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Editorials
Building Boom Will Turn Downtown Berkeley into East Frisco
02-11-2013
The Editor's Back Fence
Current Issue Continues
02-14-2013
Return of the Red Van
02-08-2013
Cartoons
Odd Bodkins: Long Distance Calling (Cartoon)
By Dan O'Neill
02-11-2013
Odd Bodkins: Home Sweet Home (Cartoon)
By Dan O'Neill
02-08-2013
Bounce: FUNDamental Raising. (Cartoon)
By Joseph Young
02-12-2013
Public Comment
New: "Luxury Apartments" or "Ecotower"?
By Vivian Warkentin
02-13-2013
Reforms For CEQA? – Watch Out!
By Gary Patton
02-11-2013
Israel’s Military Speak Out
By Jagjit Singh
02-08-2013
State of Equality and Justice in America: 'Fifty Years Later, the Lawyers' Committee Remains in the Vanguard'
By U. S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.)
02-08-2013
Post Office Problems Afflict Berkeley Too
By Kate O'Connell
02-08-2013
Open Letter to City Attorney McKinney Re West Berkeley Crime
By Jon Alff
02-08-2013
The Future of the Downtown Berkeley Post Office
By Stephen Statler
02-23-2013
News
New: Attackers Near Campus in Berkeley Used Pepper Spray on Victims
By Sasha Lekach (BCN)
02-22-2013
Flash: Suspect Gone from Police Search Area on Oakland-Berkeley Border
By Bay City News
02-15-2013
Graffitirazzi – Valentine's Day Sidewalk Edition
By Gar Smith
02-14-2013
Flash: Man Dies in Police Custody in Berkeley
By Hannah Albarazi (BCN)
02-14-2013
An Anti-nuclear Half-Life Celebration Rocks an East Bay Night
By Gar Smith
02-14-2013
Press Release: Berkeley School Board Launches National Search for Next Superintendent
From Leah Wilson, BUSD School Board President
02-13-2013
Grammy for Recording of Works by Berkeley Composer John Adams
By Bay City News and Planet
02-10-2013
Berkeleyans Receive Awards from Society of Professional Journalists
02-08-2013
New: Dog Bites Berkeley Police Officer in Richmond
By Bay City News
02-13-2013
Three Suspects Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting and Burglarizing Man in Berkeley
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
02-08-2013
Press Release: Berkeley Police Department Arrests Senior Avenue Burglars
From Officer Stephanie Polizziani
02-08-2013
Press Release: Berkeley Post Office Sale Hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 26th at 7
From Margot Smith
02-08-2013
Press Release: City of Oakland Launches Open Data Platform to Spur Civic Innovation
From Karen Boyd, Office of the Oakland City Administrator
02-08-2013
New: In Defense of Pigskin
By Gar Smith (with apologies to George Carlin)
02-13-2013
Grafittirazzi #1
By Gar Smith
02-08-2013
Columns
AGAINST FORGETTING: Pity the poor CVS workers and the customers and patients who toil there.
By Ruth Rosen
02-21-2013
New: ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Taking a Pounding
By Jack Bragen
02-20-2013
New: DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: Israel & Syria: Behind the Bombs
By Conn Hallinan
02-19-2013
New: ECLECTIC RANT: Obama: End CIA-Directed Drone Strikes Now
By Ralph E. Stone
02-13-2013
New: THE PUBLIC EYE: Obama 2013: In Your Face
By Bob Burnett
02-13-2013
New: AGAINST FORGETTING: Rape: The All American Crime
By Ruth Rosen
02-12-2013
AGAINST FORGETTING: What Will It Take to End Violence Against Women?
By Ruth Rosen
02-08-2013
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: Four More Years: Europe’s Meltdown
By Conn Hallinan
02-08-2013
THE PUBLIC EYE: Obama’s Biggest Challenge: Inequality
By Bob Burnett
02-08-2013
New: ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Weathering a Storm
By Jack Bragen
02-13-2013
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Is Forced Treatment Okay?
By Jack Bragen
02-08-2013
SENIOR POWER:Driven in the ‘golden years’
By Helen Rippier Wheeler
02-08-2013
Arts & Events
Updated: Verdi's Il Trovatore at Berkeley's Hillside Club This SUNDAY!! (and Saturday)
02-20-2013
Around & About Theater: Openings--Inferno Theatre's Premiere of 'My Recollect Time' at South Berkeley Community Church; Central Works' 'The Grand Inquisitor' (from Dostoyevsky')
By Ken Bullock
02-19-2013
Press Release: Seniors Demand: No Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid!
From Margot Smith
02-12-2013
Parties and Movies Galore:
It's the 15th SF Independent Film Festival
February 7-21
Brava Theatre, Roxie Theatre, Vortex Room in San Francisco
Overview Review by Gar Smith
02-12-2013
New: Parties and Movies Galore: It's the 15th SF Independent Film Festival
February 7-21
Brava Theatre, Roxie Theatre, Vortex Room in San Francisco
Overview Review by Gar Smith
02-11-2013
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Presents an Array of Classics from Cinema’s First Golden Age
By Justin DeFreitas
02-11-2013