UC Berkeley police have arrested an employee and an off-campus accomplice for allegedly stealing $250,000 in BART tickets from a university transportation office and reselling them on the street. -more-
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The Berkeley High baseball team has faced a lot of challenges this season, and so far the Yellowjackets have passed each with flying colors. They beat top-ranked California High and its ace, Adam Brisentine. They dealt Pinole Valley’s Kurt Koehler his first loss in three seasons. They won the ACCAL title and beat Antioch and De La Salle to reach the North Coast Section semifinals. -more-
In a neighborhood battle that pitted the small-town values of south Berkeley against the city’s needs for affordable housing, city leaders carried the housing developers to victory. -more-
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WALNUT CREEK – The Cal baseball team had two players, junior catcher John Baker and sophomore first baseman Conor Jackson, selected to the 2002 All-Pac-10 Baseball Team, Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen announced Tuesday. -more-
Berkeley Police Chief Dash Butler has endured a lot in his 31 years of service to the community— riots, numerous protests, a growing department and community and a prolific citizenry. As of July 13, Butler will retire, and the community must learn to endure without him. -more-
An early morning hiker in the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve was shaken Tuesday when he stumbled upon a human body hanging lifeless from the branch of a tree, according to East Bay Regional Park officials. -more-
Amy Chun, who has Down syndrome, often feels isolated at Albany Middle School. -more-
OAKLAND — Jurors may have reached a partial verdict in the federal case against police and FBI agents accused of framing two Earth First! activists. -more-
SANTA BARBARA — The father of a former college student on trial for running down four people with his car testified Tuesday that he couldn’t accept repeated diagnoses that his son was mentally ill. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Employees at the CBS television complex were safely evacuated Tuesday as police negotiated with a gunman threatening suicide. -more-
OAKLAND — Defense attorneys and Alameda County prosecutors today are scheduled to begin their search for a jury that will sit in what is believed to be the largest case of alleged criminal police misconduct in Oakland's history. -more-
xSAN FRANCISCO — City utility officials approved a proposal Tuesday that could put a $3.6 billion bond measure to upgrade the aging Hetch Hetchy water system on the November ballot. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Concerned that students who lug heavy backpacks will develop spinal problems, the state Assembly approved a bill Tuesday that would force school boards to figure out ways to reduce excess backpack weight. -more-
SACRAMENTO — A preliminary budget plan that restores some health care cuts proposed by Gov. Gray Davis but still leaves lawmakers the chore of filling a $1 billion gap stalled at least briefly Tuesday in the Senate. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Despite its claims of full compliance, the governor’s office apparently didn’t completely respond to a request for information from a committee investigating a potentially costly state contract, the panel’s chairman said Tuesday. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Existing single family homes sold at a sizzling pace and at record prices in April, according to the California Association of Realtors. -more-
HOUSTON – After prosecutors spent three weeks quizzing a witness list packed with Arthur Andersen LLP employees as the government tried to prove obstruction of justice against the accounting firm, the defense has fired back with one of its own. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Bankrupt Excite@Home will auction off the last pieces of its defunct high-speed Internet access service Wednesday, putting the finishing touches on a fire sale that has extracted about $60 million from a business valued at $28 billion three years ago. -more-
WASHINGTON — Someone killed Chandra Levy, but there’s too little evidence to say how or who might have left her body on a rugged park hillside a year ago, Washington’s medical examiner said Tuesday. -more-
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Napoleon Beazley, whose death sentence for a murder committed at 17 stirred national debate over capital punishment for youths, was executed Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to spare his life. -more-
WEBBERS FALLS, Okla. — Rescuers hoisted two vehicles with four bodies inside from the murky Arkansas River on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the collapse of an interstate bridge to 13. -more-
NEW DELHI, India — India sharply criticized a speech by Pakistan’s military leader as “disappointing and dangerous” on Tuesday and asserted that al-Qaida terrorists now are in disputed Kashmir. -more-
JERUSALEM — A gunman sneaked onto the grounds of an Orthodox Jewish high school in the West Bank late Tuesday and killed three teen-agers, even as Israeli troops continued their daily raids into Palestinian towns. -more-
ROME — President Bush, in a one-on-one meeting inside the Vatican, told Pope John Paul II he is concerned about the Roman Catholic church’s standing in America where the church has been rocked by sex-abuse scandal. -more-
WASHINGTON — Libya has offered to pay $10 million per family as compensation for the deaths of 270 people in the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing, lawyers representing the family said Tuesday. -more-
ROME — NATO declared Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance Tuesday, embracing its former Cold War enemy as an ally in the battle against modern-day threats like terrorism. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Public schools will be allowed to keep American Indian team names and mascots after the Assembly defeated a bill Tuesday that would have forced schools to give up the names. -more-
SACRAMENTO — A bill that could give state government significant new power over how and where its cities grow has cleared the Senate. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Agreeing that California’s primary election is too early to attract many voters, the Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would move the primary for state and congressional candidates from March to August. -more-
News of the Weird 05-29-2002
Emeryville development at burial site protested 05-28-2002
Lady Bird Johnson goes home 05-24-2002
Chandra Levy search comes to tragic end 05-23-2002
UC Berkeley employee accused of embezzling By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 05-29-2002
Light needed for crossing Shattuck between Ashby and Alcatraz Barbara Judd 05-29-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 05-29-2002
’Jackets facing another ace in North Coast semifinal By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 05-29-2002
Embattled housing project approved By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 05-29-2002
City needs zero tolerance on traffic issues Nick Roosevelt 05-29-2002
Baker, Jackson make All Pac-10 Daily Planet Wire Services 05-29-2002
Berkeley Police Chief to retire By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 05-29-2002
Passengers matter more than profits Dr. Max Alfert 05-29-2002
Hanging corpse found in Claremont Canyon By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 05-29-2002
Learn more about the United Nations Bill Trampleasure 05-29-2002
History Staff 05-29-2002
Center for developmentally disabled celebrates 30 years By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 05-29-2002
Jury nears Earth First! verdict The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Father of teen accused of killing four in Isla Vista testifies The Associated Press 05-29-2002
CBS Television City employees evacuated after gunman enters complex The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Riders jury selection begins Daily Planet Wire Service 05-29-2002
SF considers $3.6 billion to fix area water system By Olga R. Rodriguez, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Assembly votes to force schools to reduce backpack weight By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Lawmakers to fill $1 billion budget gap By Alexa Haussler, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Panel chairman unhappy with Davis’ reply By Steve Lawrence, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Existing home sales, prices hit new records By Gary Gentile The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Andersen exec defends Andersen lawyer maligned by prosecutors By Mark Babineck, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Excite@Home to auction off its remains The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Chandra Levy’s death a homicide, but little evidence exists By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Texas inmate executed by injection for murder he committed at age 17 years old By Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Crew members said they heard no alarm before barge crashed into bridge; toll rises to 13 By Clayton Bellamy The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Talks between India, Pakistan unlikely after rhetoric By Beth Duff-Brown, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Infiltrator kills three Israelis at Orthodox Jewish high school By Mark Lavie, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Bush expresses concern to pope about priest scandal in America By Ron Fournier, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Libya offers $10 million per family in Pan Am bombing By George Gedda, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Russia becomes limited partner in NATO in historic accord By Ron Fournier, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Bill to stop use of American Indian mascot names thwarted By Stefanie Frith, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Senate approves bill to curb suburban sprawl The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Senate votes to move state primary from March to August By Steve Lawrence, The Associated Press 05-29-2002
Minority groups demand hate crime policies By Kurtis Alexander Daily Planet Staff 05-28-2002
Softball squad captures first-ever NCAA title with 6-0 victory over Pac-10 rival, defending champion Arizona Daily Planet Wire Services 05-28-2002
History The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Reflections on Memorial Day Boona Cheema 05-28-2002
Staff 05-28-2002
Calendar of Events and Activities Staff 05-28-2002
Memorial Day is not entirely ignored in city of Berkeley By Matthew Artz Special to the Daily Planet 05-28-2002
Castroneves victory is upheld The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Chopping up the UC Theatre would be a mistake — repeated Garrett Murphy 05-28-2002
Council may send truckers packing Matthew Artz Special to the Daily Planet 05-28-2002
Bryant sees hard work behind Lakers’ lucky break By Greg Beacham The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Israel has no right to make arrest in Bethlehem Marc Sapir 05-28-2002
UC students in Church of Nativity siege deported from Israel The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Berkeley Censor Media? Helen Rippier Wheeler 05-28-2002
Cal pleased with summer enrollment numbers The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Colorful traditions rolls on in Humboldt County on Memorial Day The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Workers’ comp bill shows Davis’ way with campaign money By Martha Mendoza The Associated Press 05-28-2002
AIDS caregiver limits GlaxoSmithKline activities to protest pricing policies By Simon Avery The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Biotech industry squeezed by lack of ‘breweries’ By Paul Elias AP Biotechnology Writer 05-28-2002
Sales tax increase remains unpopular option The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Amnesty International Criticizes war on terrorism The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Mom was right, broccoli is good for you, say cancer researchers The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Disabled climbers break ground on Mount Shasta The Associated Press 05-28-2002
Breakthrough on UC nurses contract dispute By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 05-24-2002
Pedestrian death was not isolated event Lisa Pascopella, PhD, MPH 05-24-2002
Elvis shows us the origins of his obsession By Ian M. Stewart, Special to the Daily Planet 05-24-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 05-24-2002
Schools may carry deficit into next year By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 05-24-2002
BUSD is not a good neighbor V. Peters 05-24-2002
Solano Avenue is a treat for the senses this weekend By Jim Emerson, Special to the Daily Planet 05-24-2002
University to 86 area food vendors By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 05-24-2002
Obscene material is not protected John Parman 05-24-2002
Midnight marks witching hour ‘Harry Potter’ The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Airports gear up for busiest weekend since Sept. 11th Daily Planet Wire Report 05-24-2002
Our society is not colorblind Paul Hogarth 05-24-2002
Electronic Music amps up in Motor City By David Enders, The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Clear sky in the East; Cold front moves into the Central Plains The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Censorship is not the Berkeley way Harry Siitonen 05-24-2002
Stand-up comedienne takes on the big ‘C’ By Jennifer Dix, Special to the Daily Planet 05-24-2002
News of the Weird The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Stayner pleads innocent by reason of insanity The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Judge rules that parole board should give more guidance to former Manson family inmate The Associated Press 05-24-2002
BAY AREA BRIEFS Staff 05-24-2002
Rubber bullets found to maim and sometimes kill By Emma Ross, The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Netflix gets thumbs up in stock market debut By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Agency sets up ’Enron link’ for reporting suspicious activities The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Orbitz and Gay.com team up to offer gay vacation packages The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Budget negotiators to consider boosting logging fees The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Yahoo! withdraws some of its European auctions The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Hundreds evacuate as New Mexico wildfire grows to 6,000 acres The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Landmark tobacco cases come to fruition The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Two convicted in Tennessee ‘love connection’ bank heist cas The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Mayor, ex-mayor join campaign against Los Angeles breakup The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Report: More than a third of state’s single women in poverty The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Immigrants fear proposal to allow local police to enforce federal laws By Deborah Kong, The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Walker Lindh pleaded ‘Please don’t kill me,’ defense motion says By Larry Margasak, The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Walker Lindh pleaded ‘Please don’t kill me,’ defense motion says By Larry Margasak, The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Senate OKs sales of hypodermic needles without prescriptions The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Police chief: Condit may be questioned again By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer 05-24-2002
Suspect in Montana child slaying gets 130 years for separate assaults By Tom Laceky, Associated Press Writer 05-24-2002
Committee approves altered textbook bill By Stefanie Frith The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Lesbian teacher settles discrimination lawsuit The Associated Press 05-24-2002
Court: Inmate can’t mail sperm from prison By David Kravets, The Associated Press 05-24-2002
City pans ‘racial privacy’ plan By Chris Nichols Daily Planet Staff 05-23-2002
History The Associated Press 05-23-2002
A plan to save UC Theatre, nurture arts Steven Finacom 05-23-2002
Staff 05-23-2002
Staff 05-23-2002
’Jackets mash Antioch in NCS first round By Jared GreenDaily Planet Staff 05-23-2002
BUSD seeks settlement with teachers By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 05-23-2002
Missing raisin found The Associated Press 05-23-2002
Mayor Dean is doing right for Berkeley Gabriella Raymond 05-23-2002
City commits to street safety after nun’s death By Kurtis Alexander Daily Planet Staff 05-23-2002
City Council wants to censor local TV Teresa Cochran 05-23-2002
Claremont spa, union workers face off in the rain By Matthew Artz Special to the DailyPlanet 05-23-2002
Stockton woman pleads guilty to concealing birth of baby she dumped at casino Staff 05-23-2002
Years after Riders removed, Oakland’s streets much the same By Kim Curtis The Associated Press 05-23-2002
Parks district to acquire 276 acres Daily Planet Wire Report 05-23-2002
Squirrel puts a cog in the works Staff 05-23-2002
SFO screeners given citizenship deadline Staff 05-23-2002
Workers to plunge into Bay for oil Staff 05-23-2002
Faultline may put the brakes on co-op, gallery By Maya Smith Special to the Daily Planet 05-23-2002
Lab takes on biological, chemical threats Staff 05-23-2002
Williams says it didn’t manipulate power prices By Clayton Bellamy The Associated Press 05-23-2002
Gap shares plunge as CEO retires By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 05-23-2002
Ex-Davis aide didn’t expect Oracle donation By Steve Lawrence, The Associated Press 05-24-2002
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