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

Chief of Staff Leigh Hanson’s testimony was supposed to defend the city against former OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong’s wrongful ...

The federal indictment says a councilmember secretly videotaped meetings where developers slipped them $15,000 in bribes.

Thanks to government unions, Oakland voters chose to continue on the path of decline by electing establishment candidate ...

The federal indictment says a councilmember secretly videotaped meetings where developers slipped them $15,000 in bribes.

It’s not uncommon for new Oakland mayors to make promises. We’ll be tracking these goals and reporting back later this year.

OAKLAND — Barbara Lee opened her first news conference as Oakland’s mayor-elect with a nod to her Catholic upbringing and ...

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

Former East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee, who Oakland voters chose as the city’s next mayor, promised to continue to represent “all ...

Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented ...

This is the lowest turnout in recent years. For the 2022 mayoral election of Sheng Thao, 52 percent of voters cast a ballot.

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