KPFA activists are celebrating a legal victory: A judge ruled this week that they can move forward with the lawsuit filed in July by Oakland attorney Dan Siegel. -more-

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Berkeley’s own “Ranger Danger” has left the building. -more-

For several years, the self styled “watchdog group” the Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste (CMTW) has been proselytizing the City of Berkeley with its view of the dangers of radiation in general and tritium in particular. This cult of true believers teaches that any level of exposure to radiation is dangerous and gives the impression that the Department of Energy (DOE) is the source of all radiation. Faced with the truth that there are many natural sources of radiation, they fall back on an alternative teaching that manmade radiation is much worse than natural radiation, even if they are identical. -more-

The Berkeley High swimming and diving team closed out the 2000 home season with a moral victory of sorts on Friday afternoon, setting a number of personal records in individual and relay events in a 53-111 (boys) and 47-114 (girls) losses to the much larger San Ramon Valley contingent. -more-

The Berkeley High swimming and diving team closed out the 2000 home season with a moral victory of sorts on Friday afternoon, setting a number of personal records in individual and relay events in a 53-111 (boys) and 47-114 (girls) losses to the much larger San Ramon Valley contingent. -more-

A new estimate by the Berkeley Unified School District says the April 12 arson fire at the high school caused between $1.5 million and $2 million in damage – and that cost doesn’t include the money being spent on relocation efforts linked to the fire. -more-

The extent to which the oft-mentioned concept of “momentum” actually matters to most playoff-bound teams is debatable, but for an emotional team like Berkeley High, the concept is not so abstract. -more-

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A firefighter who magically knows about accidents before they happen is something Berkeley High could have sorely used a few weeks back, and also happens to be the pretense of a film directed by one of the school’s six new Hall of Fame honorees. -more-

Volunteers got help from Washington Elementary School students on Friday in the creation of new garden beds at the campus. The original garden was built on the eastern side of the school, but ever-growing trees are limiting the amount of sun that can reach those beds. So, a group of community members decided to pitch in and create new beds on the west side of campus. Anyone who wants to volunteer can visit the school, at the corner of Bancroft and Martin Luther King Jr. ways, today between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. And if you’re looking for anything else to do this weekend, turn to page 2 for our Out & About calendar. It’s a busy weekend, with lots to do around town. -more-

A woman walking with two small children was robbed about 9:45 p.m. Thursday on Rose Street near Acton Street. -more-