Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented for more than two decades in Congress ...

The former congresswoman, a progressive Democrat, campaigned on a promise to unite residents in the beleaguered California ...

Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday in the race to be Oakland’s next mayor. In a statement, Lee said the results are clear that Oaklanders have chosen her to be the city’s next leader. Her statement ...

A sprawling federal probe into alleged corruption in East Bay politics began in Oakland in June 2024 and appears to have ...

The top two candidates in Oakland‘s special election for mayor spent the weekend canvassing neighborhoods and making their ...

Former Oakland City Council member Loren Taylor shared his plans to bring change to the "struggling" Bay Area city in an ...

OAKLAND — Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins on Monday fired all remaining office staff who had worked for recalled Mayor Sheng Thao ...

The sweep at the mayor’s office appeared to follow public backlash toward Leigh Hanson, the former top Thao aide who was ...

Oakland’s interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins said he was removing key staff members who served under his ousted predecessor, Sheng ...

The Oakland mayor’s chief of staff was fired yesterday following the media release of a handwritten note that contained a ...