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Radisson workers get their union

Judith Scherr

Friday June 23, 2000

Berkeley Marina Radisson Hotel workers and their supporters were celebrating victory Thursday, with the news that hotel management had accepted unionization. -more-

Calendar of Events & Activities

Friday June 23, 2000

Friday, June 23

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Davis' transportation plan may come up short

Thomas Elias

Friday June 23, 2000

Few California governors have made themselves as visible as Gray Davis did for one week this spring, as he traveled the state pushing his transportation plan. He set the price tag at $5.2 billion in all his speeches and press releases, even though the actual cost would be three times that. -more-

PFA salutes Library of Congress

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

Throughout July, the Pacific Film Archive will present restored prints of two dozen classic Hollywood features, in a series saluting the 200th anniversary of the Library of Congress. All the films are in preservation-quality 35mm. -more-

Friday June 23, 2000

THEATER

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Telegraph quotas up for debate

Marilyn Claessens

Friday June 23, 2000

Business and property owners and city officials offered mixed opinions about the value of retaining zoning quotas for restaurants and hair salons on Telegraph Avenue during a planning meeting Wednesday. -more-

Kala Institute awards fellowships

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

Last week Kala Art Institute of Berkeley announced the winners of this year’s Fellowship awards. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Friday June 23, 2000

Developer is missing real issue on San Pablo

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Board gives green light to school bond and tax

Rob Cunningham

Friday June 23, 2000

As expected, the Berkeley Unified School Board voted Wednesday night to place a school bond and a special tax measure on the November ballot. -more-

Shotgun Players present Kipling book

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

The Shotgun Players will present a theatrical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s coming-of-age epic, “The Jungle Book” on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. The play, adapted by King Middle School teacher Richard J. Silberg, will feature giant puppets, live music and theatrical acrobatics by Bay Area performers. -more-

Trial for parking activist

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

Rick Young, the second-year Boalt Hall law student who has been protesting the university’s plans for construction of a three-story 1,000- to 1,400-car parking structure, will go to trial Aug. 4 on misdemeanor charges. -more-

Editor leaving Daily Planet

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

Rob Cunningham, who has served as editor of the Berkeley Daily Planet since its launch last year, will step down from his post on July 15, Publisher Arnold Lee announced today. Cunningham will be succeeded by Judith Scherr, who has worked as the newspaper’s lead reporter since May 1999. -more-

Features

New housing unveiled

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

Resources for Community Development, a Berkeley-based organization that builds affordable housing, is having a grand opening of Miramar Court and the Mariposa Apartments at Alameda Point, the former Alameda Naval Air Station on June 29 from 4-6 p.m. -more-

Artists to visit Paris

Joe Eskenazi

Friday June 23, 2000

Ah Paris – the city that has never heard of soap, deodorant, pooper-scoopers or artistic constraints. -more-

Deer’s head found in store’s meat case

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

Two incidents of vandalism occurred this week in the Safeway supermarket at 1444 Shattuck Ave. -more-

Editorial

Assault arrest made

Daily Planet Staff

Friday June 23, 2000

A woman seated on the trunk of her car at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in a commercial parking lot at 2930 Sacramento St., was threatened by a driver who drove toward her car at high speed. -more-