AlCo DA Price responds to her critics, rejects recall group’s demand she fire a subordinate

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price on Tuesday addressed criticism and perceived criticism leveled at her in recent weeks by supporters of an effort to remove her from office, as well as from Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez.

At a news conference in her Oakland office, Price talked about a May 30 social media post from the Sheriff’s Office detailing the alleged crimes of Robert Barroca, 59, who is accused of a January knife attack at a Hayward park that left a victim with serious wounds, including protruding intestines.