Despite the protests of preservationists and campus community neighbors, a preliminary investigation into the environmental consequences of UC Berkeley’s proposed expansion of the Goldman School of Public Policy has identified no significant long term impacts associated with the project. -more-

Wednesday, July 12

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A lot has been written about the just-completed year at Berkeley High: the school’s rocky start, the near-revolt of students, the departure of yet another principal from a campus that many would describe as dysfunctional, the ongoing struggle to bridge the academic achievement gap. -more-

The City Council decided Tuesday to locate and count existing wells and aquifers. The unanimous vote means that the $15,000 allocated to the survey in last month’s budget can be spent. The question lingering on, however, is exactly how far the funds will go. -more-

An East Bay version of San Francisco’s famous Mediterranean sidewalk cafe Enrico’s was supposed to be the cornerstone eatery in Berkeley’s emerging downtown Arts District. -more-

The Goldman School of Public Policy Expansion Draft Environmental Impact Report, released last week by the UC Berkeley’s Physical and Environmental Planning Office, says there are no significant and unavoidable long term impacts associated with this project. -more-

Last week’s decision by UC Berkeley officials to end a maintenance agreement with the city for People’s Park has led to some controversy in the city and left community members questioning the park’s future. -more-

Tuesday, July 11

Rent control hikes housing costs in Berkeley -more-

It was a beautiful, sunny, blue sky afternoon Saturday in Berkeley’s Cedar Rose Park when the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opened the East Bay leg of its 38th annual season of free outdoor theater with a production of the company’s new musical play “Eating It,” a cautionary environmental science fiction tale about genetically modified agriculture, known in some circles as “frankenfood.” -more-

A preliminary technical report on radiological monitoring at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and its micro facilities nestled near the university campus, was released last week to fiercely divided reviews. -more-

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At tonight’s meeting, the City Council will chew over a big list of items, including an amendment to curb the circumstances in which a landlord can boot a tenant out and move in. -more-

Students, shoppers and UC Berkeley employees had their Monday morning disrupted when fire alarms went off in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union Building and Eshleman Hall, near the intersection of Telegraph and Bancroft Way. -more-

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Monday, July 10

Ignorance of U.S. history -more-

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Eight years ago, Berkeley votes approved a $158 million bond measure to pay for major improvements – seismic upgrades, renovations, reconstruction – at school sites throughout the community. -more-

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Gallery holds MFA exhibit -more-

Construction to ameliorate traffic congestion at the Gilman Street exit of Interstate 80 is still some two years away, but the City of Berkeley hopes two “roundabouts” will fix the traffic problem by the end of 2002. -more-

Saturday, July 8

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In the next two months, jazz fans will be in for a treat, complements of Berkeley’s Jazzschool, which will be offering free concerts twice a week throughout July and August. -more-

Among the nation’s pioneers in needle exchange and at the forefront of high school condom distribution, Berkeley is also on the cutting edge of natural disaster prevention. -more-

OAKLAND – The Oakland Museum of California will host its second annual bicycle races on July 16, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The day of races includes nine separate multi-lap events on the .85-mile course, starting and finishing at the Snow Museum Park in front of the Kaiser Events Center on Harrison Street between 19th and 20 Streets in downtown Oakland. -more-

Saying he’s usually the dose of “castor oil” to environmentally “clueless” corporations, environmental journalist Joel Makower told members of Berkeley’s Sustainable Business Alliance Friday that businesses need to practice environmental mentoring. -more-

Construction to ameliorate traffic congestion at the Gilman Street exit of Interstate 80 is still some two years away, but the City of Berkeley hopes two “roundabouts” will fix the traffic problem by the end of 2002. -more-

Fola Afariogun, a nursing assistant/phlebotomist for 19 years at Alta Bates Medical Center, says he’s forced to work overtime, and he’s afraid that when he’s tired and drawing blood, he’ll make a mistake. -more-

Friday, July 7

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To call a film “deceptively simple” usually means it is neither, and it’s an inefficient way to describe something. But the filmmakers of “Speaking for Themselves: seven women – their experiences with cancer” are so hands-off one wonders if they are there at all. -more-

Berkeley police are investigating two strong-arm robberies that occurred Monday evening. -more-

ALBANY – Peter Waugh, who’ll be a high school senior in September, walked into Café Eclectica on Solano Avenue Wednesday evening to find out what all the talk is about. -more-

A small kitchen fire at noontime Thursday in Café Caracas, at 1446 University Ave., destroyed the hood over an oven and required firefighters to cut two holes in the kitchen roof to allow gas to escape. -more-

Of Oakland, Gertrude Stein felt “there is no there there.” At the very least, however, they’ve definitely got two Peralta District Community Colleges there – with campuses to boot. That’s a distinction Berkeley’s own Vista College cannot claim. After several decades of operation, multiple bond measures and threats of secession from the Peralta District, Vista is still leasing space at 2020 Milvia St. -more-

Thursday, July 6

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Jane Fehlberg, who works as an administrative assistant at UC Berkeley, said she hasn’t chewed anything for three weeks. Her liquid diet consists largely of orange juice, soy protein, broth and vitamins. -more-

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A memorial service for noted Berkeley historian and author Tertius Chandler, 85, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar St. -more-

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Police released more information Wednesday about Monday morning’s rape in northwest Berkeley. -more-