Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee promised during a community inauguration Sunday to lead with “openness, honesty and relentless ...

The city administrator recently told employees that a return to office was postponed to June after previously being set for ...

Nearly three decades later, Mayor Barbara Lee — a political figure with similar name recognition — has begun a shortened term ...

The incident shocked the city. But it was quickly eclipsed by news of an FBI raid the next day on the Oakland mayor’s house. “This is not what it’s supposed to be like,” said Ma ...

Barbara Lee received a standing ovation on Tuesday as she entered the Oakland City Hall to take the oath of office. A congresswoman for three decades, Lee becomes the first Black woman to serve as ...

OAKLAND — There was already plenty of cause for stress at City Hall before a series of FBI raids in Oakland last week cast a shadow over Mayor Sheng Thao and the flow of political money in the ...

Oakland is facing an estimated $177 million shortfall in the next fiscal year, which starts on July 1st. About 30 minutes before the Friday afternoon budget meeting at city hall, a long line of ...

It was late September, and to some, Oakland seemed a city on the brink. Four people had been shot dead over a 24-hour span, including a shooting outside City Hall that briefly interrupted a ...

OAKLAND — One person was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near Oakland City Hall, authorities said. The condition of the other person shot was not immediately ...

OAKLAND — "Stay in Oakland" chants filled the Oakland City Hall chamber Tuesday as the city made one last push to keep the A's in Oakland. City Council passed a resolution to reaffirm that the A ...