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Council pads housing development

By Jamie Luck Special to the Daily Planet
Friday May 17, 2002

Subsidized housing plan at Acton and University avenues moves forward -more-


Health care programs take brunt of Governor Davis’s proposed budget cuts

By Alexa Haussler The Associated Press
Thursday May 16, 2002

Deep cuts to health programs proposed by Gov. Gray Davis to help fill a $23.6 billion budget hole unfairly target those who need state help the most, California health care officials and advocates for the poor said Wednesday. -more-


4.9 Quake shakes Bay Area

By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press
Wednesday May 15, 2002

GILROY, Calif. — A moderate earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area, rattling the stands at hockey and baseball games, sending frightened customers running from businesses and briefly tying up phone lines. -more-


Berkeley scientist named to Royal Society in London

Daily Planet Wire Services
Tuesday May 14, 2002

BERKELEY A scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and chemistry professor at the University of California at Berkeley has been named to a society that includes such notable names as Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. -more-


Interned Japanese-Americans receive a belated apology

By MICHELLE LOCKE, The Associated Press
Monday May 13, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO — Ken Yoshida was 19 years old when he was ordered to go to war by the government that had herded him to an internment camp. He refused and was sent to prison where he was ostracized by his community and branded a traitor by the powerful Japanese American Citizens League. -more-


News of the Weird

- The Associated Press
Saturday May 11, 2002

Naked burglar arrested -more-


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