Cantor
Wednesday November 26, 2008


Events Calendar

Community Calendar

Wednesday November 26, 2008