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.

Murray-Badal, brand-new to the city’s political sphere, is the choice candidate of powerhouse labor unions SEIU 1021 and ...

Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for 25 years, opened her mayoral campaign headquarters in downtown Oakland on ...

“Rep. Young Kim is focused on listening to her constituents, fighting for her district, and delivering results,” said Sam Oh, ...

It’s troubling that after her failed run for U.S. Senate, Barbara Lee is now running, with indications the local electorate is more than ready to “anoint” her as the next mayor of Oakland.

Juarez, who pleaded not guilty, has been accused of bouncing checks that paid for election mailers that benefited Thao, Oakland’s recently indicted former mayor. Federal prosecutors have linked ...

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

A California judge on Friday refused to dismiss a check fraud case tied to an Oakland businessman at the center of a federal bribery and corruption investigation into former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.

California is falling behind in education ... Jerry Brown, first as mayor of Oakland, then governor, also championed charters. But over the last decade charter schools, which are public schools ...

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