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

Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was projected to win a special election to become the next mayor of Oakland, according to ...

Oakland already had to suffer through one corrupt mayor thanks to ranked choice voting. Hopefully, it won't happen again.

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

Barbara Lee elected mayor of Oakland after close ranked-choice vote. Her victory follows the recall of Sheng Thao and rising ...

Though the vote tally isn't final, Lee's lead was commanding enough Friday that the San Francisco Chronicle called the race, ...

Barbara Lee will have to hit the ground running in Oakland, which is plagued with public safety problems and years of ...

Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, indicated the mayor wanted to use $50,000 from her office budget to make good on her campaign ...

He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015. Another Oakland City Hall shake-up is underway involving staff with ties to ...

On the day Sheng Thao was sworn-in as Oakland’s new mayor in January of 2023, she was flanked on stage by her family, ...

Nine mayoral candidates filled the ranked choice ballot, but the focus of the race turned to two front leaders: former U.S.

OAKLAND — Loren Taylor and Barbara Lee are locked in a tight race to be the next mayor of Oakland, a special election that ...