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Principals Resign From High School

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday May 23, 2003
In the latest departure of high-level administrators from Berkeley’s school system, Berkeley High School co-principals Mary Ann Valles and Laura Leventer announced Wednesday that they would resign at the end of the school year. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Friday May 23, 2003
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Letters to the Editor

Friday May 23, 2003
A MODEL PROPOSAL -more-

Arts Calendar

Friday May 23, 2003
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Exotic Garden Gallery Breaks New Ground

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Friday May 23, 2003
Marcia Donahue’s Our Own Stuff Gallery Garden exists on the line between passion and obsession. Even for Berkeley, land of the boldly and proudly iconoclastic, artists Donahue and her life-partner Mark Bulwinkle have created something rare, a garden and gallery that smashes all conceptions of what gardens or galleries should be. -more-

BART Boosts Fares by 10%

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday May 23, 2003
BART is raising its rates, again. -more-

Doyle House Leaves Rift Behind

Friday May 23, 2003
The following letter was addressed to Mayor Tom Bates: -more-

East Bay Suffers From Emeryville’s Rapid Growth

By ANGELA ROWEN
Friday May 23, 2003
Emeryville’s 12-year economic expansion has exacerbated its housing problems and displaced many of its low-income residents, according to a new study by the East Bay Alliance for Sustainable Economy (EBASE). -more-

NIMBYs Shout ‘It’s Too Big!’ But Project Offers Benefits

By CHARLES SIEGEL
Friday May 23, 2003
As an environmentalist and a neighborhood resident for over 20 years, I support the smart-growth project proposed to replace the strip mall at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way and University Ave. -more-

Nonprofits Suffer Cuts

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday May 23, 2003
Several nonprofits protested the city manager’s proposed budget cuts Tuesday night, citing crippling reductions in services and potential program cessation. Among them was the Family Violence Law Center, whose executive director forecast that the 10 percent cut could contribute to the loss of two vital positions. -more-

Remembering Kevin Lee Freeman

By CAROL DENNEY
Friday May 23, 2003
We were walking in opposite directions on University Avenue in mid-April, and we started grinning as soon as we saw each other, part of Berkeley’s family of mutual notoriety. -more-

Police Identify Shooting Victim

John Geluardi
Friday May 23, 2003
The body that was discovered between two houses in South Berkeley has been identified by police as that of 20-year-old Mario Deshawn Mills. -more-

News

Chan Bucks Perata in State Senate Race

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday May 23, 2003
Along with his label of being the Teflon Don (that is, a politician who manages to get out of public view on an issue just before things fall apart and folks start looking around for a politician to blame), California state Sen. Don Perata also has a reputation for eating his young (that is, gathering an impressive group of young and loyal up-and-coming politicians around him, getting their hopes up about his support for their political futures, and then turning and rolling over them like a tank if their political futures happen to get in the way of his). -more-

Released from Jail, Father Bill Fights On

By AL WINSLOW Special to the Planet
Friday May 23, 2003
Catholic priest William O’Donnell recently returned to Berkeley after six months in federal prison. -more-

Infant Deaf Center Celebrates New Site

By MEGAN GREENWELL
Friday May 23, 2003
After 23 years, the Center For the Education of the Infant Deaf (CEID) will finally have a space of its own. -more-

Spano to Graduates: ‘Acting’s More Than Ego’

By BETSY HUNTON Special to the Planet
Friday May 23, 2003
Some people are just easy to talk to. -more-

House Passes Bush Administration Logging Plan

By J.A. SAVAGE Alternet
Friday May 23, 2003
Log federal forests in order to save them? That’s what the House voted to do Tuesday. Invoking the ghost of George Orwell, the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 encourages federal land managers to “conduct hazardous fuel reduction projects.” In a 256 to 170 tally, the House would allow what environmentalists say will lead to logging 190 million acres the Bush administration claims are “at risk” of forest fire. It also limits citizen participation and authorizes another $125 million in industry subsidies. The Senate plans to take it up in summer. -more-

Summer Noon Concerts in Downtown Berkeley

Friday May 23, 2003
The Downtown Berkeley Association (DBA) presents Summer Noon Concerts 2003, a unique series of nine free concerts, Thursdays at noon in June & July, beginning June 5th. From Rhythm & Blues to Brazilian capoeira, these concerts at the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza (Shattuck Ave. at Center St.) are a showcase of the culturally rich performing arts in Berkeley. This outdoor summer celebration of Berkeley-based musicians & dancers is just a small sampling of the performing arts happening nightly in clubs, cafes, schools, theaters and concert halls in Downtown Berkeley. -more-

MARY ANN VALLES, high school co-principal, will resign.
MARY ANN VALLES, high school co-principal, will resign.

Editorials

Council Approves New Fees

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday May 23, 2003
In a bid to expand Berkeley’s rental housing inspection program, the City Council on Tuesday narrowly approved a controversial new fee for rental property owners. The council vote came after a heated public hearing during which property owners said they are already overburdened with taxes and fees. They called the program flawed and the new fee unfair. -more-

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