Two hundred pro-Palestinian protesters marched on UC Berkeley’s California Hall Thursday afternoon, protesting the suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine, calling on the UC system to divest from Israel and demanding a meeting with UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl. -more-

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It’s good to see the UC Theatre back on its feet. Thanks to the Shotgun Players’ production of "Medea," the historic theater on University Avenue is once again home to audiences. Shotgun pulled off a coup renovating the space and adapting it to their needs, and also they’ve renovated "Medea" – a classical play which, tragically, always seems timely. -more-

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Ernest Hemingway is among the most well-studied American authors, but hundreds of thousands of his own words have never been examined or published. -more-

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Just week’s after the city’s Peace and Justice Commission drew controversy with its Mideast resolution widely perceived as anti-Israeli, five new appointments have jolted the politically-wrenched group. -more-

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MANILA, Philippines — Glittery Hong Kong dramas dominate prime time in Malaysia and Singapore. Latin America’s steamy telenovellas heat up the screen in the Philippines. In Vietnam, viewers follow the tangled twists of a half-dozen Chinese dramas. -more-

Today is Friday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2002. There are 242 days left in the year. -more-

Rangers say other vehicle-related crimes are on the rise in area parks -more-

SACRAMENTO — The California Senate, in a bow to environmental activists and fears of global warming, passed the nation’s first bill Thursday proposing to limit carbon dioxide emissions from vehicle exhaust. -more-

SACRAMENTO — California approved hundreds of logging plans affecting hundreds of thousands of acres although a regional water board failed to review the plans as required by law, an environmental law suit charged Thursday. -more-

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SAN FRANCISCO — Protesters for the cause of Tibet and the island of Taiwan were at the corner of Taylor and O'Farrell streets in San Francisco yesterday demonstrating against the official visit of Chinese Vice President Hu Jingtao. -more-

The man in the cowboy hat walked into Monterey Market like a poor man’s Johnny Cash. Dressed in black, right down to the leather vest and matching boots, he coughed into a closed fist and strode passed the Japanese cucumbers and fresh bread and into the sliver of a liquor isle. -more-

Television decorating guru Lynette Jennings is a strong advocate of personal style. From her program on the Discovery Channel, “Lynette Jennings Design,” to her own diverse two homes, she lives it. -more-

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Mineta names CHP top cop to SFO post -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — One-stop telephone service Advanced TelCom Group filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday and said it will try to sell the company while it dismantles an expansion that backfired in the high-tech slump. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s highest court has ruled Nike Inc. can be sued by a man alleging the athletic shoe and apparel maker violated false advertising laws with an ad campaign defending the wages, treatment and safety conditions of workers at overseas factories. -more-

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Dow Jones/AP) — Handspring Inc.’s chief financial officer, Bernard Whitney, will resign for personal reasons effective July 1, the company said Thursday. -more-

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SACRAMENTO — A second congressman raised questions Thursday about a top Interior Department official’s impartiality in dealing with West Coast Indian tribes. -more-

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis’ office dispatched highway patrol officers Thursday to prevent document shredding at a state department involved in approving a much-criticized state computer contract. -more-

The burning question in certain political circles is whether former state Assemblyman Tom Bates will run for Berkeley mayor this November. -more-

Today is Thursday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2002. There are 243 days left in the year. -more-

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“The Art History Museum of Berkeley” Masterworks by Guy Colwell. Faithful copies of several artists from the past, Ongoing. Call ahead for hours. Atelier 9, 2028 Ninth St., 841-4210, www.atelier9.com. -more-

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Sean Souders threw a two-hitter and DeAndre Miller had a pair of clutch singles as the Berkeley Yellowjackets beat Pinole Valley, 4-0, on Wednesday at San Pablo Park. -more-

Staff reductions, budget cuts and reserve spending — these are increasingly familiar words, piercing the ears of corporations and communities nationwide, will not escape the city of Berkeley. -more-

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Any reforms to current campaign finance law will not be enacted in time to affect the elections in November, due to the City Council’s voting through of a substitute measure when it readjourned Monday evening. The passing of any substitute measure kills the initial measure, which in this case would have referred several proposals to the city manager’s office. -more-

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Leaders of Common Ground and Communications/Arts/Sciences, two schools-within-a-school at Berkeley High, said they are seriously considering a break from the high school and formation of a charter school in fall 2003. -more-

PASADENA, Calif. — A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to void the $43 billion in long-term energy contracts that California signed to end last year’s power crisis. -more-

LOS ANGELES — With the help of ad campaigns urging residents to vacation in their home state, tourism is on the rebound in California after being severely hurt by the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. -more-

SACRAMENTO — A bill that would suspend rules requiring SBC Pacific Bell and Verizon to share part of their profits with their customers was approved by a legislative committee Wednesday. -more-

NEW YORK — Shares of Oracle Corp. fell as much as 10 percent Wednesday, to its lowest levels since 1999, following negative analyst commentary and the departure of another senior executive. -more-

SACRAMENTO — California’s hydroelectricity plants should produce about 85 percent of their normal power this summer, the California Energy Commission projected Thursday. -more-

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NEW YORK — ABC will set aside its normal programming for a full day and evening on Sept. 11 to commemorate the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. -more-

NEW YORK — ABC will set aside its normal programming for a full day and evening on Sept. 11 to commemorate the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. -more-

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Banged-up Bears take rare underdog role against rival Stanford -more-

Some Berkeley residents are hurriedly scouring the commercial districts and neighborhoods and gathering signatures in an attempt to get two separate but perhaps equally controversial initiatives placed on the upcoming November ballot. -more-

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LOS ANGELES — Steve Bornstein, president of the ABC television network, resigned Tuesday. -more-

The Berkeley Federation of Teachers is preparing to go to court to challenge layoff notices for as many as 40 “temporary” teachers, but district officials are confident they will prevail. -more-

Today is Wednesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2002. There are 244 days left in the year. -more-

East Bay law enforcement officials are searching for a gray 2001 Honda coupe that belongs to a man who was found Sunday afternoon in Tilden Park suffering from multiple stab wounds, and a woman he apparently picked up before being stabbed. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — Thirty years after the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, former White House counsel John Dean intends to publish an electronic book revealing who he believes is “Deep Throat,” the anonymous informant who helped unseat President Richard Nixon. -more-

SACRAMENTO — Consumer groups and state regulators are opposing a bill that would shelve rules requiring SBC Pacific Bell and Verizon to share part of their profits with ratepayers. -more-

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Delaware judge Tuesday cleared Hewlett-Packard Co. of allegations it acted improperly in the vicious proxy fight over the Compaq Computer Corp. acquisition, likely paving the way for completion of the high-tech industry’s biggest merger. -more-

With SAT-9 testing set to begin in Berkeley elementary schools this week, a small group of parents, activists and students gathered outside Rosa Parks School to protest the exam and spread the word about a provision in state law allowing parents to opt their children out of the test. -more-

Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 120th day of 2002. There are 245 days left in the year. -more-

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Ahh, halftime. Berkeley High midfielder Demetrius Sommers cracks open a cold one - a tall black can, highlights of red and gold. -more-

A group of eight Berkeley educators and activists left for an East Coast tour of “small schools” Monday amid controversy over the racial make-up and mission of the delegation. -more-

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The second of two live TV forums to discuss the airing of adult material, “Viewer Discretion Advised,” aired on Berkeley’s public access cable channel last night. The show featured independent producers Svetlana Coutoure and Dr. Susan Block facing off over adult content and censorship issues in response to complaints brought to B-TV’s board of directors by Coutoure and her husband about Dr. Block’s show. -more-

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Earthquakes remain the most serious threat to bridges and freeway overpasses across the nation, but highway engineers say terrorism has been added to the list of concerns. -more-

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SACRAMENTO — Ignoring pleas of carmakers and business groups, a key state Senate committee passed a bill Monday to curb global warming by further reducing California tailpipe emissions after 2009. -more-

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CUPERTINO, Calif. — In an effort to capture more school sales, Apple Computer Inc. on Monday introduced a line of Macintosh computers that will be sold only to educators and students. -more-

An alliance of progressive organizations sponsored a nominating convention at a packed North Berkeley Senior Center Saturday to select five candidates for the November Rent Board election. The approximately 120 pro-rent control residents in attendance selected a diverse slate that appears poised to use the rent board to further press tenants’ rights. -more-

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Senior QB completes 10 of 11 in annual Spring Game as starters win a 42-0 romp -more-

Lawyers and activists discussed how the country can heal lingering wounds of slavery through reparations at a two-day symposium at the University of California’s Boalt Hall School of Law. -more-

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The annual Berkeley Bay Festival entertained and educated residents from around the Bay Area on Saturday, offering boat rides, live music, environmental education workshops and even a solar cooker demonstration. -more-

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SAN FRANCISCO — A man out for an early morning swim with two friends was dragged away from the city’s Ocean Beach by a rip tide Sunday, prompting a surfer and the San Francisco Fire Department to come to his aid. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — A California man has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for tricking owners of lost pets to wire him money. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO – Property manager Mark Schultz doesn’t want a rerun of San Francisco’s dog mauling tragedy, so he’s boosting liability insurance by $1 million at an apartment complex he manages. -more-

San Francisco group wins Best Album, Outstanding Songwriter; No Doubt’s Stefani named Outstanding Female Vocalist -more-

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SAN JOSE – Hewlett-Packard Co. heir Walter Hewlett fell way short of proving his lawsuit against the company and should just admit he lost his fight to stop the Compaq Computer Corp. acquisition, HP attorneys argued in a scathing legal brief. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO – Once a front door to the city by the bay, the historic “Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street” soon will have a market of its own. -more-

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There are several residential streets in Berkeley which are almost pristine examples of early 20th century development. Walking down one of these quiet streets (often by-passed and hidden because of street barriers) is to experience a different era. -more-

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American playwright Tony Kushner wrote the most famous play of 1990s with his seven-hour, two-part creation “Angels in America,” which won a Pulitzer Prize and many other awards. “Angels” was commissioned by San Francisco’s Eureka Theater, then under the direction of Tony Taccone, who now heads the Berkeley Rep. -more-

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The St. Mary’s High baseball team lost their second straight extra-inning game on Friday, as Andy Duncan’s sacrifice fly brought home the winning run for St. Joseph in the ninth inning of a 12-11 final at Washington Park in Alameda. -more-

Joy Moore, a community nutrition outreach worker for the City of Berkeley, is considering a run for the Board of Education in November. -more-

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NEW YORK — ABC’s need to reverse years of excessive spending by its news division may be prompting the network to ask Peter Jennings to take a substantial pay cut, an industry analyst said Friday. -more-

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Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader criticized Congress for watering down energy and campaign finance legislation and railed against corporate influence on politics at a UC Berkeley appearance Friday afternoon. -more-

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Eugene O’Neill is one of America’s greatest playwrights. Over the course of his career he almost single-handedly lifted American playwriting from being looked at as narrow and provincial to internationally-respected and first-rate. -more-

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Officials called for transportation to be the number one priority of the developing Southside Plan at this week's Berkeley Planning Commission meeting. -more-

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The audiences cuing up outside Bay Area theaters for the San Francisco International Film Festival – continuing until May 2 – are not only getting the first and sometimes only look at films from around the world, they are getting a chance to see and hear makers of those films in person. -more-

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Scholars and legal experts gathered at UC Berkeley to debate the changing face of immigration laws in the United States at The 6th Annual Travers Ethics Conference. -more-

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Al Joseph DeGuzman, who assembled an arsenal of guns and homemade bombs while plotting a killing spree of fellow students at De Anza College, was convicted on 108 counts Friday of possessing and planning to use those weapons. -more-

LOS ANGELES — Measures to put $25.3 billion in education bond measures before California voters in two elections were signed by Gov. Gray Davis on Friday. -more-

HOQUIAM, Wash. — In a rush to get to their arctic breeding grounds, hundreds of thousands of migrating shorebirds are making their annual pit stops along the coast of Washington. -more-

As artistry and functionality creep back into modern home design, glass block re-emerges, not just as a privacy solution for bathroom windows, but as an attractive way to keep light flowing in throughout the home. -more-

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — At noon on Saturday, Japanese-American men, women and children in fedoras and flowered dresses will report to a government building, attach tags with government-issued numbers to their suitcases and buttonholes, and ride a bus to a place with fences and guard towers. -more-

WASHINGTON — Chandra Levy has been gone for a year now and her parents see no end to the uncertainty that fuels their anguish. -more-

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Berkeley - David Wood, a renowned dancer, choreographer and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, who founded the campus's dance program, died on April 21 of complications from Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. He was 77. -more-

OAKLAND, Calif. — Doris Goodday Hoffmann, an Alzheimer’s patient who put a face on the devastating disease in her daughter’s Oscar-nominated film, has died. She was 94. -more-

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Veritas Software Corp., one of the world’s top-selling software makers, always seemed to take a back seat to other high-tech heavyweights — until Sept. 11. -more-

Last summer, Tracey Lomrantz was a paid intern for a New York law firm. This year, with a stack of rejections from journalism internships on her desk, she figures she’ll wait tables. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — At the Davis administration’s urging, the California Supreme Court said Wednesday it would review whether the governor has absolute power to overturn the Board of Prison Terms’ decision to parole convicted murderers. -more-

Transportation officials admit poor public communication linesZ -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Monday gave new life to a patent dispute between the world’s two largest biotechnology companies, reinstating Genentech Inc.’s lawsuit against Amgen Inc. -more-

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