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Editorials
Using Feudal Succession to Keep Berkeley Twee
09-29-2011
The Editor's Back Fence
This is the Weekend Issue
10-01-2011
Bill Gutting CEQA Passed in Sacramento, Signed by Brown--
Skinner and Hancock Voted Yes
09-30-2011
Cartoons
Cartoon Page: BOUNCE: Internet Gnomes
By Joseph Young
09-28-2011
Cartoon Page: Bake-sale vs. Buffet
By Gar Smith
09-28-2011
Cartoon Page: Odd Bodkins: The Miracle
Dan O'Neill
09-28-2011
Public Comment
Who has the Right to Remove Benches At Bus Stops? A Bus Stop Bench Story
By Lydia Gans
10-03-2011
Laura's Law Revisited: Response to Ralph Stone
By Jack Bragen
10-01-2011
Tom Friedman Tries to Scapegoat Baby Boomers -- He Should Remember That We Helped Forge American Prosperity
By Ruth Rosen
09-30-2011
Letters: Mental Illness Column; Pension of City Manager; What is the Peak Democracy Open Town Hall Costing Us?
09-29-2011
Press Release: UC Students Stand for Diversity, Reject Affirmative Action Bake Sale, Push for SB185
From Darius L. Kemp, Director of Organizing and Communications
09-26-2011
News
Press Release: Public Meetings Planned for AC Transit Redistricting Process
From Clarence Johnson, AC Transit Media Affairs Manager
10-03-2011
Does Signing a Petition Give Parents a Voice in Schools?
By David Bacon
10-03-2011
Dr. Toy's Best Toys
By Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D.
10-03-2011
Tree-Sit Resumes to Protect People's Park Trees as University Fells Nearby Tree, Threatens to Buzz-Saw Tree Hosting the Sit
By Ted Friedman
09-29-2011
Bake Sale Generates Debate, Peaceful Protests
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
09-28-2011
Baked Goods and Arguments Retailed on Sproul Plaza
By Steven Finacom
09-28-2011
Flash: Berkeley City Manager Phil Kamlarz
to Retire on November 30
By Becky O'Malley
09-26-2011
Report on Berkeley City Employee Costs, Proposed Savings and Action Plan Released:
An Updated Comparison of 12 Greater Bay Area Cities
09-27-2011
UC Berkeley Groups Debate Affirmative Action at Campus Bake Sale
By Hannah Albarazi1 (BCN)
09-27-2011
Alta Bates Summit, Nurses' Union Dispute Responsibility for Patient's Death after Replacement Administers Wrong Medication
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
09-27-2011
"Parking Day" Comes to Berkeley
By Steven Finacom
09-27-2011
Green Schoolyards: Creating A Greener Generation©
By Stevanne Auerbach, PhD
09-26-2011
Columns
On Mental Illness: The Expectation of Employment
By Jack Bragen
10-03-2011
The Public Eye: There is No Political Middle Ground
By Bob Burnett
09-30-2011
Senior Power… My Generation’s War
By Helen Rippier Wheeler
09-30-2011
Eclectic Rant: Response to Jack Bragen
By Ralph Stone
09-29-2011
My Commonplace Book (a diary of excerpts copied from printed books, with comments added by the reader.)
By Dorothy Bryant
09-28-2011
On Mental Illness: Cigarettes, Coffee and Metabolic Syndrome
By Jack Bragen
09-27-2011
Arts & Events
BAY AREA CHILDREN’S THEATRE brings MAGIC SCHOOL BUS to life at Freight and Salvage thru Oct 23
By John A. McMullen
10-02-2011
Don't Miss This in October
By Dorothy Snodgrass
10-01-2011
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
Film review by Gar Smith
09-30-2011
Eye From the Aisle: Lucrezia Borgia at SF Opera—Star Vehicle for a Celestial Soprano
By John A. McMullen II
09-29-2011
Opera Review: Gounod's Romeo et Juliette at Livermore Valley Opera
By Ken Bullock
09-28-2011
Film Review: Raul Ruiz's Mysteries of Lisbon at Shattuck Cinemas
By Ken Bullock
09-28-2011
Book Review: Heart of a Soldier
Reviewed by Dorothy Snodgrass
09-28-2011
Free Speech Day Is October 1! Two Unique Ways to Celebrate
By Gar Smith
09-27-2011
"Jobs Not Cuts" Rally in Oakland October 15
By Zipporah Collins
09-27-2011