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-
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-
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-
Two of Berkeley’s biggest employers opened their doors to employee’s children Thursday to celebrate “Take Your Daughter To Work Day.” -more-
After blowing leads in the first two games against Monte Vista at Donahue Gym on Thursday, the Berkeley High boys volleyball team finally settled down, overcoming the Mustangs in the next three consecutive games to escape with a 14-16, 15-17, 15-5, 15-6, 15-5 win. -more-
Berkeley schools take down signs in ‘phony’ move -more-
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-
Most of the students, merchant representatives and neighborhood activists, speaking at Wednesday night’s Planning Commission public hearing on the Underhill Draft Environmental Impact Report condemned the planning process by which the Underhill Projects and Southside Plan are roaring down parallel tracks. -more-
Berkeley High sprinters Aisha Margain, Raqueta Margain, T’carra Penick, Katrina Keith and Simone Brooks have repeatedly demonstrated superhuman feats on the track this season, but even Berkeley’s fabulous five aren’t fast enough to be two places at once. -more-
A working group on Southside housing, zoning and land use went to the Planning Commission Wednesday night with a brash new plan for development in the south-of-campus area. -more-
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. -more-
A resident was burglarized by a “hot prowler” around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. She said she was late in getting up to go to work, opened her living room window in her first floor apartment on the 2000 block of Delaware Street. -more-
A resident was burglarized by a “hot prowler” around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. She said she was late in getting up to go to work, opened her living room window in her first floor apartment on the 2000 block of Delaware Street. -more-
Some like it hot, and some like it cold. And after Berkeley High’s 12-6 loss to league rival Davis in the scorching heat on Wednesday afternoon, it was painfully obvious which team had what preference. -more-
While the State of California enjoys a budget surplus because of strong income tax collection, local governments and local schools see a rising gap between the cost of services and the unrestricted revenues available from the taxes they rely on - sales tax (cities) and property tax (cities, counties, and schools). -more-
HAYWARD – After hearing from both sides of the issue, the Alameda County Board of Education decided late Tuesday night not to rescind its call for a moratorium against school field trips to Lawrence Hall of Science. -more-
The site of the Hinks parking garage on Kittredge Street west of the library is targeted as the site of a new $50 million development with more than 150 rental apartments to be built next year. -more-
The St. Mary’s boys golf team completed the 18-hole course know as the 2000 regular season on Wednesday, shooting a 217 at Tilden Park Golf Course to defeat Pinole Valley, and improve to 14-4 on the year. -more-
The recent outcry over Alameda County school children visiting the Lawrence Hall of Science and being exposed to tritium emissions from DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory should FINALLY awaken the university community to this local radiation health hazard. Cal students must understand that the debate over radiation up at the children’s museum is but the tip of the iceberg. Concerns over tritium exposure reach down into the Central Campus and its radiation labs, raising additional questions about radiation exposure and Cal students. -more-
Judging from the seven or eight times people broke in with enthusiastic applause and the standing ovation the two-term mayor got when her State of the City address was delivered, the crowd that filled almost every seat in the City Council Chambers Tuesday night loved Mayor Shirley Dean’s speech. -more-
As one might suspect, members of the liberal-progressive council faction took issue with some of the statements Mayor Shirley Dean made in her State of the City address. -more-
The Green Party of California will hold its Statewide General Assembly this weekend on the UC Berkeley campus. -more-
Armed robbers target nighttime pedestrian -more-
Two burglars were thwarted around 6 a.m. Sunday when they attempted to break into a second-floor bedroom window in a multi-unit apartment building in the 1300 block of Burnett Street. -more-
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. -more-
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. -more-
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. -more-
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. -more-
In two separate incidents Thursday, two men were victims of armed robbery in Aquatic Park: one at Bay Street and Potter around 3 a.m. and the other at 11 p.m. on Bolivar Drive north of Bay Street. -more-
