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A dry skate park should open in summer

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Tuesday December 04, 2001
Construction on the Harrison Skate Park is underway again more than a year after the project was abruptly halted when the carcinogen Chromium 6 was discovered in groundwater on the site. -more-

Guy Poole
Tuesday December 04, 2001

Tuesday, Dec. 4


Correcting the record on Hep C

Robert Winshall, MD, MPH Berkeley
Tuesday December 04, 2001
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Staff
Tuesday December 04, 2001
Music

Mayor up in arms over underwear shop vacuum

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet editor
Tuesday December 04, 2001
It’s the underwear, stupid! -more-

Sept. 11 Response Calendar

Staff
Tuesday December 04, 2001
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Seen bin?

Janet Foldvary Berkeley
Tuesday December 04, 2001
Gerta Farber of Oakland (11/29) muses how easily Osama bin Laden could sneak anywhere under a burka. Maybe that's why everyone's keeping an eye out for a 6-foot 5-inch Pashtun woman...... -more-

‘Dr. Toy’ recommends the best of 2001

David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff
Tuesday December 04, 2001
The holidays are rapidly approaching and Harry Potter toys are disappearing like magic. But all hope is not lost. Stevanne Auerbach, PhD., better known as “Dr. Toy,” can recommend 100 safe, creative and educational alternatives. -more-

More traffic makes no sense

Ann Sieck Berkeley
Tuesday December 04, 2001
The Daily Planet received a copy of the following letter written to the mayor and council: -more-

Crunching the numbers for solar energy

By Alice LaPierre
Tuesday December 04, 2001
You’ve read up on how solar panels work, and now you’re considering installing them on your building to reduce your monthly electrical bill, or perhaps to have power during an emergency. But what do you do first? -more-

Creek protectors support Ecocity amendment

Janet Byron Founder, Friends of Strawberry Creek Berkeley
Tuesday December 04, 2001
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Man arrested for assault after early a.m. standoff

Bay Cities News Service
Tuesday December 04, 2001
Police in Berkeley say that a domestic disturbance led to the arrest of two people on suspicion of assault in what is being considered a minor standoff situation. -more-

Ecocity plan provides flexibility

Sylvia McLaughlin Berkeley
Tuesday December 04, 2001
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Stanford Web site has 10th birthday

The Associated Press
Tuesday December 04, 2001
MENLO PARK — Ten years ago, a Stanford University physicist created the first U.S. Web site — three lines of text, with one link to e-mail and another link to a huge scientific database. -more-

Talks aim to keep fast Excite@Home Internet service on for most cable co.’s

By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press
Tuesday December 04, 2001
SAN JOSE — Bankrupt Excite@Home reached a tentative deal to keep its fast Internet service up and running for many of its subscribers but not those with AT&T Broadband, which scrambled Monday to restore access for 520,000 accounts. -more-

Refinery blamed for asthma in housing project

The Associated Press
Tuesday December 04, 2001
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MedImmune to buy Aviron for more than $1 billion

By Paul Elias The Associated Press
Tuesday December 04, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — MedImmune Inc. said Monday it will pay more than $1 billion in stock to acquire Aviron, the maker of a promising nasal-spray flu vaccine now awaiting government approval. -more-

Husband of slain Mercury News photographer arrested

The Associated Press
Tuesday December 04, 2001
OAKLAND — Oakland police have arrested the estranged husband of a San Jose Mercury News photographer found dead on Nov. 25. -more-

Editorials

Judge won’t withdraw guilty plea in SLA case

By Linda Deutsch The Associated Press
Tuesday December 04, 2001
LOS ANGELES — A judge refused Monday to allow Sara Jane Olson to withdraw her guilty plea in a Symbionese Liberation Army bomb plot. -more-

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