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San Francisco Chronicle, 16.09.08 15:02 UTC

Poll: Governor's ratings down; recall unlikely

Most California voters aren't willing to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger even though they think his job performance is slipping, according to a new Field Poll released today. By more than a 2-1 ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 15.09.08 15:02 UTC

Berkeley council to vote on solar tax district

Berkeley is expected to make a major leap forward Tuesday in its first-in-the-nation plan to allow homeowners to pay for solar energy systems through their property taxes. The City Council is slated ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 12.09.08 01:31 UTC

Berkeley tree-sitters plead innocent to trespassing charges

(09-11) 17:56 PDT OAKLAND -- Four tree-sitters who climbed down from a Berkeley redwood, ending a 649-day encampment by protesters opposed to UC's plans to log a grove to build a sports training ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 09.09.08 17:34 UTC

UC brings in scaffolding as tree-sitting protest enters last act

(09-09) 10:32 PDT BERKELEY -- Tensions were mounting this morning between UC Berkeley and the four remaining tree-sitters outside Memorial Stadium as the university began building scaffolding around ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 09.09.08 01:05 UTC

Cal prepares to end tree-sitters' protest

(09-08) 17:23 PDT BERKELEY -- The standoff between UC Berkeley and four tree-sitters outside Memorial Stadium intensified today as work crews began preparing to extract the protesters from a ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 07.09.08 16:31 UTC

UC Berkeley grove cleared of most trees

(09-06) 18:48 PDT BERKELEY -- Arborists nearly finished clearing an embattled UC Berkeley grove Saturday, leaving a stripped, lone redwood occupied by four protesters. The drone of chain saws and ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.09.08 21:01 UTC

UC finishes cutting stadium trees, except 1

(09-06) 13:05 PDT BERKELEY -- Except for a lone redwood holding four tree-sitters, UC Berkeley today finished cutting down the long-embattled Memorial Stadium trees that protesters had been fighting ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.09.08 16:31 UTC

UC Berkeley begins felling trees for stadium

(09-05) 17:16 PDT BERKELEY -- Berkeley's 21-month tree-sitting spectacle came to an anguished, tearful climax Friday when UC Berkeley began clearing the Memorial Stadium oak grove to build a sports ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 02.09.08 16:01 UTC

Bay Area rescue crews head to Gulf Coast

(09-01) 16:46 PDT BAY AREA - -- Twenty-three Bay Area fire fighters, doctors, engineers and other search and rescue workers left Monday for the South, as Hurricane Gustav slammed into the Gulf Coast ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 02.09.08 00:31 UTC

Bay Area rescue crews head to Gulf Coast

(09-01) 16:46 PDT BAY AREA - -- Twenty-three Bay Area fire fighters, doctors, engineers and other search and rescue workers left Monday for the South, as Hurricane Gustav slammed into the Gulf Coast ...