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 ...

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

The Port of Oakland just appointed its first ever woman executive director. Here's what you need to know about the agency's ...

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.