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

Former congressmember Barbara Lee told a crowd of supporters that she’s ready to lead Oakland as her mayoral campaign kicked ...

A procedural court hearing in the bribery and fraud case against Sheng Thao, her boyfriend, and the father-and-son duo who ...

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

Individual layoff notices went out Thursday to workers who fill 77 full-time city positions, hitting hardest the public works and Oakland police departments, which respectively will lose 26 and 19 ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao stands in front of the United States District Court for a press conference following her arraignment of federal charges in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Oakland's disgraced former mayor Sheng Thao's political opponents have said her alleged corruption was common knowledge among the city's politicians and claimed that 'democracy was stolen.' ...

Donations are pouring in for the family of a man who is in a vegetative state at a Duluth hospital following an ATV accident last year. Josh Hough was involved in a crash on Oct. 26, suffering a ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime partner and two local businessmen were named in an indictment unsealed Friday alleging the four conspired to funnel city business to companies owned ...

Rivals of recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao react to indictment 03:56 The federal corruption charges against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao did not come as a surprise to many of her political ...

The Department of Justice is charging former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao with six counts of conspiracy, bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud. We have team coverage from KRON4's Dan Kerman and Rob ...