Fremont Police Detective Dennis Madsen said Ron Mix A.K.A Amandeep Singh Ahluwalia, a British subject, turned himself in to the Fremont Police Department at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday. 

Police had distributed his photo and description on Monday in connection with a shooting Saturday night during a Fremont wedding reception, in which 34-year-old Jatinder Singh of Berkeley was killed and Jot Preet Singh of Union City received a single gunshot wound to the upper torso. Jot Preet Singh was released from hospital on Sunday. 

Ahluwalia allegedly fled to a nearby gas station after the shooting and stole a car at gunpoint. A stolen assault rifle, not believed to be the one used in the shooting, was found during a search of his home. 

He was booked into Santa Rita jail in Dublin and charged with homicide, attempted homicide, carjacking, use of a gun in the commission of a felony and possession of stolen property. 

He has been denied bail, and his first court appearance has not yet been scheduled.

Earth Week 2000 

9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. 

UC Berkeley campus 

This weeklong event features a series of activities and workshops each day: morning presentations from 9:30 a.m. to noon, lunch/entertainment from noon to 1 p.m., first workshop block from 1 to 2:30 p.m., second workshop block from 3 to 4:30 p.m., entertainment from 5 to 7 p.m. and panel discussion from 7 to 9 p.m. Call organizers to get a detailed list of each day’s program, or visit the group’s web site. The group’s office is in 303 Eshleman Hall. 

510-643-9703; 

www.earthweek2000.org 

“Gary Lapow” 

Noon and 1:30 p.m. 

Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive above UC Berkeley campus 

This is part of a series of family events being held through April 28. “Celebrate Spring” events are included with admission. 

510-642-5132; www.lhs.berkeley.edu 

Schubert: Trout Quartet 

Noon 

Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus 

Janice Park on violin, Stephanie Ng on viola, Benjamin Hagemann on cello, Corey Chandler on bass, and Wendy Liao on piano will perform Schubert’s Quintet in A Major (“Trout”), D. 667, op. post. 114. This is a free concert. 

“Intellectual Debates in ‘90s China” 

Noon 

3335 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley campus 

Wang Hui (Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) is the featured speaker. Wang is also editor in chief of “Reading” and “The Scholar,” and a visiting fellow/professor, University of Washington. 

510-643-6321 

Special Berkeley City Council Meeting 

1 p.m. 

Third Floor Conference Room, 1900 Addison St. 

Five council members called this special meeting to discuss three items: waiver of fees for the April 30th People’s Park Anniversary and Street Fair; the living wall project between the freeway and Aquatic Park and rescheduling a public hearing slated for May 16, due to conflicts with other public hearings to be held that night. 

Art in the Garden 

2-4:30 p.m. 

UC Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Drive 

Karen LeGault, a local artist and teacher whose work has been exhibited internationally, is leading this eight-week class in drawing and painting from nature. Both experienced artists and beginners are welcome. Call ahead for more information or to enroll. 

510-643-2755 

Energy Commission 

5:30 p.m. 

North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. 

Discussion of tritium-filled signs is among the items on the agenda. 

Mental Health Commission Agenda 

6:30 p.m. 

Berkeley Mental Health Clinic, 2640 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 

The commission will be talking about “5150” - people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others, due to mental health needs, the forum on the city’s drug policies and more. 

Community Energy Services Corporation Board of Directors 

6:30 p.m. (follows the Energy Commission meeting) 

North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. 

The agenda includes election of the board of directors. 

510-644-8546 

Planning Commission Meeting 

7 p.m. 

North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. 

Among other items on the agenda, the commission will hold a public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Underhill Area projects. The commission will also hear a report on the results of the draft Southside plan working group process. 

“Travel Tips: Gearing Up for Adventure” 

7 p.m. 

REI Berkeley, 1338 San Pablo Ave. 

Learn how to make the most of your next adventure with experienced travelers Dallas Foster and Ruth Tretbar. 

510-527-4140 

Disaster Council 

7 p.m. 

Emergency Operations Center, 997 Cedar St. 

Among the items to be discussed are disaster preparedness in the schools, and Project Impact, the city’s designation as a model earthquake-safe community. 

Baby Bounce and Toddler Tales 

7 p.m. 

West Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave. 

This storytime program is designed for families with children up to 3 years old. 

510-644-6870 

Poetry Flash 

7:30 p.m. 

Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. 

The featured poets this week will be members of the San Francisco Slam Team, co-winners of the 1999 National Poetry Slam, with their coach, poet and slam master Charles Ellik. 

510-845-7852; 510-525-5476 

About 30 buses from throughout the state will travel to Sacramento on Thursday to demonstrate support for legislation that would document racial profiling by California law enforcement agencies. 

One of the buses will leave from South Berkeley Community Church, 1802 Fairview St., with a local contingent led by the Rev. Sandra Decker. The bus leaves at 9 a.m. and returns at 4:30 p.m. 

Police Review Commission member Mel Martynn said that available statistics indicate that drivers who happen to be people of color are stopped more often by police officers because of their skin color. 

During a forum earlier this year at the McGee Avenue Baptist Church, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, an African American, discussed his experiences with racial profiling. Carson recalled an incident in which he was stopped by a police officer, even though he was not speeding, he didn’t have a broken taillight, and he wasn’t driving a stolen car. The supervisor said his crime was “driving while black.” 

The demonstrators want Gov. Gray Davis to sign the “driving while black or brown” bill (SB 1389). Sen. Kevin Murray, D-Los Angeles, reintroduced the bill in January after Davis vetoed similar legislation that had passed the Senate and the Assembly earlier. 

“At this point the governor and the governor’s staff continue to have discussions with the authors of this legislation, and we hope we can find middle ground on this bill,” said Hillary McLean, a spokesperson for the governor. 

The governor initiated a voluntary data collection program through the California Highway Patrol. The CHP asked 433 state law enforcement agencies if they collected demographics on traffic stops and learned that 55 jurisdictions are collecting data for an annual report. If Murray’s bill passes, all California law enforcement agencies would be required to collect data regarding the race and ethnicity of motorists stopped and searched by the police, to learn if the agencies are discriminating against people of color. 

Here in Berkeley the police department already is collecting data, said Capt. Bobby Miller. 

“We started last August and that information will be released pretty soon, probably in a couple of weeks,” he said. 

Miller said Berkeley police developed a system for officers to report the traffic stops according to race and sex into the computerized communication center, and it will be retrieved and analyzed. 

“There was no law that required us to do it,” he said. “We just decided it was the right thing to do. We’ll keep our minds open to whatever it says. We are open to corrections.” 

A woman was assaulted and the puppy she was holding was stolen Wednesday evening as she waited for her husband and the new owner of the dog to return from a cash machine. 

The victim said two men came to her home on the 2600 block of California Street with the intention of buying one of her Rottweiler puppies, but the woman told them the one she was holding was already sold. 

One of the two suspects snatched the puppy from her arms, said Berkeley Police Capt. Bobby Miller, and struck her in the face with a closed fist and then they fled from her home with the Rottweiler puppy. 

The suspects are described as African-American males, one of them about 24 years old, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, wearing a red Fubu shirt with the number 05 in white lettering. The other bears the same description except he was wearing blue jeans, a jean jacket, a white shirt and a gray hat with ear flaps.

The student campaign, formed in October, requests that students pledge not to work for, buy from or invest in targeted companies until the companies meet the group’s environmental demands. 

The campaign is currently running in 153 college campuses throughout the country, said Ben Prochazka, Western States Field Organizer for ecopledge.com. Their goal is to collect 75,000 signatures nationwide, calling on specific companies to take simple and specific steps to protect the environment, he said. 

One targeted company is Citibank/Citigroup. Ecopledge is asking the bank to stop or cancel funding for the Three Gorges Dam Project on the Yangtze River in China. 

Prochazka said Citibank is one of the chief financial participants in the proposed three-mile dam. He said it will displace l.2 million people and thousands of acres of land. 

“We want to make it clear that students should take their values to the workplace,” said Lauren Baker, campaign coordinator for the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG), which backs ecopledge.com. 

Saying that Cal students generally can anticipate rewarding careers, the freshman organizer said, “as students we have the power to influence companies as their future workers.” 

Dave Harris, Earth Week 2000 Program Coordinator, said the signature goal for the Cal campus is 4,000 pledges. 

“Students no longer are going to just buy what makes them happy,” said Harris. They’re going to take their consciences with them to the marketplace. 

Ecopledge.com also is calling on Nestle to end its production of genetically modified food product, said Prochazka. Also on the boycott list is the Disney Corporation - ecopledge is requesting tem to stop using pbc in their toy manufacturing. Prochazka said pbc can release the toxic chemical dioxin. The group also wants Coca-Cola to use 25 percent post recyclable material in its plastic bottles. 

Prochazka said the ecopledge was formed to leverage the power of students, consumers and investors in the marketplace to hold these companies and others directly accountable, by asking them to take simple steps to protect the environment. 

Buildings in the downtown area will be getting a new coat of paint. 

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