’Jackets drop third straight; title hopes gone
By Jared Green
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
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UC Regents drop system’s ban on affirmative action
By Ben Lumpkin
Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO – In a move affirmative action supporters hailed as a major victory, the University of California Board of Regents voted unanimously to drop its controversial 1995 ban on race-based admissions Wednesday. -more-
Eight individuals, one team named to Cal Hall of Fame
Daily Planet Wire Services
Thursday May 17, 2001
Eight different sports and seven different decades are represented in the 2001 class selected for induction in the University of California Athletic Hall of Fame, the school announced this week. -more-
Council squabbles over task force
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
A City Council task force, working to increase transit ridership and reduce fares, was derailed Tuesday because of bickering between progressive and moderate council factions. -more-
Bike-to-work day is every day for some
By Judith Scherr
Daily Planet staff
Thursday May 17, 2001
Today’s the annual bike-to-work day and a number of city officials will bolt their cars in their garages and teeter tentatively from Channing Way and Milvia Street, three blocks north to city hall. -more-
SLA trial lawyer wants quick trial for himself
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
LOS ANGELES — One of Sara Jane Olson’s defense lawyers plans to demand a quick trial – for himself – when he appears for arraignment on misdemeanor criminal charges related to the case of the former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive. -more-
Governor signs bill creating state power authority
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
SACRAMENTO — California will no longer be held captive by energy suppliers charging high prices for power, Gov. Gray Davis said Wednesday as he officially put California into the electricity wholesale business. -more-
Features
Alien hunt signs up 3 millionth volunteer
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
PASADENA — A two-year-old project that harnesses spare computer time to hunt for signals from alien civilizations has signed up its 3 millionth volunteer, officials said Wednesday. -more-
Californians cut back on gas usage
SThe Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
LOS ANGELES — Where’s all the outrage? -more-
State receives string of dreary economic news
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
SACRAMENTO — For two years, California enjoyed a bulging state budget and soaring economy, but no more. -more-
No agreement for fishermen, environmentalists
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
SANTA BARBARA — Two years of consensus-building and compromise among fishermen and environmentalists failed Wednesday to produce a plan to establish the nation’s biggest marine reserve off California. -more-
Former trucker sought in family killings
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
STOCKTON — With his mother’s ex-boyfriend opening fire behind him, a 10-year-old boy “ran like hell” as the gunman fatally shot the boy’s grandmother and killed his little sister and two cousins. -more-
Bush presses to increase oil production
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
WASHINGTON — President Bush, in his much-awaited energy plan, will warn on Thursday that the United States faces “the most serious energy shortage since the oil embargo of the 1970s.” He will order federal agencies to dismantle regulatory barriers that slow gas, electrical, coal and nuclear power production and propose opening federal lands for oil drilling. -more-
Colin Powell trying to arrange new Mideast talks
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Colin Powell wants to meet this month with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a newly energized U.S. drive to end violence, help the Palestinian economy and find a way back to the negotiating table with Israel. -more-
FBI finds more evidence in Timothy McVeigh case
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
WASHINGTON — FBI agents this week have found still more Oklahoma City bombing documents that may not have been turned over to Timothy McVeigh’s attorneys, FBI Director Louis Freeh said Wednesday. -more-
Senators propose help for Cuban dissidents
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
WASHINGTON — Drawing on Reagan-era successes in undermining communism in Eastern Europe, a group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday to promote democracy in Cuba by providing dissidents cash, fax machines, telephones and other items. -more-
U.S. aid won’t go to groups advocating abortion rights
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to preserve President Bush’s policy prohibiting $425 million in U.S. aid for global population assistance from going to groups that advocate abortion rights. -more-
Arrest unveils draft-dodging scandal
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
SEOUL, South Korea — After a three-year manhunt, military detectives found Sgt. Maj. Park No-hang sprawled on the floor of a high-rise apartment just one mile from the Defense Ministry, a skin-care mask over his face. -more-
Editorial
Street gangs place $25,000 bounty for Rampart cop killings
The Associated Press
Thursday May 17, 2001
