With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable.

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee on Friday announced members of a transition team of politicians, business leaders, ...

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee unveiled her transition team of business leaders, philanthropists, politicians and a Gen Z ...

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Oakland’s interim mayor is delaying the release of a deeply consequential, two-year budget proposal that had been expected to ...

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Barbara Lee Locke (nee, Johnson) who left us peacefully on April 24, 2025, at the age of 95. Barbara was born on June 25, 1929, to John and Ella Johnson.

Yes there is crime, homelessness and a big budget deficit, but after winning the Oakland mayor’s race, former Democratic congresswoman unveils a 10-point plan and basks in the glow of victory ...

Robert Castillo was arrested April 10 at his home in northwest Fresno on suspicion of sexually assaulting and killing 43-year-old Barbara Lee, also known as Barbara Parker, according to the Fresno ...