Erik Olson:
              
              BILL PRATT, a history teacher who has played a key role in launching the small schools movement at Berkeley High School.
Erik Olson: BILL PRATT, a history teacher who has played a key role in launching the small schools movement at Berkeley High School.

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BHS Small Schools Plans Gather New Momentum

By Matthew Artz
Tuesday November 04, 2003

When Berkeley High School sophomore Ian Ericksen first enrolled at the roughly 3,000-student school, he didn’t like what he found. -more-



Berkeley This Week

Tuesday November 04, 2003

TUESDAY, NOV. 4 -more-



Arts Calendar

Tuesday November 04, 2003

TUESDAY, NOV. 4 -more-



Immigrant Death Case Ends in Plea

By Matthew Artz
Tuesday November 04, 2003

A guilty plea by the fifth and final member of a notorious Berkeley real estate dynasty may spell the end of a sensational case that began with a young woman’s death by carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment building owned by the family. -more-



Letters to the Editor

Tuesday November 04, 2003

CORRECTIONS -more-



State Official Challenges Builder Asbestos Claims

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Tuesday November 04, 2003

A review of California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) documents relating to the temporary closing of Kimes Morris Construction’s Hayward building renovation site for asbestos violations two years ago reveals that another Berkeley businessman was cited in the violation as well. -more-



Gill Tract Should Be Used For Agriculture

Amy Kaplan
Tuesday November 04, 2003

Editors, Daily Planet: -more-



Development Committee Biased Toward Big Boxes

By Martha Nicoloff
Tuesday November 04, 2003

The mayor’s committee charged with cleaning up pesky development issues has just published its first draft. -more-



Council Faces Eventful Agenda

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Tuesday November 04, 2003

With a Nov. 25 deadline looming to finalize any measures to be placed on the March, 2004 ballot, continuing discussion over four proposed ballot measures will dominate tonight’s (Tuesday, Nov. 4) Berkeley City Council meeting when members return from a one-week vacation. -more-



CENA Gives Qualified ‘No’To Proposed Tax Hike

Dean MetzgerPresident of CENA
Tuesday November 04, 2003

Dear Mayor and City Council, -more-



Adult School Driveway Set By CalTrans

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday November 04, 2003

CalTrans officials have given the green light to plans by Berkeley school officials to include a San Pablo Avenue driveway in their plans for the controversial Franklin Adult School. -more-



Features

Police Blotter

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday November 04, 2003

Paper Route Robbery -more-


From Susan Parker: Crab Competition Almost Too Much to Stomach

From Susan Parker
Tuesday November 04, 2003

Finally, a really cool assignment! I was asked to be a judge at the Third Annual Crabby Chef Competition. -more-


Qualified Praise for Solano Avenue Complex

By JOHN KENYON Special to the Planet
Tuesday November 04, 2003

In the last two or three years, the popular top end of Solano Avenue has seen noticeable improvement. The Oaks Theater, for ages just a marquee and a pylon, has stripped off its upper-level disguise of ‘mansard roofs’ to reveal a substantial office wing with matching Moorish windows. Round the corner on Colusa (heading north), an old Masonic temple, attractively remodeled as luxury condos, faces across the avenue to the sprawling new Thousand Oaks School, architecturally uninspired but lavishly landscaped and neighborhood-friendly. -more-


Editorial

Editorial: Southside Needs Public Space

Becky O'Malley
Tuesday November 04, 2003

There’s a for sale sign on the MLK-Dwight recycling lot. The BOSS community garden next to the South Berkeley branch library has been evicted (though it’ s found a new home for a while). Plans for Franklin School will turn a playground for families into a parking lot for adults. UC is taking over the Gill Tract garden for a shopping mall; its Oxford agricultural tract is already a building site. And there are several competing schemes for building on the BART lot which is now the Berkeley Flea Market on weekends. -more-


Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Editorial: Southside Needs Public Space 11-04-2003

Picketing Janitors Protest I-House Job Conditions 10-31-2003

News

BHS Small Schools Plans Gather New Momentum By Matthew Artz 11-04-2003

Berkeley This Week 11-04-2003

Arts Calendar 11-04-2003

Immigrant Death Case Ends in Plea By Matthew Artz 11-04-2003

Letters to the Editor 11-04-2003

State Official Challenges Builder Asbestos Claims By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 11-04-2003

Gill Tract Should Be Used For Agriculture Amy Kaplan 11-04-2003

Development Committee Biased Toward Big Boxes By Martha Nicoloff 11-04-2003

Council Faces Eventful Agenda By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 11-04-2003

CENA Gives Qualified ‘No’To Proposed Tax Hike Dean MetzgerPresident of CENA 11-04-2003

Adult School Driveway Set By CalTrans By MATTHEW ARTZ 11-04-2003

Police Blotter By MATTHEW ARTZ 11-04-2003

From Susan Parker: Crab Competition Almost Too Much to Stomach From Susan Parker 11-04-2003

Qualified Praise for Solano Avenue Complex By JOHN KENYON Special to the Planet 11-04-2003

Berkeley Bowl Workers Reject Unionization Bid By JAKOB SCHILLER 10-31-2003

Berkeley This Week 10-31-2003

Arts Calendar 10-31-2003

Visiting the Faculty Club 10-31-2003

Letters to the Editor 10-31-2003

Berkeley Builder Cited for Asbestos Violations By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 10-31-2003

Tax Hike, Smart Cuts Only Way Out of Budget Mess By DION ARONER 10-31-2003

Unsual Art CollectionAwaits at Faculty Club By STEVEN FINACOMSpecial to the Planet 10-31-2003

Purify Groundwater, Agency Tells LBNL By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-31-2003

On A Roll By CAROL DENNEY 10-31-2003

Video/Film Festival Screens Treats for All Tastes By ZAC UNGERSpecial to the Planet 10-31-2003

Sit-in Sentences Soon for UC Trio By JAKOB SCHILLER 10-31-2003

A Memorial Tribute to Roger Montgomery By MARC A. WEISS 10-31-2003

Rosa Park Parents Blame Testing, Not School By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-31-2003

BFD Fights SoCal Fires By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-31-2003

Last Defendant to Plead In Sex Slavery Tragedy By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-31-2003

Police Blotter By MATTHEW ARTZ 10-31-2003

Under Currents: Perata Displays His Formidable Snooker Skills J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 10-31-2003

Behind Every Bad Bush Move Stands Cheney By JOSHUA MICAH MARSHALL Featurewell 10-31-2003

Correction 10-31-2003

Berkeley Path Named for Chronicler of Wild West By MELISSA NIX Special to the Planet 10-31-2003

Crescent Path Delights By CHRIS YOUNG Special to the Planet 10-31-2003