Opinion

LIVERMORE, Calif. — After two years of urging Asian-American scientists to pass up jobs at nuclear weapons labs, the Berkeley professor who organized the boycott says he’s proven his point. -more-

Emeryville Vice-Mayor Nora Davis sat on the steps of City Hall on a recent Sunday morning and offered a preview of the city’s efforts to honor a Native American shellmound as it replaces it with a modern development. -more-

SACRAMENTO — A federal fisheries council recommended an indefinite moratorium Thursday on the use of longlines off the entire West Coast. -more-

OAKLAND — Officials are eyeing a 13-acre parcel near the city’s downtown as a possible site of the new ballpark for the Oakland A’s. -more-

People have thrown rocks and yelled at her. They’ve tried poisoning her dogs. She even ended up renting a small house on a Castro Valley ranch without heat or running water because she couldn’t find another place that would allow pit bulls. -more-

On Thursday upwards of 72 health care workers of the West Oakland Health Council went on a one-day strike opposing a 3.5 percent wage increase offered them by corporate management and today many are still waiting to be allowed to go back to work. -more-