Publication: Berkeley Daily Planet

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

New: Redistricting: An Open Letter to the Berkeley Community from the Berkeley Neighborhood Council (Comment)

By Jacquelyn McCormick, Berkeley Neighborhood Council Redistricting Committee Chair Tuesday June 18, 2013 - 10:02:00 AM Not so very long ago, Berkeley proclaimed itself to be a âCity of neighborhoods.â Not so much now. Under the quiet and persistent guidance ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: REDISTRICTING, Darryl Moore, Communities

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

New: Jobs Are Not the Answer

PM The current unemployment rate of 7.5% percent means close to 20 million Americans remain unemployed or underemployed.Nobody states the obvious truth: that the marketplace has changed and there willnever again be enough jobs for everyone who wants one ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Charles Murray, Milton Friedman, Social Welfare

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Alliance for Retired Americans

New: An Unusual Rally to Defend Our Entitlement Programs

PM On Tuesday, July 2nd, 4-6pm the AFL-CIO and the Alliance for Retired Americans will be having an unusual rally at the federal building in San Francisco to PROTECT AND IMPROVE Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Similar rallies will be held in ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: San Francisco (United States), Alliance for Retired Americans, Social Security, Federal, AFL-CIO

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Flash: Tell Governor Brown to Veto Public Records Act Threats in Budget Bill (News Analysis)

PM The California Public Records Act (CPRA) is gravely threatened by stealth amendments revealed for the first time yesterday as part of a "trailer bill" to the new state budget. Instead of the relatively minor cost-saving tweaks proposed earlier by the ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Threat, Request For Information, Stealth

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

CODEPINK

New: Long Term Fast Launched in Berkeley, CA Today (PRESS RELEASE)

PM Today Cynthia Johnson, Christopher Lewis Macy, and Cynthia Papermaster will start their open-ended fasts in solidarity with the Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Prison, where over 100 men have been refusing to eat, some for over 130 days, and where over ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Detainee, Guantanamo (Cuba), Provo (United States), CODEPINK

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

CopWatch

New: Berkeley Police Intimidate Critics

PM Along with family members of Kayla (Xavier) Moore, Berkeley Copwatch has been trying to investigate the February 13, 2013 death of Kayla Moore in police custody. We are troubled to see that Berkeley Police officers are not only keeping track of us ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Police, Tom Bates, CopWatch, Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Remembering Patti

PM The sad news of the sudden death of my close friend Patti Dacey came as a shock to me and many others in Berkeley community.She had remarkably battled lung cancer, coming out of months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment but bouncing back in her ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Rent Control, Coalition, Kriss Worthington

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Comment on Hazardous Fire Risk Reduction Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Berkeley/Oakland Hills

PM I am submitting this comment [to FEMA] as a frequent user of the Claremont Canyon and Strawberry Canyon trails and resident at 6442 Hillegass Avenue, Oakland; and apparently a mildly dissenting member of the Claremont Canyon Conservancy. While my professional ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Eucalyptus, FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Environment, University of California Berkeley, Advocate

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Hitchcock Nine Kicks off the SF Silent Film Festival

PM There's a lot to shout about at this year's edition of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. SFSFF gets underway this week with a rare and not-to-be-missed three-day extravaganza of films by Alfred J. Hitchcock. But this is Hitchcock with a twis ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Blackmail, champagne, Silver nitrate, British Film Institute, Noel Coward

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

THE PUBLIC EYE: Waiting For the Revolution

AM In the latest recovery, . How long will it take before the 99 percent realize theyâre getting shafted? When will American workers revolt?Itâs clear to most observers that the American economy has and now is being run for the benefit of the rich. Over ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Workers, Income Inequality, Delusion

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Misperceived by Society

PM Most people are taught by sensationalized news and exaggerated movies to be paranoid about persons with mental illness. People should realize that most mentally ill people are not dangerous, and on the contrary, are often victimized by criminals who ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Criminal, Mental Health Treatment, Sexual Orientation, Discriminatory, Imprison

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

ECLECTIC RANT: GOP Senators Kill Paycheck Fairness Act

AM The entire cast of Republican Senators voted June 4 to kill the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), equal pay legislation intended to close loopholes and strengthen the Equal Pay Act (EPA), first signed into law by President Kennedy over 50 years ago.The ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Paycheck Fairness Act, Sex, Republican Party (US), Class Action

Quotes

The Reverend Martin Luther KingMartin Luther King Jr., said: "I am convinced that the simplest solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a guaranteed income."

New: Jobs Are Not the Answer [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 18 2013]

...Gov Code sec. 6253.9(a)(1). Instead, according to SB 71, "the local agency may determine the format of electronic data to be provided in response to a request for information."

Flash: Tell Governor Brown to Veto Public Records Act Threats in Budget Bill (News Analysis) [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 16 2013]

"Goodbye, Bill, I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time mourning. Organize!"

Patti Dacey, 1949-2013: An Appreciation of the Life of One of Berkeley's Best and Brightest [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 14 2013]

"The gully again grew somnolent and still, and she found herself caught in the serious gaze of this black-eyed man people said might be a terrorist and murderer."

New: Local Author Returns to Berkeley for Readings of Highly Praised Novel: The Rescuer's Path by ... [Published Berkeley Daily Planet - Jun 12 2013]

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