With two blocks of Adeline Street closed to traffic, music echoing from both ends of the street and smoke from barbecues filling the summer air, Juneteenth was in full swing Sunday afternoon. -more-
How do you combat the speedsters racing down Claremont Avenue? Raise the speed limit, some say. -more-
Berkeley police are investigating two rape cases reported last week. -more-
Organizers of the Cesar Chavez Memorial Solar Calendar will hold a community informational workshop Tuesday evening on the Berkeley Marina site where the project will be built. -more-
Police officers investigating a suspicious vehicle about 6:45 a.m. Sunday on the 1500 block of Stuart Street found the driver sitting in the car with the engine running. The car had been in a collision, said Capt. Bobby Miller of the Berkeley Police Department. -more-
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley completes its 43rd season with an Agatha Christie mystery, “Murder At the Vicarage,” a Miss Marple classic. -more-
The Judah L. Magnes Museum presents “Women and Rituals,” a talk about old traditions, Tuesday, June 27 from 6-7:30 p.m. Rabbi Helen Cohn of San Francisco’s Congregation Emanu-El and Manni Liu, executive director of the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will he on hand for the talk. The museum is located at 2911 Russell St. -more-
The area of community gardens near the BART tracks in the Westbrae neighborhood already is known for the establishment of Berkeley EcoHouse on Hopkins Street, and now the nearby stretch of Ohlone Greenway is about to be upgraded with plantings and cultural landmarks. -more-
Speaking up about their experiences, the newcomers to the Women’s Employment Resources Corp. traded hard luck stories about navigating the welfare system. -more-
After the 10-odd months of controversy, acrimony and delays, the Memorial Stadium permanent lighting debate all boils down to one incontrovertible fact: University officials don’t think nine light towers would look crappy and the stadium’s neighbors do. Period. -more-
OAKLAND – Cooling fog rolled back into Northern California Friday after an unusual midweek heat wave sent scores of people to the hospital. -more-
With the scent of barbecue in the summer air, the gold and green of kinti cloth decorating the booths, those sweet tones of the Berkeley High Jazz Band and Pete Escovedo’s red hot salsa sounds, Berkeley will remember the freeing of the slaves at its annual Juneteenth celebration. -more-
Berkeley Opera’s 2000 season, Shakespeare at the Opera, concludes July 14-23 with six performances of Berlioz’s opera, “Beatrice and Benedick.” -more-
As the sun set over the UC Berkeley Greek Theatre and the fog rolled in Thursday evening, the Class of 2000 said its final good bye to Berkeley High School. -more-
A light may be at the end of the tunnel in the ongoing permanent lighting at Memorial Stadium situation – and the neighbors of the historic stadium are expecting that it’s a train. -more-
Just call us Wireless Valley. That’s a new name for Berkeley coined by some high-tech newcomers from Sweden who make telephones, do research and don’t have anything to do with home furnishings. -more-
The Pacifica Foundation, KPFA radio’s parent organization, may have violated the California Corporations Code, when it stripped the local advisory board members of their right to vote for members of the governing board, says a report released Monday by the Joint State Auditor’s Committee. -more-
A Berkeley High School senior apparently was paid money to change the grading records for 20 fellow students, the Daily Planet has learned. -more-
Two groups of deeply divided wheelchair users rolled into the City Council chambers Tuesday night to wage battle over which of two agencies would provide emergency services to the disabled community. -more-
The singers in the Kool Breeze band at UC Berkeley’s Staff Appreciation Day Wednesday at the Campanile sang about temperatures rising, and certainly some of the university’s clerical staff are hot under the collar. -more-
The Institute of Governmental Studies and the Goldman School of Public Policy will present a special lecture Friday on the upcoming Mexican presidential elections. -more-
Charles Darwin managed to develop and disseminate the most earth-shattering works natural history has ever seen – when he wasn’t overcome by his frequent and lifelong bane/hobby of vomiting. -more-
A court found top officials from the Berkeley Radisson Marina guilty Tuesday of violating workers’ rights, including the right to unionize. -more-
OAKLAND – Attorneys for a millionaire landlord and his son, facing federal charges on international transport and exploitation of illegal immigrants, set dates for pretrial motions and hearings in United States District Judge Sandra Armstrong’s courtroom Tuesday. -more-
Well, it happened again. -more-
Three of the 25 prestigious MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowships awarded Tuesday went to scholars with Berkeley ties: one lives here, one works here and one just spent a semester teaching here. -more-
A 29-unit low-income/special needs housing complex leapt over its first hurdle Tuesday night, when the City Council voted unanimously to lend nonprofit developer Affordable Housing Associates $450,000 to help purchase property in the 1700 block of University Avenue. -more-
College Avenue is in the first phase of its $2.14 million re-paving project – finally. The removal of the old pot-holed pavement began this week and the actual paving is scheduled to begin July 17. -more-
The major TV networks are likely to be disappointed when they bring their dishes to town tonight, show up at the City Council meeting, cameras on shoulders, ready for a heated discussion of Betty Olds’ proposal to ban cyclists from using cell phones as they ride the city’s rutted roads. -more-
If the council taps Deputy City Manager Weldon Rucker to take the reins of the city – at least temporarily – he’ll know what he’s getting into. -more-
A memorial celebration was held Sunday for Noah Baum, a Berkeley-born lawyer, who died on the evening of May 31. He was 34. -more-
The Berkeley Adult School is hosting a workshop on the step-by-step process of completing a health proxy form, taught by Berkeley attorney Lynn Sherrell. -more-
The JMCA Summer Performing Arts Camp will begin two-week sessions Monday at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. -more-
Berkeley resident Daryl Preston, a teacher of physics to both undergraduate students and to other university professors, has been named the outstanding professor for 2000 at CSU Hayward. -more-
