A massive proposed coal export terminal in West Oakland will now face a full environmental review before it can move forward, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new state law Wednesday. The Community-First Coal Review Act could delay plans to begin operating the terminal in 2028 and gives regulators another opportunity to examine the health and environmental risks of storing and shipping up to 20 billion pounds of coal annually through Oakland. If built, the West Gateway Project, at the…
Kristie Le made a spontaneous decision last weekend to get her first tattoo. That it would be for a good cause made her more adamant. At the Black Needle Tattoo shop near Lake Merritt, she scanned her options — flowers, animals, fish, a skeletal hand — all drawn by students from Oakland School for the Arts. Choosing a goat to match her Vietnamese zodiac sign, she mustered the courage to have a needle etch the design on her inner left…