Gov. Gray Davis officially launched construction of the new eastern span of the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Bridge Tuesday, saying the project's primary goal was safety, and its secondary goal was to relieve congestion. -more-
Even before the start of Wednesday’s boys’ basketball game between St. Mary’s and Albany, it was pretty obvious that the Panthers weren’t taking their closest geographical BSAL opponent very seriously. After all, St. Mary’s head coach Jose Caraballo didn’t even bother to show up, choosing instead to scout his team’s next opponent, Salesian. -more-
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A fledgling political movement that is aiming to shake up Berkeley city politics held its third meeting at the Shattuck Hotel Tuesday night. -more-
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The Berkeley High Lady Yellowjackets basketball team steamrolled the visiting Richmond Oilers Wednesday night, 82-15. -more-
The Berkeley Police Department presented the City Council with a crime status report Tuesday, which showed the city’s crime rates are at a 30-year low, despite three recent homicides and a general perception of higher crime. -more-
The trial of Lazarus Ortega, the 21-year-old man who stands accused of killing his adoptive mother, was again delayed on Wednesday. -more-
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OAKLAND – Thousands of Bay Area commuters now have a new card to carry in their wallets or purses – the TransLink universal transit-fare card. On Friday, Feb.1, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and a half-dozen transit operators will kick off Phase One of a six-month pilot program of the TransLink electronic fare payment system. -more-
The Bay Area housing market, in decline for months, will not rebound until late 2002 or 2003, according to a new study conducted by UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Widening concerns about shoddy accounting practices are casting a spotlight on the gray areas that allow companies to keep debt off their books and dress up their earnings for the stock market. -more-
LOS ANGELES — A Global Crossing vice president questioned his superiors about aggressive accounting practices less than six months before the telecommunications provider filed for bankruptcy, the company confirmed Wednesday. -more-
Former President Bill Clinton urged the United States to invest in health care, education and economic development in the Third World as an antidote to terrorism during his speech before a packed house of 2,000 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall Tuesday afternoon. -more-
Kamani Hill scored his sixth hat trick of league play as the Berkeley High boys’ soccer team beat a game De Anza squad, 5-0, on Tuesday in Berkeley. -more-
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Half a block of the south side of University Avenue, between Milvia Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, was evacuated Tuesday following a bomb scare at the California Department of Corrections office. -more-
Thanks to their “competitive anomaly” status, the Berkeley High girls’ basketball team will face each of their ACCAL opponents only once this season. But for the De Anza Dons, one game against the Lady ’Jackets was more than enough. -more-
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Four Claremont Resort & Spa workers, who are currently involved in union contract negotiations, were indefinitely suspended Monday for apparently handing out union leaflets at the entrance way of the exclusive hotel. -more-
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BOSTON — Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric Co., has donated $1 million for scholarships to help students at his alma mater. -more-
OAKLAND — The most recent economic forecast for the Bay Area from the Association of Bay Area Governments suggests reasons for the region to be somewhat optimistic about an economic recovery. -more-
Methadone stolen from addiction treatment center deliveryman -more-
SAN QUENTIN— Stephen Wayne Anderson, described by his defenders as the poet laureate of the condemned and by prosecutors as a stone-cold killer, was executed early Tuesday. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Electricity deregulation could be “dead in the water” for a few years due to bad publicity from Enron’s bankruptcy, an energy market researcher said Tuesday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The newly combined ChevronTexaco Corp. stumbled to a fourth-quarter loss of $2.5 billion as the company paid for the aftershocks of its merger and revised its outlook in the depressed energy market. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Hilton Hotels Corp. said Tuesday that profit fell 93.5 percent during the fourth quarter from a year earlier, citing a severe slowdown in travel after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. -more-
A Monday morning dispute in the 2000 block of Blake Street sent one man to the Highland Hospital with a gunshot wound to the thigh. -more-
A new, student-run class at UC Berkeley called the “Inclusion Initiative” is working to address a shortage in attendants, or “personal care assistants,” for the city’s disabled. -more-
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Noel Turner, Jr. died about 5 p.m. Saturday at Highland Hospital due to complications related to a gunshot wound to the head, making him the second homicide victim in Berkeley since the beginning of the year. The incident also intensifies the police department’s so-far fruitless search for information on two men seen running from the scene of that crime. -more-
PALO ALTO — At age 8, Mario Pagan might have asked for a trip to Disneyland or a visit from a professional athletes to get his mind off cancer. -more-
PARIS — Paris Opera’s principal conductor, James Conlon, has stepped down as director of Rolf Liebermann’s “Medea” because of illness, the opera said in a statement Monday. -more-
The city of Berkeley will foot the bill for a New York firefighter’s weekend adventure here as part of a national effort to thank the emergency workers who provided critical services to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. -more-
The brother and sister-in-law of Berkeley landlord Lakireddy Bali Reddy, sentenced to eight years in prison last year for transporting minors to the United States for illegal sexual activity, will not be sentenced on immigration chages until March 25. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The British Broadcasting Corp. has planned to borrow from a controversial 1971 Stanford University experiment on prison life for a reality television show. -more-
More winter storms were on the way for California, where a blast of Arctic air blew snow into the San Francisco Bay Area, causing treacherous driving conditions and some schools to close. -more-
SAN QUENTIN — A drifter who killed an 81-year-old woman and then fixed himself a meal in her kitchen was scheduled to be executed early Tuesday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — An insurance executive was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury on accusations he sold fraudulent health plans and enriched himself with customers’ premiums. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — After bedeviling California with huge power bills in its heyday, Enron Corp. is causing the state more anguish as it crumbles. -more-
NEWRY, Maine — American Skiing Co. said Monday it was advised by the New York Stock Exchange that it has fallen below the listing criteria for market capitalization and stockholders’ equity. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Ticketmaster posted a $46 million loss in the fourth quarter, despite a 10.5 percent growth in sales from a year earlier to $159.6 million. -more-
LOS ANGELES — GOP gubernatorial candidate Richard Riordan has a favorite anecdote about his approach to governing. -more-
NAME: Richard J. Riordan. -more-
Two area businesses destroyed but no one injured -more-
In a letter to the editor printed last week several juveniles were named in allegations made by one parent regarding a schoolyard altercation. -more-
Romanian-French playwright Eugene Ionesco’s 1959 play “Rhinoceros” is a theater-of-the-absurd fable about the conflict among human beings between impulses towards individuality and desires for conformity. -more-
Cal can’t pull off another miracle comeback -more-
Looking out a café window at the stop-and-go procession of cars, trucks and buses on University Avenue, the city’s new assistant city manager for transportation sipped coffee and spoke about reducing personal automobile use. -more-
The Cal women’s basketball team finally put up some decent offensive numbers on Saturday against Arizona. Unfortunately, they ran into a Wildcat team that was just a little too big and strong for the Bears to beat. -more-
Copwatch: the name conjures up street battles of yore, with proud and defiant demonstrators asserting their legal rights to lunky, baton-wielding police. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — About 200 friends and supporters of Diane Whipple held a candlelight in a rain-soaked park Saturday to show they hadn’t forgotten the popular woman mauled to death by dogs at her doorstep last year. -more-
WALNUT CREEK — Generose Yambao is accused of stealing the identities of 22 people and nearly $400,000 in goods and services before she was arrested in Florida. -more-
OAKLAND — Deaf and hearing impaired students at two University of California campuses are suing, claiming the schools don’t adequately accommodate their disability. -more-
WASHINGTON — When Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s interim leader, meets President Bush on Monday, he is expected to seek a continuing U.S. commitment to help restore the peace in his violence-torn country, Afghan officials say. -more-
SANTA CLARA — A long-awaited new wireless handheld from Palm Inc. was set to hit store shelves Monday, giving the world’s leading PDA maker an important weapon in the fight against encroaching rivals. -more-
The City Council will meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss a developer’s threat to sue the city over its affordable housing ordinance. -more-
High on a Berkeley hillside stands an unusual structure. Called Temple of Wings it served as the home and dance studio for Florence Treadwell Boynton and later for her daughter and son-in-law Sulgwynn and Charles Quitzow until the mid-1980s. -more-
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Many people think writer-director Todd Solondz’s films are about outcasts and the heartbreaking things people do to them. They’re not, and they wouldn’t be so good if they were. -more-
The St. Mary’s Panthers played one of their worst games of the season on Friday night. Luckily for them, their opponent played even worse. -more-
West Contra Costa County School Board member Charles Ramsey and former Berkeley Mayor Loni Hancock are so far raking in the lion’s share of campaign money for the 14th District Assembly seat according to the most recent disclosures. -more-
BEVERLY HILLS — Robert Redford is getting an honorary Academy Award. -more-
The St. Mary’s boys’ soccer team lost its first BSAL game of the season Friday, falling 1-0 to rival Kennedy in Berkeley. -more-
Earlier this month, at the Jan. 9 meeting of the Board of Education, board President Shirley Issel officially welcomed Jerry Kurr as the Berkeley Unified School District’s new associate superintendent of business. -more-
Is it true that nice guys always finish last? If so, there’s something missing from “The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California (1949-1967),” by Clark Kerr, who was chancellor of the Berkeley campus from 1952 to 1958, and president of the university from 1958 to 1967… while at the same time working as a highly-respected professional labor arbitrator in some of the biggest labor-relations conflicts in America. -more-
Electrical service in the downtown area went on the fritz for about an hour and a half Wednesday afternoon. Lights began to flicker on and off, and people rushed to their computers hoping to save files before they disappeared. -more-
Debate over the city’s proposal to build a new fire station in the Berkeley Hills erupted once again at Thursday’s meeting of the Zoning Adjustments Board. -more-
Q. Steve asks: We’ve put laminate flooring in the living-dining area. I have located replacement stair treads (oak) and have cut them to length, finished and varnished them. The stringer is routed for the treads and risers. The treads and risers are installed from underneath. The underneath area of the staircase is accessed from within our shop area. I can access four of the five steps and treads. I anticipate the fifth will be cut out in pieces because it is not accessible from below (due to finished wall that encloses the shop). -more-
This last holiday season one Carey brother finally broke from tradition and purchased an artificial Christmas tree. Turns out to have been a good move. The tree stands 10 feet tall and comes in four sections. It has collapsible branches that are prewired with hundreds of twinkle lights. The prospect of never having to string another set of lights or add water to the reservoir, along with future annual savings, was all it took. -more-
The kitchen takes a beating during the holidays with food preparation for dinners, brunches, parties and food gifts. So now, with that season behind us, it’s a good time to take stock of what works and what doesn’t in the most-used room in the house. -more-
WASHINGTON — With little worry about their own re-election, some members of California’s congressional delegation are playing active roles in party primaries for the two U.S. House districts in which no incumbent is running. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Gray Davis has donated money to GOP gubernatorial candidate Richard Riordan’s campaign, but it’s not exactly how it looks. -more-
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For some Alaska Natives, Gravina Island equates to the Costco of traditional food. A short skiff ride from Ketchikan, the island feeds families with abundant deer, salmon, Dungeness crab and goose tongue seaweed. -more-
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., which operates the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, is laying off an unknown number of its 1,025 workers as it reorganizes amid flat North Slope oil production. -more-
HOUSTON — A former Enron Corp. executive who reportedly complained about the company’s questionable accounting practices and resigned last May was found shot to death in a car Friday, an apparent suicide. -more-
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The father who beat another man to death at their sons’ hockey practice was sentenced to six to 10 years in prison Friday after the dead man’s 13-year-old boy urged a judge to “teach him a lesson.” -more-
BALTIMORE — King Herod, the bloodthirsty Judean ruler who reputedly tried to kill the infant Jesus, died an excruciating death, brought on by kidney disease and finished off by gangrene, a medical sleuth said Friday. -more-
Federal judge to decide who oversees the energy utility and handles its rates -more-
GLENDALE — The beverage division of Nestle USA and Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. have agreed to share production and purchasing operations in order to trim costs. -more-
ImClone Systems Inc.’s woes mounted Friday and its stock tumbled to the lowest level in a year after the company disclosed two federal agencies are investigating the biotechnology firm. -more-
An artificial rose and an empty bottle of Hennessey cognac sit on a porch at 3331 King St., right next door to the scene of the double shooting Tuesday morning that took the life of Rammar Johnson and left Noel Turner, Jr., in critical condition. -more-
Controversial Japanese action film ‘Battle Royale’ drops in on Berkeley -more-
LOS ANGELES – Shantay Legans’ 3-pointer with three seconds remaining in overtime lifted California to a 92-91 victory over No. 23 Southern California on Thursday night. -more-
Superintendent Michele Lawrence called for a controversial change in school policy Wednesday night at a Board of Education meeting, suggesting that Berkeley High School close its doors to transfer students from outside the district, starting as early as next year. -more-
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The Berkeley High girls’ soccer team continued their undefeated run in ACCAL play on Thursday with a 3-0 win over El Cerrito, getting two goals from junior forward Annie Borton and one from sophomore Maura Fitzgerald. -more-
One day melanoma, the most deadly forms of cancer, will be cured. And two patients at the East Bay Cancer Center in Oakland, part of a national study at 13 medical clinics, are working stridently toward making that happen. -more-
Going into the second half down just two points, the Cal women’s basketball team looked as if it had a shot at beating Arizona State, the Pac-10’s second place team. But first the Bears went slack on defense, then went absolutely limp on offense on the way to a 56-40 defeat in Haas Pavilion. -more-
Venture capital researchers say new money is stuck in old investments. -more-
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Because of an editing error, an article in Thursday’s Daily Planet, “Council gives Outback the go-ahead,” contained incorrect information. -more-
The deluge of credit card offers on campuses nationwide, with pitches in person, by phone and e-mail, has some college students and their schools looking for ways to stop the flood. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer said Thursday they will support Dennis Cardoza in his bid to replace Rep. Gary Condit. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The judge in the dog mauling murder case has released a letter one of the defendants wrote to his inmate client and adopted son in which he calls the dog’s victim a “little mousy blonde.” -more-
SACRAMENTO — Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard Riordan collected more than $600,000 and outpaced Gov. Gray Davis during a frenzied fund-raising period in the first three weeks of the year. -more-
SAN JOSE — A former Los Alamos National Laboratory computer expert awaiting trial on hacking charges violated his bond agreement by accessing the Internet, a prosecutor alleged Thursday. -more-
OAKLAND — Edy’s Grand Ice Cream has recalled 5,000 cartons of its Limited Edition Girl Scouts Samoas Cookie Ice Cream because they may contain peanuts and egg not identified on the label. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Death row inmate Stephen Wayne Anderson lost another round Thursday in his legal battle to stay alive. -more-
Everyone is familiar with the ominous looking leaves of the Venus’ flytrap, spiked at their edges, hinged at their centers, and ready to clamp shut around unwary prey. There’s little chance of a fly alighting on the leaf this time of year, so you might consider dropping in a piece of hamburger. -more-
If your New Year’s resolution to lose weight or get organized already fell prey to old habits, it’s not too late to make important commitments where they’re really needed — your home. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Graphic artist Dan Simon scored when the biggest football game of the year needed a new logo to reflect the mood of the nation after Sept. 11. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — A divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that law enforcement authorities may conduct warrantless searches on motorists who do not possess identification or proof they own the vehicle. -more-
SALT LAKE CITY — The way Tom Price sees it, Olympic organizers missed a golden opportunity to make the Winter Games the most environmentally friendly international event ever. -more-
SACRAMENTO — A tax-sharing and regional planning bill aimed at metropolitan Sacramento cleared a significant legislative hurdle Thursday and picked up a key endorsement from state Treasurer Phil Angelides. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Unocal Corp. has opened a new chapter in its legal battle to collect royalties on sales of cleaner-burning gasoline by suing Valero Energy Corp. for alleged violations on its patent for the fuel. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Consumer advocates claim Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy could cost ratepayers an estimated $20 billion more than they would pay if the utility remains regulated by the state. -more-
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Shorn of his long hair and beard, John Walker Lindh quietly faced his government’s charges Thursday that he conspired to kill fellow Americans in Afghanistan. -more-
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — There have been some notable additions to the city jail since Sept. 11. -more-
A handful of organizers from the Berkeley group If Americans Knew turned out Tuesday night to raise concerns about a new course and public lecture series being offered at UC Berkeley called “Issues in U.S. Foreign Policy After 9/11.” -more-
During the City Council’s special quarterly meeting tonight, the police department will present the council with information about city crime trends and police staffing issues. -more-
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