Opinion

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The chief U.N. weapons inspectors, wrapping up a critical two-day visit, urged Iraqi officials on Tuesday to look again in their nuclear, chemical and biological “stocks and stores” to ensure they have no weapons-making to report. -more-

OAKLAND — Two dozen recruits will soon hit the streets as Oakland Police Department officers — one of the first classes to graduate from the police academy since the department instituted reforms in the face of a series of scandals. -more-

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Security guards on Israel’s national airline El Al overpowered a man who tried to hijack a flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul on Sunday. -more-

t takes the average immigrant 15 years to earn an income comparable to the average non-immigrant, according to the Berkeley-based New America Foundation (NAF). Sylvia Rosales-Fike, executive director of the Berkeley nonprofit, is helping immigrants, what she calls “new Americans,” speed up that process. -more-

PASADENA — Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter says the U.N. resolution to disarm Iraq makes war inevitable. -more-

The Alameda County Commission of the Status of Women is asking county residents to submit nominations for the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame. -more-