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

Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday as the new mayor of troubled Oakland, a San Francisco Bay ... to close its first location ever last year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sent California ...

defeated former Oakland City Council member Loren Taylor ... with campaign finance reports revealing he outraised the career California politician, Lee was ultimately triumphant following ...

Progressive Icon and Ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee Wins Race for Mayor of Struggling Oakland, California SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday ...

Barbara Lee has turned into a close contest with a week left to go before Oakland, California, voters head to the polls. Lee, a well-known progressive politician who was against the recall of ...

But Oakland also is reeling from homeless tents, public drug use, illegal sideshows, gun violence and brazen robberies that prompted In-N-Out Burger to close its first location ever last year.