Former captive chows down on fried chicken on first leg of journey home -more-

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Saturday, April 14

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Late-night parties at new Beth El bad for neighbors -more-

Habitot Children’s Museum “Back to the Farm”An interactive exhibit gives children the chance to wiggle through tunnels like an earthworm, look into a mirrored fish pond, don farm animal costumes, ride on a John Deere tractor and more. “Recycling Center” Lets the kids crank the conveyor belt to sort cans, plastic bottles and newspaper bundles into dumpster bins, and become little “dump” workers. $4 adults; $6 children age 7 and under; $3 for each additional child age 7 and under. Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Sundays, Memorial Day through Labor Day) Kittredge Street and Shattuck Avenue 647-1111 or www.habitot.org -more-

STANFORD – Junior Jocelyn Forest pitched a two-hitter, but the No. 4 California Golden Bears fell to the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal, 5-2, in game one of a Pac-10 three-game series. Forest allowed five runs, only two earned, as Cal committed two errors on the day, allowing Stanford to score three unearned runs. The Bears fall to 43-5 overall and just 2-4 in the Pac-10, while the Cardinal improves to 37-4-1 overall, 6-1 in the conference. -more-

At about 10:30 p.m. Thursday the phone rang. It wasn’t another reporter. Carol Schilling finally heard her son’s voice. -more-

Thursday, the Cal baseball team couldn’t score a run, falling to USC 1-0 in a rare pitchers’ duel. On Friday, they just couldn’t score enough. -more-

Berkeley may not seem like a high priority target for terrorists wielding weapons of mass destruction, but just in case it is, the fire department wants to be prepared. -more-

More than 80 percent of Berkeley students in grades seven through 12 are happy at their schools, but nearly half of them said they would put little effort into class work if not for the need to get “good grades”. -more-

The oldest school building standing in Berkeley is located at 1814 Seventh St. and was built in 1887. The simple, one-and two-story wood-frame building, with clipped gable ends, has tall sash windows and horizontal board siding. Although now used as a residence, it retains much of the character of the original school building. -more-

A team of recycling advocates in Berkeley is sifting through residents’ trash, hoping to find only garbage that is free of recyclable materials so they can hand over a hefty cash prize. -more-

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On April 22 Americans will be celebrating the 31st anniversary of Earth Day. In 1969 Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, frustrated by the lack of political attention to the state of the environment, took a lesson from the anti-Vietnam War “teach-ins” that were taking place across the country. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge delayed a decision for a second time Thursday in the case of a gay U.S. Air Force doctor who was discharged and ordered to pay back $70,000 the government spent sending him to medical school. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO – NBC is being sued over its acquisition of its money losing Internet subsidiary NBC Internet. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO – An arraignment for two lawyers charged in the dog mauling death of their neighbor was delayed for a second time Friday because new attorneys for Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel haven’t had time to review the case. -more-

SAN JOSE – A former telephone repairman pleaded innocent Friday to killing a woman’s little dog by throwing it into traffic after a minor fender bender. -more-

Ford Motor Co. must replace defective ignition devices on an estimated 2 million California vehicles prone to stalling, a judge ruled Friday. -more-

HALF MOON BAY – Organizers of the annual big wave surfing contest at the once-secret ocean spot known as Mavericks officially called off this year’s competition. -more-

Brown gives S.F. sales pitch -more-

SAN FRANCISCO – One in four tenants evicted from their San Francisco apartments over the past two years was a senior citizen, a study found. -more-

Companies branching out to other products to stay in business -more-

Up to three cameras allowed -more-

Criminals, victims sometimes put in same cells in current California penal system -more-

Davis wants $500 million more -more-

Panel denies pay raises to Davis, state officials -more-

Current violence a long time coming; 15 blacks, 0 whites killed by cops in five years -more-

GARDEN GROVE – Estela Cuevas had been trying to get tickets to the Crystal Cathedral’s “Glory of Easter” pageant for three years, so she jumped at the chance when a friend nabbed some this year. -more-

Summer blackouts could have an effect on tourism -more-

SANTA CLARA – Leading Internet portal Yahoo! Inc. has said it will remove pornographic products from its shopping, auctions and classifieds Web pages. -more-

NEW YORK – Investors’ bear market-ravaged portfolios haven’t kept them away from financial advisers – Wall Street’s recent fluctuations have many people looking for suggestions about their next move. -more-

S. Stephen Nakashima announced his resignation Friday as a member of the University of California Board of Regents. -more-