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Monday, July 31

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RICHMOND – This is earthquake country and there are few who do not worry about the lives that will be lost and the homes destroyed when the big one hits. -more-

Saturday, July 29

If music were the food of love, John Phillips would provide a banquet. -more-

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Pastor Gordon Choyce says that his non-profit Jubilee Restoration and his partners at Panoramic Interests have done everything the city has asked to get the Jubilee Courtyard Apartments built at 2700 San Pablo Avenue – but two issues, he says, keep coming back. -more-

They passed the tests and beat the odds, and now Keith May and Samantha Eggers are enjoying their first weeks as two of the newest members of the Berkeley Fire Department. -more-

No hordes of citizens – in fact none at all – have jumped into the District 5 council race in response to Councilmember Diane Woolley’s surprise announcement that she’s not going to run again. -more-

Road construction usually creates some confusion and a few inconveniences, but hardly ever does it bring the problems that College Avenue residents and merchants are facing right now. -more-

Friday, July 28

Friday, July 28

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On top of a parking structure on the UC Berkeley campus, 24 skaters are hopping ramps, grinding rails and cruising two halfpipes under the watchful eyes of several experts. There isn’t a tattoo or piercing in sight as the skaters shred the park while a nearby radio plays some mellow tunes. -more-

UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy wants to grow. Its expansion plans – construction of a second building next to present historic site – does not sit well with neighbors who filled a conference room at the school for a Wednesday evening public hearing on the expansion. -more-

Joel Jacobs and his neighbors on Peralta Street know that if they want to make it to the superhighway, they need the big green, often graffiti-covered pedestals that house telecommunication lines. -more-

Sam Adkins was crossing the street at Berkeley’s most dangerous intersection Thursday afternoon, when he was struck by a car. -more-

The Environmental Impact Report on the Congregation Beth El Synagogue and School has been released by the city. The report concludes that there are significant impacts in terms of noise and traffic, but that the impacts can be mitigated. -more-

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Thursday, July 27

Complexities in the proposed rent control ballot measure kept the City Council and staff in their seats into the wee Wednesday morning hours tweaking the measure until a passing 5-1-2 vote could be taken. The measure will go before the voters Nov. 7. -more-

A pretrial hearing in the case of a Berkeley teenager charged with battery on a peace officer and resisting arrest was rescheduled yesterday after lawyers for the defendant asked Berkeley Superior Court Judge Carol Brosnahan for additional time to gather evidence in the case. -more-

The questions were too complex and too numerous to begin to answer at Tuesday evening’s Berkeley Housing Authority meeting, scheduled from 7 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. -more-

When a 170-foot communication tower was erected beside the new Public Safety Building at McKinley Avenue and Addison Street in April, the neighbors were not too pleased. -more-

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Wednesday, July 26

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It’s a time of flux in the Berkeley schools, with the high school principal and one vice principal reassigned and another vice principal on leave from the district. -more-

This is the second part of a two-part interview between the Daily Planet and Bessie Wash, interim executive director of the Pacifica foundation. In February, Wash was named to the post, taking the reins from Lynn Chadwick, the target of much of the wrath of KPFA supporters. Unavailable for interviews since her appointment, Wash is now reaching out to the public. -more-

Attorney John Burris asks city for $1 million. -more-

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Peralta Community College District Trustee, Susan Ducan, announced her intention to seek reelection in November. Ducan has served since 1985, representing north and east Berkeley, and the Rockridge and Montclair sections of Oakland. -more-

Although last year was considered by most to be one of broad economic expansion, five businesses in the South Shattuck area closed shop. -more-

Tuesday, July 25

NAACP does not endorse -more-

Tuesday, July 25

In the early 1980s, politicians told California voters that the state lottery would be a way to improve schools. In the 15 years since the lottery has been running, however, California schools have deteriorated and lottery earnings have simply replaced some tax revenues. -more-

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In February, Bessie Wash was named interim director of the Pacifica Foundation, which holds the license to KPFA and four other listener-sponsored stations around the country. She took over from the former Executive Director Lynn Chadwick – the target of much of the wrath of KPFA aficionados. -more-

A 23-year-old Richmond man was shot three times about 8:30 p.m. Sunday night at the corner of Berkeley Way and Walnut Avenue. -more-

Dr. Jack Finegan, 92, died July 15. A highly respected scholar and professor of the New Testament and archaeology, he was a summer session dean, director of the Bade Institute of Biblical Archeology at the Pacific School of Religion, and served for twenty-five years as pastor for the University Christian Church, in Berkeley. -more-