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World’s most famous play still fresh
BUSD bond, tax on ballot
Eight years ago, Berkeley votes approved a $158 million bond measure to pay for major improvements – seismic upgrades, renovations, reconstruction – at school sites throughout the community. -more-
Clerk announces schedule for nominations to elected office and ballot arguments
Solution sought for dangerous intersection
Construction to ameliorate traffic congestion at the Gilman Street exit of Interstate 80 is still some two years away, but the City of Berkeley hopes two “roundabouts” will fix the traffic problem by the end of 2002. -more-
Jazzschool presents summer music series
In the next two months, jazz fans will be in for a treat, complements of Berkeley’s Jazzschool, which will be offering free concerts twice a week throughout July and August. -more-
FEMA gives kudos, cash to city
Among the nation’s pioneers in needle exchange and at the forefront of high school condom distribution, Berkeley is also on the cutting edge of natural disaster prevention. -more-
Museum hosts bicycle races
OAKLAND – The Oakland Museum of California will host its second annual bicycle races on July 16, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The day of races includes nine separate multi-lap events on the .85-mile course, starting and finishing at the Snow Museum Park in front of the Kaiser Events Center on Harrison Street between 19th and 20 Streets in downtown Oakland. -more-
‘Choir’ open to ‘green’ ideas
Saying he’s usually the dose of “castor oil” to environmentally “clueless” corporations, environmental journalist Joel Makower told members of Berkeley’s Sustainable Business Alliance Friday that businesses need to practice environmental mentoring. -more-
Police release rape suspect sketch
Construction to ameliorate traffic congestion at the Gilman Street exit of Interstate 80 is still some two years away, but the City of Berkeley hopes two “roundabouts” will fix the traffic problem by the end of 2002. -more-
Hospital workers strike
Fola Afariogun, a nursing assistant/phlebotomist for 19 years at Alta Bates Medical Center, says he’s forced to work overtime, and he’s afraid that when he’s tired and drawing blood, he’ll make a mistake. -more-
Banks tune in to needs of blind patrons
A personal examination of cancer
To call a film “deceptively simple” usually means it is neither, and it’s an inefficient way to describe something. But the filmmakers of “Speaking for Themselves: seven women – their experiences with cancer” are so hands-off one wonders if they are there at all. -more-
Two strong-arm robberies reported
Berkeley police are investigating two strong-arm robberies that occurred Monday evening. -more-
Teens are more than customers in new café
ALBANY – Peter Waugh, who’ll be a high school senior in September, walked into Café Eclectica on Solano Avenue Wednesday evening to find out what all the talk is about. -more-
Kitchen fire causes $25,000 in damage to University Ave. café
A small kitchen fire at noontime Thursday in Café Caracas, at 1446 University Ave., destroyed the hood over an oven and required firefighters to cut two holes in the kitchen roof to allow gas to escape. -more-
Guarantees sought for Vista’s home
Of Oakland, Gertrude Stein felt “there is no there there.” At the very least, however, they’ve definitely got two Peralta District Community Colleges there – with campuses to boot. That’s a distinction Berkeley’s own Vista College cannot claim. After several decades of operation, multiple bond measures and threats of secession from the Peralta District, Vista is still leasing space at 2020 Milvia St. -more-
Berkeley High principal reassigned
Clerical workers continue hunger strike
Jane Fehlberg, who works as an administrative assistant at UC Berkeley, said she hasn’t chewed anything for three weeks. Her liquid diet consists largely of orange juice, soy protein, broth and vitamins. -more-
Memorial service set
A memorial service for noted Berkeley historian and author Tertius Chandler, 85, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar St. -more-
Berkeley launches disaster resistance program
Berkeley has been designated as a Project Impact/Disaster Resistant Community since December and in May the city hired a coordinator for the project that’s to be formally launched Friday. -more-
Dog is their co-pilot
Headquarters central for one of the most original magazines to hit the racks in recent years is a small garage in the backyard of a house on Eighth Street. -more-
Woman raped
Berkeley police are continuing to investigate a rape that occurred around 6:30 a.m. Monday near the North Berkeley BART station. -more-
Buzz battles bureaucratic barriers
Communication. It’s the buzzword of the 21st Century. -more-
Opinion
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Police continue search for Monday rape suspect
Police released more information Wednesday about Monday morning’s rape in northwest Berkeley. -more-
Innovative UCB physicist Knight dies at 80
Walter D. Knight, professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and an innovative researcher in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance, died Wednesday, June 28, at his summer home in Marlborough, N. H. The cause of death was heart disease complicated by end-stage Alzheimer’s disease. He was 80. -more-