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The Town and Gown of it

Judith Scherr
Saturday April 15, 2000

Nestled in the heart of Berkeley, with hills sloping above it and a creek skipping through it, the 134-year-old Berkeley campus of the University of California is one of the most renown places of learning in the world. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday April 15, 2000

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A Quilted Quest

Joe Eskenazi
Saturday April 15, 2000

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Age is no barrier for surfers

Peter Crimmins
Saturday April 15, 2000

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Saturday April 15, 2000


THEATER

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Ex-Bears brace for draft weekend

James Wiseman
Saturday April 15, 2000

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Drug sweep yields arrests

Marilyn Claessens
Saturday April 15, 2000

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Strokes pile up for Berkeley High on hostile course

Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 15, 2000

The unforgiving fairways of Pleasanton’s Castlewood Country Club wreaked havoc on the Berkeley High boys golf team on Thursday, adding 42 strokes to the Yellowjackets’ best home score to send them home with a less-than-spectacular 247. -more-


Reward offered in BHS arson

Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 15, 2000

The Berkeley Unified School District is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information about an arson fire at the Berkeley High School campus that caused $1 million damage Wednesday. -more-


Downtown plagued by power outages

Rob Cunningham
Saturday April 15, 2000

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Forum considers whether on-line sales should be taxed

Marilyn Claessens
Saturday April 15, 2000

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Spring break comes early, BHS fire officially arson

Rob Cunningham & Judith Scherr
Friday April 14, 2000

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Calendar of Events & Activities

Friday April 14, 2000


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Film festival celebrates women of color

Peter Crimmins
Friday April 14, 2000

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Friday April 14, 2000

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Berkeley High girls edge Falcons

Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 14, 2000

Dual meets haven’t exactly been a top priority for the Berkeley High girls track and field team this season. But after losing to Granada last week, the Yellowjackets entered Thursday’s meet at Foothill competing for their East Bay Athletic League reputation. -more-


Store's owners had seen robbery suspect

Marilyn Claessens
Friday April 14, 2000

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Panthers climb to 10-2 with win

Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 14, 2000

Mira Vista Golf Course’s difficult putting conditions cost both St. Mary’s and El Cerrito some strokes at Thursday’s varsity golf matchup, but the Panthers ultimately had the consistency to win the league match, 212-252. -more-


Schools told to skip Lawrence Hall trips

Judith Scherr
Friday April 14, 2000

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Yellowjackets get by Dons in five games

Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 14, 2000

The East Bay Athletic League boys volleyball race got a little tighter on Thursday evening, when Berkeley High avenged its March 21 loss to Amador Valley, defeating the Dons in five games on the road. -more-


Residents offer ideas for handling traffic

Judith Scherr
Friday April 14, 2000

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Man exposes himself

Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 14, 2000

A 27-year-old Berkeley woman reported Tuesday that a man exposed himself on Channing Way as he approached her about 7:15 a.m. that morning. -more-


Fire shuts down BHS

Rob Cunningham & Marilyn Claessens
Thursday April 13, 2000

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Calendar of Events & Activities

Thursday April 13, 2000


Thursday, April 13

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Thursday April 13, 2000

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Play offers new look at The Bard's Shylock

John Angell Grant
Thursday April 13, 2000

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Mustangs come back to beat BHS

Al Provinziano
Thursday April 13, 2000

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Suspect killed in police shooting

Rob Cunningham
Thursday April 13, 2000

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Bears bestow hoops awards

Daily Planet Staff
Thursday April 13, 2000

The Cal women’s basketball team held its annual banquet honoring the players and coaches on Tuesday night at H’s Lordships Restaurant in Berkeley. -more-


City asks residents to help the environment

Rob Cunningham
Thursday April 13, 2000

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Yellowjackets finish 15th at tournament

Daily Planet Staff
Thursday April 13, 2000

The Berkeley High boys golf team played its third match in as many days on Wednesday afternoon, participating in the 18-hole San Francisco Tournament held at Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica. Though the difficulty of the course caused the Yellowjackets to tack five strokes onto their total 18-hole score from Monday’s tournament, the final score of 440 was good enough to place BHS in the middle of the pack – at 15th out of 26 teams. -more-


Council overrules vote on landmark

Judith Scherr
Thursday April 13, 2000

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Suspect identified in People's Park stabbing

Daily Planet Staff
Thursday April 13, 2000

University of California police have issued an arrest warrant for the man they believe is responsible for stabbing a 48-year-old homeless man in People’s Park on Saturday. -more-


Historic hotel getting a new lease on life

Marilyn Claessens
Wednesday April 12, 2000

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Calendar of Events & Activities

Wednesday April 12, 2000


Wednesday, April 12

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Wednesday April 12, 2000

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Fourth-quarter swoon dooms Berkeley High

Al Provinziano
Wednesday April 12, 2000

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Feds to expand charges against Reddy

Judith Scherr
Wednesday April 12, 2000

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BHS volleyball sweeps Cal

Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday April 12, 2000

The Berkeley High boys volleyball team finished off the first round of East Bay Athletic League regular season play on Tuesday evening, taking care of California High in a three-game sweep at Donahue Gym. -more-


Rental ballot measure proceeds

Judith Scherr
Wednesday April 12, 2000

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Yellowjackets post first league victory of 2000

Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday April 12, 2000

The Yellowjackets walked onto Tilden Park Golf Course with brand new uniforms on Tuesday afternoon, and left with a brand new feeling – the feeling of triumph. -more-


Group advocates more cash for schools

Rob Cunningham
Wednesday April 12, 2000

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Women: Focus on alleged victims

Judith Scherr
Wednesday April 12, 2000

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Two weekend armed robberies reported

Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday April 12, 2000

Police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred in Berkeley over the weekend. -more-


Youth Activists encourage BHS peers to get involved

Rob Cunningham
Tuesday April 11, 2000

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Calendar of Events and Activities

Tuesday April 11, 2000


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Science Fiction Melodrama

John Angell Grant
Tuesday April 11, 2000

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BHS seeks end to losing skid

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday April 11, 2000

It’s been almost a month since the Berkeley High boys lacrosse team last played Acalanes, but you can bet that March 21’s road victory is still on the Yellowjackets’ minds. After all, the 5-3 win marked the last time Berkeley beat any league opponent. -more-


City: Pay taxes

Judith Scherr
Tuesday April 11, 2000

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Berkeley girls excel at Arcadia

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday April 11, 2000

The Berkeley High girls track team got another taste of non-league competition over the weekend, competing against runners from all over the state at the 33rd Arcadia Invitational. -more-


School recieves state honor

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday April 11, 2000

For the fourth time since 1989, Berkeley Arts Magnet School has been selected as a California Distinguished School. -more-


Jacket golfers grab 12th at tournament

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday April 11, 2000

It’s finally starting to look like golf weather in Berkeley, and the course conditions aren’t the only things improving. -more-


Man jumps to death at Cal

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday April 11, 2000

A man leaped to his death Monday morning from Evans Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in an apparent suicide. -more-


Generation gap evident in debate over People's Park

Staff
Tuesday April 11, 2000

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Stabbing still being investigated

Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday April 11, 2000

University police still are investigating the stabbing Saturday of a 48-year-old man, who was attacked at noon in People’s Park while waiting in a food line. -more-


Commissioner gets stuck in Old City Hall elevator

Judith Scherr
Tuesday April 11, 2000

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Voluteers spring into action for Christmas in April effort

Rob Cunningham
Monday April 10, 2000

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Calendar of Events & Activities

Monday April 10, 2000


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Racism seems to be alive and well here in Berkeley

Marissa Saunders
Monday April 10, 2000

Despite my desire to believe that I live in a community that is diverse in its culture and would not tolerate any form of racism, my desire and belief have been daunted with the constant reminder that it is still “us” against “them.” I have become over the last three years increasingly aware of the underlining and subtle racism that exists in the Berkeley community. Whether or not anyone will or can admit to it also frightens me. With the passage of Prop. 21 and the new State Mandated Retention Policy, it is obvious that the entire State of California down to the Berkeley Unified School District has an agenda that is NOT to benefit the children of color. -more-


Taboo-breaking family reunion

John Angell Grant
Monday April 10, 2000

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No place like home for Mack

Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 10, 2000

It was the numbers that initially convinced high school All-American triple jumper Jerriod Mack to choose Cal – namely, the 80 percent graduation rate on the Bears’ men’s track team and the school’s 10-mile proximity from his hometown of Richmond. -more-


Council eyes new landlord regulations

Judith Scherr
Monday April 10, 2000

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Raises reveal hypocrisy of city leaders

Pat McCullough
Monday April 10, 2000

Self-dealing. Hypocrisy. Elitist cronyism. Union busting. Subterfuge. What comes to mind ... multinational corporations, greedy capitalists, the “old boy network,” secret cabals? Where can such inequity be found ... Lagos, Nigeria; Washington, D.C.; Antwerp, Belgium; Berkeley City Manager’s Office? Certainly. -more-


Berkeley comes up short vs. Elsie Allen

James Wiseman
Monday April 10, 2000

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More landlord regulations: Critic

Judith Scherr
Monday April 10, 2000

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BHS lax takes second at tourney

James Wiseman
Monday April 10, 2000

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UC Berkeley student receives Truman award

Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 10, 2000

Celina Yong, a junior at UC Berkeley, is the recipient of a prestigious Truman Scholarship. The award is based on leadership potential, intellectual ability and the likelihood of “making a difference.” -more-


Retired Cal professors Shack and Linsley die

Daily Planet Staff
Monday April 10, 2000

Two longtime professors at UC Berkeley recently died, university officials announced. -more-


Opinion

Editorials

UC regent calls for repeal of affirmative action ban

Joe Eskenazi
Thursday April 13, 2000

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Cal's 'open house' to be held Saturday

Staff
Wednesday April 12, 2000

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November ballot among items on council agenda

Judith Scherr
Tuesday April 11, 2000

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