It’s not all fun and games at the Adeline Youth Service Center, though it appeared that way Wednesday afternoon at a summer barbecue. -more-
Dan O’Brien’s comeback took a bad turn, when the 1996 Olympic gold medalist pulled out of the 400 meters, the last decathlon event of the first day of the USA Outdoor Combined Event Championships Wednesday at Cal. -more-
The Berkeley Unified School District will not fill the vacant principalship at the high school next year, according to a letter released Wednesday by Superintendent Michele Lawrence. Instead, the district will build on its current co-principal structure, adding a fifth administrator to its present team of four. -more-
PITTSBURGH — The Oakland Athletics have some of the best arms in baseball, and not all belong to their pitching staff. -more-
Within the last month, the deaths of a senior citizen hit by a car in May on Addison Street and a 68-year-old bicyclist struck Monday on Adeline Street have fueled safety debates. Members of the city’s Commission on Aging met Wednesday to present a laundry list of concerns. -more-
Ferociously funny, blatantly bawdy, sharply poignant – that’s “First Love,” playwright Charles Mee’s latest excursion into the troubled territory where human longing breeds thorny tangles of love and hate. East Bay audiences got a double dose of Mee recently. Berkeley Repertory set “Big Love” on a giant pink floor mat, and University of California Dramatic Arts gave us a biting “Orestes.” Those plays were modern versions of Greek myths, set in times of war and pillage, but “First Love,” now at the Magic Theater, examines the oldest war of all, the one between men and women. -more-
Julia Cross believes in the sound of silence. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Three years for any television series is considered a decent run. For one like Showtime’s “Soul Food,” it’s a miracle. -more-
Berkeley is honoring one of the area’s openly gay politicians while declaring June “Pride Month.” -more-
NEW YORK — Nickelodeon is going ahead with a children’s special about same-sex parents, despite receiving so many e-mails that the network had to create a separate address to avoid a computer crash. -more-
A three-alarm grassfire burned about 20 acres in Walnut Creek Tuesday, and was contained within an hour-and-a-half, said a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District official. -more-
LOS ANGELES — The California Air Resources Board will consider amending the state’s air quality standards for microscopic pollutants to make them the world’s strictest. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — The city has sued the Petco Animal Supplies Inc. for allegedly keeping dead or poorly cared for animals on the shelves at two San Francisco locations. -more-
LOS ANGELES — California continues to underperform the national economy, but a respected economic report released Wednesday forecasts that the state’s fortunes will improve in the second half of the year, as long as early signs of recovery in the technology sector continue. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Oil giant BP-ARCO has agreed to pay $45.8 million to settle alleged widespread underground gasoline storage tank violations, including the nation’s largest cash penalty in the enforcement of tank regulations, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Wednesday. -more-
SAN DIEGO — Xenerex Biosciences, a unit of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, expects to receive $75,000 from a consortium to help develop a treatment for anthrax toxins. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Three years ago, Rebecca Crane of Modesto bought a Volkswagen Jetta. One month later, the car started having electrical problems. Then the radio blew up. Then the odometer showed she had driven thousands of miles when she had merely driven to the auto mechanic. -more-
EMERYVILLE – The former superintendent of the Emery Unified School District, who resigned two years ago leaving the three-school district with more than $2 million debt, has pleaded no contest to felony criminal charges filed against him. -more-
Supt. pleads no contest to stealing, conflict of interest 06-20-2002
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
Adeline center remembers dead friend, continues reaching out to young people By Kurtis AlexanderDaily Planet Staff 06-20-2002
News of the Weird Staff 06-20-2002
For the record on affordable housing Ali R. Kashani Executive Director AHA 06-20-2002
Arts & Entertainment Calendar Staff 06-20-2002
Out & About Calendar Staff 06-20-2002
Injury slows gold medalist O’Brien’s comeback By Dean Caparaz Special to the Daily Planet 06-20-2002
District won’t replace Lynch By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 06-20-2002
History The Associated Press 06-20-2002
‘I oppose this war’ Shana M. Levy Berkeley 06-20-2002
Hernandez’s homer helps Athletics win tenth of team’s 11 games By Alan Robinson The Associated Press 06-20-2002
City’s seniors citizens address road safety concerns By Chris NicholsDaily Planet Staff 06-20-2002
Buy a VCR, Rev. Don Brownell Richmond 06-20-2002
‘First Love’: A vaudeville of songs, dances Robert Hall Special to the Daily Planet 06-20-2002
Berkeley High school students hold silent peace protest By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff 06-20-2002
Third season for TV’s ’Soul Food’ The Associated Press 06-20-2002
Berkeley takes pride as parade approaches Mike Dinoffria Special to the Berkeley Daily Planet 06-20-2002
Nickelodeon pushes ahead with same-sex parenting special The Associated Press 06-20-2002
Twenty acres burns in Walnut Creek Staff 06-20-2002
California could make air standards world’s strictest By Andrew Bridges The Associated Press 06-20-2002
SF sues Petco over neglected animals Staff 06-20-2002
Improved Californian economy likely in second half of year By Simon Avery The Associated Press 06-20-2002
Oil giant BP-ARCO agrees to pay $45.8 million settlement The Associated Press 06-20-2002
Anthrax treatment award expected The Associated Press 06-20-2002
California Lemon Law turns 20 today By Stefanie Frith The Associated Press 06-20-2002
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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