San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is throwing his weight behind Loren Taylor to become Oakland's next mayor. Back in November, voters ...

A Democratic candidate who railed against Elon Musk and his spending cuts flipped an ancestrally Republican district in ...

Our refinery workers and their neighbors breathe similarly hazardous air. Regular operations, accidental spills, explosions, ...

He claims it was self-defense, but a man admits shooting at a key witness in the federal corruption case against former ...

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are pouring into April’s mayoral election in Oakland, with supporters for the top two ...

He claims it was self-defense, but a man admits shooting at a key witness in the federal corruption case against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and others. But he says, it was all a mistake. "I go to ...

Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee ...

Next month, voters will replace ex-Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled and then indicted. The two leading candidates both ...

Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor’s backers have tried to paint the other as a continuation of Thao’s administration.

Under Mayor Libby Schaaf, who took office in 2015, Oakland added more than 500 city employees, a 13% increase it could not ...

Former Mayor Sheng Thao was ousted barely two years into her term. Voters in November also recalled Alameda County District ...