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Berkeley students flunk fitness test

By David ScharfenbergDaily Planet staff
Tuesday January 08, 2002
Berkeley seventh-graders scored significantly lower than their counterparts in other school districts on a statewide fitness test conducted in spring 2001 and released by the California Department of Education last month. -more-

Compiled by Guy Poole
Tuesday January 08, 2002

Tuesday, Jan. 8


Thanks for beautiful bridge

Curtis Manning Berkeley
Tuesday January 08, 2002
The Daily Planet received a copy of this letter addressed to the mayor and City Council: -more-

Staff
Tuesday January 08, 2002

Districts may get new lines

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Tuesday January 08, 2002
Last week the city clerk made census packages available for citizens who want to roll up their sleeves, dust off their calculators and sharpen their pencils to take another shot at redrawing the city’s eight council districts. -more-

No to LBNL incinerator

Mark McDonald (acting co-chair) Committee to MinimizeToxic Waste Berkeley
Tuesday January 08, 2002
Editor: -more-

Final EIR released for UC Berkeley’s long-range plan

John O’Brien
Tuesday January 08, 2002
The Office of Physical and Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley has released the Final Environmental Impact Report regarding a proposed amendment to the 1990 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). -more-

Reason, not emotion in low rises, set backs

Norine M. Smith Berkeley
Tuesday January 08, 2002
Editor: -more-

School district’s maintenance plan now available for public

Staff
Tuesday January 08, 2002
The Berkeley Unified School District’s revised annual expenditure plan for Facilities Maintenance is available for public viewing in the Superintendent’s office at 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way any time after Dec. 26, 2001. The plan is mandated by Measure BB, the Berkeley Schools Facilities Safety and Maintenance Act, passed by voters in 2000. -more-

Judge says state must reevaluate forest fire prevention program

By Don Thompson The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
SACRAMENTO — California must re-evaluate a decades-old forest fire prevention program in which the state paid for controlled burns on private land, a judge ruled Monday. -more-

Bay Area Briefs

Staff
Tuesday January 08, 2002
Study projects local economy rebound -more-

Anticipated iMac model unveiled by Apple Inc.

By Matthew Fordahl The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO — Three years after rewriting the books on computer design and simplicity with the iMac, Apple Computer Inc. on Monday unveiled updated models with a flat-screen display, faster processor and a new look. -more-

Wells Fargo offers cheap wire service to Mexico

By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO — Wells Fargo & Co. is poised to introduce a discount service for wiring money to Mexico, representing the latest move in the banking giant’s courtship of the steadily growing Hispanic population in the United States. -more-

HP struggles internally with director’s vote on Compaq deal

Staff
Tuesday January 08, 2002
By Brian Bergstein -more-

California’s Legislature starts session with hugs and rituals

By Jim Wasserman The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
SACRAMENTO — California legislators returned to their antique wooden desks in the Capitol on Monday, kicking off a new year of budget shortfalls and promising to keep the state solvent. -more-

Settlement talks begin for missile-defense protesters

By Erica Werner The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
LOS ANGELES — Settlement talks were under way Monday on the eve of trial for 15 Greenpeace activists and two free-lance journalists charged in connection with trying to stop a missile-defense test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, both sides said. -more-

Three young children die in house fire

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
STOCKTON — The bodies of three young children left alone in a Stockton home were discovered after the the single-story house went up in flames. -more-

Investment adviser must repay $19 million from stock fraud

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
LOS ANGELES — An investment adviser must repay nearly $19 million he took from 400 investors and spent on himself, including paying for his honeymoon and his wife’s cosmetic surgery. -more-

PBS to air weekly news series with Bill Moyers

By Lynn Ebler The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
PASADENA — PBS said Monday it is launching a weekly news program with veteran journalist Bill Moyers that will round out its Friday night public affairs lineup. -more-

Salt Lake workers changing schedules to avoid gridlock

By Catherine S. Blake The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY — Workers for some major Salt Lake City employers will be at the office as early as 4 a.m. next month in hopes of avoiding downtown traffic snarls during the Winter Olympics. -more-

Salt Lake workers changing schedules to avoid gridlock

By Catherine S. Blake The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY — Workers for some major Salt Lake City employers will be at the office as early as 4 a.m. next month in hopes of avoiding downtown traffic snarls during the Winter Olympics. -more-

Olympic ticket brokers getting desperate

By Paul Foy The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY — Yas Tokita, owner of Mountain West Travel, “bet the bank” on turning a profit by snapping up tickets and hotel reservations for the Winter Olympics. -more-

Two California companies involved in toilet contract

The Associated Press
Tuesday January 08, 2002
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho company landed a $3 million contract for what might be the most sought after seats at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City — the portable potties. -more-

Cleaning off a cluttered desk to start a new pile

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet editor
Tuesday January 08, 2002
A Letter to the Readers: -more-

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This obituary was written by Mr. Brown’s family.
Tuesday January 08, 2002
Richard “Grizzly” Brown -more-

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