City officials are deciding on a new two-year budget that would pad the new mayor’s office budget with an extra $1.7 million, ...

The “Oakland Inaugural Fund Committee” is asking for major contributions to support the new mayor’s inauguration.

The recall of Sheng Thao and the election of Barbara Lee have more eyes and expectations on the mayor’s office. But the job ...

OAKLAND — The room fell silent Tuesday when Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s mayor. After a rousing standing ovation, it quieted once again when Lee acknowledged a personal significance of the ...

OAKLAND — Loren Taylor and Barbara Lee are locked in a tight race to be the next mayor of Oakland, a special election that has politically divided the city — including on clear geographic ...

San Francisco and Oakland were symbols of urban collapse. Streets were overrun with crime, businesses shut down, and ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose a new mayor in a special election marked by growing frustration over a city leadership vacuum, budget woes ...

OAKLAND — Former City Councilmember Loren Taylor took a very slim lead in early results in Oakland’s special mayoral election on Tuesday against former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee in a race ...

FORMER U.S. REP. BARBARA LEE was sworn in as Oakland’s 52nd mayor Tuesday, kicking off what many hope is an era of stability following the tumultuous ...

OAKLAND, California — Former Rep. Barbara Lee returned from Washington and quickly became the frontrunner for mayor of her chaos-wracked hometown. But the popular progressive still can’t shake ...

OAKLAND — The room fell silent Tuesday when Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s mayor. After a rousing standing ovation, it quieted once again when Lee acknowledged a personal significance ...