Opinion

Shirley Dean -more-

OAKLAND – U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken is scheduled today to hear challenges to a court decision that awarded two Earth First! activists $4.4 million for First and Fourth Amendment violations by the FBI and Oakland Police Department. -more-

CACHUMA LAKE — Friday, 7 p.m. I feel darn smug, sitting here around the campfire. -more-

Voters in Alameda County will cast votes on an array of ballot measures Tuesday, with voters in Castro Valley poised to decide whether to become an incorporated city and Fremont and Berkeley voters considering raises for local officeholders. -more-

State officials said Tuesday that a UC Berkeley student group seeking to boost minority enrollment is spreading false information about admissions procedures at California’s public universities. -more-

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Two Bay Area legislators received high marks from an environmental watchdog group that handed out report cards last week. -more-