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Deadline looms for resignation of Pacifica board

By Jon Mays
Thursday July 19, 2001
Members of the board that oversees Pacifica Radio Network have until 5 p.m. today to resign if they want to avoid being named in three lawsuits that target the company. -more-

‘Carmen’ offers audiences a new innovative take

By Maryann Maslan
Thursday July 19, 2001
From the unconventional opening to a new twist of the knife at the end, Berkeley Opera’s production of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” is engaging. -more-

Guy Poole and Sabrina Forkish
Thursday July 19, 2001
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Thursday July 19, 2001
New paint job for library -more-

City ordinance aims to improve tenant safety

By John Geluardi
Thursday July 19, 2001
In response to a series of home-fire deaths last year, the City Council adopted a new housing ordinance Tuesday designed to increase housing safety. -more-

Students learn from lab internships

By Ben Lumpkin
Thursday July 19, 2001
Why would a recent high school graduate choose to spend part of his summer cooped up in a windowless laboratory using laser beams to test the elemental composition of a nickel? -more-

Victory for man arrested for sleeping outdoors

By Daniela Mohor
Thursday July 19, 2001
Homeless advocates, city officials and community activists applauded a Berkeley judge’s decision to rule, in the case of Ken Moshesh, that a law that makes sleeping outside a misdemeanor is unconstitutional. -more-

Man drowns in swimming wager

By John Geluardi
Thursday July 19, 2001
An Oakland man drowned Tuesday after he and a friend jumped off the Berkeley Pier as part of a bet to see who was the better swimmer. -more-

News

Free compost at farmers’ market

Daily Planet staff
Thursday July 19, 2001
The Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative will be giving away compost on Saturday July 21 at the Berkeley Farmer’s Market as part of “Sustainable Agriculture” Day. Berkeley residents can bring a bag or bucket to Center Street and Milvia to be filled with compost from their own yard debris that is collected by the city every other week. -more-

New program expected to boost minority enrollment

The Associated Press
Thursday July 19, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — University of California regents have endorsed a change in admissions policy they hope will increase enrollment, particularly of blacks and Hispanics, by blunting the disadvantage of being a high-achieving student in a low-performing school. -more-

For most Americans, the future is now

By John Cunniff
Thursday July 19, 2001
NEW YORK — The change has been momentous, but it arrived so subtly that even those involved haven’t stopped to think about how it has changed their financial perspective. -more-

Court says Napster can go back online

The Associated Press
Thursday July 19, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — Napster Inc. can resume its song-swapping operations on the Internet, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. -more-

Editorials

City awards cash for trash

By Guy Poole
Thursday July 19, 2001
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Shirley Dean awarded $5,650 to the winners of the Cash for Trash contest. -more-

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