News Updates

Governor Opposes Point Molate Casino Project

By Richard Brenneman
Monday October 12, 2009
The Office of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Monday that it wants to terminate the Point Molate casino project. -more-

UC Berkeley Prof Wins Nobel Prize for Economics

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Monday October 12, 2009
Berkeley professor Oliver Williamson answers questions from the press hours after being named a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
UC Berkeley professor Oliver E. Williamson was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics Monday along with Indiana University professor Elinor Ostrom for their work in organizational economics. -more-

Campus Briefs Community On Downtown Lab Project

By Richard Brenneman
Monday October 12, 2009
With a downtown UC Berkeley biofuel lab on the fast track for development, university officials are busily presenting their plans to the community. -more-

Planners to Discuss West Berkelely Zones

By Richard Brenneman
Monday October 12, 2009
Planning commissioners will tackle ferries and West Berkeley zoning Wednesday night, as well as UC Berkeley’s plans for a biofuel lab. -more-

Berkeley Law Students to Launch Torture Accountability Initiative

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Friday October 09, 2009
A group of UC Berkeley law students will launch a torture accountability initiative next week dedicated to holding the authors of the infamous torture memos accountable, reinstating respect for the prohibition against torture and ending executive abuse of power and impunity. -more-

Berkeley City College Protests Budget Cuts

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday October 08, 2009
Berkeley Community College English teacher Marc Lispi speaks at a Thursday meeting regarding state budget cuts to education.
Berkeley City College students, faculty and staff spoke out against state budget cuts to public education during a packed meeting inside the college atrium Thursday. -more-


News

Activists Protest City’s Proposed Charter School

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday October 08, 2009
A charter school proposed by the Berkeley Unified School District hit a road bump last week when an activist group charged it would lead to segregation. -more-

City Expects Swine Flu Vaccines This Week

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday October 08, 2009
Pritam Singh, 72, gets a flu shot at the city's annual seasonal clinic Tuesday.
Berkeley health officials said Tuesday, Oct. 6, that the city is expecting its first shipment of H1N1 vaccines as early as this week. -more-

UC Students Gear Up for Oct. 24 Conference

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday October 08, 2009
About 200 students gathered in Lower Sproul Plaza Sept. 30 to discuss the upcoming Oct. 24 mobilizing conference at UC Berkeley, potentially the next big event planned in protest of the university’s budget cuts, furloughs and fee hikes. -more-

AC Transit ‘Buy-American’ Policy Could Affect Van Hool Buses

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Thursday October 08, 2009
AC Transit—which recently risked delay or even major overhaul of its long-planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in order to hold off major bu-line and service cuts—is now poised to consider revamping another major district policy directive: its controversial “partnership” with Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool. -more-

School District Plans Zone Changes to Address Overcrowding

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday October 08, 2009
Berkeley public elementary schools are bursting at the seams and there is no quick fix for the problem. -more-

Four Elementary Schools Get $900,000 Traffic-Safety Grant

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday October 08, 2009

UC Consultant Provokes Hope, Outrage

By Richard Brenneman
Thursday October 08, 2009

UC Seeks Contractor for Helios Building

By Richard Brenneman
Thursday October 08, 2009

Council to Acknowledge Referendum Success

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Thursday October 08, 2009

Oakland City Council Backs BART Airport Connector Line

Bay City News
Thursday October 08, 2009

Census Mulls How to Fix Undercount

By Erik Fowle New America Media
Thursday October 08, 2009

Portion of I-880 Named for Fallen CHP Officer

Bay City News
Thursday October 08, 2009

Police Blotter

Thursday October 08, 2009

Students gathered in Lower Sproul Plaza Wednesday evening to plan for an Oct. 24 conference at UC Berkeley regarding the university's budget cuts, furloughs and fee hikes.
Riya Bhattacharjee
Students gathered in Lower Sproul Plaza Wednesday evening to plan for an Oct. 24 conference at UC Berkeley regarding the university's budget cuts, furloughs and fee hikes.

Editorials

Rating the Government’s Lawyers

By Becky O’Malley
Thursday October 08, 2009
John Yoo is back teaching at the University of California Berkeley Law School this semester and there doesn’t seem to be much anyone can do about it. A few UC faculty members have pronounced that they consider this to be disgraceful, and some of the more colorful citizen protest groups have trained their sights on Yoo’s public appearances and even hounded him at home, but the Law School itself seems to be paralyzed. One would think that being an obviously incompetent or dishonest practitioner of the legal trade would be enough to disqualify him from teaching impressionable students, but law school honchos, including the Dean, seem to prefer raising bogus issues of academic freedom. -more-

Reader Commentaries

Letters to the Editor

Thursday October 08, 2009

Efficiencies in Berkeley? Yes, We Can

By Ann-Marie Hogan
Thursday October 08, 2009

People’s Park in the 80s

By Dave Blackman
Thursday October 08, 2009

Gaza and the Goldstone Report

By Hassan Fouda
Thursday October 08, 2009

Whole Lot of Stupid Going On!

By Marc Winokur
Thursday October 08, 2009

What’s at Stake in KPFA Board Election?

By Matthew Hallinan
Thursday October 08, 2009

Avoiding a Faustian Bargain at KPFA

By Akio Tanaka
Thursday October 08, 2009

The Plot to Steal KPFA and Pacifica

By Jim Weber
Thursday October 08, 2009

Cancelled KPFA Candidate Forums

By Virginia Browning
Thursday October 08, 2009

KPFA Election and Union Issues

By Virginia Rodriguez
Thursday October 08, 2009

Columnists

The Public Eye: Boarding the Chinese Economic Elevator

By Bob Burnett
Thursday October 08, 2009

UnderCurrents: Why Losing Does Not Always Make One a ‘Loser’

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Thursday October 08, 2009



Arts & Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Thursday October 08, 2009

Women’s Will Shows Bright, Lively ‘Clean House’

By Ken Bullock Special to the Planet
Thursday October 08, 2009

Moving Pictures: Duvivier, ‘Poetic Craftsmen of Cinema’

By Justin DeFreitas
Thursday October 08, 2009

Performance Evokes Experiences of Local Japanese-Americans During World War II

By Ken Bullock Special to the Planet
Thursday October 08, 2009

Events Calendar

Community Calendar

Thursday October 08, 2009