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Oakland voters on track to approve a sales tax increase
Oakland's Measure A, a half-cent sales tax proposal, was ahead in early returns Tuesday night with about 64 percent of voters ...
Oakland Mayor Election Results So Far—Did Barbara Lee or Loren Taylor Win?
Loren Taylor has an early lead over Barbara Lee, the former Democratic U.S. House Representative, in the Oakland mayoral ...
Oakland election: Early results show Loren Taylor with very slim lead over Barbara Lee
OAKLAND — Election night results showed former Councilmember Loren Taylor holding a slim advantage over retired Congresswoman ...
Special election for Oakland mayor too close to call, but Loren Taylor takes slim early lead
Former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee was long considered the front-runner in the race. But Loren Taylor, a former city council ...
Oakland voting for new mayor as ranked choice voting remains controversial
When voters hit the polls in Oakland's special mayoral election, they had more than one decision to make. Ranked choice ...
Oakland mayor’s chief of staff fired after referring to black people as ‘tokens’ in resurfaced note: reports
A high-ranking Oakland city official has been fired after a note she wrote last year that appeared to refer to black people ...
Oakland mayoral candidates deliver closing arguments to undecided voters
The top two candidates in Oakland‘s special election for mayor spent the weekend canvassing neighborhoods and making their ...
Overnight shooting in Oakland leaves 1 dead, police investigating
Police in Oakland are investigating a fatal overnight shooting that left one person dead and another injured. The shooting ...
Oakland County announces 1st case of mumps since 2022 as health officials urge vaccination
An adult in Oakland County has the mumps, county health officials said Friday. It's the first case since 2022 in the county.
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Oakland and Macomb Counties in Michigan Report Cases of Mumps and Measles, Prompting Vaccination Urges
Oakland County, Michigan reports its first mumps case of the year, and Macomb County confirms a new measles case linked to ...
A Reagan-era Oakland of punks, basketball and rap battles comes to life in ‘Freaky Tales’
The new indie from co-writer-directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden keenly evokes a Bay Area of the 1980s, a settling that ...
Oakland Police need a baseline of 877 sworn officers, according to commissioned study
A study commissioned by Oakland's City Council in 2023 was released this week, stating that the police department needs a ...