[BerkeleyDailyPlanet] Planet in the Rain

Fri Dec 5 12:41:47 PST 2014

Dear Planet Subscriber,

We’ve got what we hope is a stable version of the new mailing program up
and running. Sadly, the personalization of the salutation seems not to
work, but we still appreciate each and every one of you.  As always, we’d
love to hear if you got this letter (and if you didn’t get it, but then how
would you know?)

Because of the irregular schedule over Thanksgiving, I do want to make sure
you haven’t missed Rob Wrenn’s excellent two-part series of election
analyses.  Plenty of charts for all you numbers fans out there: a tour de
force.

Also, I’m listing three issues this time so you don’t miss anything in the
confusion: December 5, November 30 and November 21.
 December 5 <http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05>

*Opinion*

*Editorials*

Even in Berkeley, Police Bully Citizens of Color
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42783?headline=Even-in-Berkeley-Police-Bully-Citizens-of-Color--Becky-O-Malley>
*12-05-2014*

*The Editor's Back Fence*

Better Late Than Never
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42765?headline=Better-Late-Than-Never-->
*11-30-2014*

*Cartoons*

Odd Bodkins: Free the San Francisco Earthquake (Cartoon)
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42789?headline=Odd-Bodkins-Free-the-San-Francisco-Earthquake-Cartoon---By-Dan-O-Neill>
*By
Dan O'Neill* *12-05-2014*

*Public Comment*

A Muslim’s Thank You Letter to Pope Francis
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42786?headline=A-Muslim-s-Thank-You-Letter-to-Pope-Francis--Khalida-Jamilah>
*Khalida
Jamilah* *12-05-2014*

December Pepper Spray Times
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42790?headline=December-Pepper-Spray-Times--By-Grace-Underpressure>
*By
Grace Underpressure* *12-05-2014*

Other Ways to Express Support
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42787?headline=Other-Ways-to-Express-Support--Romila-Khanna>
*Romila
Khanna* *12-05-2014*

Clear & Present Danger to Israel
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42773?headline=Clear-Present-Danger-to-Israel---Jagjit-Singh>
*Jagjit
Singh* *11-30-2014*

Pattern of Abuse
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42769?headline=Pattern-of-Abuse--Tejinder-Uberoi>
*Tejinder
Uberoi* *11-30-2014*

Immigration
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42774?headline=Immigration--Romila-Khanna>
*Romila
Khanna* *11-30-2014*

*News*

Protests in San Francisco, Oakland after Garner verdict
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42780?headline=Protests-in-San-Francisco-Oakland-after-Garner-verdict--Sara-Gaiser-Scott-Morris-BCN->
*Sara
Gaiser/Scott Morris (BCN)* *12-03-2014*

New: UC Berkeley police seek information re campus vandalism, theft suspects
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42782?headline=UC-Berkeley-police-seek-information-re-campus-vandalism-theft-suspects--Andrew-Dickey-BCN->
*Andrew
Dickey (BCN)* *12-03-2014*

New: Two suspects in Grizzly Peak robbery arrested for Oakland crimes
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42781?headline=Two-suspects-in-Grizzly-Peak-robbery-arrested-for-Oakland-crimes--Jeff-Shuttleworth>
*Jeff
Shuttleworth* *12-03-2014*

New: Man Found Dead in Berkeley Park Identified
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42778?headline=Man-Found-Dead-in-Berkeley-Park-Identified--Bay-City-News>
*Bay
City News* *12-02-2014*

Press Release: Open University at UC Berkeley Hosts Sproul Rally Tuesday at
noon
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42776?headline=Open-University-at-UC-Berkeley-Hosts-Sproul-Rally-Tuesday-at-noon--From-The-Open-University-at-UC-Berkeley>
*From:
The Open University at UC Berkeley* *12-01-2014*

Berkeley police investigating suspicious death at Aquatic Park
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42771?headline=Berkeley-police-investigating-suspicious-death-at-Aquatic-Park--Bay-City-News>
*Bay
City News* *11-30-2014*

Election 2014: How Berkeley Voted (News Analysis)
Sharp dropoff in student voting results in record low turnout
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42766?headline=Election-2014-How-Berkeley-Voted-News-Analysis-br-Sharp-dropoff-in-student-voting-results-in-record-low-turnout--Rob-Wrenn>
*Rob
Wrenn* *11-30-2014*

U.C. Berkeley Police Investigate Robbery and Kidnapping on Grizzly Peak
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42767?headline=U.C.-Berkeley-Police-Investigate-Robbery-and-Kidnapping-on-Grizzly-Peak--Dennis-Culver-BCN->
*Dennis
Culver (BCN)* *11-30-2014*

*Columns*

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Wrongful Deaths
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42784?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-Wrongful-Deaths--Jack-Bragen>
*Jack
Bragen* *12-05-2014*

THE PUBLIC EYE: What Democrats Stand For: Four Messages for 2016
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42785?headline=THE-PUBLIC-EYE-What-Democrats-Stand-For-Four-Messages-for-2016--Bob-Burnett>
*Bob
Burnett* *12-05-2014*

SENIOR POWER: HenPower
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42779?headline=SENIOR-POWER-HenPower--Helen-Rippier-Wheeler-pen136-dslextreme.com>
*Helen
Rippier Wheeler, pen136 at dslextreme.com <pen136 at dslextreme.com>* *12-03-2014*

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Wrongful Deaths
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42768?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-Wrongful-Deaths--Jack-Bragen>
*Jack
Bragen* *11-30-2014*

ECLETIC RANT: Thoughts on the Ferguson Matter
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42772?headline=ECLETIC-RANT-Thoughts-on-the-Ferguson-Matter--Ralph-E.-Stone>
*Ralph
E. Stone* *11-30-2014*

Expanding medicare to cover all Americans, but not any time soon
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42770?headline=Expanding-medicare-to-cover-all-Americans-but-not-any-time-soon--Ralph-E.-Stone>
*Ralph
E. Stone* *11-30-2014*

*Arts & Events*

Bernstein’s CANDIDE A Hit in Hayward
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-12-05/article/42788?headline=Bernstein-s-CANDIDE-A-Hit-in-Hayward--Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean>
*Reviewed
by James Roy MacBean* *12-05-2014*

New: Finnish Conductor Excels with San Francisco Symphony
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42777?headline=Finnish-Conductor-Excels-with-San-Francisco-Symphony--Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean>
*Reviewed
by James Roy MacBean* *12-02-2014*
November 30 <http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30> Opinion The
Editor's Back Fence

Better Late Than Never
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42765?headline=Better-Late-Than-Never-->
*11-30-2014*
Public Comment

Clear & Present Danger to Israel
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42773?headline=Clear-Present-Danger-to-Israel---Jagjit-Singh>
*Jagjit
Singh* *11-30-2014*

Pattern of Abuse
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42769?headline=Pattern-of-Abuse--Tejinder-Uberoi>
*Tejinder
Uberoi* *11-30-2014*

Immigration
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42774?headline=Immigration--Romila-Khanna>
*Romila
Khanna* *11-30-2014*
News

Protests in San Francisco, Oakland after Garner verdict
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42780?headline=Protests-in-San-Francisco-Oakland-after-Garner-verdict--Sara-Gaiser-Scott-Morris-BCN->
*Sara
Gaiser/Scott Morris (BCN)* *12-03-2014*

New: UC Berkeley police seek information re campus vandalism, theft suspects
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42782?headline=UC-Berkeley-police-seek-information-re-campus-vandalism-theft-suspects--Andrew-Dickey-BCN->
*Andrew
Dickey (BCN)* *12-03-2014*

New: Two suspects in Grizzly Peak robbery arrested for Oakland crimes
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42781?headline=Two-suspects-in-Grizzly-Peak-robbery-arrested-for-Oakland-crimes--Jeff-Shuttleworth>
*Jeff
Shuttleworth* *12-03-2014*

New: Man Found Dead in Berkeley Park Identified
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42778?headline=Man-Found-Dead-in-Berkeley-Park-Identified--Bay-City-News>
*Bay
City News* *12-02-2014*

Press Release: Open University at UC Berkeley Hosts Sproul Rally Tuesday at
noon
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42776?headline=Open-University-at-UC-Berkeley-Hosts-Sproul-Rally-Tuesday-at-noon--From-The-Open-University-at-UC-Berkeley>
*From:
The Open University at UC Berkeley* *12-01-2014*

Berkeley police investigating suspicious death at Aquatic Park
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42771?headline=Berkeley-police-investigating-suspicious-death-at-Aquatic-Park--Bay-City-News>
*Bay
City News* *11-30-2014*

Election 2014: How Berkeley Voted (News Analysis)
Sharp dropoff in student voting results in record low turnout
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42766?headline=Election-2014-How-Berkeley-Voted-News-Analysis-br-Sharp-dropoff-in-student-voting-results-in-record-low-turnout--Rob-Wrenn>
*Rob
Wrenn* *11-30-2014*

U.C. Berkeley Police Investigate Robbery and Kidnapping on Grizzly Peak
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42767?headline=U.C.-Berkeley-Police-Investigate-Robbery-and-Kidnapping-on-Grizzly-Peak--Dennis-Culver-BCN->
*Dennis
Culver (BCN)* *11-30-2014*
Columns

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Wrongful Deaths
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42768?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-Wrongful-Deaths--Jack-Bragen>
*Jack
Bragen* *11-30-2014*

ECLETIC RANT: Thoughts on the Ferguson Matter
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42772?headline=ECLETIC-RANT-Thoughts-on-the-Ferguson-Matter--Ralph-E.-Stone>
*Ralph
E. Stone* *11-30-2014*

Expanding medicare to cover all Americans, but not any time soon
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42770?headline=Expanding-medicare-to-cover-all-Americans-but-not-any-time-soon--Ralph-E.-Stone>
*Ralph
E. Stone* *11-30-2014*
Arts & Events

New: Finnish Conductor Excels with San Francisco Symphony
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-30/article/42777?headline=Finnish-Conductor-Excels-with-San-Francisco-Symphony--Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean>
*Reviewed
by James Roy MacBean* *12-02-2014*
November 21 <http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21> Opinion
Editorials

Whither the Berkeley Planet? and Why?
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42742?headline=Whither-the-Berkeley-Planet-and-Why---Becky-O-Malley>
*11-21-2014*
The Editor's Back Fence

Same Old Same Old
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42763?headline=Same-Old-Same-Old-->
*11-28-2014*
Cartoons

Odd Bodkins: Wednesdays (Cartoon)
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42750?headline=Odd-Bodkins-Wednesdays-Cartoon---By-Dan-O-Neill>
*By
Dan O'Neill* *11-21-2014*
Public Comment

New: The Decline of Democracy
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42762?headline=The-Decline-of-Democracy--Harry-Brill>
*Harry
Brill* *11-28-2014*

Whistleblower Goes Public
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42746?headline=Whistleblower-Goes-Public--Jagjit-Singh>
*Jagjit
Singh* *11-21-2014*

Richard Bangert for the Sierra Club
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42737?headline=Richard-Bangert-for-the-Sierra-Club--Toni-Mester>
*Toni
Mester* *11-20-2014*

Is Technology Devolving?
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42747?headline=Is-Technology-Devolving---Jack-Bragen>
*Jack
Bragen* *11-21-2014*

Where to Look for Help?
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42735?headline=Where-to-Look-for-Help---Romila-Khanna>
*Romila
Khanna* *11-20-2014*
News

Students Leave UC Berkeley Building after Protest
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42761?headline=Students-Leave-UC-Berkeley-Building-after-Protest---Erin-Baldassari-BCN->
*Erin
Baldassari (BCN)* *11-26-2014*

Sing Out to Save the Post Office on Saturday
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42759?headline=Sing-Out-to-Save-the-Post-Office-on-Saturday--Hali-Hamme>
*Hali
Hamme* *11-24-2014*

Press Release: National Trust for Historic Preservation Joins the City of
Berkeley’s Lawsuit Against the US Postal Service
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42758?headline=National-Trust-for-Historic-Preservation-Joins-the-City-of-Berkeley-s-Lawsuit-Against-the-US-Postal-Service-->
*11-24-2014*

New: ELECTION 2014 --
How Berkeley Voted: Voters
Favored Thurmond over Echols
in District 15 Assembly Race
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42757?headline=ELECTION-2014----br-How-Berkeley-Voted-Voters-br-Favored-Thurmond-over-Echols-br-in-District-15-Assembly-Race--Rob-Wrenn>
*Rob
Wrenn* *11-22-2014*

Press Release: Berkeley Students Will Demonstrate at Today's Big Game
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42754?headline=Berkeley-Students-Will-Demonstrate-at-Today-s-Big-Game-->
*11-22-2014*

Press Release: A Message from Wheeler Hall at U.C. Berkeley
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42751?headline=A-Message-from-Wheeler-Hall-at-U.C.-Berkeley-->
*11-21-2014*

I-80 Open, Gilman Off-Ramp in Berkeley Blocked by Fire Open Again
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42749?headline=I-80-Open-Gilman-Off-Ramp-in-Berkeley-Blocked-by-Fire-Open-Again--Bay-City-News>
*Bay
City News* *11-21-2014*

Tuition Hike Protest Continues in Berkeley
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42748?headline=Tuition-Hike-Protest-Continues-in-Berkeley---Erin-Baldassari-BCN->
*Erin
Baldassari (BCN)* *11-21-2014*

Press Release: Students Still Occupy Wheeler Hall in Berkeley
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42741?headline=Students-Still-Occupy-Wheeler-Hall-in-Berkeley--Alison-McDonald>
*Alison
McDonald* *11-21-2014*

Berkeley Students Still Sitting in Wheeler to Protest Tuition Hike
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42739?headline=Berkeley-Students-Still-Sitting-in-Wheeler-to-Protest-Tuition-Hike--ErinBaldassari-BCN->
*ErinBaldassari(BCN)* *11-20-2014*

Woody Nance (1938-2014)
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42740?headline=Woody-Nance-1938-2014--->
*11-20-2014*
Columns

THE PUBLIC EYE; Five Lessons From the Midterm Elections
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42743?headline=THE-PUBLIC-EYE-Five-Lessons-From-the-Midterm-Elections--Bob-Burnett>
*Bob
Burnett* *11-21-2014*

SENIOR POWER: Hospice news
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42734?headline=SENIOR-POWER-Hospice-news--Helen-Rippier-Wheeler-pen136-dslextreme.com>
*Helen
Rippier Wheeler, pen136 at dslextreme.com <pen136 at dslextreme.com>* *11-20-2014*

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: On Meditation
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42732?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-On-Meditation--Jack-Bragen->
*Jack
Bragen 11-20-2014*

ECLECTIC RANT: San Francisco's Missed Opportunity to Pass Anti-Obesity Soda
Tax
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42733?headline=ECLECTIC-RANT-San-Francisco-s-Missed-Opportunity-to-Pass-Anti-Obesity-Soda-Tax--Ralph-E.-Stone>
*Ralph
E. Stone* *11-20-2014*
Arts & Events

A New Production of LA BOHÈME at San Francisco Opera
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42756?headline=A-New-Production-of-LA-BOH-ME-at-San-Francisco-Opera--Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean>
*Reviewed
by James Roy MacBean* *11-22-2014*

Tenor Ian Bostridge in Benjamin Britten’s CURLEW RIVER
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42755?headline=Tenor-Ian-Bostridge-in-Benjamin-Britten-s-CURLEW-RIVER--Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean>
*Reviewed
by James Roy MacBean* *11-22-2014*

BAHA’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42752?headline=BAHA-s-40th-Anniversary-Celebration--Daniella-Thompson>
*Daniella
Thompson* *11-21-2014*

THEATER REVIEW:Party People
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42738?headline=THEATER-REVIEW-Party-People--Reviewed-by-J.-Douglas-Allen-Taylor>
*Reviewed
by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor* *11-20-2014*

The Better Angels
Opens November 21 at the Landmark Shattuck in Berkeley
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42745?headline=The-Better-Angels-br-Opens-November-21-at-the-Landmark-Shattuck-in-Berkeley--Gar-Smith>
*Gar
Smith* *11-21-2014*

MUSIC & THEATER REVIEW: Britten's Curlew River'--Cal Performances
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42744?headline=MUSIC-THEATER-REVIEW-Britten-s-Curlew-River---Cal-Performances--Ken-Bullock>
*Ken
Bullock* *11-21-2014*

Press Release: Call for Action in Wake of Unprecedented Human Rights Abuses
in Iran
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-11-21/article/42736?headline=Call-for-Action-in-Wake-of-Unprecedented-Human-Rights-Abuses-in-Iran-->
*11-20-2014*

We’re still working on setting up a new forum for quick comments.  Let us
know how you think something like that might work.

Get out and get wet! Might see a rainbow?

Best,

*Becky O’Malley*
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