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Hoping to wash away the painful memories of the recently completed 1-10 disaster of a season, Cal introduced a new head football coach on Wednesday morning. University of Oregon offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jeff Tedford will be the man to replace Tom Holmoe on the Cal sideline, agreeing to a reported five-year contract late Tuesday night. -more-
“It’s a new day.” -more-
When Cal chancellor Robert Berdahl made crew rowing coach Steve Gladstone his surprise pick as athletic director earlier this year, he knew he was hiring an unusual candidate, one who would do things a bit differently than your average administrator. The hiring process for Cal’s new head football coach, Jeff Tedford, shows just how independent Gladstone is. -more-
After a yearlong moratorium, the City Council adopted “workable” amendments to Berkeley’s Zoning Ordinance, which will govern the placement of cell phone antennae around town. -more-
Four years in the making, the Southside Plan came one step closer to completion on Wednesday, as a new draft was released to the public and members of the Planning Commission. -more-
As the City Council meeting closed in on midnight and two councilmembers had already gone home, the council voted to supply workers who answer the city’s general information phones with material about the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors. -more-
Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting had to be canceled because of an administrative error by city staff. -more-
Longtime Berkeley Police Department employee Desmond Griffen died Tuesday as a result of a brain aneurysm suffered Saturday. He was 46 years old. -more-
RICHMOND — A reinforced apartment building shook, rattled, but did not fall as engineers put it to the earthquake test Wednesday. -more-
SAN ANSELMO — Even in a community where personal growth is prized above all and wealthy ex-hippies groom their children to be independent thinkers, the spiritual journey of John Walker Lindh is a shocker. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The state Supreme Court decided unanimously Wednesday to keep a serial rapist locked up at a state mental hospital until at least February while it considers his case. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s largest utility wants to investigate and settle claims from its creditors who are owed less than $100,000 without review by a bankruptcy court or other creditors. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Bryan Woodbury may have a solution for motorists who are tired of urban gridlock: A car that can zip through traffic like a motorcycle and squeeze into the smallest parking spaces. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Soto Elementary School’s next-door neighbor is a spaghetti network of concrete connecting four of Los Angeles’ busiest freeways. -more-
PALO ALTO — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon said Wednesday that big school districts like the one in Los Angeles should be broken up, and he suggested offering some form of vouchers to students at underperforming schools. -more-
SACRAMENTO — The number of anti-Arab hate crimes in California has dropped to about one a day from the nearly 10 a day reported immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the state attorney general said Tuesday. -more-
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Immigration authorities arrested 10 people in the San Diego area Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind crackdown on Middle Eastern students suspected of violating the terms of their visas by not being in school. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis ordered five state agencies to increase their terrorism preparedness Wednesday at the recommendation of his terrorism task force. -more-
LOS ANGELES — The chairman of the Jewish Defense League was charged Wednesday with plotting to blow up a Los Angeles-area mosque and the office of an Arab-American congressman. -more-
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Fewer people than expected have signed up for the state’s medical-marijuana program. -more-
SHAFTER — Seven people were killed when a minivan collided with an Amtrak train on Wednesday near Bakersfield, authorities said. -more-
Amtrak train strikes minivan near Bakersfield 12-13-2001
12-12-2001
San Francisco embarrassed again by elections fiascos 12-11-2001
Anonymous e-mail service still running after Sept. 11 12-10-2001
Oakland exec in PinnFund case to settle 12-08-2001
Winter’s chill makes jail seem appealing for homeless 12-07-2001
Flagged intersections to help pedestrians By Judith Scherr Daily Planet staff 12-13-2001
Guy Poole 12-13-2001
Staff 12-13-2001
Staff 12-13-2001
Oregon’s Tedford named new Cal head coach By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 12-13-2001
New principal brings hope to blemished Willard By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 12-13-2001
Gladstone makes his mark with new hiring By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 12-13-2001
Compromise cell phone antennae ordinance OK’d By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff 12-13-2001
Shipp’s sharp shooting carries Bears past FSU By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 12-13-2001
Southside Plan draft released to commission, public By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff 12-13-2001
City will give out Conscientious Objector information By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff 12-13-2001
Planning Commission, public get first glimpse of draft Southside plan By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff 12-13-2001
Police department employee dies from aneurysm Planet staff 12-13-2001
Apartments put to the ’quake test By Michelle Locke The Associated Press 12-13-2001
‘American Taliban’ still source of angst By Justin Pritchard The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Supreme Court blocks sex predator’s release By Kim Curtis The Associated Press 12-13-2001
PG&E asks for permission to settle claims under $100,000 The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Array of electric, low-emission vehicles showed off By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press 12-13-2001
California making environmental justice tenet of air policy By Leon Drouin Keith The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Candidate looks to vouchers to improve system By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Anti-Arab hate crimes drop from 9-11 level By Don Thompson The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Authorities crack down on Middle Eastern students By Ben Fox The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Davis orders increase on terrorism preparedness By Don Thompson The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Authorities arrest militant JDL members in alleged bomb plot By Linda Deutsch The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Medical-marijuana less popular than predicted The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Regulators OK selling gas co. space on pipelines By Karen Gaudette The Associated Press 12-13-2001
State regulators order Pacific Bell to speed up phone line repair jobs The Associated Press 12-13-2001
1,700 jobs cut by chip equipment maker in SJ The Associated Press 12-13-2001
SONICblue sues TiVo, alleging patent infringement on digital video recording By May Wong The Associated Press 12-13-2001
Nurses call for higher staffing levels By Judith Scherr Daily Planet staffBy Judith Scherr Daily Planet staff 12-12-2001
Guy Poole 12-12-2001
Senior forward one of Keys to ’Jackets’ success By Tim Haran Daily Planet Correspondent 12-12-2001
The tritium lab is dead – long live the....? Leuren Moret Berkeley 12-12-2001
Staff 12-12-2001
Middle class needs housing too Michael O’Leary, Chair Berkeley Design Advoca 12-12-2001
Supervisors used false data to justify building Dublin juvenile hall By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 12-12-2001
Listen to hemp industry Adam Wiggins Director, Neoteric Pasadena 12-12-2001
Six projects vie for housing fund money By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff 12-12-2001
Hemp can’t make you high – ban is irrational Robert Sharpe, M.P.A. Program Officer The Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation Washington, DC 12-12-2001
Two hometown college men make good Staff 12-12-2001
City Council delays issue on conscientious objector info Daily Planet staff and wire reports 12-12-2001
California has most Death Row inmates By Don Thompson The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Noncredentialed teachers to reach 21 percent by 2009 By Steve Lawrence The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Bay Area Briefs Staff 12-12-2001
SF Bar Association announces scholarship for Afghan women The Associated Press 12-12-2001
State Supreme Court to make decision in sex predator case By Kim Curtis The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Lawmakers, officials eye new counter- terrorism laws By Don Thompson The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Redevelopment uproots tree farms under power lines By Eugene Tong The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Dying shopping malls reborn as old-fashioned downtowns By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Compaq CEO ponders a future without HP The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Google search engine widens its net around the Internet The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Excite@Home can continue high-speed Internet service By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Anna Nicole Smith’s right to inheritance debated By Robert Jablon The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Some wild horses still sold to be slaughtered By Robert Gehrke The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Critics says Rocky Flats cleanup will leave the soil contaminated By H. Josef Herbert The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Drug tunnel found in Arizona; access for half-ton of cocaine By Arthur H. Rothstein The Associated Press 12-12-2001
Acting to end U.S. involvement in war By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 12-11-2001
Guy Poole 12-11-2001
Council may challenge huge northside project Jim Sharp Berkeley 12-11-2001
Council to sift through cell tower regulations By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff 12-11-2001
Middle East blame game Anat Resnick Oakland 12-11-2001
A season to share Staff 12-11-2001
Draft plan, substation and psychics on City Council agenda By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff 12-11-2001
Transforming BHS into many small schools Carol S. Lashof Berkeley 12-11-2001
Need justice and fair play – not police state Ronnen Levinson Berkeley 12-11-2001
‘Micro’ quake hits city early on Monday Daily Planet staff 12-11-2001
Video games lack diversity The Associated Press 12-11-2001
Fairfax man fighting with Taliban recovering at U.S. base By David Martin The Associated Press 12-11-2001
Americans open wallets to aid besieged Afghan people By Arlene Levinson The Associated Press 12-11-2001
Packard Foundation stays out of Compaq- HP battle over deal By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press 12-11-2001
Calpine troubled by fears of Enron-style collapse By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 12-11-2001
San Jose tech co. outlook gloomy The Associated Press 12-11-2001
Anti-abortion Web site raises First Amendment concerns By David Kravets The Associated Press 12-11-2001
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to U.N. By Kim Gamel The Associated Press 12-11-2001
Seniors not feeling the heat at home By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff 12-10-2001
Out & About Compiled by Guy Poole 12-10-2001
Bombing Iraq will backfire Sheila S. Newbery 12-10-2001
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 12-10-2001
Bears suffer another late collapse against Gaels Daily Planet Wire Services 12-10-2001
Congresswoman still feels support By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff 12-10-2001
Urgent car alert Ken Cheetham 12-10-2001
School construction two months behind schedule By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 12-10-2001
Berkeley planning is too complex Howie Muir 12-10-2001
Family, friends remember kidnap victim Xiana By Karen Gaudette, Associated Press Writer 12-10-2001
Bay Briefs Staff 12-10-2001
Customers come for food and a look at new cars By Jeff Wilson, Associated Press Writer 12-10-2001
ExciteAtHome’s death won’t kill the company’s broadband legacy By Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer 12-10-2001
Criticism mounts over fluency test The Associated Press 12-10-2001
Homeless ‘Camp Paradise’ cleared out by rainstorm The Associated Press 12-10-2001
Moore Foundation pledges $261 million to conservation group By Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press Writer 12-10-2001
Substitute board members may come as a surprise By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff 12-08-2001
Out & About Calendar Compiled by Guy Poole 12-08-2001
Pre-1894 homes remain in an 1878 subdivision near downtown Susan Cerny 12-08-2001
School maintenance stinks Yolanda Huang Yolanda Huang, Yolanda Huang, 12-08-2001
The cultural revolution starts HERE ... By Sari Friedman, Special to the Daily Planet 12-08-2001
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Guy Poole 12-08-2001
St. Mary’s repeats in rematch By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 12-08-2001
Jetco owner charged with illegal dumping By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff 12-08-2001
Don’t bash it – great stuff to buy in Berkeley Ying Lee 12-08-2001
‘My Sweet Lord’ to be rereleased in memory of George Harrison The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Local school construction comes up a little soggy David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 12-08-2001
Does ‘American Way’ mean all’s for sale? Marc Winokur 12-08-2001
Entertainment in brief by the Associated Press Staff 12-08-2001
Parking question needs balanced approach Deborah Badhia 12-08-2001
Bus driver disappears after route The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Police Blotter – Hank Sims 12-08-2001
Bay Area Briefs Staff 12-08-2001
Anonymous e-mail service still running after Sept. 11 By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Labor leaders, attorneys push measure for more benefits The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Hate crime victim recounts assault in his liquor store By Cadonna M. Peyton, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Rep. Gary Condit to seek re-election By Brian Melley, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Salamander endangered bid rejected By Leon Drouin Keith, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
‘Star Wars’ protesters convicted of trespassing By Christina Almeida, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
California’s 2002 races take their final form By Alexa Haussler, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Pakistani detainees appear in court a day after judge grants voluntary departure By Chelsea J. Carter, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Parents of ’American Taliban’ haven’t heard from authorities By Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Two Calif. murder suspects arrested in Reno The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Nevada students face stiffer college entrance requirements The Associated Press 12-08-2001
‘It’s our turn’ America, at war again, remembers Pearl Harbor By Jay Mes Song, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Administration officials pledge to work closely with miners By John K. Wiley, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Klamath Basin ski area proposal has been formally withdrawn By Jeff Barnard, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Senate may consider Klamath aid By Katherine Pfleger, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Suicidal factory worker involved in love triangle By Katrina Hull, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Indictments total 51 in McDonald’s scam The Associated Press 12-08-2001
LA Dodgers take a huge financial hit By Simon Avery, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
EarthLink to buy wireless services provider By Justin Bachman, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Packard Foundation to cast crucial vote against HP-Compaq merger By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 12-08-2001
State begins paying off grid manager The Associated Press 12-08-2001
Click and Clack Talk Cars Tom and Ray Magliozzi 12-08-2001
Council shoots for approval this month of three plan elements By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff 12-07-2001
Out & About Calendar – Compiled by Guy Poole 12-07-2001
Correction Staff 12-07-2001
The Nutcracker By Wanda Sabir, Special to the Daily Planet 12-07-2001
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 12-07-2001
Both Berkeley teams lose in first round of Spartan Classic By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 12-07-2001
Library Gardens appeals affordable housing law By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff 12-07-2001
Building higher’s building wiser Peter Lydon 12-07-2001
Band led by twins lands regular gig for Keur Samba By Joshua Cohen, Special to the Daily Planet 12-07-2001
Bears get Braun his 100th win The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Small schools leaders and board start battle By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 12-07-2001
Superhighway dead-ends @home Tom Yamaguchi 12-07-2001
Issel named new school board president – David Scharfenberg 12-07-2001
Thanks for council courage Chris Oei 12-07-2001
Opportunities for giving to nonprofits for the holidays Staff 12-07-2001
Prosecutors want Stayner trial held in Sacramento The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Bay Area Briefs Staff 12-07-2001
Jones camp says he will stay in gubernatorial race despite his fund-raising troubles By Alexa Haussler, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Mexican consular IDs officially recognized by S.F. agencies By Maria-Belen Moran, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Trials begin for missile defense protesters By Christina Almeida, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Survivors mark 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack in the shadow of another war By Janis L. Magin, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Frazier Park man among three soldiers killed By Eugene Tong The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Las Vegas local’s gambling empire grows off the strip By Lisa Snedeker, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Green River killings suspect led adult life on a tight rope By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Court won’t hear money-laundering case again By Brendan Riley, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Las Vegas declares Frank Sinatra day By Lisa Snedeker The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Environmental group move to boot cattle from Arizona state grazing land By Mitch Tobin, Arizona Daily Star 12-07-2001
Hunter attacked by grizzly bear on Alaska’s Admiralty Island The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Sun says it should hit sales targets By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Intel, AMD say revenues to exceed forecasts By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Gap reports worsening sales losses in 19-month slide By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Housing affordability better across state The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Hearst CEO Bennack to retire The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Online electricity supplier to give refund to customers The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Millennium Pharmaceuticals to buy COR Therapeutics The Associated Press 12-07-2001
School plot suspect let go, students and neighbors worry By Michael Mello, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
Teachers leaving profession rather than going to jail By John Curran, The Associated Press 12-07-2001
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