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Hospital chief: Alta Bates not a public service

By Hank Sims Daily Planet Staff
Monday October 01, 2001
When Alta Bates Summit announced its plan to consolidate services between its two facilities — Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley and Summit Medical Center in Oakland — East Bay lawmakers cried foul. -more-

Out and About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole
Monday October 01, 2001

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Tragedy’s aftermath exposes fault lines in south Asia

by Sandip Roy Pacific News Service
Monday October 01, 2001
My mother's voice on the telephone crackled with anxiety. -more-

Cal shows improvement but loses to Washington

By Dean Caparaz ,Daily Planet Correspondent
Monday October 01, 2001
Husky hex continues as Bears lose early lead -more-

Principals are a vanishing breed

By Jeffrey Obser Daily Planet Staff
Monday October 01, 2001
The Berkeley Unified School District had to fill almost a fourth of its school principal jobs this year, and faced a shortage of candidates that administrators say is getting worse. -more-

Too bad Arafat said no

Devora Liss
Monday October 01, 2001
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Cal men 3rd at Stanford

Daily Planet Wire Services
Monday October 01, 2001
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Housing Authority ‘at the crossroads’

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Monday October 01, 2001
Housing officials presented a plan Tuesday to restructure the troubled Berkeley Housing Authority, which they say is on the verge of collapse because of years of “ineffective and inefficient” organization. -more-

Making signs of peace: anti-war activists rally

By Lena Warmack Special to the Daily Planet
Monday October 01, 2001
Local artists and residents gathered Friday night at the Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland to combine their energies to create posters, collages and pictures that represented their anti-war and peacemaking expressions in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. -more-

Project Open Hand needs volunteers

Bay City News
Monday October 01, 2001
One East Bay community service agency is looking for volunteers to help serve the 500 meals a day that it is now able to make for people with HIV/AIDS, seniors and homebound or critically ill patients. -more-

Governor to sign bill raising unemployment benefits

By Ron Harris Associated Press Writer
Monday October 01, 2001
Maximum benifits would jump by $100 per week next year -more-

Companies turn losses to profits with hypothetical accounting

By Michael Liedtke ,AP Business Writer
Monday October 01, 2001
“Pro forma” results usually look better than official GAAP numbers; tech companies looking at -more-

Editorials

Saturday Bay Area peace rally draws thousands

By Hadas Ragolsky Special to the Daily Planet
Monday October 01, 2001
15,00 people gather at Dolores Park to protest U.S. presence in Afghanistan -more-

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