Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee ...

A network of people organized, funded, and campaigned for Sheng Thao’s removal. With some exceptions, they want Loren Taylor ...

Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor’s backers have tried to paint the other as a continuation of Thao’s administration.

As the city faces a major budget deficit, candidates are making their pitch about what they would do to improve the city's ...

Under Mayor Libby Schaaf, who took office in 2015, Oakland added more than 500 city employees, a 13% increase it could not ...

The similarities between Lee and the late Mayor Ron Dellums, her longtime mentor, are plentiful. But the comparison carries ...

Kevin Jenkins arrived at Oakland City Hall for a City Council meeting recently as a first-term council member still making a name for himself. He departed several hours later as the interim mayor ...

Voters in Oakland, California, recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption ...

Plus: A crypto billionaire breaks out his checkbook, and city unions try tying Taylor to the scandal-plagued ex-mayor they ...

If approved, Measure A would impose a half-percent extra cost on numerous goods sold in Oakland, raising roughly $30 million ...

An overarching structural deficit of nearly $140 million, however, continues to loom over City Hall, clouding the optimism around how Oakland’s finances will look for the next two years.