City Rents Hit Y2K Levels
Katherine Case and Andrew Moore hope their third attempt to move to Berkeley is the charm. In 1999 the housing crunch forced them to Lake Merritt and in 2001 to Richmond in their quest for affordable housing. -more-
Katherine Case and Andrew Moore hope their third attempt to move to Berkeley is the charm. In 1999 the housing crunch forced them to Lake Merritt and in 2001 to Richmond in their quest for affordable housing. -more-
The gorgeous staging alone is worth the price of admission to “Much Ado About Nothing,” the final production of the season at Cal Shakespeare. The costumes, with a good deal of flamboyant silk, place us in a vaguely but not obtrusively modern Italy (there is one silly joke about a cell phone, however). -more-
A three-judge federal panel Monday postponed next month’s election because it would involve the use of outdated and unreliable punch card ballots by almost half the state’s voters. -more-
To my progressive friends: -more-
Berkeley Rep’s new Roda Theater is a winner: Handsome and comfortable auditorium, good sight lines, a lobby with polished concrete floors and an elegant bar. There is a book shop. Even the bathrooms are pleasant. -more-
NAACP National Chairman Julian Bond addressed an early Saturday morning City Hall civil rights breakfast meeting mistakenly billed briefly as an anti-Prop 54 rally. -more-
I’m writing in response to some recent sensationalized headlines in the Planet that conveyed a very different story about what BOSS is going through than what I know the reality to be. -more-
Monday’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to delay California’s recall election was a victory, though perhaps short-lived, for UC Berkeley Political Science Professor Henry Brady’s two-year crusade against punch card voting machines. -more-
Polling only three percent in the runup to the on-again, off-again California gubernatorial recall and election campaign, conservative-turned leftist candidate Arianna Huffington has been waging an uphill battle. -more-
School officials are scurrying to relocate about 30 three- and four-year-old pupils after a suspicious fire roared through a wing of their preschool Saturday, one of two suspected arson-caused fires set just blocks apart. -more-
Governor Gray Davis now controls the fate of Berkeley residents who one day hope to zip to work along the waves of San Francisco Bay. -more-
Berkeley corporate accountability activists and coffee drinkers alike will be pleased to hear that a large coalition of organizations, including San Francisco-based Global Exchange, has won their campaign to force Procter and Gamble, the largest seller of coffee in the U.S., to start carrying Fair Trade Certified coffee. -more-
Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Michele Lawrence Board Meeting, will submit the final 2002-2003 budget Wednesday for the school board approval. -more-
Asian Indians in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties have a median family income of $88,540—24 percent higher than the total population and the highest of any Asian group—but there are severe pockets of poverty in the South Asian community in the region. -more-
My thirteen-year old friend Jernae wanted to open a lemonade stand on my front porch. -more-
Mix a rich ersatz cowboy and politics and you might get George Bush. Use a real cowboy who’s not so rich and you might get Jim Hightower, one of the nation’s leading progressive political commentators, and a real Texas cowboy in his own right. -more-
When I migrated from the East Coast to the Bay Area in 1983 I wound up living in a communal household on Margarido Street along the border of Berkeley and Oakland. Among my housemates was a graphic artist/raft guide/old car aficionado/baseball nut named Steve Kowalski. -more-
What might happen to California if we adopt Prop 54 and its race privacy? -more-
It may have felt like summer last week, but the birds know otherwise. The southbound migrants are on the move. -more-
How to make up a $1.43 million Berkeley General Fund shortfall caused by the 2003-04 state budget? That’s the gloomy and wholly expected task the Berkeley City Council will take up at tonight’s regular 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Old City Hall. -more-
State Cuts Force City to Rethink Budget 09-16-2003
Google Site Bans Slurs Against Israelis, Not Arabs 09-12-2003
City Rents Hit Y2K Levels By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-16-2003
Berkeley This Week 09-16-2003
Letters to the Editor 09-16-2003
Hilarity Abounds in Du Bois’ ‘Much Ado’ By DAVID SUNDELSON Special to the Planet 09-16-2003
Arts Calendar 09-16-2003
Judges Call Halt To Recall Vote By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-16-2003
Why I Support Cruz Bustamante For Governor By MAL BURNSTEIN 09-16-2003
Berkeley Rep’s Leonardo Offering Long on Effects, Short on Drama By DAVID SUNDELSON Special to the Planet 09-16-2003
NAACP Leader Bond Signs Pledge in Berkeley By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-16-2003
BOSS Woes Will Fade, Says Nonprofit Director By BOONA CHEEMA 09-16-2003
Decision Vindicates UC Prof By BECKY O’MALLEY 09-16-2003
Huffington Battles Long Odds By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-16-2003
Flames Gut Classrooms, Arson is Suspected By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-16-2003
Berkeley Ferry Service Hangs on Davis’ Decision By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-16-2003
Fair Trade Coffee Fans Get Grounds for Grins By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-16-2003
School Board Gets Budget 09-16-2003
Berkeley Briefs 09-16-2003
Indian Incomes Highest Among Bay Immigrants By RICHARD SPRINGER Pacific News Service 09-16-2003
A Tale of ‘Tweeners’ And Ersatz Lemonade From Susan Parker 09-16-2003
Jim Hightower Regales Local ACLU Chapter By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-16-2003
Timely Fascination Keeps Berkeley Biz Ticking By SUSAN PARKER Special to the Planet 09-16-2003
Mexican History Offers Hints of Prop. 54 Impacts By THEODORE G. VINCENT Special to the Planet 09-16-2003
Dangers Confront Migrants Winging South By JOE EATON Special to the Planet 09-16-2003
Daily Cal, Landlord Feud Over Coverage By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-12-2003
Berkeley This Week 09-12-2003
Letters to the Editor 09-12-2003
Arts Calendar 09-12-2003
NBA Star Aims For Campaign Reforms By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-12-2003
Will Our Votes Be Counted? 09-12-2003
District Thwarts New Game Plan By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-12-2003
Mayor Takes Wrong Stand By MARC SAPIR, MD 09-12-2003
Kamlarz Named Interim Manager By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-12-2003
Many Failings in BUSD Report Card By SALLY REYES 09-12-2003
UC, City Firefighters Test Gear Inspired by 9/11 By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-12-2003
Council Weighs Birds vs. Boats By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-12-2003
City OKs Housing Pact 09-12-2003
Solano Avenue Set For 150,000 Visitors At Sunday Stroll Fete By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-12-2003
Conflicting Mideast Measures Spark Berkeley Council Fracas By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-12-2003
A Bizarre Confrontation With a ‘Me’ That Isn’t From Susan Parker 09-12-2003
A Sleep-Around Brown Could Clean Up Crime J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-12-2003
New Local Office for PG&E 09-12-2003
Take a Hike to High ‘C’ By STEVE FINACOM Special to the Planet 09-12-2003
Bucking Trend, Berkeley Band Give Music Away By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet 09-12-2003
Building of Memorial Stadium a Monumental Task By SUSAN CERNY Special to the Planet 09-12-2003
MoveOn Flash Mobs the Vote Coyotes Aid Ecology 09-12-2003
Smarter Than Wile E., Coyotes Craft Ecosystems By JOE EATON Special to the Planet 09-12-2003