The sweep at the mayor’s office appeared to follow public backlash toward Leigh Hanson, the former top Thao aide who was ...

THERE ARE 10 CANDIDATES on the ballot for Oakland’s April 15 special mayoral election to replace Sheng Thao, who lost a ...

A mayoral race that was supposed to be an easy win for former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee has turned into a close contest ...

Former congresswoman Barbara Lee fights a close race against a moderate Democrat for what some have called “the toughest ...

All candidates were given several weeks to return a candidate questionnaire, except for Simpson, for whom contact information couldn't be found. Taylor, Lee, Liu and Pechenuk submitted answers, Webb ...

Brandon Harami, a gay man who’s Oakland interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins’ community resilience director, was one of several ...

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins on Monday fired several top staff members a week before the city’s special mayoral ...

Oakland voters will go to the polls to elect a new mayor. But the mudslinging between the two favorites to succeed Mayor ...

Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, indicated the mayor wanted to use $50,000 from her office budget to make good on her campaign ...

Running neck-and-neck with Lee, Loren Taylor, an engineer with an MBA from UC Berkeley, has the education and local ...

Oakland voters are set to elect a new mayor in less than two weeks, following the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao and her ...