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Nurses call for higher staffing levels

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet staffBy Judith Scherr Daily Planet staff
Wednesday December 12, 2001
Demonstration urges state to better staff-to-patient ratios -more-

Guy Poole
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Wednesday, Dec. 12


Senior forward one of Keys to ’Jackets’ success

By Tim Haran Daily Planet Correspondent
Wednesday December 12, 2001
Sabrina Keys remembered receiving her first three form letters from college basketball programs when she was in the eighth grade. Her first hand-written letter came as the Berkeley High basketball standout started her sophomore season. Since then it’s been a steady stream of letters, visits to college campuses and, as Keys estimated, conversations with more than 50 schools. -more-

The tritium lab is dead – long live the....?

Leuren Moret Berkeley
Wednesday December 12, 2001
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Staff
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Police officer demoted after claims of sexual harassment

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Wednesday December 12, 2001
A Berkeley police officer has filed a complaint against the city claiming that a supervising officer subjected her to a pattern of sexual harassment and on-the-job discrimination based on her gender. -more-

Middle class needs housing too

Michael O’Leary, Chair Berkeley Design Advoca
Wednesday December 12, 2001
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Supervisors used false data to justify building Dublin juvenile hall

By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff
Wednesday December 12, 2001
OAKLAND – The Alameda County Board of Supervisors relied on faulty data earlier this year when it voted to build a 420-bed juvenile hall in Dublin, according to a new report by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, an Oakland-based nonprofit with a national reputation on juvenile justice issues. -more-

Listen to hemp industry

Adam Wiggins Director, Neoteric Pasadena
Wednesday December 12, 2001
Editor: -more-

Six projects vie for housing fund money

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Wednesday December 12, 2001
Six housing projects for low-income and disabled people will vie for city funding at a special meeting of the Housing Advisory Commission Thursday night. -more-

Hemp can’t make you high – ban is irrational

Robert Sharpe, M.P.A. Program Officer The Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation Washington, DC
Wednesday December 12, 2001
Editor: -more-

Two hometown college men make good

Staff
Wednesday December 12, 2001
Josh Daniels selected as head resident at Wesleyan University -more-

City Council delays issue on conscientious objector info

Daily Planet staff and wire reports
Wednesday December 12, 2001

California has most Death Row inmates

By Don Thompson The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Noncredentialed teachers to reach 21 percent by 2009

By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Wednesday December 12, 2001

SF Bar Association announces scholarship for Afghan women

The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

State Supreme Court to make decision in sex predator case

By Kim Curtis The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Lawmakers, officials eye new counter- terrorism laws

By Don Thompson The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Redevelopment uproots tree farms under power lines

By Eugene Tong The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Dying shopping malls reborn as old-fashioned downtowns

By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Compaq CEO ponders a future without HP

The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Google search engine widens its net around the Internet

The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Excite@Home can continue high-speed Internet service

By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Anna Nicole Smith’s right to inheritance debated

By Robert Jablon The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Some wild horses still sold to be slaughtered

By Robert Gehrke The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Critics says Rocky Flats cleanup will leave the soil contaminated

By H. Josef Herbert The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

Drug tunnel found in Arizona; access for half-ton of cocaine

By Arthur H. Rothstein The Associated Press
Wednesday December 12, 2001

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Police Blotter
Wednesday December 12, 2001
A woman thwarted an armed, would-be robber simply by walking away from him Monday evening, according to Lt. Cynthia Harris of the Berkeley Police Department.

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