Oakland’s interim mayor is delaying the release of a deeply consequential, two-year budget proposal that had been expected to ...

Defense teams for former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, the Duong father-and-son duo and Thao's romantic partner all complained ...

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

Oakland voters elected former congresswoman Barbara Lee to serve as the city's new mayor. So now, what's first on her agenda?

Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee declared victory in the race to finish former Oakland mayor Sheng Thao's term on Saturday, ...

The liberal-run city has had four different mayors in a four-month period after Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled this November ...

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced Wednesday that he will be submitting his budget proposal four days late.

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

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

I accept your choice with a deep sense of responsibility, humility and love,' Lee said in her victory statement.

OAKLAND, California — Former Rep. Barbara Lee will be Oakland’s next mayor, taking over a city she represented for decades at ...