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Skate park halted due to contamination

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Sunday November 26, 2000

Work has halted on the skateboard park near Fifth and Harrison streets following a Friday morning emergency meeting among city officials and skate park enthusiasts. -more-


Homeless vet grateful for generosity

By Millicent Mayfield Special to the Daily Planet
Sunday November 26, 2000

For two weeks John Christian has been sitting in front of the downtown Berkeley BART station on Shattuck Avenue each day, asking for change. And so far, the people of Berkeley have come through. -more-


Skate park halted due to contamination

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Saturday November 25, 2000

Work has halted on the skateboard park near Fifth and Harrison streets following a Friday morning emergency meeting among city officials and skate park enthusiasts. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday November 25, 2000


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Letters to the Editor

Saturday November 25, 2000

Christians’ role must be examined -more-


Women hoopsters fall to Alabama, still winless

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Saturday November 25, 2000

New coach Horstmeyer starts 0-3 with Bears -more-


Homeless vet grateful for generosity

By Millicent Mayfield Special to the Daily Planet
Saturday November 25, 2000

Cal signs member of Croatian national volleyball team

Daily Planet Wire Services
Saturday November 25, 2000

The University of California women’s volleyball program has signed Mia Jerkov to a National Letter of Intent, it was announced by Golden Bear head coach Rich Feller. -more-


Residents angry with AC Transit

By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff
Saturday November 25, 2000

A long-time Berkeley resident and public transportation user is more upset than a baby’s stomach after eating hot links. And that’s all Candice Etter said she wanted – hot links. -more-


Local star, national champ commit to Cal crew team

Daily Planet Wire Services
Saturday November 25, 2000

The Cal women’s crew team received two important commitments during last week’s early signing period for the National Letter of Intent. Two of the top recruits in the country, Shaina Kennedy and Laura Terheyden, signed NLI’s and will be joining the Golden Bears next fall. -more-


PG&E tops in complaints statewide

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. received 56 percent of the total number of consumer gas and electric complaints filed statewide between 1997 and 1999, according to the California Public Utilities Commission. -more-


School holding canned food drive

Daily Planet Staff Report
Saturday November 25, 2000

Got canned food? -more-


Retrofit course for contractors

Daily Planet wire services
Saturday November 25, 2000

The magnitude 5.2 Napa-Yountville earthquake in September 2000 caused $50-$100 million of damage. When a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs on the Hayward fault, we expect over 150,000 housing units to be made uninhabitable, over 350,000 people to be forced from their homes, and over 110,000 people to require public shelter. -more-


County to give away free marijuana to AIDS patients

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

SAN MATEO — The federal Drug Enforcement Administration approved a program Wednesday that will allow San Mateo County to give away government-grown marijuana to 60 AIDS patients as part of a first-of-its-kind study to assess the potential benefits of the drug. -more-


Century-long growth restrictions for Stanford

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

STANFORD — Nestled at the base of oak-studded foothills, Stanford University attracts some of the country’s brightest minds to a place where the high-tech firms that drive Silicon Valley are mere minutes from hiking and horseback riding. -more-


Three of four would-be drivers flunk written test

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

SAN JOSE — Three out of every four would-be California drivers flunked the state’s written driving test on their first attempt after the state overhauled the exam last summer. -more-


San Diego facing fine for dumping dirt in open lot

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

SAN DIEGO — The city could be fined up to $25,000 a day unless officials devise a plan to keep runoff from a heap of polluted dirt from getting into a creek and Mission Bay. -more-


Court upholds gag order on Vallejo kidnapping case

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

A state appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling imposing a gag order on attorneys, police and witnesses in a kidnapping case involving an 8-year-old Vallejo girl. -more-


Feds tell Arco to join in at Superfund site

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

MARKLEEVILLE — The federal Environmental Protection Agency has formally told Atlantic Richfield Co. to assist in the cleanup of the Leviathan Mine, recently designated a Superfund environmental site. -more-


Recreational area closed off in part to protect rare plant

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

BRAWLEY — A portion of a popular off-road vehicle playground was closed for the holiday to protect a rare plant, and prevent accidents. -more-


Teamsters threaten to picket Safeway

Staff
Saturday November 25, 2000

The Associated Press -more-


NASA craft survives solar flare hit

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

PASADENA — A NASA spacecraft on a seven-year mission to collect comet dust survived a blinding zap from an enormous solar flare this month. -more-


L.A. school project still unresolved

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

LOS ANGELES — Ten months after the Los Angeles Board of Education voted to abandon the Belmont Learning Complex because of environmental contamination concerns, the future of the nearly completed high school remains unresolved. -more-


Computer mistake may have mislead L.A. jurors

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

LOS ANGELES — A computer mistake on key evidence used to convict three Rampart officers of framing gang members may have misled jurors, defense attorneys claimed, and a judge said it was an important issue. -more-


Bittersweet holiday for Los Alamos fire victims

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Ask 9-year-old Thomas Hemsing what he’s thankful for this holiday season, and he doesn’t hesitate: -more-


Nations scored, ranked on their manners, hospitality

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

COLUMBIA, S.C. — They say hospitality is the Southern way, and once again Charleston tops the nation’s most mannerly cities list released Friday by etiquette expert Marjabelle Young Stewart. -more-


Homeless shelter asks gay congressman not volunteer to serve meal

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

TUCSON, Ariz. — Rep. Jim Kolbe was asked not to volunteer at a Tucson homeless shelter’s Thanksgiving dinner because he’s a homosexual. -more-


Chromium 6 shown to be dangerous when inhaled

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

The following Associated Press Article was originally published in late October. -more-


Woolley’s plans are happy ones

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 24, 2000

Grading out a disappointing Cal season

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 24, 2000

By Jared Green -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Compiled by Chason Wainwright
Friday November 24, 2000


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OPINION

By Martin Espinoza Pacific News Service
Friday November 24, 2000

Council approves removal of contaminated water

John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 24, 2000

Hagen out as offensive coordinator

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 24, 2000

Following a season of near misses and poor execution, Cal offensive coordinator Steve Hagen was officially let go Monday, head coach Tom Holmoe announced. -more-


Residents miffed with Allston Way Corporation yard

By Juliet LeybaDaily Planet Staff
Friday November 24, 2000

New event regulations include safety measures

By Nicole Achs Freeling Daily Planet
Friday November 24, 2000

A 50-year-old city ordinance that restricts obscene dancing and lewd behavior at indoor entertainment events has been replaced with one that addresses more pressing concerns: police security and fire safety. -more-


David Brower honored with day

Daily Plant Staff Reports
Friday November 24, 2000

County stops recount in blow to Al Gore

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

In a dizzying turn of events, Florida’s largest county abruptly stopped recounting votes Wednesday, sending Al Gore’s lawyers scrambling back to court to keep a ballot-by-ballot fight for the White House grinding away. George W. Bush asked the Supreme Court to shut down all the recounts or risk a constitutional crisis. -more-


Judge questions jury foreman in LAPD case

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

LOS ANGELES — The foreman of the jury that convicted the first three officers to go to trial in the city’s police corruption scandal told a judge Wednesday that he did not engage in misconduct that could void the verdict. -more-


California election system changes proposed

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

SACRAMENTO — The state’s top election official on Wednesday proposed several election-system changes, including a proposal to give counties $230 million for better voting technology. -more-


Group fights to strengthen Proposition 34

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

SACRAMENTO — Political reform advocates who say Proposition 34’s campaign contribution limits are too weak are considering going to the ballot in 2002 or 2004 to try to strengthen the voter-approved measure. -more-


Tighter controls on electricity market proposed

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

Energy Secretary Bill Richardson proposed tighter price controls Wednesday on the California electricity market, to help combat skyrocketing rates that have plagued the San Diego area since summer. -more-


Burglarproofing locks can be a tricky business

By Danny Lipford The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

I know from personal experience that burglars and vandals have a field day when they come across an exterior door unprotected by a dead bolt. -more-


Many possibilities for growing cranberries

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

For gardeners, Thanksgiving is a special holiday, a time to celebrate the harvest and put it on the table, just as the Pilgrims did hundreds of years ago. Most gardeners today grow some form of the traditional fare of corn, beans, or squash. But do you know anyone who grows cranberries? -more-


Heath family plants have special soil requirements

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

Plants of the heath family – azalea, rhododendron, mountain laurel, blueberry, heather and heath – grow wild in the soils having the unique combination of being very acidic, rich in humus yet infertile and moist and well-aerated. -more-


Storage alternatives for those who need more space

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

The one thing you always seem to need more of is storage. -more-


Regrouting tile can be important to your health

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

Grungy tile grout is considered by many people to be the scourge of mankind. It is ugly and a pain in the neck to clean. And, recent studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that certain types of mold can negatively affect one’s health. -more-


Tips on painting your woodwork

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

Painting woodwork can be a relaxing hobby. -more-


Aurora gives strong production of ‘The Weir’

By John Angell Grant Special to the Daily Planet
Friday November 24, 2000

By John Angell Grant -more-


District 5 may provide council pacifist

John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday November 22, 2000

Those who work and know her are saying if anyone can promote civil discourse on Berkeley’s City Council, it’s District 5 Councilmember elect Miriam “Mim” Hawley. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Wednesday November 22, 2000


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Letters to the Editor

Wednesday November 22, 2000

Enforce council kiss and make up rule -more-


Students charged with sexual assault

Staff
Wednesday November 22, 2000

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Rain causes paint runoff

By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday November 22, 2000

The rainy weather on Tuesday washed several coats of paint off a building near University and Oxford streets and into nearby storm drains and gutters alarming nearby business owners and passersby. -more-


Volunteers, police hand out turkey baskets to needy families

By Chason Weinwright Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday November 22, 2000

Beating the rains Tuesday morning, volunteers and Berkeley police began at about 6 a.m. to distribute roughly 250 holiday food baskets to needy families and organizations. -more-


EMusic set to use technology against Napster

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO — Online music retailer EMusic.com is set to deploy a new technology to identify its songs that are being traded online by Napster users and demand that the free-for-all stop. -more-


Woman found guilty of murdering and impersonating sister

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

OAKLAND— A woman was found guilty Tuesday of murdering her sister to steal her identity and her money, then stuffing her dismembered body into a freezer. -more-


Illegal immigrants get help with citizenship from court

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of illegal immigrants won a step toward legal residency Tuesday when an appeals court reinstated a lawsuit contending that an illegal Immigration and Naturalization Service policy barred their applications for legal status. -more-


Council changes recipient for tobacco funds

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

SANTA ANA — Just two weeks after Orange County voters passed a measure directing that the county’s tobacco funds should go mostly for health care, the Board of Supervisors has decided to consider spending this year’s allotment to pay off government debt instead. -more-


Food donations at all-time low in Southern California

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

LOS ANGELES — Food bank officials in Los Angeles and Orange counties are preparing for Thanksgiving week with donation levels they say are at an all-time low. -more-


Disabled woman becomes citizen under new law

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

LOS ANGELES — When Vijai Rajan’s parents applied six years ago to have her become an American citizen, they believed it would just be a formality. -more-


Imperial, San Mateo counties on opposite ends of poverty

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

LOS ANGELES — Dot-com heavy San Mateo County recorded the lowest percentage of people living below the poverty level in 1997, while farming-dependent Imperial County had the worst poverty figures in the state, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. -more-


Deportee critically injured in escape attempt at airport

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

LOS ANGELES — A woman being deported to China jumped from a jetway at Los Angeles International Airport and was badly injured, authorities said. -more-


Satellites put into orbit to study the Earth’s atmosphere

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — Two Earth-monitoring satellites blasted into orbit on a Boeing Delta II rocket Tuesday on missions to monitor the planet’s atmosphere, forests, urban centers and oceans. -more-


Grape boycott called off in time for Thanksgiving

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

FRESNO — In time for Thanksgiving, the United Farm Workers union ended its 16-year boycott of Californa table grapes Tuesday, saying the original goals of UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez had been largely met. -more-


LAPD settles lawsuit with man paralyzed by shooting

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

LOS ANGELES — The City Council approved a $15 million settlement Tuesday with a man shot in the back and paralyzed by police officers who then allegedly planted a gun next to him. -more-


Money needed for drug proposition

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

SACRAMENTO — The state may need to find more money to implement the sweeping drug treatment initiative adopted by voters this month, Senate President Pro Tem John Burton said in a letter made public Tuesday. -more-


Homeless advocates sue city of Los Angeles

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

LOS ANGELES — Advocates for the homeless have sued the city of Los Angeles, Police Chief Bernard C. Parks and the commander of the police department’s Central Division to stop the department’s recent practice of strictly enforcing loitering and other laws in the skid row area. -more-


Disputed dimpled ballots could become key

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

Al Gore’s ballot-by-ballot fight for the White House was given new life Tuesday night, when the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the “will of the people” demanded that manual recounts be added in the state’s election totals. Their work approved, weary election officials plowed through ballots into the night. -more-


Oakland airport still has parking spots available

Bay City News
Wednesday November 22, 2000

One of the Bay area's most precious commodities – parking – is fast fading at Oakland International Airport this holiday season. -more-


Powerful brain scanner inaugurates new era of research

Daily Planet wire services
Wednesday November 22, 2000

The most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner in the country to be devoted solely to basic research on the brain was unveiled Monday at the University of California, Berkeley. -more-


Little progress in KPFA, Pacifica dispute

By Jon Mays Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday November 21, 2000

Although KPFA did not participate in a recent nationwide boycott of parent company Pacifica News Network, workers there fully support the effort because they say the radio station’s quality is suffering. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Tuesday November 21, 2000


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Letters to the Editor

Tuesday November 21, 2000

Bicyclists should follow rules of the road -more-


Students publish new newspaper

By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday November 21, 2000

Free speech is alive and well at King Middle School – thanks to a civic minded seventh-grader who has taken on the task of creating the school’s first student-run newspaper. -more-


Berkeley Guides need bigger budget

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday November 21, 2000

The popular Berkeley Guides – a walking, talking resource for anyone who works, shops or hangs out on Shattuck Avenue – will be asking the City Council for more money tonight. -more-


ZAB members questioned on conflict of interest

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday November 21, 2000

The City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. to hear public comments regarding the city attorney’s opinion that four members of the Zoning Adjustments Board should disqualify themselves certain decisions because of the appearance of a conflict of interest. -more-


Groups give award to library fund-raisers

By Juliet Leyba Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday November 21, 2000

A Berkeley volunteer organization garnered national attention and was recently bestowed with the Daily Points of Light Award by the Knights of Columbus, the Corporation for National Service and the Points of Light Foundation. -more-


State mental health services said to be lacking

The Associated Press
Tuesday November 21, 2000

There are 1.5 million Californians who need mental health services, but aren’t getting treatment, mainly because the state lacks “a clear commitment to provide mental health services to people who need assistance,” according to a report released Monday by a state commission. -more-


Report: Working poor far from self sufficiency

The Associated Press
Tuesday November 21, 2000

SACRAMENTO — The income of a single parent earning minimum wage falls far short of what’s needed to be self-sufficient in California, according to a report released Monday. -more-


Council says youth rehab programs need help

The Associated Press
Tuesday November 21, 2000

LOS ANGELES — In order to rehabilitate thousands of juveniles in the state’s youth prison system, officials need to expand drug treatment, sex offender therapy and counseling programs. -more-


Judge moves from courtroom to mission to help homeless

The Associated Press
Tuesday November 21, 2000

LOS ANGELES — A judge, bailiffs, clerks and lawyers moved out of the courtroom and into a homeless shelter Monday to hold the county’s first “homeless court.” -more-


America waits for Gore, Bush lawyers

The Associated Press
Tuesday November 21, 2000

A transfixed nation turned its eyes to Florida’s Supreme Court, where an army of lawyers for Al Gore and George W. Bush battled Monday over whether the marathon election should drag on. Weary recount workers pecked through ballots in three Democratic-leaning counties, wondering if their labor would be for naught. -more-


Police investigate attempted murder

Daily Planet wire report
Tuesday November 21, 2000

Berkeley police are looking for suspects today in an attempted murder case in which a man was shot twice while he waited for a red light to turn green. -more-


Psychologists warn against pointing fingers after rape case

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Monday November 20, 2000

Now that the TV news vans have left town, now that the shock of a tragic reoccurrence of rape has begun to recede, teachers, police and parents begin the struggle to understand how it happened. -more-


Calendar of Events & Activities

Monday November 20, 2000


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Letters to the Editor

Monday November 20, 2000

Mistakes cost Bears in first overtime Big Game

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff Daily Planet Sta
Monday November 20, 2000

It was a fitting end to a disappointing season. -more-


Police’s explicit language angers parents

By Juliet Leyba Daily planet Staff
Monday November 20, 2000

According to several parents at last week’s community forum held at Willard Middle School, a Berkeley police officer, whose job it was to explain to students the nature and consequences of the recent rape of a 12-year-old girl — used explicit, graphic and inappropriate language in describing the incident. -more-


Both thin and fat skewer Nobel Laureate

By Erika Fricke Special to the Daily Planet
Monday November 20, 2000

Students — thin, fat, or neither — found that their life experiences belied Nobel Prize winner James Watson's theories that the thin are unhappy and more ambitious while the fat have more active sexual lives and are generally more content. -more-


Bush, Gore gathering lawyers for coming battle

The Associated Press
Monday November 20, 2000

George W. Bush and Al Gore marshaled their legal forces Sunday for a climactic state Supreme Court showdown, with GOP lawyers saying it would be unjust “to keep the state and the nation on hold” during interminable recounts. Democrats said the truth can’t be rushed, as jangled nerves and protests punctuated another painstaking day of south Florida vote-counting. -more-


S.F. State students feeling the housing crunch

The Associated Press
Monday November 20, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO – Toxic mold, an unfinished apartment complex and the lure of dot-com dollars are all hampering enrollment efforts at San Francisco State University where students are struggling to find a place to live, college officials said. -more-


Some state electors fear system will push Bush

The Associated Press
Monday November 20, 2000

SACRAMENTO – Forty percent of California’s representatives to the Electoral College would alter or even eliminate the 213-year-old institution in which they will serve. -more-


Opinion

Editorials

Nobelist’s speech linking sunshine, sex found ignoble

The Associated Press
Saturday November 25, 2000

BERKELEY — A Nobel laureate’s provocative speech on sunshine and sex left some at the University of California Berkeley campus aghast. -more-


Candidate Dick Cheney hospitalized, has surgery

The Associated Press
Friday November 24, 2000

Ebay stock takes a plunge

The Associated Press
Wednesday November 22, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO — The stock of online auctioneer eBay Inc. plummeted by more than 20 percent Monday after a Wall Street analyst raised doubts about the company’s ambitious growth goals. -more-


New roller coaster regulations hashed out

The Associated Press
Tuesday November 21, 2000

OAKLAND — California’s amusement park rides will get new regulations soon, but just how snug the new safety bar fits is central to a roller-coaster debate between ride operators and consumer advocates. -more-


Death row inmate up for Nobel Peace Prize

The Associated Press
Monday November 20, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO – San Quentin death row inmate and Crips street gang co-founder Stanley “Tookie” Williams has been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, a member of the Swiss parliament confirmed Saturday. -more-