Peace rang throughout Berkeley Tuesday morning. -more-
Donovan Kilmartin lived up to his billing and Julie Pickler surpassed her star sister after Day 1 of the USA Track and Field Junior Outdoor Combined Event Championships at Cal’s Edwards Stadium.Kilmartin, representing Team Idaho, is the leader after five events of the decathlon championship with 3,949 points. Robert Bates, competing unattached, is second with 3,675 points. -more-
Youth advocates prepare cost-saving rehabilitation plan for county leaders -more-
YOKOHAMA, Japan — South Korea survived the pressure of the knockout round of the World Cup on Tuesday. Japan, its co-host, didn’t. -more-
Federal report raises new questions about discrimination -more-
BERKELEY - The 2002 USTA Berkeley Futures Tournament begins Tuesday at the Hellman Tennis Courts on the Cal campus. The $15,000 prize money tournament is sure to feature hotly contested battles as budding tennis professionals fight for precious ATP points and money prizes (Collegiate players compete as amateurs and do not accept prize money.). The tournament features eight players ranked inside the world's top 500 in singles. -more-
Community members in south Berkeley have launched a petition-drive in the wake of the death of a 68-year-old Berkeley bicyclist killed Monday around 8:30 a.m. after a car struck him near the corner of Fairview and Adeline Streets. -more-
Amid pressure from four labor unions, Berkeley’s city manager said Tuesday night that he would begin meeting with union leaders today to resolve a contentious contract dispute between city management and more than 1,000 municipal workers. -more-
On June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Legal experts were left scratching their heads following an unexpected ruling Monday in the San Francisco dog mauling trial. -more-
WALKER — The air tanker that crashed killing three crew members fighting a Sierra Nevada wildfire had undergone repairs to fix wing cracks, a representative for the plane’s owner said Tuesday. -more-
Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean was voted by her colleagues Tuesday to serve as a member of the Advisory Board of the U.S. Conference of Mayors during their 70th annual meeting in Madison, Wis. The board provides leadership and guidance to the development and implementation of conference policy and programs. -more-
SACRAMENTO — The California Power Authority announced a program Tuesday to pay large industrial power users to cut their electricity use on demand — paying less than they would for actual energy and resulting in less pollution. -more-
It’s a steel version of the plastic Big Wheel -more-
Several hundred people worked at data centers around the world -more-
SAN DIEGO — Peregrine Systems Inc. is axing 1,400 jobs, or nearly its half work force, and closing some of its offices to cut costs amid an investigation by federal securities regulators. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon launched his first television and radio ads of the general election campaign Tuesday — in Spanish. -more-
SAN CLEMENTE — State officials plan to give potassium iodide tablets to more than 400,000 people living within 10 miles of two nuclear power plants that could protect the public if they are exposed to radiation. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Sonoma County will pay $1 million to the family of a woman killed by her estranged husband even though she had a restraining order against him and repeatedly appealed for sheriff’s deputies to enforce it. -more-
SACRAMENTO — California’s brightest students might be allowed to skip from elementary school directly to college, missing high school altogether, under legislation recently approved by the state Assembly. -more-
SAN DIEGO — A female assistant principal was demoted for lifting girls’ skirts to make sure they weren’t wearing thongs to a high school dance. -more-
LOS ANGELES — The world’s two largest telescope makers are locked in a battle that amateur astronomers and federal regulators alike fear could monopolize the market for a popular type of stargazing equipment. -more-
NEW YORK — Annie Hubbard was three sips into a glass of wine when her night out turned into a nightmare. -more-
News of the Weird 06-19-2002
Murder conviction tossed in SF dog mauling case 06-18-2002
Bay Area family returns after 4 years at sea 06-17-2002
History 06-15-2002
History 06-14-2002
Peace bell rings across Berkeley By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-19-2002
What about dairy farmers? David A. Dempster 06-19-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-19-2002
Kilmartin, Pickler leading U.S. track meet at Cal By Dean Caparaz, Special to the Daily Planet 06-19-2002
Fight over justice hall reignites By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-19-2002
Cat rescue Chadidjah McFall 06-19-2002
South Korea in, Japan out in World Cup By Barry Wilner, The Associated Press 06-19-2002
UC professor again urges Asian Americans to abstain from working at Lawrence lab By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-19-2002
Coffee is for the birds Alan Kaplan 06-19-2002
Cal Hosts Futures Tennis Tournament Staff 06-19-2002
Bicyclist killed, meeting called By Matt Liebowitz and Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 06-19-2002
Ready, or not? Daniel Barth 06-19-2002
City manager to meet with unions By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-19-2002
History Staff 06-19-2002
Experts scratching heads over dog attack ruling By David Kravits, The Associated Press 06-19-2002
Air tanker that crashed had undergone repairs of wings Staff 06-19-2002
Mayor elected to serve on U.S. advisory board Daily Planet News Services 06-19-2002
State program will pay companies to cut power use By Jennifer Coleman, The Associated Press 06-19-2002
Razor reinvents the low-rider tricycle Staff 06-19-2002
Intel shutting down its Web hosting service By Matthew Fordahl, The Associated Press 06-19-2002
Peregrine cuts 1,400 jobs Staff 06-19-2002
GOP candidate unveils Spanish-language campaign By Erica Werner, The Associated Press 06-19-2002
State to give pills to people living near nuclear plants Staff 06-19-2002
Sonoma County to pay $1 million to family of woman killed by husband Staff 06-19-2002
Kindergarten to college, with no high school? Staff 06-19-2002
California school administrator demoted for underwear inspection The Associated Press 06-19-2002
Telescope producers in competitive market battle By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press 06-19-2002
Manhattan waitresses tackle kerosene-spraying gunman By Michael Weissenstein, The Associated Press 06-19-2002
Most of city’s workforce demands better wages By Kurtis Alexander Daily Planet Staff 06-18-2002
News of the Weird The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Effects of estate taxes Mike VukelichEl Sobrante 06-18-2002
Out & About Staff 06-18-2002
O'Brien heads all-star cast at USA championships By Dean Caparaz Special to the Daily Planet 06-18-2002
Teaching positions restored By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 06-18-2002
History The Associated Press 06-18-2002
San Pablo project Bob Kubik Berkeley 06-18-2002
A’s road trip to test progress By Greg Beacham The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Anti-coffee ballot proposal could ban certain types of brew By Devona Walker Daily Planet Staff 06-18-2002
Here’s to Betty Bill Joyce Oakland 06-18-2002
E equals MC-wha? Americans don’t know much about science, and that’s cause for concern Malcom Ritter The Associated Press 06-18-2002
U.S. advances to quarterfinals The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Earthworms go ’round the outside By Mike Dinoffria Special to the Daily Planet 06-18-2002
Stop pollution Griffin Hall 5th grade Mrs. Dobson's class 06-18-2002
Newspapers sue to lift gag order imposed on Earth First! jurors The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Livermore leak George Kauffman Berkeley 06-18-2002
Nestle to take control of Calif.-based Dreyer’s By Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Companies push for global digital photo printing By May Wong The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Loudcloud agrees to sell most of its business to EDS By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Federal judge delays enforcement of electric-car mandate The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Southern Calif. wildfire burns 3 firefighters, shut down interstate twice since Sunday The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Governor asks budget panel to find $1 billion more The Associated Press 06-18-2002
Tensions over Berkeley Height Initiative on the rise By Katie Flynn, Daily Planet Intern 06-17-2002
In support of feral cat sterilization Dairne Ryan 06-17-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-17-2002
A’s take 2 of 3 from Giants By GREG BEACHAM, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Coalition pushes Sunshine Ordinance By Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-17-2002
Questions about city mediation Howie Muir 06-17-2002
Billionaire backers of LA football back out of city’s stadium deal The Associated Press 06-17-2002
South Berkeley celebrates By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-17-2002
Height initiative would impact the availability of housing Charles Siegel 06-17-2002
Pro rodeo schedules more bull riding The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Bay Briefs Staff 06-17-2002
History Staff 06-17-2002
Southern California firefighters keeping busy, battling 3,500-acre blaze The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Suicide leads to arrest of sex crime suspect The Associated Press 06-17-2002
California prisons are helping to make dent in the state’s digital divide By JESSICA BRICE, Associated Press Writer 06-17-2002
State’s Oracle hearings expected to wrap up today By STEVE LAWRENC, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Wheeling and dealing in Mill Valley By MAY WONG, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Unemployment rate falls despite fewer total jobs By SIMON AVERY, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
San Francisco supervisor collects signatures to cut homeless checks The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Bankrupt PG&E’s creditors begin deciding future By KAREN GAUDETTE, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Wind-whipped wildfire destroys five homes 30 miles from Bakersfield The Associated Press, 06-17-2002
Dirty bomb is topic of state medical summit By SIMON AVERY, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Condoleezza Rice tells Stanford grads the world is different now By MARGIE MASON, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Gay SF police officer eulogized Staff 06-17-2002
Judge orders retrial for California dope farmers The Associated Press 06-17-2002
Online search engine Google has new competitor By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
It turns out: eBay wasn’t about PEZ dispensers after all By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, The Associated Press 06-17-2002
BRIEFS Staff 06-17-2002
Future for Youth Radio fuzzy By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
Pioneer West Berkeley house takes on a new life, wins an award By Susan Cerny, Special to the Daily Planet 06-15-2002
Complaints against reverend Rev. Tom Sanders 06-15-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-15-2002
Films of Clara Van Gool, at the Fine Arts Cinema By Peter Crimmins, 06-15-2002
Arts & Entertainment Staff 06-15-2002
Fans pull all-nighters for different kind of finals by Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-15-2002
City’s horizon is in the hands of voters By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
Thanks Alameda James F. Harris 06-15-2002
U.S. team joins Korea, Japan, Belgium in 2nd round Staff 06-15-2002
Visit to Israel a peace mission for local man By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-15-2002
20 mph no joke Steve Geller 06-15-2002
Producers of new ’Altar Boys’ movie deflect assumptions By David Germain, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Pitch to the man fourth on the career HR list By Anne M. Peterson, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
King’s principal takes key school district post By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-15-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-15-2002
Bay Area job seekers look for more than a paycheck By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
Bay Area job seekers look for more than a paycheck By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-15-2002
eBay struggles to keep die-hard users happy By Brian Bergstein, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
New Unemployment Figures Staff 06-15-2002
New appliances are energy stars The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Innovations make home functional Staff 06-15-2002
Building more light into your home Staff 06-15-2002
60-year wait ends for former interment camp man Staff 06-15-2002
Winona Ryder pleads innocent to theft, drug charges The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Canned convenience food Spam has its own museum By Craig Gustafson, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Disney plans to pull viewers to ABC’s season The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Original Declaration of Independence copy on display Staff 06-15-2002
’Casablanca’ leads list of favorite movie love stories By David Germaiin, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Dispute resolved over mystery anthology Staff 06-15-2002
Briefs Staff 06-15-2002
Greenpeace co-founder Moore accused of treason By Paul Elias, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Bill to stimulate more low-income apartments moves By Jim Wasserman, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Davis, senators repeat call for Bush to buy oil leases of state’s coast By Jim Wasserman, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Man gets two years for mailing fake anthrax Staff 06-15-2002
Berkeley Farms recalls antibiotic-tainted milk The Associated Press 06-15-2002
The tainted milk products being recalled Staff 06-15-2002
Mexican guest workers seek Congress’ help to recover decades-overdue pay By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Salvadoran investigators unable to determine how American died Staff 06-15-2002
Archaeological dig shows Roman sea trade with India By Andrew Bridges, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Superintendent calls for small schools at Berkeley High School By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff 06-14-2002
Revitalizing San Pablo Ave. area Pamela Thomas 06-14-2002
Berkeley Rep does justice to wacky British drama By John Angell Grant, Special to the Daily Planet 06-14-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-14-2002
Arts Calendar Staff 06-14-2002
Berkeley duo helps push Bay Oaks to national tournament By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Police force turns over By Chris Nichols, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Security issue Marc Sapir 06-14-2002
A child’s glimpse of the Middle East in new documentary By Peter Crimmins Special to the Daily Planet 06-14-2002
Bicycle Friendly Berkeley keeps kids safe By Devona Walker, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Bad drivers a gold mine Tim Plume 06-14-2002
Feral cats not welcome By Kurtis Alexander, Daily Planet Staff 06-14-2002
Oakland’s ‘Barbeque,’ Beer and Bluesfest Mike Dinoffria, Special to the Daily Planet 06-14-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-14-2002
Flags fly for motorists Mike Dinoffria, Berkeley Daily Planet 06-14-2002
correction Staff 06-14-2002
Auto emissions bill struggles to regain momentum By Jim Wasserman, The Associated Press 06-14-2002
Web browser project makes one last stab at challenging Microsoft Corp. By Anick Jesdanun, The Associated PRess 06-14-2002
Home and Garden By James and Morris Carey The Associated Press 06-14-2002
Berkeley scientist helps locate new Jupiter-like planet Daily Planet Wire Services 06-14-2002
State Briefs Staff 06-14-2002
Arriving in style: Playboy founder’s Mercedes limo for sale Staff 06-14-2002
CLICK AND CLACK TALK CARS BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZI 06-14-2002
Committee denies license for Grateful Dead reunion concert Staff 06-14-2002
Teen won’t talk to investigators about car crash Daily Planet Wire Services 06-14-2002
Judge’s ruling moves Anderson jury out of deadlock By Kristen Hays, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
Corporate America battered by allegations of white collar crime By Alan Clendenning, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
DOE downplays risk after earthquake near Yucca By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
S.C. governor sends troopers to stop plutonium shipments By Jacob Jordan, The Associated Press 06-15-2002
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