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

Before becoming supervisor, Fortunato Bas served as president of the Oakland City Council and as interim mayor for a few weeks after former mayor Sheng Thao lost ... governing body to move things ...

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- The corruption probe that led to the indictment of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has spread to San Leandro. Our media partners at the Bay Area News Group report ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Two men have been arrested after reportedly trying to kill a possible witness in the corruption case involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. The Chronicle reports the men ...

In Oakland, the Duong duo are accused of working with an accomplice to bribe ex-Mayor Sheng Thao and her romantic partner, Andre Jones, so that Thao would appoint handpicked officials to key ...

The three candidates at the forum were former Congresswoman Barbara Lee, former Oakland City councilman Loren Taylor, and former Sheng Thao chief-of-staff Renia Webb. Lee and Webb addressed public ...

Surveillance photos of the women Jacksonville Beach police said stole nearly $1,300 in candles from Bath and Body Works, 3852 ...

They are former Congresswoman Barbara Lee, former city council member Loren Taylor who previously ran for mayor, and Renia Webb, former chief of staff for recalled Mayor Sheng Thao when she was a ...

Dozens of people, including city council members and the chief of the Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS, ...

Her platform also promises ethics, transparency and accountability, pointedly alluding to a corruption scandal involving former Mayor Sheng Thao. Lee, in the fall, had opposed the recall of Thao ...