Oakland police arrested two men in connection with what they believe was an attempt to shoot and kill a man later identified as a key figure and potential witness in the federal corruption case ...

A committee named Supporters of Barbara Lee for Oakland Mayor 2025 has raised $168,000 in contributions, including $50,000 ...

For 17 years, Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has provided a lesbian voice on the East Bay city's governing body.

ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA: The former LA mayor is running to the political right of where Harris likely would ... in the April 15 ...

Voters in Oakland, California, recalled Mayor Sheng Thao ... in motion, not political turmoil that sets the city back." Thao, who is affiliated with the Democratic Party, was elected as mayor ...

The next one won’t have an easy road: budget shortfalls, public outcry over certain kinds of crime, a pervasive sense of cynicism about local political leaders—and ... losing in his previous run ...

I’m a political activist. I’m an elected member of the Democratic ... and what the indictment [of former Mayor Sheng Thao] says. If we talk about corruption in Oakland politics, it didn’t just start ...