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Democratic club endorses Ramsey, Fox Ruby

By David Scharfenberg, Berkeley Daily Planet staff
Saturday December 15, 2001
The Berkeley Democratic Club, home to the moderate wing of the city’s Democratic Party, overwhelmingly endorsed Charles Ramsey for the 14th State Assembly District seat and Jacki Fox Ruby for the Alameda County Board of Education on Thursday. Both candidates are up for election in March. -more-

Out & About Calendar

– Compiled by Guy Poole
Saturday December 15, 2001

Saturday, Dec. 15

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Julia Morgan’s Berkeley City Club serves as an inspiration

By Susan Cerny
Saturday December 15, 2001
A recent exhibit at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum explored the concept of environmentally responsible architecture. The buildings presented in the exhibit were designed and built within the past few years and their design was distinctly contemporary. -more-

CUE files claim against LBNL

Lee Purbaugh
Saturday December 15, 2001
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Precious gifts, books capture spirit of great art

By Joan Brunskill, The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
Splendor of the masters reborn in pages of many fine art booksxZ -more-

Arts & Entertainment Calendar

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Saturday December 15, 2001
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Pleasant Valley hands Lady ’Jackets third loss of season

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Saturday December 15, 2001
When it comes to Northern California dominance, the Berkeley High girls’ basketball team is usually right up there with De La Salle football. But although the Spartans won yet another NorCal title this season, times may be changing for the Lady ’Jackets. -more-

ZAB votes to close down Gypsy parlor

By Hank Sims, Daily Planet staff
Saturday December 15, 2001
Berkeley police officers exchanged high-fives in Old City Hall Thursday night after the Zoning Adjustments Board voted to shutter the Golden Gypsy Massage Parlor for good. -more-

Draft General Plan balanced – gives pedestrians a chance

Rob Wrenn
Saturday December 15, 2001
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Psychics could see stiff regulations in their future

By John Geluardi, Daily Planet staff
Saturday December 15, 2001
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America’s Iraq policy a sham

Bill Mitch
Saturday December 15, 2001
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Obituary

Staff
Saturday December 15, 2001
Floyd Lee Gill, owner and operator of Gill’s Ambassador Shoe Repair Shop in Berkeley for 48 years, died Dec. 12 from natural causes. He was 77 years old. -more-

Boycotting unAmerican city

Bill Kinney
Saturday December 15, 2001
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Hyde School honors academic excellence

Staff
Saturday December 15, 2001
BATH, MAINE – The following local residents recently received academic honors from the independent, character-based Hyde School in Bath: -more-

A season to share

Staff
Saturday December 15, 2001
Following are some local-serving community agencies that can use financial and/or volunteer help. The Daily Planet is listing these nonprofits as a public service and does not have first-hand knowledge of the work of most of the agencies. -more-

Mysterious form of breast cancer crops up in three Castro Valley women

The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
CASTRO VALLEY — Within a 10-month period in 1999, three women who worked in the same office at Eden Medical Center were diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, a very rare and aggressive type of the disease that strikes just a few dozen women in the Bay Area every year. -more-

Police Blotter

– Hank Sims
Saturday December 15, 2001
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Victims’ loved ones apalled by bin Laden tapes

The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
Terrorist leader reminds one Bay Area resident of a gloating, smirking criminal -more-

Bay Area Briefs

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Saturday December 15, 2001
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On the House

by James and Morris Carey
Saturday December 15, 2001
Installing a frost-proof sillcock -more-

Questions and Answers on the House

By Morris and James Carey
Saturday December 15, 2001
Q. Roy asks: Help! I recently moved into a house that has a wooden front door with a large oval window, which takes up most of the door. In the past two months a gap has slowly formed and grown between the door and the window molding. It is about 3/4 of an inch at the top of the window and tapers down as it follows the contours of the window. You can see through it to the outside. It appears that the window is settling. Is this possible? What can I do to fix it? Is there a caulk I should use, or will I have to replace my front door? -more-

Tip of the Week

By Morris and James Carey
Saturday December 15, 2001
Door hinge fill-in -more-

Renaissance man restores log cabins with old-fashioned tools

By Sarah Cooke, Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald
Saturday December 15, 2001
BERTHOUD, Colo. — Bent over a 14-foot-long ponderosa pine log, Peter Haney gripped a 19th-century broad ax and meticulously shaved small slices of wood from its right side. -more-

Trial of circus trainer is big moment for animal activists

By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
Years of protesting, complaining come to a head as one prominent performer opens a bloody wound on an elephant -more-

Tribal leaders upset over Norton reshuffling of Indian trust

By Angela Turner, The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Interior Secretary Gale Norton says she supports forming a task force that would help her smooth money-management problems with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. -more-

Feds, academicians assessing Biosphere 2 climate

By Arthur H. Rothstein, The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
TUCSON, Ariz. — Federal, academic and international scientists will be eyeing Biosphere 2 this weekend to determine its suitability for climate research. -more-

Cuba to get first commercial U.S. food since 1963

By Alan Sayre, The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
reighter departs on two-day voyage egging on embargo debate -more-

N.C. death row inmate found to be retarded, given life terms

By Emery Dalesio, The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
RALEIGH, N.C. — A death row inmate who is said to have the mind of a first-grader became the first person to have his sentence reduced under a new North Carolina law barring execution of the mentally retarded. -more-

Students at historically black college object to TV ad limiting hairstyles

The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
BALTIMORE — A public relations firm is under fire for inviting students with only straight, chemically processed or short hair to appear in a TV commercial for historically black Morgan State University. -more-

California unemployment tops 1 million mark

By Simon Avery, The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
LOS ANGELES — The number of Californians out of work topped 1 million for the first time in nearly five years in November, as increasing job cuts in the state comprised a disproportionately large amount of the national total, officials said Friday. -more-

Deal could leave Barry Diller leading Universal

By Gary Gentile, The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
LOS ANGELES — Media mogul Barry Diller could emerge as head of Universal Studios if Vivendi Universal buys the film and TV assets of Diller’s USA Networks, sources familiar with the negotiations said Friday. -more-

Lame-duck cable provider cuts 400 of its 1,300 jobs

The Associated Press
Saturday December 15, 2001
REDWOOD CITY — Preparing to go out of business at the end of February, bankrupt cable Internet provider Excite@Home laid off 400 of its 1,300 employees Friday. -more-

Click and Clack Talk Cars

Tom & Ray Magliozzi
Saturday December 15, 2001
Breaking in brakes -more-

Editorials

Officers, marines team up to play Santa for children, needy families

Bay City News
Saturday December 15, 2001
Police officers in Berkeley are once again teaming up with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves to deliver toys to the children of needy families this holiday season. -more-

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