The Week
News
One-sided city budget presentation
Jobs for youth and health services for low-income people are among the programs that made it to the proposed liberal/progressive budget presented at Tuesday night’s council session. The council will vote on the proposals next week. -more-
Mayor: Process lacking ‘reason’
Most every year, around this time, the mayor and the liberal/progressive faction of the council each publish dueling versions of how to spend the few dollars left over from the city’s fixed costs. -more-
Length of police review period questioned
The Berkeley Police Review Commission reviewed its concerns last week about the rule that allows the commission only 120 days to investigate complaints of misconduct against Berkeley Police Officers. -more-
Extended BART hours for annual Pride Parade
SAN FRANCISCO – On Sunday, BART will operate longer trains for the San Francisco Pride 2000 Parade in San Francisco. -more-
Police arrest 2 for graffiti
Four young men were arrested for allegedly defacing two buildings with black spray paint about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. -more-
Knife allegedly used in assault
A family fight erupted about 10 p.m. Monday on the 1200 block of Ninth Street when a woman’s two daughters visited her and her partner. -more-
Station goes digital
Berkeley Community Media is finally able to send its old equipment the way of carbon paper, floppy disks, wooden tennis racquets and 1,200-baud modems. In a long-awaited move, Berkeley-TV Channel 25 has landed a bevy of new cameras and computers, making the painstaking process of linear editing a thing of the past. -more-
BUSD plans $116.5 million bond
A proposal to place a $116.5 million school bond and a special maintenance tax on the November ballot will be considered tonight by the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education. -more-
Court blocks Burma boycott
Berkeley’s three-decade history of standing up to countries whose policies are said to violate human rights took an abrupt turn Monday when the Supreme Court upheld a challenge to a Massachusetts law boycotting Burma. -more-
Applicants sought for BCM board
The Board of Directors of BCM is seeking applicants of diverse background and affiliation and with strong ties to community organizations and groups. -more-
Cat fight over city ordinance
Fur could fly once again at tonight’s City Council meeting, when policy makers consider a law requiring cat and dog owners to either spay or neuter their animals or pay the piper for the privilege of not doing so. -more-
State school bond plan is hardly an improvement
There are times when half a loaf is definitely worse than none – especially when accepting half a loaf sets a very bad precedent. -more-
Masterful photography: SFMoMA exhibit captures spirit of Walker Evans’ work
Walker Evans is the Old Master photographer most frequently studied by young photographers today. Images from his 1936 series depicting three tenant farmer families in Alabama are in our history books and his architectural studies from that era are also familiar classics, but the whole range of his work is much broader, including a variety of experiments and enigmas. Now at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a vast exhibition surveying his work from his tentative beginnings in 1927 until his health failed in 1974. -more-
Budget proposals remain veiled
A public hearing on the budget could bring out citizens for tonight’s full council agenda. -more-
Plan may benefit city’s speeders
I read with interest your story about the move to raise the speed limit on Claremont Avenue. -more-
Defense on offensive in police assault case
Court dates are set for next month for Berkeley High graduate Keith Stephens, who was charged with two misdemeanors for his part in a June 1 brawl with two police officers. -more-
State bill might make road safer
In your June 19 edition, two bicycle activists (from North Berkeley, if I read my phone book correctly) argue against changing the posted speed limit on Claremont Ave. to help police officers enforce more speeding tickets. Their shared rationale is that the state legislature might soon pass a bill that would uphold more tickets under existing limits. -more-
City Council considers 4% raises for non-union workers
Among the items on the council’s consent calendar for tonight is a 4 percent raise for non-union employees. -more-
Man takes cash from register
A man robbed the cash register in Walgreen’s Drug Store at 1050 Gilman St. about 9:50 p.m. Friday. -more-
Sweet sound of freedom at Juneteenth
With two blocks of Adeline Street closed to traffic, music echoing from both ends of the street and smoke from barbecues filling the summer air, Juneteenth was in full swing Sunday afternoon. -more-
Raise speed limit, stop speeders
How do you combat the speedsters racing down Claremont Avenue? Raise the speed limit, some say. -more-
2 rapes reported to police
Berkeley police are investigating two rape cases reported last week. -more-
Solar calendar planned for Cesar Chavez Park
Organizers of the Cesar Chavez Memorial Solar Calendar will hold a community informational workshop Tuesday evening on the Berkeley Marina site where the project will be built. -more-
Berkeley woman charged with DUI
Police officers investigating a suspicious vehicle about 6:45 a.m. Sunday on the 1500 block of Stuart Street found the driver sitting in the car with the engine running. The car had been in a collision, said Capt. Bobby Miller of the Berkeley Police Department. -more-
Agatha Christie play ends group’s season
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley completes its 43rd season with an Agatha Christie mystery, “Murder At the Vicarage,” a Miss Marple classic. -more-
Talk examines tradition
The Judah L. Magnes Museum presents “Women and Rituals,” a talk about old traditions, Tuesday, June 27 from 6-7:30 p.m. Rabbi Helen Cohn of San Francisco’s Congregation Emanu-El and Manni Liu, executive director of the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will he on hand for the talk. The museum is located at 2911 Russell St. -more-
An ecological neighborhood
The area of community gardens near the BART tracks in the Westbrae neighborhood already is known for the establishment of Berkeley EcoHouse on Hopkins Street, and now the nearby stretch of Ohlone Greenway is about to be upgraded with plantings and cultural landmarks. -more-
A Helping Hand
Speaking up about their experiences, the newcomers to the Women’s Employment Resources Corp. traded hard luck stories about navigating the welfare system. -more-
Stadium lights exempt, UC says
After the 10-odd months of controversy, acrimony and delays, the Memorial Stadium permanent lighting debate all boils down to one incontrovertible fact: University officials don’t think nine light towers would look crappy and the stadium’s neighbors do. Period. -more-
Cooler weather arrives
OAKLAND – Cooling fog rolled back into Northern California Friday after an unusual midweek heat wave sent scores of people to the hospital. -more-
Juneteenth celebration set for Sunday
With the scent of barbecue in the summer air, the gold and green of kinti cloth decorating the booths, those sweet tones of the Berkeley High Jazz Band and Pete Escovedo’s red hot salsa sounds, Berkeley will remember the freeing of the slaves at its annual Juneteenth celebration. -more-
Berlioz work will close Berkeley Opera’s season
Berkeley Opera’s 2000 season, Shakespeare at the Opera, concludes July 14-23 with six performances of Berlioz’s opera, “Beatrice and Benedick.” -more-
One final celebration
As the sun set over the UC Berkeley Greek Theatre and the fog rolled in Thursday evening, the Class of 2000 said its final good bye to Berkeley High School. -more-
Stadium battle revived
A light may be at the end of the tunnel in the ongoing permanent lighting at Memorial Stadium situation – and the neighbors of the historic stadium are expecting that it’s a train. -more-
High-tech firm comes to town
Just call us Wireless Valley. That’s a new name for Berkeley coined by some high-tech newcomers from Sweden who make telephones, do research and don’t have anything to do with home furnishings. -more-
Report criticizes Pacifica actions
The Pacifica Foundation, KPFA radio’s parent organization, may have violated the California Corporations Code, when it stripped the local advisory board members of their right to vote for members of the governing board, says a report released Monday by the Joint State Auditor’s Committee. -more-
Opinion
Editorials
City set to increase plant debris recycling schedule
By Marilyn Claessens -more-
Class focuses on health proxy forms
The Berkeley Adult School is hosting a workshop on the step-by-step process of completing a health proxy form, taught by Berkeley attorney Lynn Sherrell. -more-
Center offers arts sessions
The JMCA Summer Performing Arts Camp will begin two-week sessions Monday at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. -more-