Sunday was D-day in Berkeley. D stands for “Dorm,” by the way. -more-
Berkeley’s Impact Theater specializes in new plays for a 20-something audience that grew up on television, film and music, without much experience in live theater. -more-
Trying to find a place to park downtown before 5 p.m. is about as frustrating as a Rubik’s cube. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Lisa Fithian marched, jogged, skipped and trudged more than 20 miles this week through the streets of Los Angeles. She pleaded with police officers. She cajoled angry, masked anarchists clad in black. She chanted into megaphones. -more-
It’s not quite big brother, but the Berkeley Unified School District is on the county’s “watch” list. -more-
Out here in the Bay Area, one doesn’t often find a bayou, riverboat or streets named after distilled liquors. One can, however, find plenty of the music that fits these images – just like cayenne pepper goes with shrimp etouffee. -more-
The East Bay Chapter of the United Nations Association Information and UNICEF Center is celebrating its re-opening today, next to the Berkeley Gray Panthers headquarters. -more-
A California-based animal rights group is doing what it can to force circuses to stop using elephants in their acts, even invoking the Endangered Species Act in its quest. -more-
Panthers join Bay Shore Athletic League, will face schools closer to their own enrollment. -more-
After enduring yet another arson fire early Saturday morning, the School Board put off a decision to approve the installation of security cameras, which some say could deter such mayhem and protect the students at Berkeley High. -more-
University of California scientists say the northern half of the Hayward Fault that runs beneath the east San Francisco Bay area may not be as dangerous as previously thought. -more-
Another arson at Berkeley High School doesn’t bode well for the coming school year, just two weeks away. -more-
Robbery appears to be the motive in the shooting murder of Dwight Cornell Garland, 34, of Berkeley early Wednesday morning, Berkeley Police say. -more-
The baubles in Wing York Jue’s “community garden museum” dot the front yard of his home at 2232 McKinley St. which he and his wife Dorothy have shared for 61 years. Each of the treasures has a very unique history. -more-
If Peggy Schioler wins a slot on the Rent Stabilization Board, she will be a lone voice weighing in on the side of property owners. -more-
Neither police nor the Alameda County Coroner are revealing the name of the man murdered on the 1200 block of Haskell Street early Wednesday morning. -more-
The mantra of virtually every Hollywood horror film from “Frankenstein” to “Jurassic Park” has been the same: Don’t Mess with Mother Nature. Too bad, because that’s what humans do best. -more-
The lawyer for a Berkeley landlord facing nine federal charges, including conspiracy to bring aliens to the U.S. illegally and bringing foreigners to the U.S. for “immoral purposes,” has asked Federal District Court Judge Sandra Brown Armstrong to dismiss two of the charges on constitutional grounds. -more-
Hoffman’s radiation health risk factors not based on science -more-
Ever hear of an urodeles? How about a qoph? -more-
As many as 30 Berkeley High School students may get to spend two weeks as ambassadors to one of the United States’ most inveterate political foes. They’ll live in the homes and study the agrarian ways of their Cuban hosts. -more-
In the final part of a three-part interview with Deputy City Manager Weldon Rucker, who will begin a stint as interim city manager next week, Rucker speaks to the Daily Planet about how he plans to help the council streamline its workload. -more-
Berkeley Police say that two armed robberies a week apart may be connected. -more-
University Avenue is a mess, with holes bored into the ground and orange and white sandwich boards dotting the streets and sidewalk. These board’s, often decorated with bright yellow “caution” tape are meant to protect passersby and automobiles from the gaps in the sidewalk and streets, but it’s not unusual to see the signs displaced and lying helter skelter on their sides. -more-
Deputy City Manger Weldon Rucker is getting ready to take the helm of the city as interim City Manager. In this, the second of a three-part interview, Rucker talks to the Daily Planet about the Neighborhood Services Initiative, a plan to divide the city into quadrants, with a NSI manager in each. -more-
In an election that could tip the scales in favor of the moderate council minority, more than a dozen City Council candidates appear ready to run for office. -more-
