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OAKLAND – A jury has found KPFA supporter Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi not guilty of obstructing or delaying a police officer in the course of his duties. The decision was announced in Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Tabor’s court at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. -more-

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From the instant Jeremiah Fielder’s first-inning double came off the bat in Wednesday’s semifinal showdown with Piedmont, the St. Mary’s baseball team knew the game would be no repeat of the 9-4 defeat it suffered at the hands of the Highlanders on May 3. -more-

Jamonie Robinson tells a dog story from his hospital bed that would frighten any early morning jogger. -more-

Thursday, May 18 -more-

Last time the Berkeley High softball team roamed into the San Ramon Valley Wolves’ territory, it left whimpering with its tail between its legs, after being mauled by its league rivals, 10-0, on opening day. In Wednesday’s rematch at the Wolves’ home field, however, the Yellowjackets had the defense to protect themselves. -more-

In Economics 101, they talk about a choice between guns and butter. -more-

After serving eight years on the Berkeley Unified School Board, Pamela Doolan has decided that she won’t run for a third term this fall. -more-

Teachers and the school district could reach a contract agreement as early as the middle of next week, predicts the state mediator working with the Berkeley Federation of Teachers and the Berkeley Unified School District. “Over the course of the last two meetings, the parties have moved significantly closer to agreement,” mediator Ron McGee said in a statement released late Wednesday night. “I am cautiously optimistic that the parties will be able to reach agreement at the next scheduled mediation session on May 24, 2000. Therefore, I am extending the total press and information blackout for one week.” -more-

“I’ve got a bike, you can ride it if you like/It’s got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good/I’d give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.” -more-

Wednesday, May 17 -more-

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Look up “moral victory” in the dictionary, and you might find a description of the Berkeley High softball team’s hard-fought, 1-0 defeat at the hands of first-place Foothill on Tuesday afternoon. -more-

A recommendation to cut $1 million from next year’s budget goes to the Berkeley Unified School Board tonight, even though the governor has proposed higher spending for California’s schools. -more-

The Berkeley High baseball team’s 17-7 overall record wasn’t enough to get it into North Coast Section playoffs last year, so it seems logical that this year’s record – currently at 11-9 with two games to play – will yield a similar postseason fate. But as long as his Yellowjackets aren’t mathematically eliminated, BHS coach Larri Gordon still considers them on the playoff bubble. -more-

The body of an unidentified man was found floating in the bay Tuesday morning near the rocks along West Frontage Road about one-quarter mile south of University Avenue. -more-

OAKLAND – A jury heard closing arguments and began deliberation Tuesday on charges that KPFA supporter Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi obstructed or delayed a police officer during protests last summer at the listener-sponsored radio station in Berkeley. -more-

The Claremont-Elmwood Neighborhood Association will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. on May 24 at the Palache Hall of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, Claremont Boulevard at Russell. -more-

A small fire at Washington Elementary School was quickly doused Sunday evening. -more-

Firefighters arrived at the Cal Hotel at 2008 Shattuck Ave. about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday to find that a fire in a mattress and box spring already had been extinguished with a dry chemical. -more-

Citizens have clashed with UC Berkeley once again. -more-

Tuesday, May 16 -more-

A recent study published in the Journal of Housing Research titled Rent Regulation’s Pricing Effect in the Uncontrolled Sector concludes that rent controls, designed to lower the cost of housing for renters, may have the perverse effect of increasing rents for tenants in the unregulated sector. The study concludes that unregulated rents (such as those for vacancy decontrolled units in Berkeley) are $100 greater than they should be if rent controls were not in effect. -more-

René Magritte was the rugged individualist among surrealist artists and has endured as one of the most interesting. Now the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a vast retrospective exhibition of some 65 paintings covering his whole mature career, from 1926 until his death in 1967, including many unfamiliar examples from private collections. It offers us a very special opportunity, through September 5th. -more-

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The San Francisco Board of Education has decided that the superintendent of the Washington, D.C., school system is the best candidate to lead the San Francisco Unified School District. -more-

The Berkeley High boys volleyball team’s postseason fate, which has hung in the balance since the regular-season finale on May 11, was finally decided on Sunday, as the North Coast Section seeding committee rejected the Yellowjackets’ at-large bid for a playoff spot. -more-

Members of the public will get their chance tonight to tell the City Council what they think about the police communications tower, which some Public Safety Building neighbors are calling the “Eyesore Tower.” -more-

The entire Alameda-Contra Costa Athletic League got a dose of the Panthers’ depth on Saturday, as the St. Mary’s High track and field team dominated the league championship meet, winning both the boys’ and girls’ titles at Piedmont High. -more-

A surreal robbery and kidnapping experience early Friday morning left a Berkeley man with several minor injuries and without his wallet. -more-

The East Bay Community Law Center announced a new partnership last week that serves Alameda County families moving from welfare to work. -more-

Two men stole a car driven by a woman who visited the Berkeley Marina to relax early Sunday morning. -more-

A team of five art experts walked along Addison Street from Milvia Street to Shattuck Avenue last Monday afternoon, scanning the streetscape to develop plans for embedding art in the sidewalks. -more-

Monday, May 15 -more-

Not many attended the studio Open House held recently (May 8) by the University’s “New Century Plan” staff. In fact, in the hour I was there, only one other non-staff person was present. -more-

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Five individuals representing the Berkeley High girls lacrosse team literally put the icing on the 2000 season on Saturday, taking part in the annual league all-star game – an event so informal that it degenerated into a cupcake fight after the final horn sounded. -more-

A principal described by his teachers as a "superlative" administrator was honored Friday as the Berkeley Public Education Foundation’s educator of the Year. -more-

I read in the May 13th Planet that the “City eyes bond for warm pool” at Berkeley High main campus. The desired $3,000,000 would fund improvements such as lockers, a water distribution system, and an air circulation system. I support the warm pool users’ quest for such improvements. The pool will provide therapeutic benefits to the disabled citizens, special education students, and seniors citizens of Berkeley. -more-

With 15 years of coaching success under his belt, Berkeley High track and field coach Darrell Hampton has always represented a strategic advantage to his athletes. But in Saturday’s East Bay Athletic League championship meet, Hampton admits it was the athletes alone who kept the EBAL title from going to the Wolves. -more-

A sizable crowd gathered in Martin Luther King Jr. Park under the sun and blue skies Saturday for the singing, dancing, and other forms of presentation at the sixth annual Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival. -more-

Golly. The next time my car is broken into in the darkness on 10th Street I’ll sure be celebrating the new lighting fixtures downtown. Even though downtown is arguably the best lighted place in town next to the football stadium, my neighborhood should certainly wait for improved lighting until the downtown merchants get their Christmas lighting because, after all, aesthetics come first. -more-

It’s only May, but a coalition of progressive organizations came together last week to choose a candidate to represent students on a progressive Rent Board Slate in the November election. -more-

Eight Berkeley artists were selected to create the sidewalk art for the Addison Streetscape. They are Lynne-Rachel Altman, Jenny Cole, Carolynn Haydu, Diana Maria Rossi, Rebecca Schwarz, Nancy Selvin, Sofie Siegmann and April Watkins. A selection panel that reports to the Civic Arts Commission chose their work from a field of 24 applicants. -more-

A stroke left John Terry aphasic and paralyzed on his right side a decade ago. And four years ago, at age 71, his wife, Ebba, who suffers from arthritis, fell and had to have a hip replaced. -more-

After striking out three times in his first three at-bats against Granada’s solid pitching staff in Friday’s home finale, Berkeley High first-baseman Greer Wiggins didn’t think it would be possible to erase the silver sombrero from the crowd’s memory in one swing. Turned out, he was wrong. -more-

Saturday, May 13 -more-

The Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste (CMTW) has put forth a new teaching on tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. Before examining this new teaching, let me remind you that the CMTW preaches that tritium is the “baddest” of all radioactive substances and that the “evil” Department of Energy (DOE) has endangered the good citizens of Berkeley by locating a scientific laboratory that uses it in a “dangerous” earthquake and firestorm area. Although the tritium at Berkeley Lab is stored in the inert form of uranium tritide, this is never mentioned in the CMTW’s teachings. Furthermore, they suppress the fact that tens of thousands of curies of tritium are also stored in fragile glass tubes in public and private buildings throughout Berkeley. -more-

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Not every little leaguer gets the chance to hop the fence of his favorite team’s home field, take a couple of hacks off Randy Johnson or shag flies alongside Barry Bonds. -more-

Lighting was the highest priority of participants in public workshops last year where they identified preferences for streetscape improvements for downtown Berkeley. -more-

The Yellowjackets may be out of the playoffs, but for five Berkeley High girls lacrosse players, the season isn’t quite over yet. -more-

Since the Alameda County Board of Education took action regarding the danger tritium emissions could pose to children on field trips to the Lawrence Hall of Science, people associated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have written opinion pieces attacking the credibility of the Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste. Although I’m not a member of the Committee, the tone and tenor of these attacks are such that I feel obligated to respond. The Committee is made up of citizens who volunteer their time because they are concerned about their community and the dangers posed by tritium. Although these folks are not scientists their belief that LBNL’s activities endanger this community has been confirmed on several occasions, such as when the Environmental Protection Agency, in response to a Committee complaint, put the lab site on the Superfund list because the tritium emissions were found to have exceeded federal cancer-risk screening concentrations. -more-

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Berkeley police are searching for a woman they believe is responsible for a strong-armed robbery late Thursday night. -more-

UC BERKELEY ART -more-

Ron Mix, founding publisher of the Berkeley Daily Planet, has resigned his position with Bigfoot Media Inc. to accept the position of Vice President/Chief Operating Officer with Pizazz Printing in Milpitas, the company that prints the Planet. -more-

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Berkeley Police Sgt. Cary Kent is taking a new direction in his investigation of the unsolved murder of Rick DeVecchi. He’s working with the hypnotized recollections of an eyewitness to the crime. -more-

OAKLAND – Uncle Eye, a singing storyteller from Berkeley, will present an evening of Singable Stories and Soulfolk Tales on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cato’s in Oakland at 3891 Piedmont Ave. Tom Hallenback will join Uncle Eye on the cello and mandolin and perform an extra set of original songs at 8 p.m. -more-

An Oakland man was robbed early Friday morning in a parking lot on Fourth Street. -more-