A woman upset by the apparent violation of a city agreement to save eight New Zealand pine trees in front of the Central Library, halted the destruction of their concrete planter boxes and several remaining stumps Tuesday. -more-
Beth El question not about good works but good development -more-
924 Gilman St. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless noted $5; $2 for a year membership March 23: 18 Visions, Walls of Jericho, Time In Malta, Undying, Betray the Species; March 24: Workin’ Stiffs, The Bodies, Strychnine, East Bay Chasers, For the Alliance 525-9926 -more-
One class minus -more-
The much anticipated Transportation Demand Management study, jointly sponsored by the city and the university, revealed some surprising facts about the state of parking in Berkeley: “Lack of parking has more to do with perception than reality,” said Jeffrey Tumlin, a principal for Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates, the group which conducted the study. -more-
For some, Starbucks is java heaven. For others, it’s the enemy. -more-
The school board is expected to approve the 2001-2002 academic schedule for kindergarten through 12th-grade at its regular board meeting tonight. -more-
NEW YORK — Investors, disappointed by the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cut, turned their fury on Wall Street yet again Tuesday, sending prices skidding and leaving the Dow Jones industrials at their lowest level in two years. -more-
The City Council will decide tonight whether to hear an appeal by developers of a proposed four-story project consisting of 48 units of housing with a floor of commercial space at 2700 San Pablo Ave. -more-
Proposed regs for medical pot already found viable -more-
Habitot Children’s Museum “Back to the Farm.”An interactive exhibit gives children the chance to wiggle through tunnels like an earthworm, look into a mirrored fish pond, don farm animal costumes, ride on a John Deere tractor and more. $4 adults; $6 children age 7 and under; $3 for each additional child age 7 and under. Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kittredge Street and Shattuck Avenue 647-1111 or www.habitot.org -more-
City Council members, community activists and others gathered late Monday afternoon to celebrate the first day of training for the Berkeley Police Department in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues. -more-
The City Council will consider a variety of issues including the controversy surrounding Gordon Wozniak’s position on the Community Environmental Advisory Commission. -more-
A 26-year-old woman returning home from a party was allegedly dragged behind a house by three men and forced to perform oral sex on one of them, police said. -more-
Some 30 students spent the night outside the mansion of University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl Monday night to urge the university to work on affordable housing issues. -more-
SAN JOSE — Jay Harris, chairman and publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, resigned Monday, saying he hoped his action would prompt the newspaper’s parent company, Knight Ridder, to “closely examine the wisdom” of the paper’s profit targets. -more-
NEW YORK — Investors hoping for a big interest rate cut sent blue chip stocks higher Monday, helping Wall Street’s major indexes recover after last week’s beating. But analysts warned that the market’s mood will likely sour again if the Federal Reserve doesn’t deliver the aggressive action the market wants. -more-
The Berkeley School Board will consider at its regular meeting Wednesday whether to adopt new Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards published by the California State Board of Education in January. -more-
Recently, I was privileged to spend several afternoons visiting with James Schevill, esteemed friend and poet, Berkeley born and bred. I would like to share something of our talks about his life and work with Daily Planet readers -more-
Guards lead St. Mary’s past bigger foe -more-
Aroner calls for legislation to stop punishing disabled who go to work -more-
Senior scores 13 points in fourth quarter to lead furious comeback, but Berkeley falls to Narbonne in title game for third time -more-
In an attempt to facilitate rent hikes for Berkeley landlords approved by HUD two years ago, the interim manager of the Berkeley Housing Authority discussed the procedure with the Black Property Owners Association on Thursday. -more-
It took a while, but the Cal rugby team eked out a 25-0 win over Army Sunday to clinch its own Invitational Tournament. -more-
A 17-year old boy from San Pablo drowned in Lake Anza Saturday afternoon, despite his friends’ attempts to rescue him. -more-
A joint city and university study has been released, about eight months after it had been anticipated. The study addresses traffic congestion and transit use in and around the campus area. It will play an important role in informing planning programs and strategies of the university and the city, particularly around such volatile questions as whether to increase parking. -more-
20-year-old experimental neighborhood not living up to promises, owners say -more-
Overnight Amtrak crash injures 90; investigators unsure what caused wreck -more-
OAKLAND – In the upstairs room of a mission-style library, two dozen men and women lean over giant maps of the East Bay and consult color-coded computer printouts showing where Hispanics, blacks, Asians, Republicans and Democrats live. -more-
Search engine hopes to keep results more current -more-
The City Council will have to hash out one final problem in the Medical Marijuana Ordinance it will consider Tuesday night – what amounts individuals and collectives will be allowed to grow and possess. -more-
Last weekend Subterranean Shakespeare began its 14th season of low-budget productions of the Bard at LaVal’s Subterranean with a modern-dress production of Shakespeare’s last play “The Tempest.” -more-
For the first time ever, two Berkeley high school basketball teams could bring home state championships in the same season. But if the Berkeley Lady ’Jackets and the St. Mary’s Panthers are to win their respective titles, they will both have to overcome bigger, stronger opponents. -more-
Fifth-graders Erin Williams and Keila Russell lead busy lives. -more-
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Demetrius Porter scored a career-high 27 points and helped stem three second-half comebacks by California as ninth-seeded Fresno State beat the Bears 82-70 on Friday night in the first round of the South Regional. -more-
In the 1960s, then UC Berkeley master’s student and campus activist David Horowitz was hauled before the campus administration and disciplined for holding an unscheduled “rally” for a liberal cause. -more-
Last year, Arizona State was a team experts predicted would be hampered by inexperience and youth. They only won the Pac-10 championship and advanced to a NCAA regional final. Cal’s baseball team has such lofty goals, but they are now the inexperienced team in the Pac-10, and their inexperience showed this afternoon in a frustrating 7-4 loss to the Sun Devils at Evans Diamond. -more-
It’s got boxes of old buttons, stacks of paper of all shapes, sizes and colors, lots of paper clips and ribbons. -more-
Berkeley Observed -more-
ANAHEIM — Biographies on homosexuals will be returned to a school library under terms of a settlement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Anaheim Union High School District. -more-
SACRAMENTO — California may be in the midst of an energy crisis and a high-tech slowdown, but those developments are not yet affecting the state’s employment rate, which is at a three-decade low. -more-
NEW YORK — It felt at first like stocks had perhaps hit bottom this past week – and not just once, but twice. -more-
Only about 25 people turned out Thursday evening outside the Valley Life Sciences building to protest a speech on the UC Berkeley campus by David Horowitz, author of a controversial ad run in the Daily Californian opposing reparations for African Americans. -more-
Judah L. Magnes Museum “Telling Time: To Everything There Is A Season” Through May, 2002 An exhibit structured around the seasons of the year and the seasons of life with objects ranging from the sacred and the secular, to the provocative and the whimsical. 2911 Russell St. 549-6950 -more-
When the Cal Bears tip off their NCAA Tournament opening round game tonight, they will be taking on a legend: Jerry Tarkanian, the ultimate rebel of big-time college basketball. But what they face on the court will be even tougher: a run-and-gun Bulldog squad that is as talented as any team in the country. -more-
A joint committee of city and school district leaders vowed to get tough on violence at Berkeley High School Thursday after hearing a student paint a grim portrait of life at the school. -more-
Panthers dominate Albany, St. Joe’s in first league meet -more-
An accidental spill of 630 gallons of water contaminated with chrome 6 that was being pumped out of the skate bowls at Harrison Field last Sunday has flowed into the Bay. -more-
Bouquets of flowers surround the traffic-light pole at Hearst and Shattuck avenues near where Jane Ash was struck by a cement truck Tuesday. The 35-year-old Berkeley resident, a controller in the tuberculosis section of the State Department of Health, is said by a nursing supervisor to be near death at Alameda County Medical Center. -more-
An AC transit bus, parked on the northeast corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Streets, took off on its own Thursday about 4 p.m., knocking over a traffic signal and sending a passerby and her baby to the hospital, witnesses said. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — A powerful builders group sued the City of San Francisco Wednesday for banning live-work projects. -more-
Gov. Gray Davis named the founder of the Gap clothing chain and a business and education lobbyist to the state Board of Education. -more-
California’s next execution, scheduled for later this month, is mired in new litigation that’s not from the condemned inmate who dropped his appeals. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Students indignant over the University of California’s ban on affirmative action are threatening to stop recruiting minority prospects. -more-
PASADENA — Astronomers have successfully linked the world’s two largest telescopes to create a single optical instrument powerful enough to pinpoint planets orbiting other stars. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors in the case of an Algerian accused of a terrorist conspiracy on Thursday began laying groundwork to try to tie him to a worldwide network that allegedly aids Islamic extremists. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Reacting to suspicion that some power suppliers have shut down California plants to raise prices, the Assembly approved a proposal Thursday that would let state regulators fine generators that cannot justify their outages. -more-
WASHINGTON — Power blackouts “appear inevitable” in California this summer and could spill into neighboring Western states, the Bush administration says, even as stocks of a gasoline additive raise concerns of another summer of price spikes at the pump. -more-
Lake Michigan has a lesson for the thousands of homeowners who will install water gardens in their backyards this year. So does the Hudson River. -more-
Mimosa is both inedible and homely, but you might want to grow it anyway for entertainment purposes. Touch the leaves on this tropical shrub and they suddenly collapse. -more-
Gardening books preview your horticultural treasures: -more-
They were growing and gathering herbs in the Appalachians of Western North Carolina probably before the 19th century, when the mountain folk called it “wildcrafting.” -more-
In the wacky world of plastic laminates, river rocks never wash away, grass doesn’t need cutting, a heap of jellybeans never gets stale and a red-and-white checked picnic cloth doesn’t have to be laundered. -more-
Berkeley Repertory Theater opened the first show in its striking, new-built, steeply vertical 600-seat Roda Theater Wednesday with an ambitious production of “Agamemnon,” the first part of 5 century B.C. Greek playwright Aeschylus’ epic trilogy “The Oresteia.” -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The number of songs being traded through Napster Inc. has dropped sharply since the company began policing its system for unauthorized songs, a research firm reported Thursday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Software maker Oracle Corp. offered little hope Thursday of a quick recovery from a sudden sales slump that diminished its quarterly earnings, meeting analysts’ lowered expectations. -more-
NEW YORK — The stock market stabilized Thursday following three days of volatile trading, but tense investors traded cautiously amid continuing uncertainty about the economy in this country and overseas. -more-
NEW YORK — Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. says it will sell a second AIDS medication at below cost to African countries, a decision hailed by activists who have been urging drug makers to drastically reduce prices in poverty-stricken nations. -more-
WASHINGTON — Half the adult Americans with disabilities have jobs, and the employed typically earn less than the average American, new Census Bureau estimates show. -more-
Claiming the University of California has not fairly negotiated a new labor contract, laboratory technicians and firefighters staged a one-day strike at the entrance to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Wednesday. -more-
924 Gilman St. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless noted $5; $2 for a year membership March 16: The P.A.W.N.S., Kill the Messenger, Phoenix Thunderstone, Lesser of Two, Dory Tourette & The Skirtheads; March 17: The Hoods, Benumb, Above The World, Chrome Disorder, Eulogy; March 23: 18 Visions, Walls of Jericho, Time In Malta, Undying, Betray the Species; March 24: Workin’ Stiffs, The Bodies, Strychnine, East Bay Chasers, For the Alliance; March 30: Deathreat, Ahimsa, F*** God In the Face, The Black, Creation Is Crucifixion 525-9926 -more-
The St. Mary’s baseball team finally got on track Wednesday, beating Redwood Christian 11-0 in just five innings. The Panthers (2-5) open league play Friday, visting St. Joseph’s to kick off BSAL play. -more-
Malcolm X arts magnet school teachers Marilyn Hiratzka and Jennifer Adcock have directed enough student theatrical productions to know what’s doable and what’s dream. -more-
In a game that took only two hours to complete, Andrew Sproul pitched five solid innings and Brian Horwitz had three hits and drove in a run to lead California past Columbia, 5-2, this afternoon at Evans Diamond. The win was the third in a row for the Bears, and improves their record to 13-9 on the season. -more-
The California Highway Patrol’s high-speed pursuit of a suspect alleged to be driving erratically ended at San Pablo and Ashby avenues in the death of a 33-year-old man from San Francisco, police said. -more-
Cal senior Sean Lampley continued to add to his pile of awards on Wednesday, picking up an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention. The award comes on the heels of Lampley being named the Pac-10 Player of the Year on Monday. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – At 9 p.m. on a quiet night 20 to 30 people moved trance-like around the stage of a small park in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, waving their arms in large circles while weaving amongst each other. In each of their hands they carried a flaming torch. -more-
NEW YORK — The prospect of the economic slowdown spreading around the globe shook Wall Street Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones industrials below 10,000 and setting the blue chip index up for its worst week in more than 11 years. The drop followed a nosedive in prices overseas as investors simply had no reason to buy. -more-
Debate on a new bankruptcy law isn’t just about credit card abuses, as it sometimes seems, but over a much larger issue, that of the power of professional marketers over amateur consumers. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Napster Inc. told a federal judge it is complying with her order to police its system for unauthorized songs, but the company gave the recording industry low marks for allegedly failing to share the workload and provide required information. -more-
NEW YORK — With corporate America unable to quiet its drumbeat of earnings and revenue warnings, economists and analysts say a dramatic rate cut by the Federal Reserve is needed to jolt sagging financial markets and restore investor confidence. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge Tuesday allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc. filed by independent booksellers who allege the chains receive illegal preferential treatment from publishers for secret deals and steep discounts. -more-
NEW YORK — For people who’d turn blue were an errant wind to blow away a $20 bill, investors seem remarkably detached, even blase, about seeing more than $4 trillion in equity assets disappear into the air. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – Several crooning Newark cops were rocking in their dress blues at Parkway Heights Middle School this week to promote the release of their new CD — all in the name of traffic safety education. -more-
LOS ANGELES — At the downtown headquarters of Chicana Service Action Center, soon-to-be released U.S. Census Bureau statistics represent more than numbers. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — City officials may soon boot advertisements portraying healthy, attractive models popping AIDS drugs, saying the message is unrealistic and promotes unsafe sex contributing to increased infection rates. -more-
WASHINGTON — Meeting with a group of pivotal Senate moderates Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill stressed the importance that President Bush is giving across-the-board income tax cuts as a tonic for the flagging economy. -more-
