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Calendar of Events & Activities
Compiled by Chason Wainwright
Tuesday February 27, 2001
Student gap top issue in district search
By Ben Lumpkin
Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday February 27, 2001
There is a growing consensus that the top issue for the next superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District will be tackling the achievement gap between white students and students of color. -more-
Council to hear report on health disparities
Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday February 27, 2001
At its meeting tonight, the City Council will hear a report by the Community Action Team discussing its work plan to address the health disparities in Berkeley. The gap in health outcomes between wealthier Caucasian people who live in the hills and lower income people of color who live in the flatlands was pointed out in a Berkeley Health Department study last year. -more-
Berkeley professor honored
Daily Planet wire services
Tuesday February 27, 2001
Gerald M. Rubin, professor of genetics in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded the Newcomb Cleveland Prize for 2000 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for a review paper he published last year on the sequencing of the fruit fly genome. He shares the prize with about 100 co-authors, including CraigVenter, head of Celera Genomics Corp. -more-
Features
Driver charged with murder in pedestrian deaths
The Associated Press
Tuesday February 27, 2001
SANTA BARBARA — Prosecutors charged a college freshman with four counts of murder and other crimes Monday for allegedly running down pedestrians with his car in a neighborhood near the University of California, Santa Barbara. -more-
Justices refuse to consider reviving disabled placard fee
The Associated Press
Tuesday February 27, 2001
SACRAMENTO — The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal Monday to hear Gov. Gray Davis’ challenge of a ruling overturning a fee for handicapped parking placards is a victory for disabled rights, advocates say. -more-
California home sales, prices rise in January
The Associated Press
Tuesday February 27, 2001
LOS ANGELES — The state’s booming housing market shows little sign of a slowdown despite the softening economy, a report released Monday by the California Association of Realtors shows. -more-
State electricity hunger, but is no power glutton
The Associated Press
Tuesday February 27, 2001
The Associated Press -more-
U.S.-Russian project tests space sail
The Associated Press
Tuesday February 27, 2001
PASADENA — A U.S.-Russian group announced Monday it plans an April test launch of a space sail that relies not on wind but the gentle pressure of the sun’s rays to propel it. -more-
Editorial
School test will likely be practice
The Associated Press
Tuesday February 27, 2001
SACRAMENTO — It’s becoming more likely that the ninth-graders who take the state’s first high school graduation test starting next week will be doing it only for practice. -more-
