Despite ‘numerous’ attempts, public defender unable to serve subpoena to recalled Alameda County DA Pamela Price

OAKLAND — Despite “substantial efforts,” the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office has been unable to serve recalled District Attorney Pamela Price with a rare subpoena that could help determine whether the county’s top prosecutor used her office as a political cudgel.

The repeated setbacks in serving the subpoena — which sought Price’s personal phone records amid allegations she retaliated against an attorney’s client — prompted the office to rely on a backup strategy, Kathleen Guneratne...