Before becoming supervisor, Fortunato Bas served as president of the Oakland City Council and as interim mayor for a few weeks after former mayor Sheng Thao lost a recall ... I’m grateful that ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference in Sacramento on Thursday, March 13, 2025, to release the 2024 Armed and Prohibited Persons System program annual report and ...

OAKLAND — Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory. Long-established state law ...

OAKLAND — Oakland’s top administrator texted and visited with two key players in ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s alleged “pay to play” bribery scheme about a housing project potentially ...

(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory.

OAKLAND — Long before the FBI raids last summer that sent Mayor Sheng Thao’s career into a nightmarish spiral, an army of staffers appeared hard at work getting her governing plans for Oakland ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released a statement after the issuance of a preliminary injunction ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and her lawyer Jeff Tsai leave ...