Extra

Using Police In Oakland to Clear Out Occupy Was a Mistake (Commentary)

By Don Macleay
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 09:58:00 PM

Using the police to clear out Occupy Oakland was exactly the wrong thing to do. -more-


Flash: Protesters Back at Oakland Plaza; Ordered to Disperse for Third Time

By ScottMorris/JeffShuttleworth (BCN)
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 09:31:00 PM

Police at Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza have issued an order to disperse to hundreds of protesters for the third time tonight.

After police deployed tear gas on protesters earlier tonight, temporarily scattering the crowd of "Occupy Oakland" protesters, the group has reconvened at the plaza and officers have started to use rubber bullets on unruly demonstrators. -more-



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Police Arrest at Least 75 Protesters During "Occupy Oakland" Raid

By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 01:13:00 PM

Police said at least 75 protesters were arrested when officers wearing riot gear raided the "Occupy Oakland" encampment in Frank Ogawa Plaza early this morning.

Speaking at a news conference at City Hall that began around 9:20 a.m., interim Police Chief Howard Jordan said police are still processing those arrested and that the arrest total will likely increase.

The arrests were mostly for misdemeanor offenses, including unlawful assembly and lodging, Jordan said. -more-



Public Comment

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 08:13:00 AM

Occupy Advice -more-


Press Release: NLG Demands Immediate Release of Occupy Oakland Arrestees

Contacts: Rachel Lederman 415-350-6496 Michael Flynn 510-866-4981 Carlos Villarreal 415-377-6961
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 02:09:00 PM

The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) calls for the release of approximately 100 people who were arrested this morning in the police raid on Occupy Oakland. The NLGSF has learned that the arrestees are being illegally booked in Alameda County's Glenn Dyer Detention Facility in downtown Oakland and in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. -more-


The Clown with the Broken Leg

By Carol Denney
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 08:08:00 AM

My grandparents came from Pennsylvania to live with us when I was little, dazzling us with schtick from their vaudeville days. Our meals became a riot of quick patter and music hall jokes. “The show must go on”, my grandfather used to say, “is what the ringmaster says to the clown with the broken leg.” -more-


Editorial

The City Council and the School District Play Fast and Loose with Public Funds in Berkeley

By Becky O'Malley
Monday October 24, 2011 - 10:51:00 PM

While no one’s paying much attention, a substantial part of the last remaining open space in flatlands Berkeley is being reconfigured by the Berkeley Unified School District in collusion with bureaucrats working for the City of Berkeley. There has been almost no meaningful public discussion either of the goals of planned lavish and well-funded building projects or of the schedule for carrying them out. -more-


The Editor's Back Fence

Opera Program Canned by NPR Because of Host's Occupy Participation

By Becky O'Malley
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 01:17:00 PM

Here's something which really outrages me, both as an opera lover and as a journalist. Lisa Simeone is the host of the independently produced World of Opera radio series, live broadcasts of opera from around the country which have been distributed by National Public Radio. Evidently, she also took part in an Occupy action somewhere, sometime..

For the sin of having political opinions and acting on them, she (and her program) have been dropped from the NPR lineup, in spite of the fact that the show has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with politics.

And anyway, what if it did? But we won't even bring up that question, because this situation is bad enough. For full details, and to sign a petition to lily-livered NPR, consult the Fairness and Accuracy in Media website. -more-


Columns

Wild Neighbors:The Curse of Drosophila

By Joe Eaton
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 10:51:00 AM
Drosophila melanogaster, lab hero and kitchen pest.

I’m almost embarrassed to admit this, but I have a fruit fly problem. It’s recent—within the last month or so—and specific to the kitchen. This is a novel experience. We have Argentine ant invasions now and then, and a resident spider population, but never before fruit flies. So far they have me, as my father would say, buffaloed. -more-


My Commonplace Book (a diary of excerpts copied from printed books, with comments added by the reader.)

By Dorothy Bryant
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 08:27:00 AM

My politics are those of privacy and intellectual obsession. They look to Dante’s immemorial summons voiced by Ulysses: ”We are not formed to live come bruta, but to follow virtue and knowledge wherever these may lead, at whatever personal and social cost.” It may be that such a conviction is in certain regards pathological and self-indulgent . . . at the same time, (it) seems to me to justify man -more-


Eclectic Rant: Visiting Auschwitz

By Ralph E. Stone & Judi Iranyi
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 08:06:00 AM

We just returned from a tour of Central Europe. We visited Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, and Prague. On our drive from Warsaw to Krakow, we stopped at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oswiecim, renamed Auschwitz when the town and the surrounding area were incorporated within the Third Reich. -more-


Cartoon Page: Odd Bodkins: Jack

Dan O'Neill
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 11:37:00 AM

Arts & Events

Brain Raves: Exposing The Power of Subliminal Messaging

Reviewed by Gar Smith
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 10:53:00 AM
Media critic Noam Chomsky and film director Jeff Warrick.

Programming the Nation opens at the Balboa Theater on October 28.

Jeff Warrick is a genial, affable fellow who looks like he might be a high school football coach but be forewarned: Warrick is a man with an obsession — and a mission. Instead of studying how to score goals against cunning adversaries, Warrick's goal is studying whether advertisers are using hidden, subliminal messages to score in the marketplace. Warrick's game plan is mapped out in a provocative and dazzling new documentary, Programming the Nation. If you have children, you should see this film. If you value democracy, you should see this film and invite your friends and neighbors along for the experience. (You'll have a lot to talk about over coffee afterwards.) -more-


No Sugar-Coating for This Realistic ANNIE at Berkeley Playhouse

By John A. McMullen II
Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 11:20:00 AM

Berkeley Playhouse, the professional Children’s Musical Theatre at the Julia Morgan on College Ave., opens with ANNIE on October 29. -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

The City Council and the School District Play Fast and Loose with Public Funds in Berkeley 10-24-2011

The Editor's Back Fence

Opera Program Canned by NPR Because of Host's Occupy Participation 10-25-2011

New: Hancock Sponsors "Gut-and-Amend" Bills in Sacramento 10-19-2011

Cartoons

Cartoon Page: Odd Bodkins: Jack Dan O'Neill 10-25-2011

Cartoon Page: BOUNCE: By Joseph Young 10-20-2011

Cartoon Page: Odd Bodkins: The Answer Dan O'Neill 10-18-2011

Public Comment

Letters to the Editor 10-25-2011

Press Release: NLG Demands Immediate Release of Occupy Oakland Arrestees Contacts: Rachel Lederman 415-350-6496 Michael Flynn 510-866-4981 Carlos Villarreal 415-377-6961 10-25-2011

The Clown with the Broken Leg By Carol Denney 10-25-2011

Letters 10-22-2011

Possible New Council Chambers By Councilmembers Jesse Arreguin and Kriss Worthington 10-22-2011

Two Haiku for Yemen By Gar Smith 10-22-2011

Letter: Arreguin and Worthington Submit Agenda Item re Council Move to West Campus From Councilmember Jesse Arreguin 10-20-2011

Letters to the Editor 10-19-2011

A Framing Memo for Occupy Wall Street By George Lakoff, Reader Supported News 10-19-2011

Resurrect Berkeley's Rink By Wendy Schlesinger, MJ, CIP 10-18-2011

News

Using Police In Oakland to Clear Out Occupy Was a Mistake (Commentary) By Don Macleay 10-25-2011

Flash: Protesters Back at Oakland Plaza; Ordered to Disperse for Third Time By ScottMorris/JeffShuttleworth (BCN) 10-25-2011

Police Arrest at Least 75 Protesters During "Occupy Oakland" Raid By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN) 10-25-2011

Oakland 12th Street BART Re-Opens By Sasha Lekach (BCN) 10-25-2011

Downtown Oakland Workers Asked to Come Late By Sasha Lekach (BCN) 10-25-2011

Oakland Police Shut Down Occupy Oakland By Sasha Lekach (BCN) 10-25-2011

Occupy Berkeley's Growing Tent City Occupied Saturday at Civic Center by Peaceful Bay Area Teachers; But How Long Will Peaceful Vibes Last? by Ted Friedman 10-24-2011

1991 Firestorm Remembered At 20th Anniversary Ceremony By Steven Finacom 10-23-2011

Press Release: Raid on Occupy Oakland "Highly Probable" Tonight From Kevin Seal 10-24-2011

Press Release: Teachers at Berkeley's Realm Charter Schools Join Union From Cathy Campbell 10-24-2011

More Aftershocks Today By Sasha Lekach (Bay City News Service) 10-22-2011

Updated: Second Earthquake Strikes Berkeley Tonight: 3.8 By Bay City News Service 10-20-2011

Updated: Earthquake in Berkeley Now Estimated to be 3.9 Magnitude 10-20-2011

Berkeley City and BUSD Consider Moving Meetings to West Berkeley, Abandoning Old City Hall By Steven Finacom 10-20-2011

New: Occupy Berkeley Deliberates Reviving "How Berkeley Can You Be" Oct. 30; Calls for "Grade-in" and Lawn Watering Saturday--in Lieu of a March by Ted Friedman 10-21-2011

Berkeley City College Student Wins Norman Mailer Writing Award 10-20-2011

Earthquake Advice By Dorothy Snodgrass 10-20-2011

Press Release: Village Movement Takes Root among UC Berkeley’s Dynamic Elders By Yasmin Anwar | UCB Media Relations 10-20-2011

Berkeley City Officials Push UC to Choose West Berkeley for New LBNL Site--
With No Public Review(News Analysis)
By Zelda Bronstein 10-18-2011

Inside "Occupy Berkeley"—A Week in the Life of a Nascent Revolution by Ted Friedman 10-17-2011

The Unfinished Legacy of 2010: How a massive Democratic voter cop-out in last year’s elections put the reactionary right in the driver’s seat (News Analysis) By Frank Viviano (New America Media) 10-18-2011

One Fountain, One Hundred Years: The Circle Has a Centennial Party By Steven Finacom 10-18-2011

Add Your Opinion to the Downtown Berkeley Perceptions Survey By Deborah Badhia, DBA 10-18-2011

Remembering the Firestorm (First Person) By Dorothy Snodgrass 10-18-2011

Columns

Wild Neighbors:The Curse of Drosophila By Joe Eaton 10-25-2011

My Commonplace Book (a diary of excerpts copied from printed books, with comments added by the reader.) By Dorothy Bryant 10-25-2011

Eclectic Rant: Visiting Auschwitz By Ralph E. Stone & Judi Iranyi 10-25-2011

The New American Revolution: Occupy Wall Street By Bob Burnett 10-22-2011

On Mental Illness: Children on Medication By Jack Bragen 10-22-2011

My Commonplace Book (a diary of excerpts copied from printed books, with comments added by the reader.) By Dorothy Bryant 10-20-2011

Senior Power… “Always my best day of the week.” Part 1. By Helen Rippier Wheeler 10-20-2011

Warbler Variations and the Origin of a Species By Joe Eaton 10-18-2011

Arts & Events

Brain Raves: Exposing The Power of Subliminal Messaging Reviewed by Gar Smith 10-25-2011

No Sugar-Coating for This Realistic ANNIE at Berkeley Playhouse By John A. McMullen II 10-25-2011

Don't Miss This Around Halloween By Dorothy Snodgrass 10-24-2011

Around & About Theater: Central Works Premieres Brian Thorstenson's 'Embassy: A Domestic Diplomatic Comedy' By Ken Bullock 10-20-2011

New: Kronos Quartet Resets the Clock By Lou Fancher 10-19-2011

Around & About Theater, Music--& John Malkovich: The Infernal Comedy, Friday at Zellerbach By Ken Bullock 10-18-2011

Eye From the Aisle: Rep’s HOW to Write a NEW Book for the Bible—too funny, often too tragic to abide By John A. McMullen II 10-18-2011

Press Release: School Violence: Myths and Reality - Rescheduled - A Discussion with Annette Fuentes and Jody Sokolower at the Berkeley Public Library, Tuesday, November 1 at 6 p.m. From the Berkeley Public Library 10-19-2011