About 200 people, half of whom were grade-school students, gathered to celebrate the state’s first César Chávez Day with poetry, dance and learning. -more-
Education expert Alfie Kohn, one of the nation’s most outspoken opponents of high stakes standardized tests, told hundreds of Bay Area teachers Thursday that California is leading the race to the bottom in public education by overemphasizing standardized tests. -more-
Bears get early commitment from New Orleans prep star -more-
If the newest census figures are to be believed, Berkeley’s population has scarcely grown in 10 years. But the population has shifted. -more-
Berkeley Observed -more-
The eye as a camera has been a powerful metaphor for poets and scientists alike, implying that the eye provides the brain with detailed snapshots that form the basis for our rich experience of the world. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — California power regulators already have approved the biggest electricity rate hikes in state history. Now they must decide which customers get hit hardest. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Here in the city where so many have died from what at first was known as “the gay disease,” some say the move of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Atlanta is like another loss in their family. -more-
TEMECULA — Horse lovers and cattle ranchers once were drawn to this remote valley for its leisurely pace and lush hills. -more-
For most of us, a home is the single biggest investment we will make in a lifetime. so, we spend lots of time, money and energy doing what we can to maintain its integrity and improve its value. It’s no wonder that Americans spend more than $150 billion annually on home improvement and repair. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Cameras should be barred from the courtroom during the bomb conspiracy trial of former SLA fugitive Sara Jane Olson because the testimony could teach viewers how to make bombs, prosecutors argued Friday. -more-
NEW YORK — Wall Street’s gyrations can be attributed to many causes, but, ultimately, the volatility comes down to a question of who is buying stocks and who is selling. -more-
To Anthony Maramarco, an informed investor, a renewed appreciation of value can be observed in America today, and the stock market reflects it. Value investing, he says, is back on the front burner. -more-
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Your financial life flashes in front of you in a matter of minutes: your mortgage, income, bills, life insurance, taxes. You’re being grilled under oath in a room full of strangers, each awaiting a turn under the spotlight. -more-
WASHINGTON — Expected low inventories of gasoline could set the stage for regional supply problems and another summer of high fuel prices, government and industry experts told lawmakers Friday. -more-
WASHINGTON — Unions, struggling in many industries, are flying high on the nation’s airlines. -more-
Berkeley Unified School District classified employees were looking forward to collecting their March pay checks Friday because of 6 percent raises approved by the school board last week, retroactive to July 1 of last year. -more-
School employees get double back pay 03-31-2001
Saving energy can be tricky with climate control 03-30-2001
Better management may have prevented Tosco refinery fire 03-29-2001
Power regulators approve 46 percent rate hikes 03-28-2001
Power regulator proposes 42-46 percent rate hike 03-27-2001
Two-time killer to be executed Tuesday morning 03-26-2001
Break takes students on exploration of Cesar Chavez 03-25-2001
Celebration honors César Chávez By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 03-31-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 03-31-2001
Letters to the Editor 03-31-2001
Arts & Entertainment 03-31-2001
’Jackets demolish Richmond Staff 03-31-2001
Teachers told they’re leading way to bottom By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff 03-31-2001
Sports shorts Staff 03-31-2001
Berkeley census shows Hispanic, Asian communities grow By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 03-31-2001
Natural disasters change a neighborhood By Susan Cerny 03-31-2001
UC Berkeley research shows eye function Daily Planet wire services 03-31-2001
Power regulators must decide whose energy bill will go up The Associated Press 03-31-2001
Amid mixed emotions, AIDS quilt leaves S.F. The Associated Press 03-31-2001
New suburbs swell as residents seek cheaper housing The Associated Press 03-31-2001
Decorative moldings can spruce up your home By James and Morris Carrey The Associated Press 03-31-2001
Prosecutors don’t want TV coverage of SLA trial The Associated Press 03-31-2001
Institutional buying rules the market The Associated Press 03-31-2001
Sometimes meat loaf, mashed potatoes are OK By John Cunniff The Associated Press 03-31-2001
No question too invasive at bankruptcy hearings The Associated Press 03-31-2001
Summer gas prices may jump The Associated Press 03-31-2001
Airline unions high and flying strong The Associated Press 03-31-2001
’Jackets break through for first league win By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 03-30-2001
Letters to the Editor 03-30-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 03-30-2001
People protest for ownership of utility By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 03-30-2001
Cal rugby avenges only loss Daily Planet Wire Services 03-30-2001
Youth violence at BHS exaggerated By Sade Bonilla 03-30-2001
Sunshine Ordinance pulled from agenda By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 03-30-2001
Nonprofit helps cops discipline juveniles By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff 03-30-2001
Energy costs and politics escalate in California The Associated Press 03-30-2001
California Census shows 1 in 3 is Hispanic The Associated Press 03-30-2001
Pipe sound may not be serious but needs to be checked The Associated Press 03-30-2001
No nonsense choices for gardening By Jane Berger The Associated Press 03-30-2001
Jupiter moons show volcanic plumes The Associated Press 03-30-2001
Education, training stressed to battle hate crimes The Associated Press 03-30-2001
Democrats gather, prepare for campaign 2002 The Associated Press 03-30-2001
No change, no problem / Go ahead and charge that candy bar and soda from the machine The Associated Press 03-30-2001
Gateway plans on shutting 27 stores to help bottom line The Associated Press 03-30-2001
Market Table 03-30-2001
Market Table 03-30-2001
Souders pitches ’Jackets to win By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 03-29-2001
Medical pot plan allows 10 plants By John GeluardiDaily Planet Staff 03-29-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 03-29-2001
State-assisted suicide: the execution and triumph of Robert Massie By Michael A. Kroll Pacific News Service 03-29-2001
Souders pitches ’Jackets to win By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 03-29-2001
Bears can’t hold on to lead against Pacific, lose in 13th By Ralph Gaston Daily Planet Correspondent 03-29-2001
High Court ponders marijuana issue The Associated Press 03-29-2001
Letters to the Editor 03-29-2001
Braun signs four-year extension Staff Report 03-29-2001
Parking permit restrictions tightened By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 03-29-2001
Parents educated on BHS pitfalls By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff 03-29-2001
Judges say threats against abortion doctors protected The Associated Press 03-29-2001
Critics claim medical waste incinerator still spews toxins The Associated Press 03-29-2001
Popular author making Berkeley appearance By Sari Friedman 03-29-2001
Internet shakeout lowers S.F. office rents The Associated Press 03-29-2001
Market Brief 03-29-2001
More showing of irrational exuberance By John Cunniff The Associated Press 03-29-2001
Home improvement firm fires 2,600 workers The Associated Press 03-29-2001
John Muir school teaches in tune By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff 03-28-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 03-28-2001
Dead trees resemble the communications tower fiasco By Elliot Cohen 03-28-2001
Ideas diverse to keep pedestrians safer By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 03-28-2001
Letters to the Editor 03-28-2001
Public works crew drills into gas main By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 03-28-2001
POLICE LOGS 03-28-2001
Researchers urge changes to boost affordable housing Daily Planet wire services 03-28-2001
State committee set to study chromium 6 in drinking water SThe Associated Press 03-28-2001
School shooting suspects appear in court The Associated Press 03-28-2001
Death row inmate executed, hundreds protest The Associated Press 03-28-2001
Grand jury indicts two lawyers in dog attack The Associated Press 03-28-2001
Racial profiling claimed against LAPD The Associated Press 03-28-2001
Tech money flood turns into trickle The Associated Press 03-28-2001
market watch 03-28-2001
Disney plans to cut 4,000 full-time jobs The Associated Press 03-28-2001
Study challenges ‘crack baby’ phenomenon The Associated Press 03-28-2001
Law school admissions ruled unconstitutional The Associated Press 03-28-2001
National effort to save Pacifica Radio By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff 03-27-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 03-27-2001
FORUM 03-27-2001
Board may have violated Brown Act By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff 03-27-2001
CarShare may come to Berkeley By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 03-27-2001
Public safety building contract tops agenda By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff Daily Planet Staff 03-27-2001
State’s longest-serving death row inmate to die The Associated Press 03-27-2001
Secretary of State challenges Davis for governor The Associated Press 03-27-2001
White supremacists gets life for Jewish center shooting The Associated Press 03-27-2001
Assembly GOP votes for new minority leader The Associated Press 03-27-2001
Gates makes rare visit to Silicon Valley The Associated Press 03-27-2001
When misery is deep, opportunity may be bright By John Cunniff The Associated Press 03-27-2001
market Brief AP 03-27-2001
Claremont students chain selves to protest growth The Associated Press 03-27-2001
Bears hammer WSU to salvage weekend By Ralph Gaston Daily Planet Correspondent 03-26-2001
Power to the people By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff 03-26-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 03-26-2001
Arts & Entertainment 03-26-2001
Sports briefs 03-26-2001
Council tries to roll up medicinal marijuana ruling By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff 03-26-2001
Berkeley High School library long overdue By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff 03-26-2001
Bay Briefs 03-26-2001
Cannabis club defending pot therapy at Supreme Court By Michelle Locke The Associated Press 03-26-2001
Adobe to unveil professional software to create 3-D worlds By May Wong AP Technology Writer 03-26-2001
Energy trading floors represent ground zero in electricity crisis By Michael Liedtke AP Business Writer 03-26-2001
’Jacket swimmers big winners in first ACCAL meet By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 03-25-2001
UC Theatre shutting its doors By Jon Mays Daily Planet staff 03-25-2001
UC Theatre shutting its doors By Jon Mays Daily Planet staff 03-25-2001
Calendar of Events & Activities 03-25-2001
Letters to the Editor 03-25-2001
Arts & Entertainment 03-25-2001
Johnson, Corley get invites to WNBA pre-draft camp Daily Planet Wire Services 03-25-2001
Clash over ‘school in a high school’ By Ben Lumpkin Daily Planet Staff 03-25-2001
Soccer fields part of air quality study By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staf 03-25-2001
New history room for library By Jon Mays Daily Planet staff 03-25-2001
Residences, businesses existing together in west Berkeley By Susan Cerny 03-25-2001
At Catholic university, conservatives feel silenced The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Private labs help fight computer crime in secret The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Judge sets September trial date in Ford recall case The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Educators of HIV targeting young black gay men The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Brockovich testifies about alleged threats The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Laura Bush calls on military retirees to consider teaching The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Lawmakers look at high natural gas prices The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Student says suspect made ‘Columbine’ threat The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Foreign born population may be higher than thought The Associated Press 03-25-2001
$60 billion in immediate tax relief is a tall order SThe Associated Press 03-25-2001
Russia says 50 U.S. diplomats must go The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Dow extends recovery, gaining 115 points The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Household finances aren’t weathering economic storm By John Cunniff The Associated Press 03-25-2001
Businesses fear losses from rolling blackouts The Associated Press 03-25-2001
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