The former congresswoman and progressive trailblazer takes the helm after a turbulent recall election, pledging to bring ...

He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015. Another Oakland City Hall shake-up is underway involving staff with ties to former Mayor Sheng Thao. Oakland Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced ...

There has been a shakeup at Oakland City Hall after interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced that most of the staff brought in under ousted former Mayor Sheng Thao were let go. Pope Francis ...

Tensions have flared to the point that Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan likened the director’s decisions to a “pattern of lies.” ...

Just two years after successfully electing a 37-year-old with no experience outside city government as mayor of Oakland, government unions secured another victory for their preferred candidate ...

The Bears will don the Chicago flag on their draft caps. The four stars represent events in the city's history: Fort Dearborn ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose a new mayor in a special election marked by growing frustration over a city leadership vacuum, budget woes ...

OAKLAND — The special election Tuesday to find Oakland a new mayor will also fill a vacancy in one of the city’s most diverse council districts, a race that has flown relatively under the ...

less than four months after she retired from a decades-long congressional career. Oakland, a city of about 436,000 residents across the bay from San Francisco, has struggled to bounce back from ...