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Staff
Wednesday April 25, 2001
Wednesday, April 25
Council proposal helps homeless
By Judith Scherr
and John Geluardi
Daily Planet staff
Wednesday April 25, 2001
Over the objections of representatives of the Police and Health and Human Services departments, a divided City Council passed a proposal Tuesday night that would make dislodging homeless people sleeping in public a low priority. -more-
32 arrested calling for divestment in Israel
By Erika Fricke
Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday April 25, 2001
Thirty-two of more than 100 demonstrators calling for the University of California to divest from Israel were arrested Tuesday afternoon when they occupied Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. -more-
Committee says too little progress at BHS
By Ben Lumpkin
Daily Planet staff
Wednesday April 25, 2001
City sewer project remains on schedule
By John Geluardi
Daily planet staff
Wednesday April 25, 2001
The city’s sewer repair project is on schedule, according to a Department of Public Works status report on the 30-year plan to repair the city’s damaged and aging sewer lines. -more-
Professor who gave athletes fake credits steps down
The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001
A University of California professor who gave two football players credit for course work they didn’t do is stepping down from a prestigious position overseeing outreach for the nine-campus system. -more-
Features
State number crunchers warn of budget pains
The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001
SACRAMENTO — Each May for the last four years, California lawmakers received a pleasant surprise as higher-than-expected income tax returns let them spend some extra money and cut taxes. -more-
Bill would encourage rural medical ‘mercy missions’
The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001
SACRAMENTO — Some rural areas in California have such a shortage of medical specialists that some children must wait two years or more for routine surgeries, such as tonsillectomies, two lawmakers said Tuesday. -more-
Tosco refinery blaze not expected to affect gas prices
The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001
LOS ANGELES — A fire that damaged a Tosco refinery in Southern California is not expected to affect gasoline supplies or prices, analysts said Tuesday. -more-
No surprise, consumer confidence drops
The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001
NEW YORK — Consumer confidence dropped sharply in April, underscoring increasing fears among Americans about their jobs and the economy. -more-
Lucent Inc. losses more than expected
The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001
NEW YORK — Lucent Technologies Inc. lost a bigger than expected $3.69 billion in the just-ended quarter as the communications equipment maker was hit hard by the financial meltdown of a customer, wireless network operator Winstar Communications Inc. -more-
Editorial
Price caps may end up hindering energy crisis
The Associated Press
Wednesday April 25, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — Chief federal energy regulator Curtis Hebert has made it his refrain: Price caps on wholesale electricity will hinder, not help, California’s energy crisis. Price caps will discourage the construction of desperately needed new power plants. -more-
