Voters in Oakland, California, have elected a new mayor following the recall of Mayor Sheng Thao, who faced criticism for ...

We can only do this together if we have a strong, vibrant downtown, thriving small businesses in every Oakland neighborhood ...

Former longtime Congresswoman Barbara Lee was inaugurated yesterday as Oakland’s new mayor.

Former Rep. Barbara Lee was sworn in Tuesday as Oakland’s 52nd mayor. Lee, 78, took her oath of office at the City Council chambers in Oakland City Hall. She ...

The former congresswoman faces no shortage of challenges as Oakland’s mayor, including a budget crisis, stubbornly high rates ...

The former member of Congress will lead Oakland at a fraught moment for the perennially underdog city, which faces an acute ...

With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable.

Lawyers for former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and other defendants said prosecutors are taking too long to produce discovery. Prosecutors said they've already given the defense 400 gigabytes of ...

Lee prevailed in the end, vaulting past her more centrist Democratic opponent, Loren Taylor, as late-arriving votes broke ...

This isn't Taylor's first time running for mayor in Oakland. He narrowly lost to Sheng Thao in the 2022 election. Taylor also held a watch party in downtown Oakland on Tuesday. One of the ...

Oakland may pay $208,000 to settle lawsuit claiming ex-Mayor Sheng Thao shouldn’t have been allowed to run for office Oakland corruption case: Attorneys push for more oversight of data seized by ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime partner and two local businessmen were named in an indictment unsealed Friday alleging the four conspired to funnel city business to companies owned ...