Stephanie Salter (left), the San Francisco Chronicle writer whose column was removed from the paper’s editorial pages, speaks to people after her workshop “Climate of Fear” at Saturday’s East Bay Sanctuary conference.
Stephanie Salter (left), the San Francisco Chronicle writer whose column was removed from the paper’s editorial pages, speaks to people after her workshop “Climate of Fear” at Saturday’s East Bay Sanctuary conference.

Page One

Looking for truth in the face of terror

By Judith Scherr
Monday October 21, 2002

A pediatrician by trade, Dr. Helen Caldicott’s call to save the children is a fight against militarism. -more-



Concern over city’s fiscal planning

Steven Donaldson
Monday October 21, 2002

To the Editor: -more-



Calendar

Monday October 21, 2002

onday, Oct. 21 -more-



Defense carries Bears to win over UCLA

By Jared Green
Monday October 21, 2002


School will fight state overhaul

By David Scharfenberg
Monday October 21, 2002


Myths about development

Miriam Hawley
Monday October 21, 2002

To the Editor: -more-



Panthers go ahead early, cruise late to beat Kennedy

By Jared Green
Monday October 21, 2002

The St. Mary’s High football team kicked off their Bay Shore Athletic League season with a 37-14 stomping of Kennedy (Richmond) High on Saturday, getting three rushing touchdowns from Fred Hives in their easiest win of the year. -more-



Voters to decide animal shelter’s fate

By Matthew Artz
Monday October 21, 2002


Taking a position on Prop P

Stephanie Manning
Monday October 21, 2002

To the Editor: -more-



Cal women beat Beavers; UCLA ends men’s streak

Daily Planet Wire Service
Monday October 21, 2002


Retiring council member reveals a whole new side

By Mark Murrmann
Monday October 21, 2002

In her eight years on the Berkeley City Council, Polly Armstrong has long argued that council’s time and energy was better spent dealing with “police and potholes,” not the international issues raised by colleagues. -more-



Pac-10 Football Roundup

Staff
Monday October 21, 2002

Arizona St. 45, No. 7 Oregon 42 -more-



Sniper suspected in Virginia shooting

By Michael Buettner
Monday October 21, 2002

ASHLAND, Va. – A man was shot and wounded in a steakhouse parking lot Saturday night while walking to his car with his wife. Authorities were investigating whether the Washington-area sniper who has killed nine people had struck again, for the first time on a weekend. -more-



Sports This Week

Monday October 21, 2002

Tuesday -more-



Features

Berkeley artist dies at 88

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

Ed Rossbach, a pioneer in the fiber-arts movement, has died at age 88. -more-


Berkeley cop shoots dog

Monday October 21, 2002

A Berkeley police officer shot and killed a pit bull Sunday while responding to a domestic disturbance in northeast Berkeley, authorities said. -more-


89th murder in Oakland

Daily Planet Wire Service
Monday October 21, 2002

A spokesman for Highland Hospital confirms that a man died after being shot in the back in West Oakland around 4:30 a.m. this morning. -more-


Police Briefs

Matthew Artz
Monday October 21, 2002

n Assault with deadly weapon -more-


Violence targets transgender community

By Margie Mason
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Eddie “Gwen” Araujo was a good-looking girl – so good, it cost him his life. -more-


Bay Area Briefs

Monday October 21, 2002

Health products company fined in employee deaths -more-


State Briefs

Monday October 21, 2002

Report: Border security hurting San Diego economy -more-


Property-rights groups want Supreme Court to decide monument status

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

DENVER – Property-rights groups plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether President Clinton acted illegally when he protected Colorado’s Canyons of the Ancients, California’s groves of giant sequoias and six other federal tracts as national monuments in 2000. -more-


Courtroom threat has man seeking protection order against judge

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

Shippers withold evidence of dockworker slowdown

By Justin Pritchard
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – After promising this week to produce proof of a dockworker slowdown at West Coast ports, shipping companies embroiled in a labor dispute with longshoremen on Friday again delayed filing the documents with Department of Justice lawyers. -more-


New Adobe Acrobat released

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Adobe Systems Inc. today launched its popular Acrobat software in a new direction aimed at increasing the use of the Internet to fill out contracts, tax forms and other key documents. -more-


Suit claims contractor defrauded SF’s minority contracting program

The Associated Press
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco city attorney filed a civil lawsuit that claims one of the Bay Area’s largest mechanical contractors faked a partnership with a Filipino firm to defraud the city’s minority contracting program of $8 million. -more-


UCSF develops faster, more sensitive mad cow detector

By Paul Elias
Monday October 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO – Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a new mad cow disease detector they claim is faster and more accurate than existing models and could “significantly reduce human exposure” to the fatal brain-destroying malady. -more-


Editorial

Military training booming at UC Berkeley

Daily Planet Wire Service
Monday October 21, 2002

Back Stories

Opinion

Editorials

Military training booming at UC Berkeley 10-21-2002

Fund helps the needy during the holidays 10-19-2002

CIA director says al-Qaida ready to strike on U.S. soil, overseas 10-18-2002

U.S. handing over weapons as Afghan military struggles 10-17-2002

Three hunters dead, one missing in North Dakota 10-16-2002

Police deluged with calls about sniper 10-15-2002

News

Looking for truth in the face of terror By Judith Scherr 10-21-2002

Concern over city’s fiscal planning Steven Donaldson 10-21-2002

Calendar 10-21-2002

Defense carries Bears to win over UCLA By Jared Green 10-21-2002

School will fight state overhaul By David Scharfenberg 10-21-2002

Myths about development Miriam Hawley 10-21-2002

Panthers go ahead early, cruise late to beat Kennedy By Jared Green 10-21-2002

Voters to decide animal shelter’s fate By Matthew Artz 10-21-2002

Taking a position on Prop P Stephanie Manning 10-21-2002

Cal women beat Beavers; UCLA ends men’s streak Daily Planet Wire Service 10-21-2002

Retiring council member reveals a whole new side By Mark Murrmann 10-21-2002

Pac-10 Football Roundup Staff 10-21-2002

Sniper suspected in Virginia shooting By Michael Buettner 10-21-2002

Sports This Week 10-21-2002

Berkeley artist dies at 88 The Associated Press 10-21-2002

Berkeley cop shoots dog 10-21-2002

89th murder in Oakland Daily Planet Wire Service 10-21-2002

Police Briefs Matthew Artz 10-21-2002

Violence targets transgender community By Margie Mason 10-21-2002

Bay Area Briefs 10-21-2002

State Briefs 10-21-2002

Property-rights groups want Supreme Court to decide monument status The Associated Press 10-21-2002

Courtroom threat has man seeking protection order against judge The Associated Press 10-21-2002

Shippers withold evidence of dockworker slowdown By Justin Pritchard 10-21-2002

New Adobe Acrobat released The Associated Press 10-21-2002

Suit claims contractor defrauded SF’s minority contracting program The Associated Press 10-21-2002

UCSF develops faster, more sensitive mad cow detector By Paul Elias 10-21-2002

Mayoral camps settle up on finance charges By Matthew Artz 10-19-2002

Sliding scale rents? Randy Silverman 10-19-2002

Old flicks put new face on history By Steven Finacom 10-19-2002

Fledgling sport gains speed By Martha Irvine 10-19-2002

Turnover-happy Jackets down Hercules in overtime By Jared Green 10-19-2002

Calendar 10-19-2002

Radical City Council candidate lags By David Scharfenberg 10-19-2002

More on rent control Alexis Jones-Ramirez 10-19-2002

Poet laureate strikes By Michael Weissenstein 10-19-2002

Cal (4-3, 1-2 Pac-10) vs. UCLA (4-2, 1-1 Pac-10) Jared Green 10-19-2002

Search begins for top cop By Matthew Artz 10-19-2002

A vote for Measure M Zelda Bronstein 10-19-2002

Stephen Ambrose memoirs published By Hillel Itale 10-19-2002

Bears turn it on late By Jared Green 10-19-2002

Navy jets crash over Pacific Ocean, four still missing By Matthew Fordahl 10-19-2002

Oakland’s “Just Cause” George Azar 10-19-2002

Genome to be mapped By Andrew Bridges 10-19-2002

Davis’ attorney cites conflict Daily Planet Wire Service 10-19-2002

Police Briefs 10-19-2002

Bay Area Briefs 10-19-2002

State Briefs 10-19-2002

Suspects appear in court to answer for death of crossdresser Daily Planet Wire Service 10-19-2002

Stock market continues upswing By Amy Baldwin 10-19-2002

PG&E downgraded The Associated Press 10-19-2002

FBI says balance is needed against terrorism By Martha Mendoza 10-19-2002

Court upholds Clinton’s orders By Mark Sherman 10-19-2002

California condor born in wild dies The Associated Press 10-19-2002

Creative offers give new meaning to scalping By Justin Pritchard 10-19-2002

Berkeley schools fail state goals By David Scharfenberg 10-18-2002

What to do about traffic Frank Gebauer 10-18-2002

For Jack Johnson the show goes on By Jane Yin 10-18-2002

Calendar 10-18-2002

Yellowjackets pull turnaround, beat De Anza By Jared Green 10-18-2002

Elementary school gets federal scrutiny By David Scharfenberg 10-18-2002

Civil liberty and the FBI Sam Matar 10-18-2002

Some of NBC’s established hits are off to a sluggish start this season By David Bauder 10-18-2002

Golden Bears hope to slow Bruins’ running game By Jared Green 10-18-2002

Issues, not candidates, at heart of rent board race By Matthew Artz 10-18-2002

The coffee initiative Rick Young 10-18-2002

Sports This Week 10-18-2002

Candidates talk town and gown By David Scharfenberg 10-18-2002

Proposition 13 revisited Judith Segard Hunt 10-18-2002

City pursues Skates on wages By Matthew Artz 10-18-2002

Bishop Nichols remembered By Judith Scherr 10-18-2002

Police Briefs Matthew Artz 10-18-2002

Bonds’ ball trial starts By Angela Watercutter 10-18-2002

Giants make history with ticket sales Daily Planet Wire Service 10-18-2002

Bey pleads innocent Daily Planet Wire Service 10-18-2002

Arrest made in killing of boy who lived as girl The Associated Press 10-18-2002

Bay Area Briefs 10-18-2002

State Briefs 10-18-2002

Inland towns now growing By Daisy Nguyen 10-18-2002

Forty alleged members of Aryan Brotherhood indicted across nation The Associated Press 10-18-2002

Key Enron trader pleads guilty By David Kravets 10-18-2002

Tobacco company halts free samples The Associated Press 10-18-2002

Gateway posts loss The Associated Press 10-18-2002

California tops in privacy protections The Associated Press 10-18-2002

World Series expected to lift California tourism The Associated Press 10-18-2002

Republican Hispanics boost image By Mark Sherman 10-18-2002

Largest ranch in valley receives protection from development The Associated Press 10-18-2002

Humboldt county’s rugged coast is a world apart By Denis Cuff 10-18-2002

Council turns on the lights David Scharfenberg 10-17-2002

Bush against Saddam? James K. Sayre 10-17-2002

Politics aren’t always Black & White J. I. Ward 10-17-2002

Calendar 10-17-2002

Bears searching for second-half answers Jared Green Daily Planet Staff 10-17-2002

UC students urge Wheeler charges dropped David Scharfenberg 10-17-2002

Responding to the challenge Shirley Dean, Berkeley mayor 10-17-2002

The ballet makes for entertaining evening Daily Planet Wire Service 10-17-2002

Huffins named Cal track coach Special to the Daily Planet 10-17-2002

Public safety groups endorse Dean Matthew Artz 10-17-2002

A clarification, mayor Neil S. Mayer 10-17-2002

Lucasfilm employee arrested The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Fire victims set to go home Sophia Tareen 10-17-2002

Sniper attacks prompt thriller delay Anthony Breznican The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Iraq’s neighbors oppose conflict Dafna Linzer The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Train accidents kill two in East Bay Matthew Artz 10-17-2002

Murder suspect makes first court appearance Daily Planet Wire Service 10-17-2002

Police Briefs 10-17-2002

Woman killed on Bart tracks at West Oakland station Daily Planet Wire Service 10-17-2002

Baseball bet tests civic pride Kate Berry The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Tree-squatter moves into housing The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Bay Area Briefs 10-17-2002

California nursing homes below standards The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Food pantries benefit from port squabbles Justin Pritchard The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Generic weed killers fight for dollars Paul Elias The Associated Press 10-17-2002

State announces grants for schools The Associated Press 10-17-2002

State receives $2.3 million for counseling The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Bali tourist returns home The Associated Press 10-17-2002

Another UC strike considered By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff 10-16-2002

Is today a ‘rainy day’ for UC? Susan Peabody Boalt Hall School of Law 10-16-2002

Calendar 10-16-2002

Alameda proves to be more than a pushover By Dominic Perrone Daily Planet Correspondent 10-16-2002

City rediscovers budget deficit By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff 10-16-2002

Iraq links to al-Qaida could be useful to U.S. Fred Foldvary Berkeley 10-16-2002

The Bonds dilemma: pitch to him or not to pitch to him By Ronald Blum The Associated Press 10-16-2002

School board raise hinges on voters By David Scharfenberg Daily Planet Staff 10-16-2002

We want more protests Howard Oggman Berkeley 10-16-2002

Berkeley smoking ban to begin in November By Matthew Artz Daily Planet Staff 10-16-2002

Why sacrifice Berkeley for sprawl? Bob Kubik Berkeley 10-16-2002

Senator: Park Service must explain By Matt GourasThe Associated Press 10-16-2002

Oakland school district hires advisor to find missing money Daily Planet Wire Service 10-16-2002

Juvenile suspected of shooting officer Daily Planet Wire Service 10-16-2002

Lawmakers urged to legalize undocumented workers By Deborah Kong The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Opening statements today in Bonds’ ball lawsuit Daily Planet Wire Services 10-16-2002

Accused family-killer blames tragedy on faulty accelerator The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Bay Area Briefs 10-16-2002

Nursing home regulators set stricter rules for elderly care By Jennifer Coleman The Associated Press 10-16-2002

S.F. supervisors approve Olympic bid Daily Planet Wire Service 10-16-2002

State has 58 of nation’s fastest-growing companies By Jennifer Coleman The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Pressplay adds BMG catalog to online music By Ron Harris The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Jet-powered train could speed across nation By Laurence Arnold The Associated Press 10-16-2002

DNA evidence doesn’t match Zodiac suspect The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Nevada protests result in charges The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Suspected terror cell member pleads innocent The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Trial opens for toxicologist accused of killing husband By Seth Hettena The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Mauna Loa stirring, scientists warn eruption could be dangerous The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Satellite rescue beacons soon to be widely available By David Ho The Associated Press 10-16-2002

David Letterman gets his wish By David Bauder The Associated Press 10-16-2002

Thermometer exchange considered Matthew Artz 10-15-2002

What’s with the fast food ban? M. Breunig 10-15-2002

Calendar 10-15-2002

Giants finish off Cards on way to World Series Ben Walker The Associated Press 10-15-2002

UC deals clericals final wage offer David Scharfenberg 10-15-2002

Starbucks strategy Raymond Barglow 10-15-2002

World Series tickets on sale Daily Planet Wire Service 10-15-2002

Accusations fly between campaigns Matthew Artz 10-15-2002

Learning English Saul Grabia 10-15-2002

Rams hand Raiders first loss of season, pick up first win Jim Suhr The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Berkeley workers support strikes David Scharfenberg 10-15-2002

Berkeley’s role in regional growth Robert Clear 10-15-2002

Orange County man missing after Saturday’s Bali bombing Amanda Riddle The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Health officials plan cancer survey The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Arcata follows Berkley lead on war in Iraq The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Defense Agency lights up East Bay The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Victim stable after shooting in East Bay Daily Planet Wire Service 10-15-2002

Suspect arrested following East Bay crime spree Daily Planet Wire Service 10-15-2002

Giant pumpkin sets new record Daily Planet Wire Service 10-15-2002

Bay Area Briefs 10-15-2002

Simon says he’s sorry for photo Erica Werner The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Slow going for ports despite dockworkers return Angela Watercutter The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Microsoft and Linux gaining momentum from Unix servers Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Coast Guard survey looks for vulnerabilities in nation’s ports The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Up to 11 bodies found in train car in Iowa Amy Lorentzen The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Lecturers picket, strike at five UC campuses Margie Mason The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Brain size linked to stress disorder Andrew Bridges The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Simon leans on family and faith Erica Werner The Associated Press 10-15-2002

Charter schools work to seek accreditation Jessica Brice The Associated Press 10-15-2002

News of meat recall spreads to consumers Mary Claire Dale The Associated Press 10-15-2002

News of meat recall spreads to consumers Mary Claire Dale The Associated Press 10-15-2002

LaPaglia reverses his own vanishing Lynn Elber The Associated Press 10-15-2002