Iraq War Dead Remembered In Ashby Resident’s Tribute: By MATTHEW ARTZ
On Ashby Avenue, one woman is paying tribute to the value of every human life by recording every death in Iraq. -more-
On Ashby Avenue, one woman is paying tribute to the value of every human life by recording every death in Iraq. -more-
Armed with a report that calls for slashing the city’s workforce by up to 35 percent, a team of Berkeley budget hawks launched its campaign Tuesday against a proposed $8 million in new taxes on the November ballot. -more-
Developers of a proposed North Richmond casino filed a billion-dollar federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Berkeley developer of the Point Molate casino project and the world’s largest gambling empire, alleging that they illegally interfered with a pre-existing contract. -more-
Though four decades have passed since the Free Speech Movement (FSM) rocked the world, many of the same threats that galvanized the movement then have returned full force, say participants organizing the upcoming 40th anniversary commemoration. -more-
Anna Singthonghack hates mopping up spilled soda. It takes too much time. Like the other night janitors in UC Berkeley’s Barrows Hall, Singthonghack has to keep on schedule so she can finish cleaning four auditorium-sized classrooms, 15 offices and three bathrooms between 5 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. -more-
Berkeley is California’s most “teen healthy” city, according to a study released Wednesday by advocates of student health services and contraception. -more-
After weeks of speculation Councilmember Maudelle Shirek officially entered the City Council race in District 3. -more-
Berkeley non-profit developer Affordable Housing Associates (AHA) is one step away from breaking ground on a long-delayed senior-housing project after the city won its latest court battle against a group of neighbors. -more-
The University of California Board of Regents voted overwhelmingly this week to raise the grade point average requirement for incoming freshmen from 2.8 to 3.0 beginning in 2007. -more-
The East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD) reported Thursday that there is no “public health risk” despite complaints of strange-smelling and bad-tasting water. -more-
A divided City Council Tuesday followed through on a plan to save the city $40,000 by putting a civilian in one of the Fire Department’s top jobs. -more-
A second-year UC Berkeley undergraduate took his seat Wednesday night as Berkeley’s youngest-ever planning commissioner. -more-
Berkeley’s Public Art Committee gave a weak thumbs up to the 175-ton, 20-feet-high quartzite and bronze memorial to the late Berkeley-born environmentalist David Brower. -more-
An Afghan shepherd stands in the countryside strumming a homemade guitar, an instrument he’s cobbled together out of a rusted oil can and some wire. The tune he plays is simple but full. -more-
My grandfather, before he died, told me his own repertoire of stories about the Che Guevara he knew, when Che was even younger than the twenty-something traveler portrayed in the new film The Motorcycle Diaries. -more-
Sometimes, getting the whole story out of the daily newspapers is like reading a book after one of your children has gotten to it and torn out half of the pages. You’ve got some gathering and pasting-together to do, if you want to make some real sense out of it. -more-
7. Right Of The Media To Report Facts, And Not Be Killed -more-
The recent commentary on the Albany Waterfront constitutes a tsunami of disinformation (”Magna Plans Imperil Eastshore Park,” Daily Planet, Sept. 14-26) The commentator accuses environmentalists and their allies of striking an unholy deal with Magna, owner of Golden Gate Fields. Nothing could be further from the truth. -more-
Over the last four years the Berkeley School Board and Berkeley Unified School District have made cuts and adjustments to the district’s budget amounting to about $12 million. These cuts were made necessary by a variety of factors, including past mismanagement, declining enrollment, double-digit increases in healthcare, retirement benefits, and workers comp, and, most significantly, reduced state funding of our public schools. Every part of our school community has made sacrifices in order to get our financial house in order, and as a result the Alameda County Office of Education has just recently given BUSD a positive budget certification after a successful three-year recovery plan. -more-
Recently some letters were sent to the editors of the Daily Planet regarding the construction work that is currently underway at the Berkeley Meadow. We would like to respond to those letters and provide some information about this restoration project. -more-
“Heidi, will you marry me?” -more-
Thirty-six years ago the first occurence of what is today called the Annual Berkeley Old Time Music Convention filled downtown Berkeley’s Provo Park (Civic Center Park) with drunken judges, mad fiddlers, demented banjo artistes and old time music lovers. It was called the 35th Annual Stringband Contest. -more-
At the top of Hopkins just before the North branch of Berkeley’s public library is a point where several streets (Sonoma, Fresno, Josephine) meet. -more-
Amid all the discussion of which casino should go where, who has which tribe backing their proposal, which proposal is best wired in Sacramento or Washington, and attendant topics, the central issue in the situation has been largely overlooked. Is gambling the right way to finance government, or to compensate Native Americans for past injustices? Legislators have been tip-toeing around that question, proposing partial solutions which might just end up favoring one player over another. Diane Feinstein, for example, has proposed revoking the special legislation sponsored by the usually estimable Rep. George Miller on behalf of the crowd running Casino San Pablo, which positioned them to cut a recent exclusive deal with Governor Schwartzenegger. Feinstein’s solution seems at first glance like a good one, but it won’t be if it simply clears the way for the politically connected Upstream project at Point Molate, which has undesirable environmental consequences and poses a major liability risk for the adjacent Chevron plant. -more-
Government’s Financial Gamble: By BECKY O'MALLEY 09-24-2004
Whine After the Election, Not Now: By BECKY O'MALLEY 09-21-2004
Iraq War Dead Remembered In Ashby Resident’s Tribute: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-24-2004
Budget Watch Hits Bates Tax Proposals: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-24-2004
Florida Firm Sues Pt. Molate Developers: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-24-2004
Free Speech Movement Veterans Plan Commemoration for October: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-24-2004
UCB Service Workers Struggle For Wages, Respect: By JAKOB SCHILLER 09-24-2004
Berkeley Ranks First in State For Teen Health Services:By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-24-2004
It’s Official: Shirek Speaks: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-24-2004
Senior Housing Moves Ahead as City Wins EIR Appeal: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-24-2004
UC Regents Raise GPA Admission Requirement: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-24-2004
EBMUD Says Water is Safe to Drink: By J.DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-24-2004
Council Creates New Fire Post, Angers Firefighters: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-24-2004
Panel Gives Qualified Approval To Spaceship Earth Sculpture: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-24-2004
Berkeley Filmmakers Find ‘Fragile Peace’ in Afghanistan: By ANNA OBERTHUR Special to the Planet 09-24-2004
Remembering Che And the Guevaras: By MARCELO BALLVE Pacific News Service 09-24-2004
Police Chief Oversteps Bounds in Banning Shrines: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR UNDERCURRENTS OF THE EAST BAY AND BEYOND 09-24-2004
The Right to Report, to Privacy, and to Travel: By ANN FAGAN GINGER CHALLENGING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 09-24-2004
Police Blotter: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-24-2004
Letters to the Editor 09-24-2004
Environmentalists, Mayor Respond To Critics of Eastshore Park Projects COMMENTARY 09-24-2004
Community Should Support Measure B: By JOHN SELAWSKY COMMENTARY 09-24-2004
Eastshore Project Will Improve Meadow, Park: By BRAD OLSON COMMENTARY 09-24-2004
Deconstructing the ‘Alligators’ Ball’ 09-24-2004
Fairy Tales Re-Told at Berkeley Rep: By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 09-24-2004
‘Old Time Music’ Takes Center Stage This Weekend: By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet 09-24-2004
Arts Calendar 09-24-2004
Restful, Simple Garden Grows on Hopkins Corner: By SHIRLEY BARKER Special to the Planet 09-24-2004
Berkeley This Week 09-24-2004
Building Proposed For Vacant Lot At Telegraph, Haste:By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-21-2004
A Day of Political Beginnings and Stale Bagels: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-21-2004
Brower Memorial May Land at Berkeley Marina: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-21-2004
Developers, City Push Conversion to Condos: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-21-2004
City Council is Back in Town, Will Address Pot Club Quotas: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-21-2004
District to Vote On Putting Wires Underground: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-21-2004
Governor Sends Mixed Message on Textbook Bills: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-21-2004
Hate Crime Reported at Lawrence Hall: By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR 09-21-2004
City Backtracks on Conflict of Interest, Olds to Vote on Creeks: By MATTHEW ARTZ 09-21-2004
The Basic Rights to Equal Protection for All: By ANN FAGAN GINGER Challenging Rights Violations 09-21-2004
A Father’s Retirement, Filling Empty Holes: By SUSAN PARKER 09-21-2004
Letters to the Editor 09-21-2004
Police Blotter: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 09-21-2004
Prostitutes in Berkeley: Are They Here to Stay?: By ANNIE KASSOF COMMENTARY 09-21-2004
Campaign 2004: Kerry’s Momentum: By BOB BURNETT COMMENTARY 09-21-2004
Principal’s Perspective on Willard Garden: By MICHELE PATTERSON COMMENTARY 09-21-2004
Smoke ‘Em Out, Nuke ‘Em Out, Go Bears! 09-21-2004
‘The Persians’ Recounts the Toll of War at Salamis: By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 09-21-2004
Arts Calendar 09-21-2004
Skipper Butterflies Clean House by Flinging Frass: By JOE EATON Special to the Planet 09-21-2004
Berkeley This Week 09-21-2004