They have the top job and can hire and fire police chiefs and city administrators, but they're not the "strong mayors" some ...

A series of political twists and turns has landed a first time Oakland City Council member in the mayor's office in the next ...

Now Taylor’s challenge may be finding an identity for his campaign against a progressive heavyweight — former U.S. Rep.

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her boyfriend, and two Oakland-based businessmen were in federal court this week on ...

Kevin Jenkins arrived at Oakland City Hall for a City Council meeting recently as a first-term council member still making a name for himself. He departed several hours later as the interim mayor of a ...

Former congressmember Barbara Lee told a crowd of supporters that she’s ready to lead Oakland as her mayoral campaign kicked ...

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A gay former aide to recalled Oakland mayor Sheng Thao has settled his restraining order against an Oakland man who was ...

Jones, well-connected in Oakland politics, first began dating Thao in the early 2010s when he was chief of staff for ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- In February 2018 when then-mayor of Oakland Libby Schaaf decided to warn her constituents about a ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was back in federal court Thursday morning for a status hearing in the criminal fraud case against her and three other defendants.