In unprecedented recall vote, Alameda County DA Pamela Price’s ‘exclamation point in history’ at risk

OAKLAND – Pamela Price’s self-proclaimed “exclamation point in history” – that moment when she became the first Black woman to serve as Alameda County’s top prosecutor – is at risk of ending in a whimper barely a third of the way into her first term.

The former civil rights attorney is battling the latest multi-million dollar recall campaign in the Bay Area targeting a progressively-minded district attorney. Not only is Price’s own political future at stake on the Nov. 5 ballot, but so...